El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-22
Business and Social
(By Marie The shopper,

Have you noticed the beautiful coral
| displays in several of the jewelry es-
| Establishment windows? Such dainty
pink gems, cleverly mounted in brooch
! es. pendants and the dearest little
rings for the 'pinkfe" The true art of
being well dressed is the careful COM
! bination of colors and what can be
more pleasing than a few of these
dainty jewels worn with a lingerie
! dress?
And don't overlook an embroidered
Marquisette gown with exquisite two
! toned trimmings for evening wear.
There is a certain "hang' to the
/ gowns the Popular offers that cannot
| be had by the home dressmaker and
the low price appeals to all
The warm weather of yesterday
caused a number of women to dis
| card their gloves. pulled mine off
| too Then, I noticed my nails. They
| certainly needed manicuring, so 1 went
straight off to the Elite Parlors and
had it done. They told me there that
an occasional manicure didn't help
much, that my nails should be mani
cured regularly.
A particular man once said to me:
"a smoke is always a smoke but there
is a difference in the enjoyment you
get from them Give me a quiet half
hour. a good smooth tobacco and a real
amber mouthpiece, and 1 will reach the
acme of joy in smoking When my
glance fell on a certain display of real
amber cigar holders and pipe stems,
/ wished a certain particular man was
nearing a birthday that 1 might con-
tribute what seems to be the most
necessary thing to a perfect smoke.
I was down town last evening, so
dropped in at Scott Whites new store
in the Mills building 1t is certainly
a nice place, and so conveniently To-
Gated too, right across from the Trans
fer station. 1 am sure a lot of women
viii be glad to run in for cool drink
between cars.
I saw smartly gowned woman on
the street yesterday that attracted me
SO much that / cannot resist telling
you Of a few of the details that con-
tributed SO largely to her chic appear
ance She wore a linen suit in the
natural shade made with the new mar
row plain skirt and the fetching little
jackets. cut short and loosely fitted
with black lapels and buttons She
but the finishing touch was a broad
brimmed panama, with a simple
band of black encircling the crown.
These hats are going to be very popu-
lar this season, for they are so prac-
teal and so becoming.
Parasols are appearing on the
streets. such pretty ones too I couldn't
resist asking one woman where hers
came from and she was so sweet about
it and told me 1.-The White House" 1
went there, and N.Y., such an array of
lovely parasols, and so many quaint
new shades and pretty ideas in ham
dies.
The new hemp braid summer shapes,
light as feathers, and trimmed ex-
quisitely in ferns and French flowers
are especially priced at $685. at Posen-
er's, and are truly bargains for the
careful shopper.
Now that spring is here the house
wife naturally turns to identifying the
home. A good beginning is the pur-
chase of set Of really good china,
such as L saw yesterday. IN that rich
delft blue our grandmothers loved so
we'll A good set of china is a source
Of pride when it is well chosen
Another thing I saw was a window
filed with the dearest shaped baskets
in rich soft browns. They recall
home once visited where like baskets.
filed with leaves and wild flowers,
were placed in the deep window stills
and on the dining table, giving a note
of color TO the simple mission interior
Does your waucn run fast or slow!
Mine is slow, and 1 missed so many
cars on account of 1t that I finally
decided to take it to be repaired. 1
was passing by the Foster Jewelry
Co. yesterday, so / took it in there They
said 1t simply needed cleaning and
regulatin. Just as J came out of
their store I met a friend, who was
going in with his watch 1 asked him
how he happened to choose the Foster
Co., but he said it wasn't a happening.
but he knew that they had the best
watch repairers in town.
Let me suggest chic evening blouse
for home dressmaker Kress is Of
fering So all-over embroidered silk