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Railroads.
RI. CO r. s 5!5 sSsss |; !, !!

r. E CO r. sss ssSss / i !.
LEAVE RICHMOND a NORTH
$40 a. M,---Daly--Main Sc Through.
6;s5 ~ Nj aiy--stain st. Through. All
1906 4, M.--Escept Monday - BYRD ST.
-, Through. All Pullman Cars. n
Accommodation. Pm ri
$40 A. M.--DniIy-Byrd ST. Through. 1los II
cal Stops 3lg Ifi''l \ }7343 K
1906 noon--week Days--Byrd ST. ThroEsh.
& 800 Z. NI.---week pays--byrd st. Fredor-
icksburs Accommodation.
b:20 p. M,---Daily--Main 81 Through
$3.50 T. M.---Wcck Days--Iibn Ashland
Accommodation.
~, S.so r. 7. M.-Daily--. Byrd st. Through
Trains ARRIVE ~ R !, :, T ~ SOUTH
$40 4. M.--week Days--Elba. Ashland
Accommodation.
s $40 4. MM.-p Only, s. Through.
lcksburg Accommodation,
1880 4. M;-Week Days-Byrd st. Through.
Local stops.
2:is E. M.-Dally-Man st. Through.
Accommodation.
LIS ?. M.--Daily- Byrd st. Through.
o:4o r. M.--Daly-aran st. Through. All
Pullman Cars
1880 T. -Dally--Arnin St. Through.
1880 ?. M;.-Week Days-Byrd st. Through.
All Pullman Cars. X,
NoTE-Pullman Sleeping or Parlor Cars
on all above trains. except trains arriving
Richmond 1850 A. NJ. week days, and local
accommodations. ;i5 As
limo OF arrivals and departures and con-
nections not guaranteed. q
W. y. DUKE. c. W. CULP. W. P. TAYLOR.
Asst to Prest Cent supt Traf. Mgr.
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BALTIMORE February as.-FLoUR-
Quiet and unchanged. Wheat-Firm; spot
contract. 7sN a roc; southern on grade, "a "a
7so. Corn--steady; spot 81 G 61t.c.; south
crn white. 50@52 Oats--Firmer; No, 9
mixed, Acc bid. Rye-Steady; No. 2 west
ern. domestic, 71172e.: choice. Z 7sc.
Butter-Firm and unchanged; fancy imtta-
ton, 20 T27c.; do. creamery. "a % 3b.; do,
ladle, 22 qp24c.; store packed. II % 20c, Eggs
Firm and lower at e7c. Cheese--Active and
unchanged: large. l4%c.; medium. 1896:
ed; coarse granuiatod and me. sapo.
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40: prime. light. s.oa1s eros; pigs. SO %
6.45; bulk OF sales. s1@7l0. Sheep-Re-
ceipts about $4,000 head. Market Sheep
Sc nj so '5Hsl - ~ -
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF, RICHMOND. FEB. 20. 1907.
ARRIVED. IN
Steamer Berkeley, Shelly. Norfolk. mer-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Mob1ack, Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings. merchandise and pas
sengers. Virginia Navigation COMPANY
SAILED.
Steamer Berkalcy. Shelly, Norfolk, mer-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
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9JfGHS!I sVuUIdlIuHS WeT6 06 1U1VWH. = IVHlT
Steady No . spring wheat. S0Gs3hc.:
No. 5. 72aS2kc.: No: red 74lk q 1910. No:
corn, +3Xc.: No. 2 yellow. t4Hc. No. 2
oats, 41hc.; No. 2 white &C.; !, No. 3 white.
1h@42Ic. No. q rye, s5c. Fair to choice
mailing. 61G6a1hc. No. ! flasseed. 81 .l1is;
No. ] northwestern. 81. esh; prime timothy
$3.50. Short Ribs. sides uoosel. sS,s11a q
900; mess pork, per barrel. SIG. to116.so;,
5(boxedl, s9.e5 q s.37h Butter-Market firm:
icreameries, 2.93elac.: diaries. 204 30c.
Eggs-Easy; Mt mark, cases Included 2lla "a
22c.; Sfrsts. 23c.; prime frsts 2ic. Cheese
Steady at l4I1eAc.
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last year For the week 10000 bales
against .59o35 last week and 1856 last
year. To-day receipts at New Orleans. l2.-
Ell bales against io42a Last year. and at
Houston 1851 bales against $50 last year.
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Stock Brokers.
Geo king &. Go.

