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Demand Is for Useful Goods
land LoW-Priced Novelties
BY J. y. TIMING.

Special Dispatch to The Ster
ST. LOUIS. December 2.-Cnseason-
able weather in this section deferred
trade for several weeks. but mer-
chants do not regard this business as
lost. but only postponed. They hope
to realize on it this month as cooler
weather. combined with the opening
of ethe holiday trade, h;Ns stimulated
retail business. Reports from the
southeast and southwest Indicate that
buyers everywhere are in the same
mind. The demand Is for useful goods
ard low-priced novelties for gifts.
Retailers are permittinS their
stocks to decline and are settfing
their bills. In wholesale circA-s or
d,>rs for spring goods though not
large are more satisfactory than for
current requirements. The policy Of
caution remains apparent.
The most favorable indications, as
shown by advance orders. are in
shoes. dry goods. clothing. groceries
and hardware. What dullness is evil
dent in both wholesale and retail
tratle is attributed to. liquidation in
the farm districts and refusal of
farmers to buy goods at prices which
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Atlanta. Holiday Buying
on Par With Averages
BY RALPH SMITH.
S,ecin, Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star, q
ATLANTA. December 2.-The de-
pressing effect of unreasonable
weather in this section has been
largely offset by. the proximity of the
Christmas holidays and the volume Of
the usual yuletide trade. The volume
OF the holiday buying is about on par
with average years. but smaller
amount of money Is being expended.
due to reduction in prices. Banks
here are not borrowing. Collections
are good in the cities. but payments
in the country districts are slow and
probably will continue to be until cot
ton moves higher.
The situation of spot cotton hard
ems on each decline in the price of
that staple end there is little indfca-
ton that any great volume of hold
ingS will be turned loose at present
prices.
Building activity here for November
set a new record. the total cost of
new construction started. S661.661, -eX-
ceeding the amount for both Novem-
ber and December, 1929. In NoSem-
Der there were S16 building permits
issued. bringing the total for this
year to 1904, involving expenditure of
s10.666.22O. This is a better record
than the total of s13.000,000 for the
entire year of 1920, when the reduc-
tion in the cost of materials is taken
into consideration. Unemployment Is
decreasing slowly, but surely.
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RAIL EARNINGS INCREASE.

NEW YORK. December 2.-Repori
OF eighty-siX roads. showing net
railway opera ting income for October
amounting TO s60,o1l.1G1. is taken az
the basis for the estimate of s92, ,116.-
900 net for all of the FOL class on.
roads Of the country. This would
make October the largest month oi
1921, fact which, however. holds
true for the same month in prac-
tically every normal year. In October
1920. net operating income of all car
riers totaled sS6,000.ss0. while the
eighty-six roads which are included
in this years report showed ncr
operating income of $4,000. .oyo
Last September all the roads reported
net OF sS1l14,000; in August. net was
SS9,24l, ,10S.
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:. s. TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
NEW YORK RESERVE BANK.

NEW YORK. December s-The
statement of condition of the Federal
Reserve Bank OF New York at the
close of business November 80 shows:
Total gold reserves. 81 i.061.2S4.s44.
Total reserves. si.l12.s6S.267.< Bills
discounted secured BY government
war obligations. for. members, $780,
695.10S. All others. for members. s14.-
592.47I. Bills bought in open market,
$23.sS1. .067. Total bills on hand, $685.
1886. Total earning assets. $751;
1885. Cncollected items. $l6S,5l0.-
2e3. Due to members. reserve ac-
count. $675,224,73s. Total deposits,
$699. .162.085. Federal reserve notes In
actual circulation. 1851, ,5S0,215. Ratio
Of total reserves to deposit and fed
eral reserve note liabilities combined,
S3.6 per cent. - 81.
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FILE BILL IN WILLYS CASE

. WILMINGTON. Del. December =
a bin Of complaint was filed in In"
federal court by the Chase Natiopa!
Bank of New York, Equitable Trust
Company of New York. New York
Trust Company and Chemical Ma
tionai Bank of New York against the
Willys Corporation, which is incor
porated in Delaware. seeking the ap-
pointment of a receiver of all the
property and assets, wheresoever sit
uated or controlled. An injunction
and subpoena are also asked for. y
hearing in the matter was set for
Monday
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will begin as soon as the school author
tiles have decided upon the periods to
be devoted to the. study. 1t Is planned
TO give two lectures week Of one-half
hour duration to the children in the
SevAnth1 and .aighth grades and those at
tending the high schools.
Dividend checks aggregating $106. ESQ
were sent out yesterday to stockholders
Of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company. as payments on the quar-
terly dividends Of IN per cent on the
preferred stock. This payment makes
total of per cent paid on the pre-
ferred- stock for the year. as required
by the Public Utilities Commission. APP
2Foximately 1000 checks were mailed
yesterday.
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LEAF TOBACCO MARKET.

