South Bend news-times., 1919-06-01
BULL YSumnner 70rabs for sultry
nights are the Spanish Sha70ls nO10
coming into fashion S faO0r. ::
HUGE SHELL COMBS, TOO
By MARGARET ROHE

Adele's become so Spanish
She SAYS Isl. 81" for yes"
Mantillas. shawls and huge shell
combs
Compose her daily dress
But when large Spanish onions
She dimes on right along,
/ really think she's going it
A little bit too strong
NEW YORK, May 31.-That in
sidious Spanish influence is again
swaying US sarterially We are en-
meshed in the cobweb stitches Of the
filmy lace mantilla, all wrapped up
in the gorgeously embroidered silk
fringed shawl and have bowed our
heads beneath the carven- glories of
the huge shell comb.
Though the recent Spanish opera
company at the Park theater has
closed its season. owing 10 the musi-
clans strike for a weekly wage, il is
vet the open season for Spanish
dressing that promises even French
dressing bitter race for popular
favor
Those guadiiy gorgeous and hec-
tically hueful embroidered Spanish
shawls, whose long fringed edges
wrap the feminine elite of Spain on
gala bullhght days. make perfectly
bully summer evening wraps. TO he
worn at the end of a torrid day in
stead Of at the end of "A tOreador.
Don't by any chance make the fatal
mistake of wearing a Chinese en-
broidered shawl and fancying your
self espagonla. however. To be
sure there is little difference in the
brands at a discreet distance. but a
closeup will reveal a subtle differ
ing of texture and design. The
greatest difference of all. of course,
is that the true Spanish shawl never
even saw Spain but is manufactured
in the Philippine Islands. Convert
ed into negligees, these brilliant
coverings are simply stunning and
bring out the Carmen in even the
demurest OF the species. IL only
needs a sliced Spanish onion for at
mosphere and guitar and castenet
duet on the victrola. 10 make the
lAndelusian delusion quite complete.
Characteristic Mantiiia.
Then there's the characteristic
mering shoulders. in the form Of
exouisitely fine and silky handmade
anish lace-some of tilmy delicate
design and others more strikingly
ornate and Of a larger mesh. These
we are Haunting. not as the Castilian
beauties over their high combed
coiffures and ivory throats and bos-
oms. but over our shimmying. shim-
mering shoulders in the form of
scarves. so imperative now As an
accessory to the fluffy summer frock
o. sheerest weave. It's reality quite
a pleasant surprise 20 md that these
lovely lengths OF Spanish lace act
ually come from the Iberian PENN
sula. for anent that other Spanish
accessory which is rushing 50 per-
siSteuriv to our heads. the high shell
comb. I have my doubts as 10 It's
Spsnisb habitat. At least judging
from my own experience for ] sim
plv combed all the Madrid shops
.ioth ,~ree and smalL for real
aonsst-to-coodness Spanish comb
land had 20 catch the train 70 Paris
saws the article. Since returning
home however. I have made good
[ the deficiency for the other day
bought a stunning one i'm Brooklyn
Expensive As large.
! In hard-carved tortoise. blonde or
dark. I'M amber or IN Jet these
combs are as expensive as they are
large. beautiful and fragile. r'ortl-
natelv imitation shell ones carved
or plain. are almost as immune from
detection as well made pearl They
are also one-fourth as expensive
and four times as durable as the real
tortoise shell combs Worn m the
nooselv waved high coiffures Of the
evening mode thrust i'm az most
piouant angles they made an artis-
tic adiunct TO the smartesf toil~1'-