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SHIRT WAIST FADS
FOR SPRING MAIDS
Mannish Cuts and Sport Shirts Are
the Thing, While Colored Ma
dras and Striped Silk Prove the
= Newest Models.

A $ natural consequence Of the
~ vogue for sport suits comes q
GA demand for shirt waists that
are more on the order of mems
shirts than women's blouses. Many
prophetic buyers and dressmakers pre-
dict very large demand for extreme
ly plain waists as the season advances,
and others of even greater clear sight
edness hold that, while certain smart
and youthful contingency will demand
number of these plain shirts I'm their
wardrobe, by far the majority-the
rank and file-of women will cling as
pugnaciOusly as ever to the lingerie
effects. lace insertion, frills. tucks and
ruffles.
FOR sport wear, of course. the sport
skirt is necessity. No woman with
AN eye for the fitness of things would
venture on the golf turf or into the
tennis court with frou.frou shirt
waist. Riding and boating, cross couu-
try walking and almost all other sports,
too, require shirts of almost masculine
simplicity. And on the woman who is
young or youthful looking, or both, the
mannish blouse or shirt is immensely
becoming.
Strangely enough, it is not easy to
find just the sort of ready made man
nish blouse you want in the stores as
yet. For the chances are that you are
planning having a few, at least, in col
ors similar to mems madras or silk
shirts. And as yet almost all the man
nish shirts in the shops are of pure
white madras or heavy white silk.
These white blouses are made either
with rundown collars that make a
slight V at the neck or with attached
fairly high regulation collars that can
be worn with four-in- hand ties.
Many smart women have had cOlored
madras shirts made to order. The ma
terials have been Identical with those
used in making the finest Of mems
shirts. The only difference has been in
the cut. With these shirts are usually
worn soft collars similar to If not iden-
teal with those worn by men. Some
| times they are of soft, fine pique and
sometimes of soft, heavy corded silk.
With these rundown collars one wears
u four-in-h hand necktie the ends of
which should be moderately straight
and not on the flaring order. Plain
color knitted ties are good choice,
and these have the desirable straight
! ends.
With nimble fingers and a little
| cleverness any woman can make sport
shirts for herself. In fact, it is an
! easier task if you are a good machine
operator than making a lacy, fluffy
blouse. To accomplish the task you
will need paper pattern. but you will
| probably wish to make the cuffs con-
| siderably smaller around the wrists
| than is marked in the pattern. The
best of mems shirts are made with
fairly narrow cuffs, and they are sure
| ly much more becoming to women
| when made In this way. Collar bands
| can be bought at notion counter, and
these greatly simplify the task Of fin.
ishing the shirts around the neck. One
| of the newest materials is fine but
firm Grape with rather loud" printed
fancy stripes In yellow, green or blue.
Made into we'll fitting shirts they would
! look extremely smart. French bro.
| chure comes in many striking designs
and has many Of the advantages of fine
silk