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Show I IN SPORT FROCKS I French Tweeds Vie With British and American Fabrics. Navy Blue Serge, Polret Twill or TrN cotlne Make Stronger Appeal H Than Usual. VS We con find good French precedent fJB for tho use ofsport frocks and suits m ef tweed, and French tweeds of lovely H texture havo been imported to com- H pcto with tweeds of British or Amer- fJB lean production. Tho Idcn of a tweed BS costumo all In tho satno material docs H not appeal forcibly to tho mind of tho H French designer. Ilo prefers tho other H striped or checked with tho samo mix- m ture and sorao contrasting tone. Ilo VJH then makes n skirt of tho plain fabric B and n jacket or capo of tho check, or B ho uses tho check or strlpo for tho skirt and tho plain material for tho Jacket. Often a simply cut capo takes the placo of tho coat and In place of M the skirt Is n chomlso frock. So among tho imported French tweeds m tliere Is almost always a plain fabric H asd one of stripes or checks. A rose m and gray-checked tweed will be used m with a rose mixture tweed. There are m green and tan mixtures, gray and black M and blue and tan. m Navy blue In serge, polret twill or j trlcotlne bas come back this spring H with oven stronger appeal than usual. fJH The suits or coat frocks of this color, H as they wcro shown at recent collcc- j tlons of Frcnch-modo frocks, almost fJH Invariably were greeted with enthu- H elasm. Almost every woman expert H eaces the distinct comfort of being H smart and appropriately dressed for H spring days when she takes oft the H heavier raiment of winter for a rock H or suit of this description. Very much H admired have been the coat frocks of H navy blue serge, many of which have H shown a sparing use of red. These H show the French penchant for drawing B rv Af I tfr'fl: pHS bbLV Hi ('BIbw W J?" 'Xir bH I ' m 0S bJib1bO!' B ydgzjj i iBt En jH BBLbfckflBliflK bHLb .Lfl " BBBU(Bg' ,BBjJBBjjBMeUHHBBHBjJBBJfl H Tallered Tweed Suit Made In French H Blue Trimmed In Black 811k Braid. H tho skirt quite snug at tho back below B tho wulstllno, and thcro Is often a Mousing of tho material nt tho back so H as to accentuate hip slcndcrncss. |