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Show I (Good Suit Year I BHtfor the Shops HBji in hi. uYff' " Never has there been n better "suit Ha year," as they have It In tlio vernacu- H a lnr of tho shops. Tho weather lins HJH been Just right not too warm and not HJH too cold. And Just fit this time, says BJj'J a New York fashion correspondent, Hfl ono sees tho newest creations In tho jBI way of winter suits and nll-the-ycar- IBfj round suits and fancy suits nnd plain Hjji salts. After n fow weeks hnvo passed H tho "general horizon" will again ho HJu dotted with varieties of top coats and XJ fur wraps, etc., but right nt this mln- BU! uto tho popular trend Is alt In tho dl- Hffi, rcctlon of tho suit. Then hero Is tho Jl psychological moment to study tho AHj suit, for tho forward mnrchlng ones BBj nro sotting tho styles for many months BBj to conio nnd tho llttlo variances which BK they show aro tho ones that aro des- PW tlncd to live. Thus docs tho wary Hjf . woman plan her dressing, so that HH when sBo buys thcro will bo no dan- Hi ' scr of her becoming tho proud posses. HI Bor of stylo that hns seen Its day. Hb Then again wo havo such oncourag- Yfljj Ing news by way of bargain nnnoun.ee- BBj merits that prices aro much below BDI i BBsTf BaBaeaeHBVk W- HJ Showing Popular Type of Velours BB Suit With Fur Trimming. HJj those of last winter. A suit that ro- BBj tailed last winter for nbout $125 sells BBJ this year for botwecn (03 nnd $70. JT And It Is not tho snmo suit, cither, hut BBJ ono tlint has tho snmo valuo as tho BBj ono of last year not tho snmo stylo M" points, remember. Thcro Is no doubt BB that better times nro ahead on this BB high prlco of clothes question nnd BB tho high price of suits Is onu of tho tM first columns to bo touched by tho H beautiful decline. 1H Duvetyn Family In tho toad. IS A critical observanco of all of tho K. best-dressed women nbout town ills- H" closes tho fact that of all materials Hi duvetyn nnd tho allied weaves that bo- (Hjj loiiff to that family nro tho ones which (W nro displaying their popularity abovo tm all others. And In this woolly or Hi heavily napped fabric thoro aro shown H nil sorts of variety, from those weaves E ; -which aro thick nnd heavy as any Hl blanket to thoso which aro so soft and h; pllnblo that they can bo gathered luto gHf no spnw nt all, so to Bay. There nrq Kt . t'o woolon velounOnnd tho Bilk ve- Rf lours and tho velours that nro made I of a clover combination of tho two sorts of thread. Tho latter, they say, wears better than all tho rest put together. to-gether. It docs not show that ovll characteristic of matting Into a mashed spot nt tho placo whero tho suit Is subjected to rubbing, Ilowcvcr, so flno nnd well mado nro most of theso piled fabrics thai when mushing docs occur It can very easily bo removed by a llttlo Judicious steaming. Tho colors of theso nowest of fabrics fab-rics aro pcrlmps their greatest charm, for It has been many years since wo women hnvo been able to Indulgo in such subtleties of color expression. All tho way from tho brightest and most glowing of shndes to thoso that uro verily noutrnl In their effect Is tho rungo of color tones, nnd while most of tlio suits run to browns or to ono of tho numerous tnupo shades, still thero aro sorno rando from tho gorgeous gor-geous blue and green tones thnt make up so well wth tho gray furs and others oth-ers In tho reddish shades that are bo cffoctlvo when combined with the darker brown nnd black, both long and short haired furs. Coats Are Noticeably Long. Tho coats on tho newest of all tho suits that nro being worn nro qulto noticeably long so long, In fact, that but tho merest bit of a skjrt hangs out, for, with tho present rngo In Now York for skirts thnt nri short and with this added- favor for longer coats thcro Is left but a small portion of spneo that can bo allotted to tho skirt Thero nro reasons to bo thankful for this, tho latest whim of fashion, too. For, whllo tho legs thnt protrudo from tho short lino of tho skirt must necessarily bo cold, still upon tho remaining re-maining portion .of tho body two lay-era lay-era of material nro lavished mora than wo hnvo had to keep out tho chilly blasts in muny winters gono by. Homo of tho coats nro fitted qulto snugly, following the lines of tho figure, fig-ure, and then again many of them nro mado full enough to mnko a tlghtlsh belt necessary to gather tho fullness together about tho waist. Thcro is ono exception to tho longer cout, nnd that Is tho llttlo box coat,, which has to bo short In order to carry out Its character. It readies a high hip Una this season, nnd Is single-breasted single-breasted and it Is mora npt to be mado up from tho homespun materials, materi-als, as it Is .a llttlo mora outdoors In stylo than uro sorno of tho other cuts. Due particularly smart box coat had n rather nnrrow rolled collar of ben-vcr ben-vcr with pockets of tho sumo fur set on tho extreme edgo of tho coat, so thnt they looked moro llko n wldo binding for tho coat than they dfd llko conventional pockets. Skirts Are Quite Short From all tho skirts that could bo noticed tho conclusion wns drawn that they aro still "In our midst," nnd, all prophecies about French tendencies to tho contrary notwithstanding, quite, qulto short Some of them might bo called too short for 'beauty of pro-portion, pro-portion, but, bo thnt as It may, tho longer skirt ns yet looks out of placo In nnd around Now York. Tho widths of the skirts nro still moderate, and they nro as straight as can bo In line, with Just enough room left to nllow a step ta bo mttdo In comfort and ensc. Thcro Is no skirt that retards walking In any way. Tho sleeves of tho very nicest of tho suits nro fitted to tho last degreo of perfection. Tho anuholes nro as small as thoy possibly can bo and still remain re-main In tho class of tho "perfect fit." Our American suit shows not tho least tendency to go largo and klmono-llko In tho nrmhole. It keeps tho well-made, well-made, tailored look, and sometimes u Is astonishing to seo how far back an nnnholo can go nnd still keep Its uninterrupted un-interrupted contour. |