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one shoulder and allowed to swing clear or
is drawn up close about the figure. Less
costly than these are scarf shawls Of wool
gauze, with bands Of bullion or colored silk
alternating with the wool.
The Cosy Cardigan.
Comment and experiment are equally busy
with the cardigan jackets and smart quilted
silk waistcoats that skaters wear or that
women adopt indoors over thin shirtwaists.
The cardigans are exactly as men wear them.
save that a little silk Is mixed with the
wool OF which they are quilted. In the
majority Of cases the cardigans are done
In dull smoke-gray, reseda green, brown and
mid-ocean blue wool, but bound about the
edges with silk ribbon of a clear and pene-
trating color. Women who cling to capes
as wraps have found the cardigans Of very
real value and comfort and they utilize as
well the wadded waistcoats. These are
cut as high or low as you please In front,
are most often OF a dull, soft silk outside
and a light layer Of perfumed lambs wool
lying between the outside and the lining
Is stitched In diamond form and the bright
est silk.
Occasionally, in place Of mere machine
stitching, a delicate vine Is embroidered this
way and that over the waistcoat front. while
the back is Of heavy, double-faced satin
drawn in at the waist line under a ribbon
band and silver or Jewel set buckle. The
gayest buttons fasten up these waistcoats
that skating and sleigh riding and snow
golfng women affect and with which they
wear their watches exactly as men do.
Long and most interesting are the runes
that relate to the newest fangles in taffeta
silk skirts. The derniere cri, as the
Parisians say, Is q skirt OF storm gray
taffeta %velours, that fits like a tire to a
wheel as far down as the Knees and then
flares or Is thrown out, to use dressmakers'
vernacular. All around 1t touches the
ground and then, to accentuate this bell
bottom aspect, a lounce of crisp silk muslin
Is cut out on the slope. accordion pleated
and edged with a ruche Of pinked-gray tat
ista and muslin. In consequence Of these
maneivers a woman in such q skirt is apt
10 measure thirty-six inches about the hips
and 1856 around her feet, but this Is quite as
1t should be. for all her carriage and even.
ing. house and calling toilets come under
approximately the same dimensions.
illustrations of Fashions.
The two hats given this week tell their
own tale. They are both Of antique velvet,
their folds disposed over clnnoline frames.
The velvet Is drawn up handkerchief shape
In the toQue and the corners knotted in
front. Through the knot is run three eagle
quilts. The larger hat OF Chasseur shape is
sm%oke-gray velvet, ornamented with a
large paste buckle in front. from which flow
back two long periwinkle-blue plumes.
The children in the sketch represent what
young people are wearing for festive func-
tions this winter. Their pinafores on sober,
everyday occasions are as often as not
made Of brown Turkish linen beautifully
decorated in linen embroidery done in blue,
red. and green, the only stitch being the
simple criss-cross that the eastern needle
women know 80 we'll how to use. 1t Is
noticeable that corduroy for boys as we'll as