al04 la N. Maln ST., Richmond. Va. 81
STOCK DROkElts.
FAST WIRES "a PlSIs SHARE MARGIN.
STOCK TICKER IN q UsTo NJ III 81 nj ON, &,
Strangers visiting the city invited 10 mako
our office their Headquarters and have anAil
and wires sent In our care,
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Night Line for Norfolk.
FOR NEW YORK.
cWerchants and Miners
Transportation Co.'s

transportation CO.'S
BOSTON. MASS, and PROVIDENCE. n. i.
Steamers leave Norfolk for Boston Tues
day, Wednesday, Friday and sunday For
Proyldenes Monday, Thursday and SATURDAY
All New England Points. Tickets ON sale mt
q, IS O, Try, and N. u W. Ry. oniees and
No. $40 East Main,
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Chesapeake CO, Ohio Railway

CINCINNATI. INDIANAPOLIS. ST. LOUIS,
CHICAGO. LOUISVILLE. NASH
VILE. MEMPHIS.
a:16 p. NJ. daily and 1900 p. NJ. daily ex Il
cept Saturday; 1915 p NJ Saturdays
wEsTBouND LOCAL TRAINS.
7:25 A. NJ. and Sis p. NJ week days.
NEWPORT NEWS. NORFOLK AND OLD
POINT. ss
900 A. NJ. and 400 p. =. daily.
LOCAL FOR NEWPORT NEWS AND OLD
POINT.
T:s5 A. NJ and 500 p. M, daily. ssSsa
JAMES RIVER LINES. 6ass
1920 A. NJ. daily; b:1b p. NJ. week days
Arrive Main Line from West: 1880 A. NJ:
$3.50 A. NJ. s3:45 p. NJ ..7:45 p. M. From
East: .1o:o5 a. AZ. .11:45 a. M..8'7:o0 Pr. NJ
$500 P. NJ James River: s-S:40 A. NJ
1855 r NJ. 'Datly. ..Except Sunday. fIsi:
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Y. s. refundIng 2a. reglatercd. ....... los,
u. s. refundng rs, coupon ....,...... 1oG
U. s. ss. registered .............. 1os'
u. S. aH. coupon. Observation-Disclosures. 1os,
u. 8. Old Is. registered. ). ........... loi
u. S. old A. coupon..... 1o1
u. S. New As, rcg,s,ercd. ............ 12s
u. s. Now As coupon. .............. 100
American Tobacco 4s............... "a
American Tobacco Observation-Disclosures. 100
Atchison general 4s.................. 10l
Atchison adjustment 4s,............. 81
Atlantic Coast Line 4B....-.......... IS
Baltimore and Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 1o1
Baltimore and Ohio $685.. 81
Brooklyn Rapid Transit tcony. 4s..... IS
Central OF Georgia Is fofferedl ..... 40
Central Of Georgia list Inc. (offered).. 30
Central of Georgia ind Inc. Coffered).. 7s
Central of Georgia Sd Inc. Odd $500. SO
Chesapeake and Ohio ,yzs. los
Chicago and Alton 3xs. .s.......... IL
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RICHMOND STOCK ,IAnKEr.
nlel,mona. Va. FEBRUARY %. 1907
centur!es--soo at %.


