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Show NOTES ON ENGLISH COSTUME American Writer la Not Altogthr Kindly to Fashion Approved Across the Wter. The Englishwoman has developed a national i'utiii'.!c in the last few years, writes Kenneth L. Roberta in the Saturday Evening Post. This is known us the juniper probably so called because it frequently makes the beholder jump, though some claim that its name ia due to the fact that it can be jumped into quickly. The jumper is a low-necked low-necked affair that hangs down to the hips and is worn in place of a blouse, a shirtwaist or a coat. It has elbow-length elbow-length sleeves and a belt around the waist, and it is made of all sorts of materials, from the thinnest silk to the heaviest wool. Englishwomen wear jumpers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They wear them when at home and when traveling. Owing to the fact that all jumpers have the appearance of half-portion dressing sacks Englishwomen who wear them look at all times as though they were just about to comb their hair or had just finished doing so. Englishwomen Eng-lishwomen also like to wear mannish man-nish walking suits made of Scotch tweed. The Englishwomen's tweed walking suits invariably look as though they had been constantly slept in for the last three years. |