New Britain herald., 1929-02-11
rs SMART TO BE PLAIN
IN THE DAYTIME NOW
N BETN sCHUYLN

palm RAaah B7a Eah. IL - IN
pain Reach one can not only get
A.lic.te hint. abeut what 70 wear,
INIT van can Also rot WARNINGS % 70
mai nst to wear. The Horrible Ex-
.mn,e fiour,shes hero in tropical
.bundance.
oftsn think that IN unlimited
ameunt 81 money to spend u 4
rr.at handieap To the woman wha
h.. not excellent taste. because
ernens.ve mistakse arc usually
MOI. .lsrnS ana les. forsiyable
than cheap one.
Fsra Onaurs suastast
Var inetanen. for dav wear here.
rothtr. h .marfar than the well.
emf dress in vlits or in 4 brilliant.
nure color. For day. linen dress-
| 81 ar even bingham ones-provid.
ed ono /. young enough and slim
enough. worn with plain white
.hoes of conservative cut. seen,
to me infinitely more charming
than these trailing printed chif-
fon affaira. With points and ruffles,
ana crepe do chine shoes.
I have no complaint to lodge
arainst chiffona. plain or printed,
or as,,nn dlken shoes. but am
convinced they are not At all
smart for day wear here,
Embroidery. spanelea and CAD
gets are entirely out Of the pic
ture for morning or for afternoon
and vet YOU see them down here
xhara Won see the best dressed
women In thu country.
spotty Effect Undesirable
I And do believe, too, that a
spottv effect IL very Intellectual
against such . background a
| palm Reach. Colored baSs. hats,
ties and bsndinxs have to be used
| with great discretion, not to be
t,reaome.
A, an example Of what I mean,
let mo cali your attention to the
outfit Mrs. Cornelius v, Whitney
wore when aha flew of in 4 plane
n,loted bv Col. Lindberrh, and see
il YOU don't agree that 1t IL Just
a. smart and chic n is possible.
The dress IL Just the simplest
affair Of white. with box pleats in
the skirt a tailored belt and a
.imn,a v neck,ine. The dark blue
"a rdi.an Jacket II bound with
| white. and lust a suggestion Of
white appears around the hat band
which lust matche. the cardisan.
White nuli.on gloves. and simple
white shoes with blue tins, com.
| nlete the ensemble. Not an un-
necessary gesture anywhere, and
the result i. nerfect.
And Won can believe me when I
.av that I. the .vne Of dav frocks
that the smartest and prettiest 2f
The Younger aet are wearing in the
south,and. They are leaving the
frill. for the evening - and for
the dowaeers.
Mrs Martin Johnson. wife of
the ernlorer. was a model of sim .
nltcitv' when she also was a pas
senrer on tho Iindberrn flight
over Florida. The .kirt of her
froek vaa yerv Main. and was
snltt in the front to reveal a pleat-
cd insert Che waa all in beige
from shoes to hat with a small
sah,a scsrf ahout her throat.
White for This Deb
u.,~ Casist that hapnx lookina
deh iron, phi1ade Ynh,a has .omc
charming white linen and white
p,oue morning frocka which she
wear. with bright colored belts,
and sometime. flaming scarfs.
Mr.. William G.. Langley look
ed very attractive at the club the
other dav in rose beige frock
with an overb,ouse and a skirt
that VA. finely nleated in sections
and wa. nlain oyer the hins and
directly in front
| There In n tendency to prefer
a combination OF pleated and
plain sections to the solid,v ac.
Gordon nleated skirt - the effect
Ia newer ana smarter think
Mrs. Warner lone. ha. an at.
tract,ve snort. drexs-one of these
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