Virginia centures--S0o at 49,
STATE SECURITIES Rid. Asked
North Carolina As C. 1870. 100
North Carolina Is c, 13l93... 1913
Y, Va ss, Old, G., and r., 1899. 80 OK
Va .centurtes, "a. c. and r.. s2& s3iS
"a G. l.. II. r.. Con, Tr. = p. c. IS 90
RAILROAD BONDS
"A. C. l.. r.. r. Gifts. Of Ind 49, SIS SO
Char. and West- Car. LIST S.. Jos -.
Georgia Pac. at Gs. C, ls2.... 1ls "
Georgia. So. and Fla. 1885,. no -.
Georgia and Ala. Con. 81. lat5. LOT u.
Nor and West Ry. As. ia9s... gs ~.
Nor. and West. BY. Pnca- Is. 81 -.
RAILROAD STOCKS Par
Atlantic Coast Line "A,....Io0 115 -.
Atlantic Coast Limo n....loD1l II.
Chesapeake and Ohio Nov. 100 ssX, 80,
Norfoik and Western com. 100 So 80.
BANK AND TRUST co. STOCKS
american Nationai... 100 1897, a.,
Broad Street 80 ~.
CITY ...,....s ...............25 s3 ~.
First National. 100 ELS 2a2
Merchants National. 100 500 49,.
National Bank Of Virginia. .l0O13l ~.
State Bank OF Virginia. 100 lb7 -.
Bank OF Richmond ...... 100 432 1856
MISCELLANEOUS.
AGAR. Chem. pfd,, $ p. c..I0O Al06R 1o7l
Ta.-e.aroina Chem. com...lUo 32.. -.
Na.-Car. q. Co. Col Tr. 5s.. 9s7i ~.
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, February e6.-sea-
board AIR Line, common aud Preferred
Nothing doing.
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Z RICHMOND GRAIN NiAItI1ET.
Richmond, Va. February &c, 1907
QUOTATIONS,
CATTLE MARKET.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(Saleg at Union Stock Yards)

TF7 RICHMOND live STOCK. MARKET. 715I
tSales at Union Stock fards) *,
Rlehmond, VA, February 80, 1907.
ending February sbth: HID 55i,
Hest steers. 5,i16Ne.; medium TO good,
4hNbAc.; common to fair, 3E spaNc,; best
helfers aNdfsc; fair to good. 4Aef4lse.:
common to fair, 3A93Nc.; best cows, AK @
4hc,; common to fair, sas1ac,; old, poor
sepslsc,; sheep oh06'sc.; lambs. 7hGsc.;
hogs. best, 7Ne, @ few very fine, s7iac; com
mon to fair, 6di Gi&c, Cows and calves. Se5 q
5000 per head.
Prospects good for all ls!nas of stock for
next market. Z. 5,p B
CHICAGO, February e6.-7-cATTLE-R
scoipts about 1900 head, Market steady.
Common to prime steers, 100000: cows
AGO; CALVES, $2.75 a 80; stnekera and feed Y,
ers, ss.7s4,s5, Hogs--R Receipts, 10000 head,
Market strong to 30, higher. Prime shining
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OFFICIAL RANGE AND SALE OF STOCKS I'm NEW YORK
BY Branch &C. andB
sAhEs..

Atlantic Coast Line, com.
800 u American Shelters, com.
S,sW Amalgamatcd Copper -.
o,lW Amer. Car and Foundry.
~ Amer. Car and FOun., pfd.
2W american Cotton Oll......
i,lW american Tobacco, pfd....
l,2W American Can ..............
100 American Can, pfd. .......
800 Amer. Locomotive, ccAn..
~. Amer. Locomotive, pfd...
300 American Sugar ...........
2l,GW A., II. and s. re, com.....
A., r. and s.. Re, pfd......
1900 Baltimore and ohio. .......
$500 Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
1900 Canadian Pacific ..........
300 Chesapeake and Ohio. $50.
9i,W Chicago, Mil. and st. Paul
1880 Colorado Fuel and Iron...
loo Colorado South, GOMEZ.
Colorado South, LIST pfd..
Colorado South, "a pfd...
100 Clev., Gin. Chi. and st. r
100 Consolidated Gas, ex. div.
LOO Delaware and Hudson.....
100 Del, Lack. and Western.
1900 Erie, com. Observation-Disclosures.
Eric, lat pfd. ...............
$500 Erie. I'd prd. ...............
700 General Electric ...........
$500 Great Northern, pfd. $3.50.
$50 Great Northern Ore Itts..
Illinois Central .............
400 Louisville and Nashville.
800 Manhattan ..,...............
Metro. Street Railway....
go Mexican Central ..........
1920 Mo-, Kan. and Tex, com.
800 Mo-, Kan. and Tex, pfd.
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BALT1MORE STOCK MARKET.
3 BALTIMORE, ND, February e6-sea-
board AIR Line, common aud preferred
Nothing doing.
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BOND QUOTATIONS.

