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Show itis more yards n fall gwns vlH "is rl Fashion's Latest Edict Demands Great. tf'l er Yardage In Dresses That rI Are Up-to-Dato. I 1 It's that period of the twelve-month I I when Fushlon cun afford to chucklo up fc- II her slcovo and keep us gueslng, writes a" I j it t'ushlon authority. In a word It Is IP. fl tho openings of tho Paris couturiers H to which bo many of America's tloutlug ft fl population huvo been drifting. P BJ To be sure, any number of myste- jh M rlous hints hnvo leaked out ami soino , Hj of tho couturiers lmvo gono so far as ft HI -. '" Bll0U' n tow ndvauco models which m-' 1BE r act uh straws In the whirlpool of ru- Wt Hj inor. Even ufter tho curtain has been HI' 91 raised on all of these openings there BEpi HI nro no certainties to guide us. Wo shull know what Cherult, what Cnllot,; what I'olret and all tho others nro, ad oca tint,', but only time can dctert mine their fate, for It Is tho welt-j dressed woman who Is the final court) of appeal and her decision will not bo, made for monv weeks yet. There's one fact that appears to bo pretty conclusive and that Is that woj shall have to buy more material this, full for our dresses. You know wo, hnvo been skimping ourselves very successfully, suc-cessfully, for ihrco yards lmvo been known to ninko a dress that passc tho board of censors. Uut with tho Increased length and here even argument argu-ment stops ut n length no higher than I eight Inches from tho floor for tho I streetthe circular swirls, tho drapery drap-ery and tho plaits, wo shall hnvo to count off one, two and oven thrco, yards more, for tho length alono do-, imands an extra yard. Fortunately wo shall not huvo to consider so much ynniag'o for the sleeves, for they ore. again moulding tho nrm, but they do, extend well down over tho hand. Uut If we must buy more material wo can economize n llttlo on our combinations combi-nations for tho popularity of tho short Jackets In Paris has brought about ! skirts and dresses contrasting In fab rlc and In color with tho outer garment gar-ment nnd n short on0 Qt that. And, wo can combine ;t,wo or rooro mato-, rials so that tho gown of today can bo transformed Into tho up-to-tho-' mlnuto frock by a very little new uia-f uia-f terlul. |