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Show glVoman's Page 'JF( f Minaret Frocks, Handbags and Parasols Among Fancies of the ipftl HourParticularly Attractive for Dancing Frocks Fasnions for Children Include the Minaret Style 'Mw Costumes of Petunia Three-piece Costume Mm Seen of Petunia Red Corded Silk With Jill Accessories Recipe for Planked 'Sll Steak Other Good Recipes. !M MINARET IN EVERYTHING K While the tango rase continues. Wjlhe minaret will be in fashion. The litwp seem to go hand in hand. R What promised to be only a pass-fling pass-fling fad a year ago, when it was first introduced, has developed into one Hjfof the important features of dress. m Not only in gowns Is this mode, fil suggestive of the Far East, to be Eft found. Minaret hats, minaret frocks, f minaret handbags and minaret para-,1 para-,1 sols are among the fancies of the El hour; and now the makers of dress 1- accessories are coming forward with I the minaret girdle which, at a sec-a sec-a ond's notice, will transform the sim-f sim-f plest dress into the popular minaret Particularly attractive for dancing s frocks is this graceful style. One r finds it designed in taffeta, satin and crepe for afternoon and evening wear, the darker shades of course prevailing prevail-ing in the gowns for the daytime, while white or the pastel shades rival the more vivid hues for evening. In the taffeta gowns the minaret as often as not is made of the sume silk. In fact in all street dresses of this type, the material itself fashions the flaring overskirt. Lace and net are reserved for the tunic of tho dinner din-ner and dancing dress or for the housegown. The American minaret is a type all its own. While the Parisian stores are showing a preference for the heavily shirred tunics, the American1 deslgii is close fitting about the waist and hips, graduating to a wide flare at the edge. For the very full tunics, tun-ics, tulle Is a favorite material, and In many of the latest Paris frocks these overskirts alone take up sev- II t. oral yarus of filmy, fluff. Many or I ; the models, particularly of the Amor- II ican type, have a double minaret in ' place of the longer single overskirt a style that is becoming to slender figures. I t' Moreover, the newest models com- I f bine the tunic with the draped skirt, If, the drapery beginning at the waist- I 'h line, or. if preferred, at a point just i above the edge of the tunic. About I ? the feet these 3kirts are as narrow I '. as possible, except where that effect I ! is relieved by a slit. I ' The minaret hat Is seen in various I ? styles, all of which have the distin- I ;, gulshing flare of la:e or tulle. This I may either be wlrvd to or from the I i brim, or gathered or wired above a I narrow brim of straw or silk. As a I ' rule a high-standing quill or fancy feather completes the ornamentation i I of a hat of this description. II f The minaret girdle is usually of SI ' taffeta, and is made with one or two W gathered or accordion-plaited ruffles, SI ' which give tho effect of a tunic. The J girdle itself is rather high five or 9 six inches and is often finished "with P a square buckle of the same silk. At- ! tached to the plainest skirt and it can be simply hooked about the waist It has the appearance of an elaborate elabo-rate niinareL Handbags and parasols also carry out the Oriental idea. For the former for-mer the long shape In either purses or opera bags is used, and two or three ruffles of lace or silk run around it tc produce the minaret touch. Many of the bags for the afternoon aft-ernoon or evening are also something of n vanity bag, the fulness being held in place at the end by a mirror framed in gimp. Full ruffles and puffs of silk or lace mark the minaret parasol one of the daintiest accessories planned for the summer maid or matron. A puff of silk about the lower edge is often supplemented by an equally full puff of chiffon, tulle, silk or lace, sometimes of the same tono, but more usually of a contrasting color. Even the fashions for children Include In-clude this favorite style. Many of their little dancing frocks have a wired minaret above a full, accordion-plaited skirL The very short length of tho skirt, and the corresponding corre-sponding shortness of the tunic, make a singularly attractive style for ' the party dressa Predictions for the future fate of the tunic all Indicate that within a few months It will be longer and fuller ful-ler than heretofore. In fact, several of the up-to-date models have the flaring overskirt extending to a distance dis-tance of several inches below tho knees, tho edge finished with ruffling, marabou, swansdown, or ruches of tulle or silk , For this style, striped silks will find favor, and the more varicolored they are the more certain of continued contin-ued popularity. Beginning with the idea of tho Roman ribbons, many of the silks for afternoon wear carry out those designs in the same rich shades. "Where a striped silk Is used, it is combined with a plain material, either crepe, satin or silk, perforably taffeta. The combination brings out the best in each material, especially where the darker tone of the striped silk Is repeated in the plain, A striped yellow and brown, for instance, in-stance, will be combined with a plain brown taffeta or other silk. A touch of the striped silk usually brightens the bodice. With longer tunics, tho skirts arc a trifle wider at the lower edge, although al-though they are so cleverly fashioned fashion-ed that, while actually taking up more material and giving- more freedom, free-dom, they have the appearance of cx trcme narrowness. |