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Show Dame Fashion Smiles By Grace Jetuett Austin j (Hue ilium a lime, (pille a number of venrs iil'o. Paine Fashion went in to sec a friend, and how she did a p o I o g I ?. c because be-cause she hud on an exceedingly sensible looking pair of brown or khaki overalls. She was right In the middle of some sort of operation op-eration around her car. Dame h'lishior. hastened Grace J. Austin. to HSHre K,r that she had never seen her looking any nicer, and that she need not hesitate to make any sort of public appearance. appear-ance. Since that time the pajaina has doubled and trebled Its sales, not only for peaceful and comfortable night reposing, re-posing, but also to take I he place of the aforetime negligee robe. A year ago n woman who stayed for several weeks in a large hold for women only In New York, which was quite a friendly place, declared that In all that time she saw only pajamas used a.s lounging robes. Hut whist! as our Celtic friends are supposed to say what Is this? Nine, ten, eleven o'clock In the morning, morn-ing, and still a lady In the kitchen in pajamas ! Is she lazy, very careless of her appearance? ap-pearance? Not at all. She Is supposed to be the last word In up-to-dateness In home wear for the kitchen. These pajamas may have been donned In a bedroom, but that Is entirely all they have to do with a bedroom except ns this pretty probably-bride housewife goes about putting all the rooms of the bungalow or apartment In spotless order. This might be called an "ensemble pajama suit." With the trousers goes a sleeveless Jumper, and over this a regular three-quurter length pajama coat. It is so very true that sometimes some-times one wishes for no sleeves at all. In doing the various kinds of housework, house-work, while perhaps in the next ten minutes, long sleeves are jnore comfortable. com-fortable. Solid color do have it quite gay with bandhigs of plaid in the same material and body color make most effective treatment, they say, for these "kitchen pajamas." "Dame Fashion, before you quit, take a look at my pretty gold pencil.'' Now Dame Fashion has a weakness (or gold pencils since one of her chief, treasures is a beautiful one, with a camel ian set in the end of it. which her father picked up on a Virginia roadway during the Civil war as it lay right in the path of the regiment. But this time she was merrily fooled again, as she loves to be.- The little red dot in the end of this "pencil" proved to be a tiny lipstick, and the golden point, when pressed, did not show a lead, but poured out a bit of powder ! ((c). 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) |