BALTIMORE. December 2.-Week 9
receipts were 54S hogsheads. while
sales totaled 4l4 hogsheads. There Is
nothing of interest to report In the
market.
Prices per 100 pounds: Inferior and
frosted. 3.O0a5.Oe: sound, common. 600
al0.00; good, common. ll.0Oa1i.O0: me-
dunn. 1S.OOa30.00; good to fine red,
81. GOATS. 90; fancy, s7.00a4s.00: seconds.
common to medium. 5.00a11.00: Sec
onds. good TO fine. 1s.06a30.00: bay to-
bacco. fire-cured. i5.00a55.00; upper
country. air-cured. nominal; ground
leaves. new, 2.0Oa23OO.
Stock in warehouses: Maryland. 50,-
lis: Ohio. 1856: total, 54,9T3.
Ground leaves to date. S24 hogs
heads
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US. GROWER WHEAT WINNER

CHICAGO. December america
wrested the wheat championship from
Canada when George Kraft. Bozeman.
Mont. was crowned 1921 wheat king
at the International Grain and Hay
Show. for which $4,000 In prizes was
awarded by the Chicago Board of
Trade. Kraft takes the title from j.
Z. Mitchell of Dahinda, Sask., who had
held 1t for two years. Mitchell was
runner-up for the sweepstakes this
year. krafts wheat tested 63.6 pounds
to the bushef and Mitchell's 64.7
John W. lucas. Cayley. Alta. again
is holder Of the grand championship
oats sweepstake. L. W. Workman Of
Maxwell Ill, won the grand cham
piOnship corn sweepstakes.
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Washington Gas 6s-(i 900 at 90.
lAnston Monotype-lO at -.
Mergenthaler Ldnotype|5 at l34. at 134.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 6. M and ref. 10 w. -
500 At 104. $500 At 1O4..
Warrington Gas 7hs-$l. 500 At l0eE. $1,000
at l08%.
washington Railway and Electric 4s-ss. 600
at 6s, $500 at cay. ~,
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.-s at
G.. 2 At E
Washington Gas 5s-SI 900 at 90.
Capital Traction-5 At 92A. 25 at 92A.
Potomac Electric cons. 5s--$l 900 At %.
Capital Traction 5s-$500 at S8h.
Washington Gas Light at 4S.
potomac Electric 3. m. 6s-$l. 600 at ssL.
81. .0OO At 98x.
Anaeostia and Potomac K. r. 5s-$1 900 at
II. q. .O00 At u. 81 600 at n.
Potomac Electric G. m. 6s-$2.0O0 At oSll
Aoney-Can loans. 5a6 per cent.
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Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Huber.

NEW YORK. December Especially.
The advance in the price e crude
rubber has brought with it an in
creased inquiry from tire manufac-
turers, who are beginning to prepare
for production to meet the, spring
trade.
AKRON, Ohio, December Especially.
Tire production here Is reported on
the Increase. and manufacturers say
they expect a real squirt by December
15. with decided increase in the
number of men employed. Inventories
of all finished tire goods are lower
throughout the country than at any
time for two years. and dealers must
restock to meet the demands of the
spring trade.
NOn.Ferrous Metals.
KANSAS CITY, December , (Spe-
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Bufter and Exra.

CHICAGO, December (SpeciaD.-
Butter prices here are holding fairly
steady, but the tendency is toward
lower rather than higher figures.
Eggs are in seasonal condition.
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('OFkN.

BALTIMORE. December 2 Especially.
uctst Company. whose plant was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. has acquired
the Spanish-American Cork AMI
Specially Company. and will take
over at once the plant of the latter.
which is being expanded.
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Hldea.

NEW YORK, December (Spe-
ciaD.-Trade in the local market for
dry hides is very sluggish. but the
market for packer hides is firmly
maintained. Reports from Buenos
Aires record sales of frisorifico steers
at from S54 to $3.50 Argentine cur
rency.
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paper by a local haberdasher offering
shirts at 81 each has brought the
dealer an order for a shirt from Lon
don, England
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DETROIT TRADE IS SURPRISING
EVEN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC
Last Three Months of 1921 Promise Very
Fair Comparison With Former Years.
Situation Elsewhere.

they consider out of line with the
prices they are receiving for their
own products.
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Shirts.

