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Show The Kind of Clothes That Youth Prefers Taffeta grows In Importance as the season progresses and Is pre-eminently the silk of the season, despite de-spite various attractive rivals. The taffeta two piece or thrco piece costume cos-tume Is finding great favor nnd every ev-ery sort of frock from morning trotting trot-ting frock to evening gown Is made up. In this silk. Often, of course, the taffeta fs combined withr other material cloth or chiffon or gcorget etc. but usually It dominates the combination. Contrasting taffetas, too are much used In combination, stripes or plaids with plain color or two plain colors. Some of the best looking examples of this last treatment are In white and black, white taffeta for the body of the dress, with black taffeta In liberal lib-eral enough quantity to give distinction. distinc-tion. Another taffeta costume is wistaria wista-ria colored, a dressy afternoon suit, the skirt of which Is corded at the hem. The three quarter length coat Is handsomely embroidered in gold and silver thread. A smart touch Is tho choker collar made like the plaited plait-ed glrdlo. White tussore silk Is used for the handsomo skirt, the tunic being embroidered em-broidered In French blue. Of this same tone Is the natty little taffeta jacket fastened with ono button. White tussore affords the revers, cuffs and collar. Tho voluminous gown, worn with a huge black hat, Is of biscuit crape meteor. A charming bodice has a surplice drape In front and a Jacket back. The rich embroidery gives the satin vest and square buckle the enly other trimming being novelty buttons. Cloth nn'd silk are continued in some coats that are dark enough In color and simple enough of line to answer general purposes and there are dark silk coats that will make admirable dust coats a little later and are 'severe enough to have a tailored tail-ored and sportsllkc air in spite of their handsomo material. Taffeta, ot course, sheds the durt excellently, nnd tussore Is always popular for tho summer motoring, but It soils so teadlly that It Is rather a lulsance, even though It will tub, after a fashion. fa-shion. Few tailored coats come through the laundry with much ot their shapeliness and smartness Intact. In-tact. Still thero aro very stunning motor mot-or and travel coats of the heavy tus-soro tus-soro and pongeo weaves, somo of tho cape models in theso materials being be-ing especially knowing. Severely tailored tail-ored coats of moire aro among tho other good utility silk coats. Tho soldierly coat, so suitable for sports nnd motoring, Is cut of tan broadcloth, with a short capo, fullness full-ness under arm and a close fitting front. Tho white pearl buttons also match tho buckles on the collar. Tho hip drapery that nchloved such popularity in tlio winter is stIU with us, though not Inevitable. It ono prefers a moro normal hip lino thero aro models that will supply it, and oven on tlio extremely bouffant skirts tho point of greatest width Is not regular. Many of tho taffeta evening frockn hnvo skirts qulto untrlmmed unless their elaborate drapery can bo counted count-ed ns trimming, nnd oven the bodlco may bo practically untrlmmed nsldo from soiuo effectlvo decolletngo finish. fin-ish. Color and lino are Intrusted with tho effectiveness and If an artist ar-tist does tho work tho confidence often Is justified. Flowered silkB, preferably In big defclgns nnd striped silks piny Important Impor-tant parts nmnng evening materials, and tho metallic brocades uro oven handsomer than they havo been. |
