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Show I 1$ STYLISH THf wk -JB wod Wear what you like at the New H Year's ball and you'll still be in 1 1 fashion, so the arbiters of Amer- BJ lean styles aver. J Oh, of course, the fashion ex- ; ports had to put their hand Into the r4 designing of clothes to some ox- I 1 tent, but more than ever the worn- J cn are going to bo given freedom I In their dress. There Ifl little J chango from the fall fashions. I Russian and Asiatic effects are H popular. To bo right up in the I I top notch class one ought to havo I i fur trimmed coats for street wear, B however. Fur will bo worn ln- - J doors, too, for trimming effects. J But If furs do not please they can J be dispensed with. The new evening gowns are ot- BJ tremely Eastern looking. Skirts are full at the waist and over the v, 1 hips The extreme dress calls for BBBBJ the skirt to be brought in closely I -3 at the feet to glvo an effect almost B like Turkish trousers. With the lit- BBBH tlo mannequins, the yielding, un-corseted un-corseted figures, slanting eyes and BJL heturbaned heads tho Arabian j Nights are brought to life again. I J But there are great varieties of ; j skirts. The waists follow the lines BBBj of the figure so closely that there Is BBBH little more to be said about them. 4 The new evening materials are rl( h BBBl In texture and color. The brocades BBBl come In raspberry red. royal blue 'JU and jade preen, stumped with s 1 1 - BBBJ H The charming linen of the body BBB Are emphasised by the combinations BBBB of color and material. Beautiful BBBBj gowns have been designed for any BBBB American woman 'E PARISIAN FASHIQXS B ARE UORE ELABORATE. BBBJ The fashions coming over from BBBJ Paris are more elaborate than those BBB of our own country There they BB have followed tho extreme Oriental BBBT modes of dress. Many of the BBBj gowns made are for great occasions BBfl alone. The materials are too fragile BBB and costly for every-nlght use, and BBVJ the gatln and crepe brocades, moire, BBVJ sJIk plush, taffetas charmeuse and BBB silk crepe lie more within the reach BBB and the needs of the average wom- H an. Transparent material are much I worn again, and there is nothing iB lovelier really than lace over satin. BBBr pllsse tulle iu many tiers, each BBJ flounce edged with a single row of 'vwS brilliants, or white chiffon trimmed BBBf with deep double ruffles headed with BBB thread lines of dark fur. B Carried away by the general do- BBB mand for richness of effect, of gor- BBB gcous colors, the French houses, if BBBl left to themselves, rather overdo the BBB matter of trimming their evening dresses. Colored jet has become an BBl obsession with them, and they made BBl entire dresses of slone-embroldercd BBl chiffon. hard. restless. flashing BBV things that are really far from beau- BkBJ tlful. A little strass Is lovely, and BBJ lightens and illuminates t gown Q Wonderfully, but it should bo used BBV with discretion. Lace Is a safer BH trimming, especially in the new ySm tunics and peplums; blonde lace, for "SB Instance, over white satin, or silver '3U lace with ro9e moire could any- I ,fjw thing Imaginable be more lovely? BjJ And one must not forget fur, narrow '-'" bands of skunk or chinchilla on I tulle, demure bands of beaver on jfl chiffon dresses for the very young. Sj and lovely soft feathery bands of Jfl marabou edging brocado and crepe and satin. SB "With an evening gown the hair Is jfl dressed low and very close to the I 11 head Very often no ornaments at -31 a11 ar0 worn, or occasionally one 9 8CCS an aigrette pitched at a reck- IB lf,s angle, a metal head-dress like a I I silver helmet, a flaring peasant cap M of exquisite lace. The usual orna- ment, however. 9 a broad-headed , m nin a11 With brilliants or a single M llno of rhinestones wound around , W the head. I .: The evening slipper Is usually tho flj rothurne In white or black satin. ,.m wlth a h'Kh French heel and satin . 9 ribbons that lace over the instep and I M ankle. It Is worn with a plain self- ' colored stocking, with a fine line of hemstitching up the ankle. ,.J Tne influence of the Orient on -'jB fashions has been sotadlly gTowlng. W Fashions are usually a sort of repl- Bf Hon and combination, but the fash- 9 lons of (h present time are noth- :M ins of th kind. American women ,fW never wore anything like they are ' '-M wearing now. Neither were such . kJB things worn by Europeans VM in STORY BRINGS OFT fm EXTREMES OF FASHION. j&Ml ThG fasnlon experts of Paris who originate the extreme fashions have VBJ simply gone back in their histories -"tm lhc last fow vea" ml reproduced jjUBJ gowns and wraps like our ancestors wore. A years ago they went to the Balkans. There they found ro- PW markable colors and brought thorn west to be worn by Americans and Western Europeans. The Balkan war attracted tho attention at-tention of fashion experts to tho bright colors and lntrodud them to tho world. This year they havo gone further East. There are many races In various parts of tho world who have their particular style of dress. By going to Western West-ern Asia, dress which never has been worn in tho West before has been found. For several years extremists ex-tremists havo sought to bring Turkish Tur-kish dress West, but so far their efforts havo failed to a large extent ex-tent But there have been ImKn'.lon harem skirts and pantaloon skirts p ' POSED AT NEU5TE1TER5. ;:j k in dress, ready for the - -EW' opera, a coal h r the stieet, r I ' T' i : make their own clothes It is a Joy. jj I ; Si 1,ie m on P'0CP garment Is jj J BBBgVM.' popular all tin- time with those who H J ABflW "lake their own clothes because It mm '; -iS9rsljCT narrow at ti;. .i - and brings out the peg t worn by the most extreme devotees of fashion. The necr ton pnal w'iVi mlngs is ono of the most popular things fashion arbiters havo given Idea which is so popular. It has the kimono sleeve so deep under the arm that it falls into a soft graceful drapery. A big collar which can be rolled clos to tho throat and add comfort in traveling travel-ing in n motor car is one of the desirable de-sirable features of the garment. When warm the coat can be left open in front, giving tho V shaped effect. The low waist line effect is obtained ob-tained by the seam in the front of the coat anri a belt In the back. If the coat is fo be made for general wedr It would be shorter than if it was to be used for automoblllhg. In riding, of course. the extra length is desirable because of the warmth The low waist line efi"e t is desirable desir-able for street wear. But no ono I ran complain of the rtvle if It hapj pens t" be a high or me Hum walsB Instead of a low on- All kinds oM Is arc good in a o. 1 The wearer can s.iii-i'y herself andj wear what she likes. ! An acre of good fishing grounl I will produce more food in a weelflj than an acre of land In a year. J Ncarl.1 1.' 000 firearms of BelJl Kian man u fact u re were tested at theljj Government proving station lasfll e r. i '. ,),; ,.- il i. ,,, ,. nillCh Q whiter by placing a tahlespoonfjflfl of turpentine In a v. ishing m.o'hineBS with them u |