KANSAS CITY. December {Spe-
ciaD.-An advertisement in a local
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Grain.

TOPEKA. Kan, December > (Spe-
ciaD.-The Kansas state board of
agriculture estimates the present con-
ditions of the wheat crop at 5S.6 per
cent, the lowest ever reported for this
time Of year. This situation is due to
lack of moisture.
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Coal and Coke.

(. PITTSBURGH. December (spe-
ciaD.-The II. C. Frick Company has
announced the resumption Of several
hundred more coke furnaces in the
Connellsville district, bringing the
total ovens in operation to over 1000.
Many additional men were put to
work.
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C'OttOns.

PHILADELPHIA, December (Spe-
and knitters here are
well supplied with cotton yarns to
run through December. and buyers
are holding off. Cotton goods mills
are operating at 60 to 65 per cent of
capacity with orders ahead for six
weeks.
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hundred more coke furnaces in the
Connellsville district, bringing the
total ovens in operation to over 1000.
Many additional men were put to
work.
Candy.
NEW ORLEANS. December 3 (Spe-
city is running full force and over
time to supply its holiday trade.
Sales, while not UP to those of last
year. compare fayorably with pre-
vious seasons.
Paints.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2 (Spe-
ciaD.-The makers Of white lead have
given a guarantee price to extend to
February. and this has aided to stab
ilize the paint market here.
Steel.
PITTSBURGH, December (Spe-
ciaD.-LOcal makers of cast-iron pipe
report more buying by public utility
, , interests and an increase in the vol
| ume of inquiry covering material to
be delivered in the spring.
NEW YORK. December . Especially.
The Red Star line has announced
a reduction in second class passenger
rates from New York to Antwerp
from $145 to $125 and from Antwerp
to New York from SITS to $l45.
KANSAS CITY, December (Spe-
ciaD.-What is declared to have been
the largest dress sale ever held In
this city has just been concluded
here by the Kline Coat and Suit COM
pany. which operates stores in hve
cities. The convention hall was rent
, ed and $50 sales people pressed into
; service. The dresses were all priced
at SIS. Thousands of women jammed
, the Auditorium. and while the Kline
company did not announce the mum
ber of dresses sold, rival scouts estf-
mated them at $4,000 In the one day.
NE WYORk. December 2 Especially.
The Munson Nne will start new
. passenger steamer service to Nassau,
the, Bahamas and eastern Cuba, De-
cember 81. with the sailing OF the
Munomar.
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sugar.

SEATTLE. Deeember,2 (SpeciaE.-
Sugar stocks In the hands of whole
salers in the northwest are far below
normal. and there Is little movement
in this section Of Hawaiian sugar.
The duh market Is reflected In the
wholesale for Hawaiian cane sugar,
which Is quoted at $6.45 hundred.
NEW ORLEANS. December 2 (Spe-
ciaD sugar Is selling on
plantations at 4 " cents q pound. the
lowest price the staple has brought in
many years. Despite even this low
price planters are finding it hard to
sell.
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cial).-The expectation that q cut In
freight rates viii shortly go into ef-
feet has tended to depress the sales
Of lead and zinc In nfhettri-state fields,
as buyers are holding on to take ad-
vantage of the cut "
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Lpmber.

PHILADELPHIA; December (Spe-
ciaD THE better grades of lumber
have advanced in this market nearly
$40 thousand feet in. the last two
months, and the poorer grades from
IS to $40 thousand.
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BOSTON, December fSpeciaD.-
The demand for wool hosiery has
been so great this winter that cotton
mill men in this district are expert
menting with French spun worsted
yarns in the hope of working out
methods of making this character Of
goods.
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NOn.Ferrous Metals.
KANSAS CITY. December , (Spe-
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Candy.
Paints.

PHILADELPHIA, December 2 (Spe-
ciaD.-The makers of white lead have
given guarantee price to extend to
February, and this has aided to stab
ilize the paint market here.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

something to wear when playing
games.
The child at the left wears an all
over play apron of blue and white
cretonne. The garden apron worn
by the little girl at the right is an
amusing article of dress which will
delight any little girl. These two
models are frcn. a we'll known shop
in Paris, but either is SO easily
made that they need little in the way
of explanation. They simply sug
gest an idea.
Not a new idea, you may say, fov
garden aprons for children nave
been shown in The shops for some
time, and dresses of this material
for grown-ups made their appear
ance at Palm Beach last winter, but
the idea of making vast showing
of cretonne clothes and devoting i
whole department to them, as this
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

