Show now lo 10 Be Found in the 1 we are having the nicest times these january afternoons shopping in the rue de la or to be exact weare we are not out on a dignified expedition to select gowns and things but fo revel in bargains which at athla season of the year are so abundantly tantalizing in number and kind the bargain searchers quest here in paris Is made a positive pleasure and not a football rush and tumble like it Is in america at the principal shops madame Is shown things she does not have to struggle with a horde of women or the end of an apparently endless coll of something only to fand it Is probably tho most no account old trash which she would not have as a gift on the other hand the native politeness of tha parl lenne even though it has been alk ened unto a veneer wears well in the strenuous affairs of bargain sales then in paris we do not rush oft al most before daybreak to the shops but wait until after and comfort ably sally forth well groomed and in a sufficiently seraphic frame of mind to cope with the woman who selects right under our eye the very artal art cl we have beet our hearts upon buying imodel frocks and hata are not id te t very often a goad french model at celebrated house la six months in adi ad i of the styles seen on the average woman and it la well to invest in a costume of this kind even f if has to be sent to the cleaners to bo freshened up and it will do duty beautifully for a gown to begin on next season know what a comfortable feeling itis to have a nice frock ready for the farst cold days in hats too you may pick up the affairs at hat their real price after all there are olde rols in dress that women in every country may pick up for a song during the next rew weeks but it Is well to avoid the passing aads tads of fashion and the mania for guying fascinating one can do y lace and colp lara and beathas berthas of real and very good limitation lace net achus lace land belts to suit all figures and rem cants of chiffon and silk are to be had tolore all these accessories y pleto the successful toilet p thi wo inan of fashion are beloved of hm chiefly because they are In ina 1 lances extras and things which in usual wa of edema h yn balence her sho u as without but when reduced tn price may b indulged in without prick lna of conscience bashes ot all kinds are to be very uch in evidence during the summer f e wide mue chine flowered ones especial V T i chakon sashes are api and the arts c woman can have a variety 0 theo dreuy adornments the most sober prevails in paris just now liven tn ts are and mainly of the arban build there Is a power turban hy lalle carlax at th I 1 lne will be the favorite ff hat it is of the quite round de lon the crown all mauve violets no the brim alt white violets which tinge a wee bit on the hair at tho back the only other note on the hat 19 a perfectly flat wheel rosetto of purple velvet from two to three inches n like moat chic parisian confections confect ions Is a mere but I 1 have made up a or athla kllc shall Boon head and I 1 am going to be my own milliner visits are being paid in ff cather bats we are tired 0 the shah of persia turban principally because it was eo easy to copy and became decidedly common the feathered toque aare made in any shape you fancy A hat you particularly like and dislike to part with may be taken as a model the charm of this feather hat lies in he coloring which la entirely corn posed ot the plumage of some tropical bird the ono I 1 am thinking about la rather a large toque with a flat crown and draped aldea covered with tiny feathers in the moat shades ot preen blue and copper with a feathery mass of ereen gaira at the back th s chape was made in wire and covered ath wadding and changed at will in order to get g et juit the becoming form it can be pinched or lowered poked and twisted into any conceivable shape but when once done it must be final as the feathers admit of no elaboration when put on the hat for good white will be the bummer as it has beep the winter craze and white veil inars and voiles arc a safe investment t rl i it i felfe fil fe i on all sides we hear that red and blue will be the dominant color note ot fashion anything in black and white will be de rigueur and the woman on a limited dress allowance will do well to k make this her particular style it la an econom icalas well as distinctive idea to have a color tun through ones entire wardrobe the then harmonize and a really imposing appearance pe arance la made on very little this Is an open beperet to moat still we bave bad habit a forgetting amien a new color la alluringly splayed of all the bargains in cloth and ellas it Is well to dooh looh out for those jn white tor the white dresa Is to betho dress par excellence tor early spring wear and and face cloth are th kinds to be most keen about the fashion of embroidering embroider ing white cloth in crewel ark suggests a task for the A little bolero or a short pouched entirely covered with woolen carn allona might