The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-24
DAILY NEWS LETTER
BRIGHT COLORS LONDON VOGUE; HUES OF JENVEIS
 COPIED; LINES SIMPLE
By F. A. WRAw.
International News Service Staff Cor

1 | respondent. 1 London Oct AA-Flaming reds and | browns. interrringled with every shade of falling leaf, are the prevail | ing hues worn by every wel1-dressed 1 woman in London just now. Never distes let loose in such riot Of | color, and Brighter London has to- day become a fact instead of a phrase. ! In contrast, co1ors for dance frocks are taking their tones from precious stones this winter. Rose-tinted jade, 1 per1dct green and lapis lazui are 1 prominent among some of the won derful opalescent dance fabrics which go to make so many of the new even l ing frocks.
 silken sheen, is the material for these | jewel frocks. Their lines are mainly of the simple order, the long lines of ] the fifteenth century, except where the hem is concerned. Then there creeps into the dress scheme. in fes- toons and points. all the comp1exity of today.
 Central London is undergoing la building boom such as it never has known before. DemoiiShn ents are occurring with the utmost rapidity in all the shopping centres, and the city jewels in place of the old-tirne struc- lures. Already the famous quadrant at Oxford Circus is practically com- pleted. with some of the finest build
 
 course of year the wor1d-ren owned Picoadilly Circus will have undergone complete reconstruction. Regent street the great shopping rendezvous. Is to be completely rebuilt, and dur ing the last month contracts amount Ing to s75,o00,O00 have been handed out in connection with the big sch heme to beautffy London.
 The Prince of Wales is spending all his spare time at Easton Grey. NJ a nGf hn I,@ he has acquired for the hunting sea- son. During the last couple Of weeks he has been spending his days school tng" his hunters. He intends to hunt with the Duke If Beautfort's hounds and in conse- quence Of hfs arrival the cost of ac- commodatfon in the neighborhood has | increased five fold. The country round dabout Is the largest area of fox bunting land in England and contains going of every character. It is ev- Ing that all the farmers near whether hunters or not, have decided to take down every scrap of barged wire in the Prince
 One characteristic of the Duke of i3ea ufarts meet is that it's followers instead of wearing the traditional Engltsh pink coats, wear blue, with buff fac1nga
 Lady Rhondda's admission that she iS IiOL pfOnlDlt1On1St has aroused general surprise. because her family has always been regarded as amonv the striotest adherents of total ab- stinence. But Lady Rhondda has since been careful to explain that her l drinking is of very occasional order and is confined to drinking hea1ths al wedding and social functions
 she declares, however. that prohi- i Tn England and that the only IegisIa- tfnn ever likely to be accepted would | be on the lines of Lady Astor's bill 1 which aims at giving local option to | localities.
 ''Wcmen should smoke pipes if they must smoke" is the latest med lca1 dictum which has startled Lon s1cfan- Dr F. c. Greenwood, who has been Investigating the case of a wo- man who has been in the habit Of sfn ols1ng 60 cigarettes a day! Smoking puts far too much strain oh women's hearts," declares Dr. Greenwood land, in addition, nearly { every woman smoker inha1es. This means that the nicotine affects the men do all their smoking indoors. The terrible amount of smoking now being done by young English girls Is bound to affect the health of the na- Ion In the very near future" A royal rnodfste has set up business In London She is Princess Andrew or Russia; whose husband is a nephew cess Mary
 The royal couple lost all their money in the revolution and only just i escaped from the Crimea with tI,air l lives. "One must Iive.', says inc Prinl cess and accordingly she desions crosses, with the aid of her husband, who is clever artist. Her latest achievement is the dresses in saThe Cabaret Grip