+ rencn speciality shop has done, is a
new one, and has attracted &. great
uea4 OF attention to this fabric for
midsummer country clothes.
Subdued Effects in
Mauve and Gray
If YOU are not one of those athirst
Tor color you may find great
pleasure and satisfaction in the
chlntz frocks oe soft mauve and
gray tones. They have little puff
sleeves of white crgandie that NAV
be little more than caps that extend
to the elbow. Often these sheer
white sleeves are finished with a
band of old-fashioned embroidery or
they may be gathered into lust
plain band of the organdie orna-
mented with a running stitch OF
worsted that blends in color with the
background of the chintz.
Cretonne hats, although not new,
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blu~ background. The bottoms of the
sleeves and the neck are bound with
red linen and the frock is drawn III
at the waistline with a string belt
of red linen.
Directly to the right of this is q
model of cotton crepe in a cool shade
of green. The skirt has apron panels
and the dress is trimmed with bands
CT cretonne which has a back
ground exactly matching the crepe
in color and a bold pattern in black
Models for Children
Evolved From Cretonne
'H'HE very young people at the top
of the page SO busily sharpening
garden knives and pruning vines,
like their mothers, are dressed in
cretonne. Children are extremely
fond of amusing clothes to dress up
in. They do not look upon clothes
OF this sort as real clothes, but as
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

waistcoats and gilets of this fabric.
Often Roman striped chintzes form
waistcoat fronts to tailored blouses
of plain linen. For instance, a blouse
of French blue linen may have such
a waistcoat Of chintz striped in
orange, gray and black.
A successful exploiter of a fabric
or fashion of any sort is never
niggardly in the use of his ma
terials. The history of fashions has
shown that in order to gain any
sort of attention a great deal of the
thing which one desires to popular
ize must be shown, otherwise nobody
will pay much attention to it. So
this French designer has covered
almost every article of dress. Not
conflning her talents to outdoor ap-
parel, she has made kimonos, bath
slippers, and even garters in bril-
liant chintzes. She has been SO
clever in the selection and combin-
ing of colors tiat the effect is not
garish but beautiful.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

designed from such models. Other
cretonnes suggest Persia, with its
caravans of beautiful stuffs, it's gar
dens and it's rugs. Much in the way
of coloring as well as design ap-
pears to have been inspired by this
country.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Tropical Plunage
And Lovely Flowers

THERE are rich Chinese motifs.
The plumage of tropical birds
has, played its part in inspiring
color. And interspersed with these
are lovely floral patterns printed on
clear backgrounds. So one NAV safe
~ say that there is no other one
fabric catering to SO many tastes
and offering such a vast variety.
The seated figure at the left of to-
days page shows a chemise dress of
cretonne having q large pattern in
req, green and black on French
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Brilliant EIues

whose study of the psychol-
ogy of dress has played so
large part in making them
the fashion dictators of the world,
have realized that this is the crucial
time at which to launch some ap-
parel of brilliant hues.
The love of color cannot be sup
pressed. 1t is inherent in every hui,
man being. A young child instinc-
lively reaches for bright colored OBJ
jeets. We all feel the cheer of color.
Unconsciously we are exhilarated by
a beautiful painting done in broad
sweeps of color or by gay flowers of
brilliant hue.
There cannot fail to be a reaction
from black. After the simple black
dress which has been and still is so
fashionable, women may not care for
violent change to bright colored
street things, but they fit easily into
the scheme of country clothes.
The pendulum of fashion usually
swings far in one direction or the
other. Those who give it impetus
have decided that if we are to have
color we must have plenty of it.
And where could it be obtained in
greater variety than in cretonnes?
So for midsummer we have cretonne
dresses, hats, smocks, gilets and
bags.
A great many children's clothes
have been made of this cotton ma
terial, even to caps for babies. The
latter are distinctly in the novelty
class, but they are to be found in
many of the French shops, and, al
though we may not advocate them,
they must be reported as an item of
news.
Frills and Furbelows
Yield to Simplicity
A WELL KNOWN Paris speciality
shop makes lavish display of
cretonne clothes. The dresses all
follow simple designs, for material
en'bodying SO much in the way Of
color and design itself must neces-
sarily be made with little or nothing
in the way of frills or furbelows.
This material, which has been
more closely associated with house
decoration than anything else, has a
great deal in the way Of art to rely
upon. ALI the richness Of design and
the beauty Of color seen in it did not
just happen. 1t is an outcome of
modern talent coupled with ancient
arts.
1t has meant the study Of the art
OF Oriental countries and a repro
duction of their best, although the
fabric carrying it is one Of the COM
paratively inexpensive ones. AS far
as art is concerned, it has much
more to recommend it than it's more
expensive rival, the plain piece of
dull black silk.
OF course, nobody is advocating
that all the world shall be dressed
in cretonnes and chintzes, but they
are destined to play their part, and
would certainly be desirable if yari-
ETY. in dress had more advocates.
Whether or not women are afraid
OF looking unlike other women. the
fact remains that each woman seems
to look exactly like every other one.
Inspiration Cleaned
From Distant Lands
THIS is the great criticism of the
dress Of the American woman.
The head of 1na Of tho lorrast ,r,a
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

