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Show Ir1 e ty-hli-i. "feQia-t are made at Home b 1 h s " i if' 1 ' 't ; 5 V n Jw NOW the days grow shorter and longer evenings provide leisure that -most women like to spend making pretty things. One cannot be always reading and work for the fingers does not Interfere with thinking or with conversations. A little excursion in the fancywork stores and departments is sure to fire one with an ambition to copy some of the delightful bits of furnishings fur-nishings and personal belongings that they are showing. There are new and fascinating cushions, table and dresser scarfs, woven baskets, candle and lamp shades, luncheon sets, winter bouquets and many other things for the house and there is no end to tho personal belongings be-longings that .will Interest the needlewoman. needle-woman. Above is a( group of two bags and a card case that are all good examples of work done with small, colored beads. These are worked on canvas foundations, printed In colors with the design to be covered with colored beads. At the top a card case is worked with beads In two colors to form stripes -as black and white, black and steel, blue and green. At There are some members of the younger set who balk at the longer skirt and, occasionally, a willful maid puts her foot down- considerably more than sis inches below the hem of her garment, which the arbiters of fashion allow. We are forced to concede that the shorter skirt is more youthful and a little more convenient than its successor, suc-cessor, which has got down to within four Inches of the floor. Accommodating Accommodat-ing manufacturers of dresses leave them with hems only basted in ; tins they throw the responsibility for the short skirt upon the Individual. Fashion does not countenance it. In the illustration herewith two afternoon after-noon frocks, in all tut their length, have accepted the dictates of the mode In a graceful manner. The dress at the left, of canton crepe, is very handsomely hand-somely embroidered with small beadSL It Is open at the front from the low-neckline low-neckline to the hem, revealing a satin slip worn under it. An uneven hemline hem-line is trimmed into points, making It longer than the slip at the side and shorter at the front and back. The neck Is embroidered by a bead em- Two Pretty Afternoon Frocks eacli corner a daisy with dark center and light petals introduces a telling finishing touch. Below a the left, an amusing little bag In black and steel beads, simulates a cat's head and at the bottom a bag In a solid color makes a background for water lilies on one sMe of it and stripes on the handle. Every housewife will appreciate a waterproof apron like that one shown at the right of the picture above. It is made of rubberized cloth, which may be had in several colors and patterns, and is bound with white tape, which , also provides Its ties and support for the bib. A cluster of fruit cut from rubberized cloth, is tacked to the apron at one corner, and discarded bathing caps in red, green or other high colors might be used for making these fruit clusters. Rubberized cloth is made in gingham checks and cross bars in all the usual colors, ami on these patterns the fruit is not used. Cro-s-barred organdie or net with narrow laces, lend themselves easily to the making of fashionable neckwear neck-wear The all-white cross-barred organdie or-gandie is liked for sou consisting of collar and cuffs, or collar, chemNeite mid cuffs, and cross-stitci or o her em-brolderv em-brolderv in colored floss makes dr.ig.i:-ful dr.ig.i:-ful decorations for it. Tho 1 .eees are finished with narrow hems and tnoe are hemstitched, giving them a d-cr-8tive value also. sm-le collars of fine net are edged wi,h Harrow filet or v.-.l lace, and either embroidered or decorated -!, small squares, triangles r modal.. on s of fllet lace set in at the corners. broidery and the satin slip forms a plain chemisette at the front where a sequence of five buttons, that correspond corre-spond with the bead trimming, fasten under the loops of crepe. The sleeves are long, with a slight, pointed flare and the girdle Is mude of the crepe slipped through handsome metal slides. The model Is dignified and with a longer skirt would be well suited to older women. The pretty frock at the right might be developed either in lightweight wool or silk crepe fabrics. . It Is distinguished distin-guished by panels at the sides, each having three tucks at the hlpline, and gathered in at the waistline. Little silver buttons outline the panels below the tucks and finish the short sleeves. The bodice is a surplice model, fastening fasten-ing to one side, the overlapping side edged with little buttons. It is cut lung eneuirh to serve as a girdle. |