BOND QUOIAIlUNS
Chicago. y. and Quincy new 4s.t...s.t... 94H Z
Chicago, r.. l. and Pacific n. r. 4s.... 74T
Chicago, X, /. and Pac. r.. r. col. bB. 901s
G.. G., G. and st. Louis gen. A.. 101k
Colorado Industrial IS, geries A...... SIX
Colorado Midland IS tbid). 71M
| Colorado and Southern 4s............ OIL
Cuba 5s........ ..s.......s.............1 1898 |
Denver and Rio Grnnde 4s............. 95a |
| DlEtillers' Securities 6s (bid) ........ 81
] Erie prior lien Observation-Disclosures. 97as |
| Erie General As (offered) ............ ssh |
Hooking Valley Observation-Disclosures. 104ls |
1 japan Gs... Observation-Disclosures. s0k !
Japan 6s. End series. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9sN |
1 Japan AIS, certificates. .............. so2 |
1 hoa,.v IL ana Nash. Undsd ls.. 1854
Manhattan conaoi gold is tbid)...... 100
/ Mexican Central Observation-Disclosures. SAX
4 Mexican Central LIST inc. ,Did)...... %
| MINI. and st. Louis Is (bid)... %
| Missouri, Kansas andGTexas 4s........ 9s
! Missouri, Kansas and Texas 2nds,... 81
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,otton futurea elosed stead,

SPOT cotton closed steady, points higher:
rniddiing uplands. l1.o5; middling gulf.
1l.3o; sales, $50 bales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
Women Who Follow Fashion Now Wasp Waist Stays

T. HE feminine figure is undoubtedly
undergoing Il decided change this
spring. The determined hands OF
Dame Fashion are molding it into shape
radically different from that which has
constituted the correct as well as the divine
form of woman. There have been innu-
mcraDle efforts to effect this change in for
mcr seasons and undoubtedly some iuroads
have heretofore been made on the straight
front. full-waisted ideal Of the past. but
still the mass of women have chung tena-
ciously TO the comfortable style which al
lowed them breathing space and sufficient
belt line and only commanded that the
straight line of the front be preserved by a
correct carriage and properly made stays
This season, however, modistes and corset
makers have decided that this will not do
any longer. Women are going To he prac-
ticslly forced to lace themselves into wasp
WASTED stays. whether their good sense re
volts not.
How do they do it?'' a customer asked
the clerk one busy corset counter III
New York shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
The Tortured Fat Woman.

The customer pointed to a showcase filled
with beautiful model figures. with the large
shoulders of an athlete the full hips of ID
thoroughly developed woman and a waist
which would have been professionally small
for the wispiest and waspiest of invalds
Il don't see said the customer, how the
women are going to bring themselves to
that sort of thing. oh. it's the corsets
it's all in the shape of the corsets" ex-
planned the clerk. If you get a corset on
the right lines it produces the effect of
of course the effect is all a matter of pro-
portion. very large woman in the new
shaped corsets has waist that seems
much smaller than il is, because the diff
ference between the hips and bust and the
waist is accumulated SO that the waist
seems small.
But how about the woman who is nat
uraliy medium sized as TO waist and bust
and hips?' asked the customer. Some
women have not waists small in proportion
to their hips and shoulders.
The clerk shrugged her shoulders. For
the stout woman she had sympathy. With
be made into a iarge-sized replica of the
Jumps even II her face did take on an apo
plectic purple and her eyes bulge. The
clerk knew perfectly we'll that there are
fearful days before the stout woman
days when she will hurry home and, Shrek
ing loudly for her maid. will fall In a stiff,
helpless heap on the nearest chair.
There Will be days when the maid won't
ever dare to wait to unfasten the corset in
the usual way, but will. at her mistress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

