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Show Dame Fashion Smiles By Grace Jewett Austin Just the other evening there was a haze In the western sky, urn the bun rv.; 1 ' julm Grace J. Austin. went sinking down to sleep lil:c a great red hull. A I I w h o hn p p e p e i to catch a gl!inp-.e of It kept es-f es-f lalmirig, 'S e e Hie rod sun :" If It hail hecri pirilo ordinary yellow It pro!,:. lily would not hn e reeei ved a single cum merit. That same day. on returning from a women's political eluh meeting, Dame Fashion stepiied Into a rrull store arid said In a resinned tone. "I suppose you haven't any red hananas?" "Oh. hut we have!" the nice clerk said, excitedly. ex-citedly. And there they were; princely prince-ly food of the tropics, and finite the urlstocratlc cousin of the yellow fruit. At that same political cluh meeting a gracious lady patted a parcel and whispered, "1 have a red blouse In (Ids package.-' h'o you see the cheerful cheer-ful red leaven Is working. Nevertheless, In the good summertime summer-time the sun-color, corn-color, sun-tan. rose beige, or whatever sunny shade you may prefer, will push the winter red away to a great extent. Spring's miracle deserves any glory that can adorn It. On one flay we saw beautiful beauti-ful fur coals by the hundreds; hungry hun-gry lonnards eenlld min'.-u i,i..i,.ci conies and dignified seals. Then, presto, all the coats had departed to cold storage, and there were ensembles ensem-bles everywhere, and so many, oh. so many 111 tie merry short Jackets. One accessory bids to be out of luck this summer, Just as it has been, for the most part. In recent summers. This Is the strictly feminine parasol. And now that one thinks of It. Isn't It quite the truth that the "strictly feminine" tilings, Mice fans, muffs and llltle fancy aprons seem, to be fading gradually out of the picture? It isn't that women are trying to ape the men, but It Is because women are so busy will) n thousand practical deeds and pleasures driving a car, for Instance that they hesilate to be bothered will) anything hindering the hands. That Is not all of the reason which puts n ban on parasols. It Is because It now seems to be a firm fashion mandate that summer must also mean tanned skin. One of the prettiest women Dame Fashion knows called to her the other-day other-day to gain admiration for her "mag pie costume." as she called it. The effects were all in clear black and while, just like the jay-voiced bird which is plentifully found in Knglnnd. and has a home also In the Rocky mountain region and California. The genuine "magpie" Is of course built with that plan from the beginning, with insefs, but It is possible to gain much of Ihe same effect by adding te nn all-black costume clear white col lar and cuff sets, a black-and-white I urse, with perhaps one of the strik Ing black-and while scarfs. If neces sary, fall back upon good old faithful while gardenia. ((Sl. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) |