In paneChemise dress Of cretonne haUing French blue
background a large pattern in red qren and black and
0oaAa al me neck and sleeves auith red nennd model
green eofon crepe trimmed rvh bands crefonnegreen
0oa pattern black Chrens clohes left rqhtroek
Of cotton ooie combined eretonne and cefonue bao
"ea a0fh fringe Taoo eretonne play aprons Beoav them
l0ory eoored crepe de chine blouse svih crtonne gilet
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Simple Drapery
Follows the Figure

THE dresses themselves are much
like the continuously popular
chemise, except that they are draped
slightly to the figure at the sides. A
wide sash of the white fabric, which
usually is a soft silk, may girdle
such frock at low line. From
this sash fall loops of the silk the
same width as the sash and lined
with silver cloth, as is the girde,
which ties in the back and hangs IS
many inches below the skirt as d.
sired. If the dress is intended for
formal wear the ends of the sash
may form square or pointed traim
Both emerald green crepe de chim
and silver and bright cerise eolored
silk and silver have been attractiyely,
worked out in these simple models
Loops that fall from a sash to
several inches below the hem of
skirt are only another means Of pro-
ducing the same effect as shat OBJ
tanned by pointed panels much
longer than the dress which carries
them. 1t is way of temporizing
with demand of fashion with WHICH
many women are loath to comply.
Lace Combinations
In Black and White
DANIELS, loops or draperies that
hang below the skirt give an
effect of fuilness without actually
widening the skirt, as they also give
the appearance of greater length,
although in many instances the
length of the skirt has not been n
creased. For fashion has quite deb.
l.
nitely decided that skirts must
heightened, and has also made az
unsuccessful struggle to wides them
Laces lend themselves well
looped effects, although they Oflps
US to a slightly different sort
evening dress from the simple ereP
de chine things. While the Ilh3
may be similar and the drapas
done in much the same way, the e.
feet cannot fail to be dissimilar, F
cause the fabrics are so unlike.
There is tendency to react tf'n
the dyed laces, although this age
not mean that they are not uss''
Quantities of them still are seen, @'
they appear bit garish beside W
black-and-white combinations or "
frocks in all white or entirely
jet black lace.
Spanish blond laces still are
frequent demand. They make plss
ing seni-evening dresses for m
summer, to be worn with trap
parent brown hats.
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are excellent for country wear at
this season of the year. There is
not great deal from which to
choose in inexpensive straw hats
for this purpose, but if we resort
to cretonne we may have an almost
llmitiess variety for very little ex-
penditure, especially SO if one is at
all adept in trimming hat ones
self.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
-retonnes that Sparkle With Color
Summer Evenings

1N HE Greek idea is 6rml,
established in summer eva
.-A ming dresses. There h.,
been considerable tall !.
faring skirts, and a number Of tbem
have made their appearance in u.
shops, but, as predicted, thew b.v.
proven to be only a whim of fasb;o,
and the straight line dress still, !.
triumphant It would be inpossih,.
IN the entire annals Of fashion :.
find anything more beautiful .h.s
the clothes built on the natural ~.
Of the body.
While dresses for daytime wes,
may be on perfectly straight lines
some draping usually is required for
models designed for the evening. and
in these we are becoming more faru
lar with the beauty of Greek draner,
at its best-that is, when the cloth
was laid in natural folds.
There is no more reason why Ar
evening frock, any more than one IN
tended for the morning, should !.
fussy. Happily, the days when tbis
was considered necessary are passed
Nothing could be lovelier than III.
white and silver evening dresses ere.
ated for this summer. They are
very straight of line and high of
neck in the front, but with the, DE-.
colletage cut extremely low in the
back and standing away from the
body in some mysterious way, 50
that while the front of the neck an.
pears to fit rather snugly the back
is loose