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Show BIG SHOW SETS STYLES. Word comes that Chicago's Century of Progress exposition is setting the country's standards for womens' summer sum-mer fashions. The big cafes and the outdoor dining terraces at the exposition exposi-tion naturally bring out the newest styles. Visitors from every state in the union observe, go home and begin wearing the same fashions. Thus pop-. pop-. ular ideas quickly sweep the country. J The most interesting point in the whole situation is the fact that inex-; inex-; pensive materials are the most popu-I popu-I lar. Gingham, organdy, seersucker, are I seen everywhere at the fair, by day I and by night. And of course it is easy j to adopt such styles in the rest of I the country, for the day clothes, dance ! frocks, jackets and coats all can be tossed into the family washing machine, ma-chine, whisked clean in a jiffy and be ready for wear again in an hour or so. This, in turn, reminds one of how quickly household equipment has gone from the class of luxuries to the field of necessities. Fifteen years ago the woman who owned a household washing wash-ing machine considered herself exceptionally excep-tionally fortunate. Now it is possible . for the most modest home to have ! such equipment. I With washable clothes never so popular pop-ular as they are this summer, it is in- j teresting to realize how mechanical j genius has made it easy for such styles to be adopted and followed by ; anyone. I |