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Show EEARTIIANDBOUJDOIB NOTE3 ON TOPICS) OF INTEREST TO THE FAIR SEX. Two-Piece Gown with Princess Effect, Ef-fect, Meant for Slim Women Newest New-est Recipe' for Chicken Salad-Petticoat Salad-Petticoat of 811k Gown. Silk Gowns for Petticoats. Old silk gowns may ho utilized for pct,tlcoats. Tho petticoat Is to-day a very important part of tho costume. Tho smartest gown may bo spoiled by nn ill-fitting petticoat. The beat fitting Is made with tho habit back and an opening at tho sldo. It has a broad circular llounce nnd is trimmed with rulllcs or lace or silk and chiffon. Pleated flounces are always In fashion, fash-ion, but if made with taffeta do not I wear ns well as tho gathered ones. . White mtfslln skirts with embroidered embroid-ered or lnco rullles aro very fashionable. fashion-able. Tho fail of tho day Is to wear petticoats of the finest lawn and laco frocks instead of a silk skirt. A serviceable skirt Is of dotted Swiss, with a rulllo or flouino trimmed with rows of lacs put on over n deep llounce of taffeta, bo that it can be taken off nnd washed. Chicken Salad. To mnko chicken salad after nn Englishwoman's rttlo, a plump, nicely boiled chicken Is required. Cut oft tho choice portions of tho meat, and set them nslde. Fill a border or ring mold with tomato aspic Jolly (made by adding strnlnert tomato pulp to tho aspic), decorating tho sides with fancifully fan-cifully cut bits of tomato. When sot, unmold nnd fill the centor with shred-t.ed shred-t.ed celery and tho best portion of tho chicken cut In cubes. Chop nnd pound tho Inferior portion of tho chicken with two tnblespoonfuts of blanched almonds or of pine nuts. Add to them nn ounco of bread crumbs, season with pepper nnd salt, und mols-toi. mols-toi. with two eggs. Decorato sumo little buttered shell this with bits of truillc, and press tho mlxturo Into them. Poach gently half an hour, nnd when cold plnco them round tho salad. Garnish the mold wiili olives, and Borvo with mnyonnniso sauce. Tallor-Made Gown of Cheviot. What is moro fetching' thnn a woman wo-man of perfect figuro and dlstln-gulsted dlstln-gulsted bearing clnd In a severely plnln tnllor-mado gown? Tho very fact thnt these gowns aro moro rtvrnly soon than formerly gives them 11 greater distinction of nppcarnnco. As they depend de-pend entire!) upon cut, material and finish for effect, everything for such a gown must bo carefully choson und of tho best qtmllty. Tho suit Illustrated Illus-trated ns of cheviot a' a very light grey, tho gored skirt being of the most approved cut, close fitting In tho upper portion, flaring b.clow tho knees, and finished merely by several rows of stitching of Cortlcelll silk In self color. Tho singlo breasted close fitting fit-ting body coat had a tiny added basque, mounted nt the sides with a curving hip seam. Tho coat collar and Bleevo finish hardly to bo called cutis, showed a novel touch In a facing fac-ing of smooth finished cloth exactly matching tho cheviot and pierced In a Persian pattern, this holng ovorlald upon figured pnnne In very brilliant colorings, the touch of color giving tho gown an Individuality all Its own. Two-Piece Gown with Princes Effect. For slender women, gowns of voile, canvas, and foulard aro mado up with 11 n'H !aKAr ftipliZV iMtsSBK? various kinds. Wo illustrato a frock with tho fullness nt the sides and back arranged In sldo pleats, forming a panel effect In front, and a box pleat at tho back. Tho lower portion fullness at tho hips nnd back, produced pro-duced In various ways, whether by shlrrings, shirred tucks, or pleats ot of each pleat Is ornnmdnteil with an elaborate applique of white cloth stitched with pale blue Cortlcelll silk, tho mnterlnl of the frock being bis-cult bis-cult colored canvas. Upon tho upper part of each pleat Is stitched a strap of taffetas of a peculiarly soft shado of blue, tho stitching of this bolng In biscuit colored Cortlcelll sewing silk. True to tho one pleco Idea, by which so many two piece gowns cairy out tho Princess style, the same trimming is carried up on tho blouscd basque, only tho order hero Is rovorsed, the whlto cloth nppllquo forming tho yoke, and tho stitched straps tho lower portion por-tion of tho blouse, as woii as the basque. A great I.ouls XV knot ot palo bluo panne Is placed at tho left sldo of tho vest, which Is overlaid with tho whlto cloth nppllquo. |