Show I I 1 Eccentricities Heighten Charm arm of New Fashions 1 T P WAS Murk Mark Twain who SaidI said I IT that thai a large larg-e part of the daughter daugh laugh ter cv of oC civilization cl I Is her dress less lessa as a as It should be he Some civilized cl women he lie said would lose half hall their harm charm without dress Iress anti and some would Mould lose all of It th the diess s of the forthcoming sO season on will WiH lend mi much to the charm of femininity Ono One sayi this because the powers that be he have 1 taken th the utmost caro to maintain astonishingly 1 simple I lines and have havo impressed the stamp of oC elegance h by the use usa of or I marvelously beautiful fabrics This is quite as ns it should be and andakis takes akis one hack back to the romantic I pager of or history to tho the long ago lays days when le less importance was placed on cm changing styles and class distinctions were largely a a. matter of the quality and color atthe of at the sumptuous velvets rich brocades bro bra cades and costly furs Color is ig one or of the main factors In the the- development of spring fashion fash fash- ion Ions In Indeed it already ha has been carried to such juch unheard oC of ex- ex that there are arc not lacking indications that point to a reaction tion thou in favor of dull prosaic tOJ tones s It i is pointed out that the ago rago for Cor fort sports clothes clothe has haR Influenced the tho color qualities In every even other type of ot feminine apparel Indeed noth noth- lug ing Is exempt from it H for one finds hosiery gloves handkerchiefs belts bells and ancl other accessories deeply Immersed in iii color colot- sometimes of or harmonious and andel very el frequently frequent of inharmonious shades and tints Never ever before it seems have there been so bo many eccentricities and oddities as this season For example one finds suits of ot deeply corrugated silk usually in oyster ter white or natural color bordered with tho the same Ramo sort of silk but in a IT PI sharply contrasting color such uch as navy blue dark green or yellow Th Tho Thu unusual thin thins thing about such suits HUltS lies not so O much in the thc quality quality I ity of oC the silk or the combination of or colors color n as in iii th the tho hand painted bor border bolder er which Is sometimes of the tho i same Ramo tone as 3 the silk border harder or 01 orone one of a different shade Another l. l incoming style that seems fem positively ly incongruous ha hato hasto has hasto to do with the 1 association of or wool fabrics with washable materials and oth others of the thc French coutu couturiers are aro featuring ring wool ooh voile volle serge and similar fabrics Cf with organdie which a an as we all know Is the sheerest of or the sheer heer materials that can n ho bo manipulated Into dress trimmings s Some seasons ago we had hall the dress of or the tho seven veils veil adapted presumably h from the diaphanous garment worn woin by Salome in her famous dance danco anco before Herod And now comes a dress which I is said to have havo a n. thousand these of tulles s and arul similar tUrn film filmy nets and knotted in Indian fashion sometimes sometimes some some- sometimes times bead head embroidered Of or course ono one must allow for for a little artistic exaggeration In the enumeration enumeration enumeration enu enu- enu- enu of or the thc Truth lruth to tell they are something less than thana a u. thousand but to all intents and purposes that am answers all aU the re requirements re- re of or th the Imagination and after aCter all aU that is th the nce needful u part of style description If ono one can accurately gauge tho the fashion tendencies at this time it looks as if there would he be a veritable veritable veri von table rage rag for thin stuff dresses In Inthis Inthis Inthis this one ono note tho the Influence of or first empire modes Indeed it is au authoritatively au- au stated that the style of froc frock worn won by hy the consort of the first Napoleon will be revived with certain modifications for wear during the next few months month |