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Show ! fflE MILITARY CAPE FAST GROWING IN POPULARITY I It la really astonishing what a hold r flpon the feminine affections navy blue i I has gained. Season after season it comes to the I fore and loads all the colors in popu- 1 larity with hardly a rival in the affec-I affec-I tions of the spring maid. Some time ago a few well meaning I souls BUggested that the member I the fair sex adopt a standardized cos-I cos-I tume for war time wear, but the idea I met with but small success in the fa- vor of the feminine public (or in the f masculine, either, for that matter). However the American woman straightway began to consider appear-i appear-i ..in en and to array herself in keeping I with the times And if there is anv-I anv-I thing at all that tends to a standaid-E standaid-E izd costume it is the one that is ac- veloped in navy blue. It is the prevailing tone for suit. I coat and frock, and colors silk, voile. chiffon or serge, but always and ever serge. For there Is, after all. little that can compare in smart service ability with blue serge and it is almost safe tc say a majority of spring garments are r fashioned in this desirable fabric. 1 Yet color is the onlv sameness about these blue costumes, for seldom, il ever, has there been so great a variety vari-ety than at present. There is something decidedly Jaun L ty about th new cap and milad ha; quite the air of la militaire as she goes a march ins: down the street enveloped in its loose swinging folds Very fine is the navy blue serge which develops this garment and strik ing is the contrast which is given by the lining of cherry colored velour This, turning back, forms a deep collar col-lar and . shows again on the reverse side of the long scarf ends which are I thrown over the shoulders. One of the smartest notes of the season sea-son in trimming is the fringe which flutters so gayly from the ends of many things. It is sure to be in the color of the thing which it decorates and in this case it adds an attractive ttnish to a j ood lookiug garment A widi diooping brimmed hat of white leghorn trirnmcJ with a band ?nd bow of bla:k velvet complete: a most e(feclie costume. Nothing can quite take the pi of the ta'. jt.:1 suit, aid unu-ually smart is the youthful model. Of tan polret twills, it boasts .est. collar and cuffs In a pretty rfhaO of blue. The charm of the suit lies !n. Its very simplicity and in the contrasting. yet pleasing color effect, and Lhe model is one which is apt to pi ve almost al-most universally becoming. Khaki cool also plays a part in the development of the smart hat, which is so suggestive of spring, with Its flower-twined crown. on |