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Show SKIRTS H Fashion Says Wear Them Tight. BY EDNA EG AN. O matter what else Is Insisted upon in the new tailored suits, the greatest emphasis H Is placed upon the clinging effect of the skirt. Even petticoats are discarded once more and the skirt lining is of soft satin instead of taffeta. taf-feta. That is why velour Is preferred to other fabrics, it swirls Into the figure Instead of away from it There is no trimming -n any of the newest skirts, unless it is stitching. That lines are to be much stralghter during the spring season than they have been for some time, Is a fact gleaned from the newest fashions. One sprlns suit was seen with a full, straight skirt and a pleated military jacket. An afternoon frock, also shown, had a full skirt cut without tho flare and falling in at the ankles. There Is no pretense made on the part of the dressmakers concerning the absenco of blouses with the new IH coat suits of silk jersey. The growing grow-ing distance for removing the coaL and revealing a skirt and separate blouse with the sharp-jointing at the waist-lino, waist-lino, has spread to all strata of so-clety, so-clety, and nearly every woman pre-fers pre-fers to keep on her coat In public rather than display a shirtwaist beneath. be-neath. With this feeling In the ascendency. as-cendency. It is not unnatural that the dressmakers should cater to it by making coats that are not to be re- A suit of gray Jersey cloth has a deep collar, cuffs and hem embrold-ered embrold-ered in a pointed design with silver thread. The coat hugs the figure losely from neck to waist line and is finished with a wide belt of gray IH suede fastened with a large silver The deep cap1 collar Is an additional addition-al touch and pives tho coat a chance to look less like a sweater. JH The type of satin bat that dominates in the smart shops is made of black satin, with so small a headband that it Is merely a ribbon, and so large a brim that it eclipses the crown. This brim convolutes around the head in a series of curves and irregular lines. If it were made by an expert, it would be utterly impossible for any woman to wear. Every line of it must be nicely calculated to the fraction of an inch, so that the face beneath will appear at its best Rarely Is there a touch of trimming on turbans, but tho introduction of two flaunting, bright wings in front of a black satin turban gives us a new idea wings are evidently coming back to fashion, and one goes up and one goes down. The lining of a top should be se-' se-' ted to blend with the tone of the frocks worn under It This can be done easily, for many womon very sensibly wear but one or two tones. |