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WOMAN'S WORLD.

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monious blending Of %colors. Thus at one
end OF the screen may be grouped the
reds, pinks, etc, gradually shading to
pure white, while on the other side the
various shades of lavender, blue and. pur-
pie may be combined. This harmony in
colors should also be borne in mind in
the arrangement of cut flowers. several
stems of each color being grouped to-
gether, being much more pleasing than a
promiscuous mixing of individual bios
SONS. The double varieties are very
handsome. Among the most pleasing
single sorts are Venus, salmon buff, New
Countess, lavender, and the Bride, pure
white.
The Chumley collar and the Wales tie!
Isn't that the quintessence of c~happiness.
The deah boys are not the only ones who
are sporting the new shapes, however, for
the man chine the ounte will tell you
that six out of every ten he sells are
bought by women, and smart women at
that. The style is one that, between our
selves, looks very much better when worn
by our side of the house, but 1t was in
PRODUCED as a fashion for men, and that
may be the reason really why all the
girls one knows are taking it up The col
lar, to put it in plain English, is a high
rundown, and the tie is n of those
big butterfly bows made preferably in a
silk with half-inch stripes of uncomprom-
Using color. The yellow and black ones
have particularly good voices. but the
university colors are not quite so loud
There are violet and white ones that are
simply lovely and for a person who does
not like bars Il do not refer to the cherry
Hill boarding house,. there are very pref
ty floral designs on light or dark grounds.
Speaking of spring hats, there are
many Directoire shapes, setting off the
face, of course, with narrow strings of
satin ribbons, says Harper's Bazaar"
Hats are worn just as they were this
winter, either very far over the face. or
very far from it. One of h prettiest
new ideas is the combination of straw
and tulle in. The foundation of the hat.
What should be every other braid is tulle,
like an insertion. The effect is charming,
so much lighter and prettier tina tulic
alone. A dainty hat after this fashion
was of bluet blue, with bluets wandering
over the high turned-up brim. Another
was black, trimmed in front with great
choux of black and white tulle, and
quilts. Hats of soft coarse straw chif-
fonee are seen-that is to say, straw
crumpled apparently into shape, as was
the velvet of the winter. Such a charm
ing cream straw had a great chou of
blue velvet on the left side, with a quaint
steel buckle, and numberless white quilts.
On the few straw hats that have crept
out into wear so far the trimming is prin-
cipally of primroses and wall flowers.
There is no doubt that the new fashion
of wearing tights in place of petticoats is
a serviceable one from many points of
view. Women exhaust a great amount of
energy holding up the sweeping skirts.
The custom of dragging the skirts
through the streets INDUCED in by women
of fashion is a most uncleanly one. THESE
two things alone would condemn petit
coats, strongly.
What our grandmothers would think
could they see the ~petticoatless brigade
would furnish food for amusement.
Who has not heard of the mine
starched and ruffled petticoats'' that
these good ladies were wont to wear UNI
der their silk and muslin gowns.
Think of that. you modern girls, and
rejoice in the passing of the petticoat.
49,
Marriage in Japan is only a civil con
tract. and not in any way a religious
one,'' writes 0noto Watanna in the April
Ladies Home Journal ut is protected
by law and social obligations. The Church
and State do not concern themselves at
all in marital affairs. The chief peculiar
ity about the ceremony is the exchanging
of cups of sake Ga liquid nine times:
three times the bride, three times the
groom, three times the midwoman rho
works between the pair in making the en-
gagement. Toward the end Of the cere-
mony a singer sings a song called TIA
kasago,' which n~arrates the loving and
happy life of an old couple. Thus the
ceremony closes, the last notes of the
singers beautiful melody remaining in
the air, charming all. The last stage of
girl life is over
1t is the minor details of a toilet which
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these knowing touches which keep it
merely an expensive gown of rich ma
terials. 1t is the little chetnisatte of
tucked batiste which is the mode Just
now. A silken or satin guimpe is not so
stylish, although one Of these will wear
longer and keep fresher. Corded silk is
very pretty, but for style one should show
a chemisette of tucked batiste inside of
the silk collar trimmings. Sometimes the
neckband of this is overlaid with a narrow
collarette of lace, just a glimpse or sug-
gestion of it being visible. Outside the
ceemisette the half oval is filled in with
enough of silk to make a square so that
the decolletage resembles q square silk
collar which has been cut away to show
an under guimpe OF batiste. and this also
has been shaved ava to show a border
of lining of guipure lace.
$50
Easter has come and gone, but the popu-
larity of the Dresden egg is undiminished
Such of us as possess d fairy godmother
received from the jeweler a largish paste-
board box, inclosing a dainty painted oval
OF wood pulp enaineled in white and col
ored to represent the miniature figures
and garlands noticed On Nielsen chime
This egg opens in half. and somewhere in
the filing OF jewellers cotton one finds
the core of goldsn1tth's work. the double
hearts which form a lace pin, or oval
shaved sleeve-links, or dainty charms for
the ~lorgnette chain. These ornaments glis-
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