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Show Posies to Adorn Frocks and Suits Feather and Fabric Flowers Add Bright Touches to the New Outfit. If fashion predictions be true and they usually are when they come from Paris the flower boutonnlere Is to be seen on the smartest spring frocks and suits. For every type of dress there Is some floral decoration. All sorts of materials have been utilized uti-lized to produce perky little bouquets, large shaggy carnations, floppy roses, graceful orchids and Important looking look-ing gardenias and roses. Added to the fabric collection Is the feather family, and, due to their unusually successful success-ful response to dyeing, the results are delightfully realistic,. Flowers are copied almost exactly, both as to color ( and contour, and the rich softness of the petals Is well displayed by the texture of the feathers. Field flowers are grouped In twos and threes for boutonnleres to adorn a tailored suit or sports outfit. Gardenias in white or pastel shades, with feather foliage, supply the iiecessary touch of color to the afternoon frock of crepe or chiffon. Large fluffy pompons with foliage and extra sprays, orchids and wild roses with trailing stems naturally natu-rally belong to the evening wardrobe. With gay little printed dresses, either as a shoulder or sash trimming, there are bunches of field flowers, hardy roses with stem and buds, daisies, pansles and all the rest. Of smaller flowers, the garland Is used in place of a belt, or across the front of a frock to give the suggestion of a waistline. Umbrellas, too, appear to have the spring's tendencies In colors. Plaids, striped borders and gay color combinations com-binations are taking the place of the nrnher tones seen during the wlntry-- wlntry-- . - t '. ' - i i , - xxuoiuCjyfor '" con-f con-f Z lncon- y ti a fold- l 'vs but has i - iat prevents It .ached from the f handle Is shown In -esides being an everyday and an Indication In many """"laiices of a woman's taste and eferences in dress, are becoming ln-lved ln-lved in the all-perplexing color prob-V prob-V n. Despite what has been said re- vrr1l"r gray, the beige and tan tones ,i l edomlnate, both from the standpoint of sale and smartness. In the case of gloves and stockings It Is being whispered whis-pered that the determining factor is what Is now called skin tones. For every-day VT?nr and' especially with sports clothes there are two styles, the slip-on and the one-clasp glove, with or without cuff. . A smart sllpon sllp-on model Is shown with hand-sewn seams In a contrasting color, and a one-clasp glove with binding In a darker shade; Hardly a dress Is shown at the moment remember thnt French models mod-els are being spoken of without some suggestion of a belt. In most cases of the same material, nevertheless, quite frequently It Is of different color or material. It Is well for thpse who have a penchant for making or remodeling re-modeling their own frocks to consider con-sider the use of different kinds of belts. Width does not govern style, for belts appear less than an Inch wide and up to Ave Inches In width. |