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Show I : The Popular Redingote Dress ! fi THEItQ nro bo many vnrletles ln tho development of tho redlngoto dross thnt tho idea provnlls In gowns for nil sorts of wear. Hero Is a clover now adaptation for tho street thnt Is n hcrt of compromise between tho ono-pleco garment and a coat Bult. It Is nn excellent ex-cellent design for betweon-ecasons' wenr, without nn outsldo coat, nnd. fortified for-tified with n heavy outer garment, U nil thnt Is deslrnblo for tho coming winter. It consists of a Bemlflttlng basnu-i finished with scnllops nt tho bottom. Tho scnllops nro bound with brnld and tho bnsquo as long ns tho average coat In a coat suit. A box-plaited tunic Is eet Into tho baBquo, stitched by ma-chlno ma-chlno nlong tho lino of tho Bcallops. Tho tunic Is finished with n plain hem less thnu two Inches In width, nnd Is very long, it Is worn over n plain, Btrnlght-llno underskirt of olthor tho samo mntorlnl as tho dross or of satin. This underskirt, which Is short, Is not much In evidence. It is narrow, and whon mado of tho samo goods as tho tunlo Is often Blushed ln threo or four places to admit of a froo strldo. When slashed In this way It hns tho effect of trouBors worn undor n long klrt, nnd '"i must concede thnt It looks nttrnc-tlvo nttrnc-tlvo nnd would scorn a startling Innovation Innova-tion except thnt wo nro nlrendy accustomed accus-tomed to slashes In wnlklng skirts. Hedlngoto models, llko or Blmllnr to tho ono pictured hero, nro often worn over straight underskirts fnced up with nomnn-strlped Bntln. In this cneo the collar and vcBteo nnd aoparato cuffs nro mndo of tho samo satin. This makes n showier nnd dressier costumo, nnd ono may mnnago this dress by hnving two underskirts (ono of tho goods nnd ono of tho antln) nnd two uots of collar nnd veateo with aoparato cuffs. Ono of them Is to bo of whlto cotton or linen nnd tho other of satin llko that In tho underskirt facing. In this way tho samo dress will furnish a costumo for many occasions nnO n refreshing re-freshing tarlety, nt least. With tho oncoming of cold weather nnd tho high mllltnry collnrs of outer garments, now vestco nnd collar combinations com-binations havo been designed with closed throat and high turnover col-larH. col-larH. Tho sleeves ln this particular gown nro tho plnln cout-slcovo typo finished with n soft, flnrlng cuff. Whon Bopa-rnto Bopa-rnto cuffs nro to bo adjusted nn entirely en-tirely plain sleovo la preferable .'I.ithcr of tho hats pictured Is nppro-prluto nppro-prluto with this gown, nnd it la a wiso jf.hlug to own both n smnll nnd n largo hat. Hut If only ono Is to bo chosen let it bo tho larger ono. For brims aro widening und tho largo lint Is moro offcctlvo for occasions whero ono wishes to look somowhat "drosscd up." |