be easily and alth a small veat of ceru lace and a plain skirt tucked at the hem will make a very swell white joth easter goan not for ealter bunday wear however we have left all that long ago far the bourgeoise bourge olse the ideal hat to weir with this costume Is one covered with closely clipped black ostrich feathers and a crown of couf flon if a new fat boa of black ostrich feathers with pendent tails and silken fringe la added the last touch Is given to a costume will redeem the most hopelessly unattractive woman speaking 0 attractions I 1 do not think the exaggeration ot the straight front one see everywhere Is attractive being simply gro fronted corset Is but I 1 do not believe wa ever intended to produce the absurd figures one sees just now the best ideas can be abused and by this exaggeration ge ration we are abusing a very good thing the straight fronted effect many women believe that by wearing a corset of this kind and throwing back the shoulders in a stiff kind of fashion they become models of the correct form the fur boa and muff are being replaced by the ostrich feather ones the ostrich muff must be prodigious in size an a the boa flat and in outline these sets are very dressy and becoming and smarten up a passe costume wonderfully the color attracts the notice of the authorities at present Is a royal blue and in mousse ling de cole it hakea a lovely ball gown and may be relied upon to be becoming to the neck and arms this bright blue was the material of a dress very much admired at a soiree recently the gown had a skirt set into large hat plaits and a swathed bodice bearing tiny revera of white velvet showing a of lennea lace it was cut square at the back and front and had laia puffed sleeves with voluminous valto frills the wearer waa shod in the little gold with flap front and wore a trellia worked cap ot jewels in her hair you may make a note 0 the jewel f f s f IA trellis cap tor it Is going to be the coming head decoration the artistic jeweler like the clever dressmaker la also utilizing the exquisite designs ot other days and the developments are most satisfactory there has been a perfect furore for enamel of all kinds the italian work Is by far the most delicate and shows a wonderful mingling 0 color in second clasa jewelry more properly known as the art nouveau Is still in vogue pretty fashions for young girls evening frocks are really the most pro bounced sartorial achievements net dresses trimmed with rows 0 graduated velvet ribbon in a color la quite the latest idea the skirts ary sherred shirred round the waist and mounted on calt fon and lined with soft silk sometimes between the bands of velvet on the hem Is a fine tracery of silver sequins but the omission of these by no I 1 means detracts from the charm of the dress then there Is a fascinating girls frock of white embroidered and spangled net which Is completed by a velvet belt of rose de chine there 13 no doubt that in our fashions we are returning to the style of the sixteenth century the new gauged flowing skirts belong to that period and we may be picturesque up to certain point without being thought eccentric in the new spring claths cloths for walking gowns the weaves are still rather shaggy with raised dots in several harmonizing mon izing tones showing underneath the plain surface invisible checks are not forgotten by ame mme la mode and all sorts of canvas are assured as a novelty these have lines running in several tones blitch in different lights gleam out most unexpectedly the bolero is the style again for spring jackets it Is becoming to almost everybody and Is too youthful and jaunty to give up by the way tweeds are as rough as rough can be and you know their possibilities in that direction then there Is a new kind of crepe de chine with a more brilliant surface than we have had of late many of the cloth frocks are made with the double decker skirt while the old kilt plaited one of long ago la revived when putting on a skirt for the first time it Is always well to examine it to see that the hooks are in the proper place after which the skirt should be well drawn down in front it a woman stands properly she will have no difficulty in keeping her skirt at the proper angle after the Is adjust ed the waist comes in for consideration pull it well down in the back and if possible have the skirt hook over the bodice in athla way one never need be afraid of missing connections after properly putting on a dress the essential Is to wear isavell this can only be done by standing and walking gracefully paris has been quite excited over a controversy going on in the newspapers anent the outrageous fashion the women have of holding up their skins news Is evidently at a premium and the enterprising young reporter Is r aebly UP space CATHERINE Is an effect produced by introducing lumpy knotted yarn into the weaving the yarn BO introduced Is woven in at intervals forming patterns or creating 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