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Show Chic Plaid or Dotted Sports Linens i I Bv CIIERIE NICHOLAS Imxr-M &mw.?i - J'My - :. :- -.---.-- - !:s i v. :i -;'.: : , A CRAZE for linen is on. Any fab-ric, fab-ric, just so its linen, seems to be the idea when it comes to material for this summer's sports, afternoon, and even formal evening costumes. Add accessories to the list, for the summer style program is largely made up of hats, shoes, gloves, pocketbooks and neckwear which are fashioned of linen ranging from finest and sheerest of handkerchief linen to sturdy linens which make the handsomest suitings imaginable. It's the actual seeing Qf these marvelous mar-velous linens which makes one appreciate appre-ciate and realize the why and the wherefore of the fuss and furore made over them. The new plaided and checked, dotted and otherwise patterned pat-terned soft Irish linens "get you" the moment you glimpse them. That good-looking good-looking are they, the smart set are j having their travel and about-town and j clubhouse costumes tailored of these materials. I As for beach and tennis, golf and j, general sports wear, these linens well, words fail us. However, here are ; three illustrations which will get the message across better than anything that might be said or written on the subject. If you are in the class of enthusiasts enthusi-asts which go In for tennis and golf, beach sports, hiking and general outdoor out-door sports and leisure pastimes no need telling you that "shorts" are the order of the day. It is our personal opinion that no trio of shorts costumes could be more attractive if they tried than the group here pictured. Pleated shorts turn a clever trick, for they give every appearance of a smart-fashioned short skirt, which makes them eligible to many an occasion occa-sion where the more simply constructed construct-ed shorts might seem out of place. The pleated shorts on the seated figure fig-ure In the illustration are very attractively attrac-tively styled. The stunning blouse with its chic high collar and its modish side fastening and its intriguing sleeves is fashioned of a soft Irish linen which is plaided In blue. The pleated shorts are bright red which makes a very patriotic coloring, indeed, in-deed, for this good-looking sports costume. cos-tume. The shorts to the left are also made of blue and white Irish plaid linen, only the plaids are larger than for the blouse just described. Navy blue buttons and a navy blue eton collar are good color accents. Inverted pleats both in front and back insure perfect freedom. The fashionable high neckline neck-line in front and a completely bare back follow along lines of newest daytime day-time decolletage, a good idea for sun tanning. The Irish linen which fashions the beach shorts to the right in the group is of the loose-weave uncrushable type which gives such entire satisfaction in the wearing on hot summer days for rough-and-tumble frolic' in the sands. It is backless with a graceful V-line front neckline, which adopts small revers so that if one wants to slip on a jacket after one's sun bath, the costume is quite complete. by Western Newspaper Union. |