own commands. rip her up the back. So
peculiarly appropriate does that classic
phrase seem to the uncorseting of fat
women under these strenuous circurn-
stances that one ventures to trace it's origin
to the unique ceremony. AT least it seems
topic for debate.
One of the characteristic noises of the
summer VIII probably be that which ac-
companies the welcome uncorseting of the
stout woman who is endeavoring to obtain
the hour-SlasS figure. How they will burst
burst with loud. explosive noises from the
distressing bonds of whalebone and steel
And the bursting sound will be accompa-
MED by a long, low sigh of relief while the
riven corset strings will fall in a shower
OF a hundred pieces to the expressive music
of the bursting and the sigh
This is the season, OF course, when the
wispy woman whom nature endows with
a wasp waist will have her innings. But
then she. too, will have her troubles. for
even the slenderest. although the waist
may suit in circumference will find the
proportions of her figure all out Of fash
ion, and while her fat sister ties herself
TO the bed post and goes through her
morning torture of girting herself the thin
woman VIII find il necessary If she wishes
to have'the full benert of her thin waist
to round her figure up by artificial means
both above and below the waist line Other
wise she will appear too straight up and
down. Yet the thin woman has undouDted-
ly the advantage. She. at least has no need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
The New ulle Collars.

NTEW bows ior the spring Seem al TO
IN be Of net or some -diaphanous ma
trslal very little being seen among
ta- new imporIatloas of either the feather
oi -lIl boas Very stunning are the boas of
net with square or ohlong satin dots. The
satin dots are So stunning that they posi-
lively s,irtllate. and one might think at
frs, glance that they were made OF some
metallic substance. The collars are all
short. merely eUcircllng the neck. Instead
OF long ends Of the net or chiffon. the ends
are all Of velvet or satin ribbon. The col
lars are wider IN the back than In front,
being made of three four founces Of
the malcria! graduating toward points in
the front The embroidered nets, dotted
rrts and ch!ftons are finding a rival in the
embroidered and figured tulles. which when
used for making these collars have a
fragility alike alluring and extrdvagant.
Collars ia pale yellow or in white made OF
these diaphaHous things and having long
ends OF black velvet are extremely attract
i've. Another new fashion shows the net
OF which the collar is made in white Dor
dered with black bands. these not being
added but a part of the design of the net
When the dots are white on. a Color-d
ground the effect OF these collars il even
more vivid than when the tulle Is Of the
same color throughout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

A RE you a lover of that class of soups
~ which might be called with perfect
propriety porridges, since they are
so thick and substantial as almost to
form a meal in themselves? Many of these
soups cannot be made except in summer
when fresh vegetables abound and the
most delicious of the list demands tender
green corn for its preparation. ! have
never eaten this soup save at one table.
and of all of its kind l think il the most
delicious. If ii becomes as popular with
you as in the household where | encount-
cred ii you will discover that the dinner
which follows il need be but light and
simple affair.
Corn and Tomato Soup.-Fut the soup
bone in cold water and allow il to simmer
for time, carefully removing the scum
which rises to the surface. About four
hours before dinner turn into the soup pot
pint and half of canned tomatoes, or
about six good-sized fresh ones which have
been previously skinned and cut into large
pieces. Take nine ears of tender green
corn and with a sharp knife cut il from
the cob. The merit of this soup Will de-
pend largely on the manner in which this
is done. Take off i'm your first slice merely
the tops of the kernels, cut little deeper
the second time and finally scrape the cob
well with the blade of the knife; in this
way the milk is released from the vegeta-
BILE. which is necessary to the perfect flavor
of the soup. Do not make~the mistake of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

