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Show I Tones of Rust I r Turn to "Brown y Color, always an Important factor In fnslilons, Is claiming more tlinn usual attention tills season. This Is I? practically tlio first time, notes a Pnrls I fashion correspondent, that tlio I'nrls dressmaker has had an opportunity to , launch absolutely postwar colors. Dur ing tho years that have succeeded tho signing bf tho armlstlco It has been largely a question of using up stocks of both juanufacturcd goods and raw nmtcrlnls. Hut throughout tho seasons sea-sons which havo Intervened the French manufacturer has had tlmo to readjust himself to n new regime, so that what Is being shown this winter as novelty Is actually now. Hcnco tho now colors col-ors appearing for 1021 nro worthy of mora tlian passing mention. Strong, well determined and definite dcscrlbo tho tones shown on tho color cards for next spring. Tho cholco of Iho Paris dressmaker and milliner Is equally woll denned. Hod Is tho present pres-ent winter novelty, and It Is anticipated antici-pated that Its favor will bo Increased In tho spring. In tho new red scries rust shades still nro Immensely popu-Rust popu-Rust Color Leads Into Brown. Theso rust tones gradually lead to brown, a color In high favor and shown In a very largo assortment of tones, running from tho deepest so-called black browns Into high shades that touch on ruBKt and gold. Thero Is no rensou wny rod and brown overshould havo been consld-Coat consld-Coat Drew or Rods Mantcau oy Che-rult Che-rult Developed In Velours de Lalne In the New Plantain Qreen. ercd ns belonging to tho nutumn and winter. They nro Infinitely moro suit-nblo suit-nblo to wear In tho springtime. When tho llttlo green buds aro shooting forth on tho trees and naturo everywhere every-where Is putting on new dresses wo 1 feel that wo must bo In keeping with our surroundings by being clothed fn fresh now raiment, and no color adapts Itself so readily and so cheerfully cheer-fully (o tho mood of spring at bright, warm red. Nor docs It ever show. off to greater ndvuntagu than In such n setting as tho soft green of now foliage. foli-age. Later In tho summer, when tho streets nro hot nud dusty and tho I lenves parched and brown, red Is not s attractive. Green Is another claimant for. fash-Ion's fash-Ion's favor and a big fuluro Is prophesied prophe-sied for It, particularly tho dark hot-tto hot-tto and olive shndes. In tho new cotton mntorlaln for tho coming summer greens nro prominent. It Is Interesting to notlco tho exactness exact-ness with which nil tho shades seen In silks havo been reproduced In cotton fabrics. Thcro are lovely deep-green orgnndles, with shadow printings In lighter shades of the sarao color. Of course, this treatment Is not confined to green, for tho now cottons appear to havo been successfully dyed In every hue under tho sun, but ranch moro Is mndo of tho green shndes this year than for a long tlmo'pnst. Navy Blue Loses Popularity. Owing to tho marked preference for tho foregoing color blue Is less Important. Im-portant. In fact, thcro Is a minimum of blue In tho new color cards In pro-' portion to tho promlncnco of tho above mentioned colors. It will not bo easy for tho American womnn to depart from navy blue, which always has been n favorlto with her. She has worn It so continuously that tho navy bluo dress or suit has become almost a national uniform. It will bo refreshing refresh-ing to sco a number of other colors, for tho ono great criticism of our dressing Is that thcro Is so llttlo variety va-riety In It. Apparently every womnn chooses the sumo color and tho same model. In laces, veilings and pattern veils tho launching of these now colors Is very pronounced. Lovely laco pattern pat-tern veils In colors nro being used by tho smnrtcst mllllnors. Manufacturers aro looking forward to a big mldwln tcr and curly spring season on colored col-ored veils. v Feathers In Qreens and Browns. Costly feathers, such ns paradlso and aigrette and their Imitations, aro no, longer In black, but must bo In ono of the now dark greens or browns. Preference Is given for theso colors In evening headdresses of metal fabrics, which show a combination of them In the weave. Deep emerald, singly or In combination with metal, Is very popular for evening headdresses. Prominent milliners aro exploiting glowing red hnts. Red shades enter Into practically all embroidered designs. de-signs. Lnnvln Is tanking a big feature of black nnd whlto and red, and everywhere every-where Is found tho sumo evidence' of marked preference for deep reds, rust color, dark browns nnd dark greens. A coat dress or robo muntenu by Cherult developed In velours do lalne Is In tho new l'latono green. Note tho drapery across tho stomach and tho fact that tho dress Is entirely of panels, ono overlapping tho other; nlso that thcro Is u buttoncd-on pant.l at Iho right sldo only, with no balancing balanc-ing panel nt tho left. Robe Manteau Paris Perennial. Thu typo of dress known as tho robe mantcuu has become n Paris perennial. peren-nial. It bus proved so popular that dressmakers each season present new types of this character. Cherult has maijo ntunnlng coat dresses In velours do Initio. Tho model described ubove N ono of her best numbers. It may bo said ta. look exactly llko n coat, except that across the front tho skirt portion drapes slightly In tho now wrinkled stomach effect and over this falls a soft rovers, or flap, thus making n slmplo and clovoi variation of tho cent dress. Mmo. Jenny also Is vox successful with the robe mnnteau. She, too, makes It of velours do Inlno nnd trims It with fur, but keeps somowhnt to tlio Itusolnn type, though ono notes also tho slight Introduction of tho stomach drapery or wrinkled effect about this part of tho bddy. |