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Show EA8ILY MADE AT HOME. Dainties for Which Little Expenditure Is Required. No end of attractive collars, girdles, bolts and bodices aro seen In tho chops, and almost all aro extremely dainty. Theso llttlo things cost no end of money If bought roady-mado, but thoy may be copied by tho clever woman for half tho cost Of course, some of tho little collars, bows, Jabots, otc., aro modcrato In price, but ono needs many of them In order to look dainty nnd fresh. Moreover, More-over, tho prettiest of these accessories aro often surprisingly expensive, thanks to the real laco and handwork bestowed upon them. Tho popularity of wide frills around tho throat Increases steadily, though this fashion Is not generally becoming. Parisians go with throats swathed high in fluffy frills and ruches, a concession con-cession to the dlrectolre modes of the day, nnd tho most exclusive shops echo this Parisian noto by displaying much of tho frilled neckwear. For tho woman to whom it is becoming It Is most piquant and charming, but length and slendorness of throat aro absolutely abso-lutely essential to successful wearing of such neck ornaments. High closo collars of flnoly tucked net or lingerie or of laco are cut down In front and run up to exaggerated height behind tho ears and at tho back. The top of such "a collar is finished with a rather wldo plaited or shirred frill, which stands out around tho chin and droops more or less over tho collar. , Sometimes a corresponding but wldor frill finishes tho bottom of tho collar as well, the plaiting fnlling downward over tho blouso. Somotlmcs a narrow cravnt Is the bottom finish, and this may bo a narrow tie of silk or flno lawn or mull, embroidered on the ends and tying In a dainty lltUo bof under tho chin. The display of accessories Intendod for ornamenting of tho bodice Is unusually largo and varied this season, nnd the lngontous woman should bo nblo to treshon almost al-most any old frock not too hopelessly hopeless-ly out of date with tho aid of somo ono of these girdles mado of flowered ribbon and silk. |