Show dame fashion smiles by grace jewett austin this Is a flow cry world in epitac of skies in uie northland of the country there are party cowna nil of one color that are like some great ra blant flower the pink ones with many floating tulle ruffles just wonderful roses in ef feet not of PI cardy but of the united states there Is a prophecy also that flow grace J austin ered taffeta frocks are coming back and they are poetic indeed think how lovely those south arn belles of civil war days were at least think of them as you have seen them in the movies with their stiff silken skirts all dotted alth pictured flower clusters dime fashion saw an adorable plaited sports skirt the other day where bright bronze red chrysanthemums peeped in and out of the folds one of aliese new bright hued leather jackets that paris Is said to be devoted to would be effective worn with a skirt like that which of course has its own harmonizing silk and wool sweater in zigzags of gaiety gayety over in india for years and cen perhaps patient women have been hand blocking designs on the cloth that came from the hand looms of the orient block print work in and an occasional touch of it upon gowns has now been fashion able for some time they are reporting from the pacific coast subtly nearer to the far east in many things than the atlantic shore that velvet gowns adorned all over with block print designs done by hand are being shown every once in awhile that word pe pluro appears in fashion notes it has a delightfully classic sound and indeed comes right from the I 1 alln tongue good old noah webster who Is not such a bad fashion authority after all declares it Is an overskirt hanging down or a fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat that Is precisely what it Is and new york Is adding a line of fur to some of these elongated ruffles down from the waist but to dame fashion a peplum Is a good deal like the little girl with a curl on some types of figure it may be very very good but it it proves to be horrid it can be very horrid in deed king tut ankh ahmen long centuries dead in egypt probably coes not realize to how many he Is bringing pleasure in this vilater season for the new egyptian jewelry follows quite closely roana of the patterns found in the long closed sarcophagus of king tut there are triangles and geometrical colorings which you might hastily glance at and call modem istle but with another look you get the subtle thrill that takes yon back and back to the ages when pyramids and sphinxes were new it does seem as though some kindly fate arranged that a metal jewelry winter should go hand in hand with a velvet winter for the glitter from gold spangles and triangles sets off velvet remarkably well and how delightful it Is for the majority of us that we can get a surprising amount of happy glittering and rich effects with only a few dollars expenditure and think how little anxiety about hold up men 1 |