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Show Pajamas Now the Favored Feminine Sleeping Garb ONE really wonders whothor any women sleep In old-fashioned "nighties" now, so many and varied aro tho styles in pajamas and so much to-do is made over them in tho shop advertisements. One Manhattan shop last week advertised ten different sorts of pajamas for women and not ono of tho sorts was obtalnablo for a cent less than seven dollars. Perhaps these luxurious stooping garments aro packed in tho week-end sultcaso to impress ono's hostess, and ono slumbers at homo in a modest onc-ninety-olght muslin nightgown of familiar typo. But It would really not do at all, to start out on a fashionable weekend week-end vlalt minus a suit of silk pajamas; for when all the other women sit around in gay silken bifurcated attire, at-tire, at tho bedtime gossip hour, one will feel oddly uncomfprtablo in an old-style, lacc-trlmmed "nightie." Middy pajamas aro tho very- latest. They are mado of striped satin and cerise and white is a favored combination. com-bination. Tho trousers are looso and graceful and tho middy tunic with its wldo collar and knotted tlo, slips on over the head. Tho pajamas have sldo pockets into which one may tuck ono's hands, lifting tho middy a bit as a sallorman lifts his tunlo when ho thrusts his hands into his breeches pockets. Thero aro mandarin pajamas too, of peach blossom or cherry blossom blos-som satin with embroideries in white; thero aro paisley satin pajamas, and dainty pajamas all in white, with satin trousers and coats of Geoigctto crepo. But the strangest garment in tho collection col-lection is tho pajama-nightgown an odd affair truly sometimes called tho pantalon nightgown, just an ordinary, pretty robc-do-nuit, drawn up with ribbon and beading as far down as tho Emplro waistline. Eelow that it balloons out Into baggy pantalons which aro drawn In at tho anklo and finished with ribbon and beading to match tho nightgown top. And on ono hip is a pocket, also trimmed with ribbon and beading. Odd enough too, but extromely fetching, aro white washable satin pajamas trimmed with llttlo ruffles of whito Georgctto and bows of del bluo ribbon. |