to grow apoplectic and purple
1t is the medium-Sized woman who hasn't
small waist and who doesn't want a small
waist whom the corset clerk refuses to
derstand For her she has no sympathy. \
fat woman who does her best, who wears
the most expensive corsets and molds her
figure according to fashions decree is felt
to be doing her duty by society far
lies within her means-poor lumpy crea-
ture. a thin woman who wears artificial
bumpers to fill out the outline of a perfect
dressmakers model-she, too, is admitted
to have a figure. But the mediumSZad
woman with the large waist-she is be-
You'd the pale; she receives no sympathy
from the girl behind the counter. The
dressnaker too. looks at her with disfavor.
She is stoniIy recommended to the mercies
OF the corset waist, a fearful co3fectioa.
usually lacking il all lines OF grace which
belong to the free body and equally devoid
of the chic rigidity of the true corset.
There is TO doubt aLout it. woman is GO
ing to have all kinds of trouble with her
stays again. Seine how. when her awful
future in this direction stares her in the
face. when she realizes that her large
waisted, full-boded straight-front corset
is to be taken from her and that she is 20
be ciamped into a hony harness which will
not only compress her waist. but hatten
her ribs, shorten her breath, make her nose
red, her eyes bullying. her temper ruin.
her social life torture and leave her at
ease only when il may zee abandoned in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
ENBROIDERED GRAH SILK A|D
LINEN GOWN - - % - -

dark aud light colors are in demand There
Is always a demand for white and blue
gowns, In this order. and. strange as it may
seem. when it IS remembered how long the
fashion has been popular the white and
the blue serge costume has not lost its
hold on popular fancy. A most charming
gown OF white serge las an absolutely
plain skirt, but so perfectly Is it cut and
does it hang that it challenges attention
and admira ton at glance. The jacket
has loose back. ind ed. is loose hitting
back and front, and YET Il is shaped to indi-
cate the lines OF the figure and is in the
sack-coat order. Quite short, it yet hides
the waist line and Is s,asEed at the side
seams. 1t is trimmed elaborately with
braid of the same color. unless a dark
color like dark blue be chosen for the
in black. This model. however, looks best
made up In white or some light or bright
shade. The new reds are attractive but
the grays and different tones OF white are
the most fashionable of all This model
was originally made up in cloth. but has
been copied, both in silk and linen, and
has been Immensely successful in both. 1t
is capital in linen. for so much braidlng
and lace insertion can be employed to
make it more efrective-and expensive
Adapting the models to the different ma
teriais is an art in itself. but fortunately
not an art that requires much instruction
to become proficient I'm. for It does not
qulre great genius to decide when linen,
wolfe, pongee or silk be utilized instead
of cloth. In the more severe fashions de-
scribed the heavier. warmer fabrics are
the more often employed. but in the more
elaborate fashions the other materials are
often infinitely better and turn out more
satisfactory costumes than the original
models.
Braiding is used on all materials so that
need not deter the prudent and conserya-
tive from copying the cloth gowns in other
fabrics and cloths than those ordered by
the designer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

In bias effect. the long lines are absolutely
necessary to make the skirt becoming 1t
might be thought too many cores would
cut the figure, but on the contrary they
seem to make the wearer look more slender
than does any other style, and even the
bias folds around the foot of the SKIRT can
not inture them. These folds are not near
ly so fashionable as they were six weeks
ago, for they have most disasreeabls
tendency to make the Skirt heavy and to
cause it to drag-that is, if material OF any
weight is used.
A lightweight CLOTH serge or cheviot
a necessity for spring and autumn: and yet
in the spring theresis not a long season In
which to wear SO warm gown, ana vote
or silk gown becomes far more comfort
then come into use. and most useful they
are for many weeks. The same models
can be used for the wolfe as for cloth. and
the smart little Jackets and attractive. we'll
hung skirts show to even greater advan-
tRge in the lighter fabrics. Stripes again
are fashionable. but there are fascinat ting
Invisible plaids and checks that are popu--
lar and Of novel design. Both light and
black and white check in shepherds plaid
design Is to once more take a new lease
If life The plain collar and cuffs OF black
silk. with the inside fae piece OF pique,
make most attractive finish to the
jacket while the dainty frills OF the shirt
waist that show between the edges OF the
waistcoat soften any too masculine fnish
of the tailor-made style of dress. Flounces
and frills are not in keeping with any
tailor made fashion. but the fiat bands of
braid of a silk material to match the gown
are always permiss BILE
Plain skirts with much-trimmed coats
spring, and are made in many different
colors and fabrics. The light weights of
cloth and serge in solid color are the most
generally used for this style, and both