Evening star., 1925-11-22

who. they say. feels all dressed
up when she wears garland
OF hibiscus blossoms in addi-
tion to her printed cotton
skirt. must look with amaZement on
the fashionable American and Euro
pean woman whose costume consists
of such a long, long list of little
things. 1t would he pleasant, wouldn't
II. to have n complete costume so
simple as hers: Yet the possession. the
buying and the collecting of all these
, trihinS little details, no one of which
IL absolutely essential. does give most
women a very real thrill.
To so through the shops and see all
these pretty trifies-the bags and
handkerchiefs and srarfs, collars and
cuffs. belts. fancy umbrellas, earrings,
slipper buckles. fans. artihciai flowers
is enough to make the woman with
small dress allowance heaVe sigh.
II Is not so hard to persuade yourself
hat YOU cannot afford cloth OF gold
evening wrap or new hroadtail coat
or velvet afternoon ensemble or
chiffon hrocade evening frock. Those
are obviously luXurieS out OF your
sphere. But these little things, none
Of which costs so much as To he abso-
.lutely prohibitive-they are the things
thai il is hard to resist.
And. of course. no matter If your
Of these new accessories you ought to
have. and il rightly bought they will
prove to he profitable investments.
Fashions in accessories seem to
change more frequently than in the
larger items of the wardrobe. So II Is
wise not to he foreha nded In buying
these scwgaws-what You buy today.
wear today or tomorrpw-don't buy
now what you think YOU viii wear
next January. 1t is quite often pos
sihle to bring the sembance or real
up-to -datenesS 10 a last years frock or
snit or Goa simply by wearing with II
inst the right sort OF new-fansied
accessories.
\ woman | know says that the hest
way 10 economize is 10 keep away
from the shoDS-heCauSe then she IL
not tempted TO buy the little things
she gels along with just the essentials.
Perhaps this is eCOnOmy-hut perhaps
II is not. The woma n who buys acces-
sories wisely often finds in them the
means to true economy.
\ collar and cuff set or set con
ststing Of collar and lantern-shaped
undersleeves may be used TO bring
last wears frock right up 10 date.
You had planned to wear that little
dress under your fur coat when YOU
were sure that YOU would not need to
take II off. or on rainy afternoons at
nome WnHn YOU were SURF lndl nh
one would call Now. with a little re-
pairing and these new accessories 1t
will he just the thing for the afternoon
bridge club and many other occasions.
These collar and cuff sets and col
lar and lantern sleeve sets are inn
portant his season. for short sleeves
seem to he quite out Of the picture
and q DAYTIME frock without long
sleeves seems At once 10 be dated
he'll inr to n1e ga
Then. too. with just the right sort
If handhac and scarf last sea sons
suiI may he given an Air of smart
ness that makes YOU willing 10 wear
il for another Winter.
ENENING accessories are as i'm
- portant as ever. Fans. slipper
heels and buckles. evening bags.
scarts. bandeaux. earrings and flower
or feather ornaments to he attached
TO the shoulder or at the hip-these
are some of the things that women
wear or carry to brighten the aspect
Of their evening costume.
There must be something of the
luster Of the metal or the CLINT Of rrys
tai about the evening bag m 70
dale Some Of them are entirely
covered with serried rows of diamant
Others have an edgins OF the gilt
teflns IflnD1lnS with EeFnd pS a
strap OF it, The envelope shape bag
for evening is still carried. but the
woman who dances gives prefer
ence 10 a pouch type Of bag with a
cord or cha in that can he slipped
over the wrist or the fingers. Some
little haes recently imported from
France are made Of gold leather
with shir-string arrangement Al the
top with long gold cord. The lower
- 1;tt1 IL ic vi Al
with artificial flowers or perhaps
with some sort NJ fancy cut from the
metal leather.
Fans, which showed some sixns ~