The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

skirts. Most of the plaited dresses are those in the crepes and pongees and tub silks but the skirts to be worn with sweaters. shirts and coats are laid in small side or box pleats, straight kits, of saucy appearance. A new picturesque model is of white kasha cloth, having around the bottom three stripes woven in shades of green, the skirt pleated in small box pleats. The combination concluding this cos- tune is a tailored shirt of white crepe de chine and sleeveless coat to har- monize with the colored skirt border.
 In another of these piquant little pleated skirts the border is woven in bright scarlet, sleeveless waistcoat of scarlet and a short box-coat matching the skirt. A white kasha is pointed with black-black monogram on the glace kid and black kid Colonial pumps, pocket of the blouse, wide belt of black with black stockings having hairline stripe of white.
 Departing from all-white and white combined with color, the colors present ed in this seasons sports clothes are ex- ceptionally beautiful. There is little hint of utility; there is only the deco rative in the delightful yellows, for ex- ample, that run the scale from deep orange to pale corn, and in the greens, apple, pea, jade, reseda, and new-old shades of bronze and olive that will be seen later in the street suits for town.
 Blue. in the shades of powder, and the darker military blue are most dis tinguished and are seen in some par ticularly engaging models from Paris. A one-piece frock of pastel blue, has bands in graduated widths bordering the skirt, knee-high, and is sused in the same manner on cape of the pastel three-quarter length.
 Parisian designers who specialize in sports things. as they are translated ac- cording to French standards, have a feeling for the cape model rather than for the more tailored English idea. Most of their outing clothes this season illustrate the three-piece costume dress, which is literally two-piece affair plus a cape matching in material and design.
 The acessories for sports suits are important and interesting, for they in- dicate the thought given to this type of costume, which but a few years ago had. not arrived" Ensemble is the ideal of the couturiere, and sports suits assume that hat, shoes and stockings, gloves, even belt and tie, must match or work into an artistic scheme.
 Sports hats, including the innumer- able shapes of cloth, silk, velours, rib bon and kid, the very latest style, in small or medium, soft or tailored form the larger part of the milliner's stock in trade and are among the most at tractive things, as well as the most ex- pensive, that are offered by the most exclusive shops.
 Needlework, a clever touch, or suf- ficient almost to cover the chapeau is modish and is seen on some of the fin est hats sent by the Parisian designers.
 Then the shoes-for the feet must be smartly and correctly dressed this year as never before. Kid is, of course, the last word in the mode. Except for actual service on the tennis court, the links and the beach, glace or suede kid has taken the place of canvas. This is joyful news to the woman who cares for her feet as for her hands and knows the beautifying effect of kid contrasted to that Of canvas or other tabrlc.
 Many smart women still like to wear shoes of gray, beige, brown, tan or maize with cOlored dresses. It is cor. rect style, provided always the combi. nation is good and the shoes and stock. ings match.
 The latest styles in gloves for sports wear are jolly things, more trimmed than heretofore, though the favorite glove is a doeskin, pigskin or chamois of the sturdy, heavy sort, in gauntlet or Biarritz.
 The scarf is the most engaging item in the new sports clothes, and almost every sports suit has 8 scarf of its own. There is something catchy about a scarf-a breezy coquery that has ar appeal for every woman particularly fol one of the younger ultr-smrt set, and many women demonstrate a keen ap preciation of it's picturesque possibili ties.