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Show I Cunning Chinese Eats I Among Delights of Millinery Season Many a wnman who Is apparently without an idea in her head expresses the most beautiful ideas in the selec tion of her robe.- and mantles. "How does it matter how you build," says Ruskin, "when you have bad bricks to build with?" ; Let this idea establish itself in the mind of the woman who is planning i her spring wardrobe. The first need is good fabric. It must be durable, else it will not be worth the making. It must be of such color as will endure the process oT dry cleaning and which will not be destroyed de-stroyed by the first April shower or faded by the sunshine of May. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, the more beautiful the material ma-terial the less need of ornament and ornament is often nioro of a blemish than a decoration. To recognize good fabric, fine color and splendid weave you must educate yourself in these matters. Trust not to the salesman, whose ideas may be mildewed and mossifled. If you feel uncertain of your own opinion, rely upon the suggestions of some friend whose mind has been trained and cultivated. cul-tivated. According to our simple no- I tions. every girl should be taught to know ihe various weaves of wool and I silk, the different patterns of laces and their names, and also an appreciation of tnie color. There is a pleasure in gathering this information and its pursuit pur-suit should be included among the ambitions am-bitions of the gently bred. Cunning little Chinese hats are among the delights of the milliner) season. They are composed of lisere, hemp, fabric or milan. They afford opportunity for embroidered brim borders bor-ders done in chenille, worsted, silk or metallized threads. The illustration I offers a saucy little top piece with brim outlined for stitchery. All hats do not lake a wide view of life; many of them are stingy little affairs, with high crowns, and no brims at all. or flat crowns and all brims, though the high crown is pre-i pre-i ferred. Lisere is tho straw of the sea-j sea-j son, and lhat which Is handsewed is altogether beautiful and yielding. In the family of Chineso hats there is the mandarin sailor, the pagoda and the coolie, all attractive and new, the coolie roming back to us in different form, and with fresh, gay trimmings. We hear a rumor about the return of the bandeau, but so far we have been free of it. The bandeau is not a sartorial sar-torial joy. We still have the Russian Rus-sian toque, the coachman's toper and various forms of directolre thought coverings. Prorations are used with the utmost ut-most discretion, and even then they are carefully edited. We see beautiful beauti-ful floret to garlands and bouquets, and these motifs are all small and dainty. |