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Show DAME FASHION SAYS You Must Wear Green and Other Contrasting Contrast-ing Colors If You Would Be Right In Style. BY LUCILLE DAUDET. fp"r REEN is occupying a prominent ftwn plac0 on tho color card. Ap-1LJ Ap-1LJ pic, reseda, Kelly, sea, bottle, sage, tropic these are some of the shade vaiiatlons in high favor with tho stylo cre?.tois. And thero aie tho new versions of mustard all of them moro green than tan or yellow. yel-low. This color started out as a favorite for street and afternoon frocks. Then tho milliners took It up, and every shop window blocsomed forth with collections of spring models in green. Now the epidemic has spread to evening even-ing costumes, so if you would have your wardrobo complete, seo that It Includes at least ono evening frock of a fashlonablo shade of gieen. A fascinating color combination was achieved In an evening gown by the :se of Kelly green Georgette crepe draped over cloth of silver. Ever so slight a concession to tho barrel silhouette sil-houette was made by the harem hem of the skirt Embroideries of silver and crystal beads supplied tho trimming trim-ming for bodice and skirt, and the waistline was finished with a girdlo of self satin tipped with tassels of crystal. crys-tal. J The smartest of the new sports suits are fashioned from plain and figured fig-ured fabrics combined, with tho plain color used for tho skirt and the figured fig-ured for the coat, or if one prefers It, the other way round; and if you would havo your sports suit right up to tho minuto it must be made of ono of the heavier silks designed especially for sports attire. In coat length there seems to bo almost unanimous favor for the one that ends just slightly below be-low tho hip line. An effectivo color scheme has been worked out in one little sports suit Tho skirt is of solid color, in tho smart apricot shade, and tho coat has a matching background with stripes. A soft girdlo gains character from turned up, button tabs. Tho buttons aro of tho sano material in burnt orange or-ange and match the coat's facing. Tho loose band at tho bottom of tho coat provides practical and decorative pockets. Whatever else may claim tho attention atten-tion of the millinery stylo creators in tho fashioning of summer models, it can always bo regarded as certain that they will not neglect to piovido broad-brimmed broad-brimmed garden hats. The freakish, tho unusual, may como and go, but tho garden hat goes on forever, growing grow-ing lovelier and more fascinating with each passing season. charming in a simplicity that Is doubly effectivo becauso It is studied. Not a lina is left to chance, for tho hat is meant to berve as a framo to tho faco as well as protection against the rajs of the sun. Flowers remain tho favored embellishment of these hats, though thero is a generous assortment of models that depend wholly upon scarfs and streamers for trimming. One of tho most attractive hats of tho season's collection was seen recently. re-cently. Tho material was llsere straw In wistaria color, and crown was covered with pink roses and wistaria wis-taria blossoms. Pink taffeti folds wero used for facing tho brim and wistaria wis-taria color picot ribbon mado the streamers. Another model seen was a tailored affair of black llsero straw simply trimmed with a hugo bow of king's bluo velvet ribbon. Tho prettiest floral wreaths aro those that como from Paris, and, of course, they are hand-made. The tendency is to combino all sorts of flowers in ono garland. Ono lovely llttlo hat of orchid colored Georgette was trimmed with a wreath of shaded lilacs, and another was almost covered cov-ered with dahlias, In rich shades of mauYfl and dusky, red, |