m5 1"" 3. “defuse the
_ your brought to mind repel-
lentl’wisions ot’shspelees [lunch
lotto nightgowns, horrible. sli-
hesive woolen garments thst ex~
tended from the neck to the
ankles one: the wrists. worsted
nettieoets. block ceshmere stock-
ings. To~wesr “min; else wss
to invite pneumonin at {bonnie-rd
Coral pink sills union set of under-
things. They are all trimmed with
crcam lace and Duets of not.
tism. Ladies of the old school——
your grandmother. no doubt—
could point to stones in the top-
ily grsveysrd that bore witness to
the untimely demise or Cousin
Sue or Sister Bells. who took on
her long-sleeved undors before t s
first at June. Anywoy. erection 1
every woman in northern elimes
were those things during the mid-
Victorisn ere. end we are wont to
think that the present generation
is the only one the: ever bu .worn
lighter. more attractive liusgrie.
AHMYo-rlm
But there wss s time whon nth
der things were even more negli-
gible than thoy ere 30'. 1! ”ill:
is possible. About a hundred;
years ago women need to find
amusement in weighing the clothes
they wore. end the one who wore
the fewest number of pounds or
ounces bragged a bit. Not only.
in those days. did women “nose
the wearing of‘corsots: they go"
up petticoots so well. sud wbstv
ever else the could well get slang
without. T ey woresilk tights.
and chemises ot the thinnest sort
"and thin treasurer thst. .They
used to cell themselves well un-
dressed. rather 1&9! I'd” dressed
wor rsther eommontotors on the
foolishness oi muons used to 0
that. Porhnpo not the women
t emselves. , ‘ .
1:Even in winter women were
frocks of cotton. Woolen was
taboo. And then came on elli-
demic of what was dubbed milsllu .
disease—vs. bod outbroek I)! luv
iluenzs. It is sold thst sixty thou-
sand persons bochrno ill'ln Paris
in a single dny. . ; .
The doctors of the time; st-
'tributed this outbreak to the thin
clothes of the women. imme-
diately heavier clothes become
the vogue. Women dounod‘tol'
underwear what they celled En-
glish flannels. And thnt episode
of disphsnous undorwoer woo
closed. 7 . . '-
But the pendulum buy-swung
'bsck again. We now 1‘“: thin
and few underthings.‘ And we,
here eh. - But no doctor hes the
temerity nowsdsys ,. to. how
English ilsnnele ss-e cure tor the ‘
a‘miction. - - -- ‘9’
“ham and Summon-them
At presentw-th'oro timely loll't
4% to the 6116‘“ » ' ..
is thus: “when“: still and
ss ism, o hi this v
corned. mafia M's‘s‘f‘gs‘t
under
have to tulle into confidential
Drlfdeilt ”souls who still hStoWIolus Lilo be-
their warmer Willi.» \lud‘
but the? hove nothing 'to‘tlo with
the fashion. .
From limo out of mind Johnny.
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and Tebruary here it ill
113.com when :‘heughts'oi sun:-
In e weiigrogulstedfigmholds
gills-into winterT was considered
muscle!” snsronrlste ‘10! the
trinket such things. It wee
“in t- the ism“! seamstress
mot weeks at s time hemminz.
Metals. shirt-lug one white; cotton
end linen pettieoste. omises.
hold
s Headaches is the
endsr even the "led”! a! the
house" to. ' emple tile on their
ml»? to 3%.. with illnesses.“ ‘3
It was. in these m.- winter
weeks that the Enter bride- de-
voied 'her thoughts to her trous-
harm” ill "ea rm" ig‘l"
. pure w e on you s
hind, mode. ,-
Nowndgys women do not and
much time to devote to the making
of their own dainty lingerie. 'But
the shops supply the want with
quantities at all sorts of alluring
weer.
r.
unset-ls in Sets "
,' The liigerle not still consists in
gmouy lumen of chemise. drew-
loft. slip out! possibly nightgown.
The drswors with elastic at the
New, on at,coursesnulleioeeover ‘
tho chonflIO—then comes the slip.
load that is all there is to it us (or
‘II tho young girl goes. Stockings
‘sre rolled or fastened with round
garters. foot are slipped into
pumps or strep slippers. a shake
oi the hood and a. few strokes of
the brush and the shinsled head
is in order—end she is ell dressed
but her track.
~. Compero this with the ordeal o!
dressing when high-buttoned shoes
were worn. when n corset had to
be odlustod end carefully laced
every morning. When corset covers
ted to be buttoned and tied into
position, when there were petti-
coots o! sundry sorts and when a
wellegroomod pompsdour required
e hslt hour of close attention.
Getting dressed in the morning
hes indeed been reduced to the
minimum at eirort.
_ m..,uu olwis’l'ss? a“... 11:; summer sod winter mode so
.sooisl eel"
, is ‘m. or the ominous
drewers tou‘hdlo some oi tho. all.
Y . '9‘!“ '03“
, do chemise or "sill: vest ——worn with .
39in
incl e to the
The intent preference
in (over oi o oss-
tto tells the niece or
“I!!! and. drawers. or
“minors. ' This goes by novel-g!
didsrest
You my cell it
’oomblns‘tion _ you like,- The dis-
tinct «name it possesses '- is'
thst it olimisotos the sushi. bulk
use»
d
the trend oi tsshion seems to be
direction of s- closely
, _ silhouette there is good
reason to believe that this one-
. '20 11%;!
piece garment will continue in.
(ever. Just that combinstlon, a.
Q
rsssiereo
slip end I. pair of stockings—and
thereung girl oi toils-y is reed!
to don her trout and slippers. No
,wondor she
mother. who still clings to corsets.
» . end numerous other
little necessaries that or) essentisl
wsitlng ~ (or her
. to her pesos ot mind sid general
sir oi'trimoess. .
The Sleeping Garment
‘For
the
sleeping gsrmsnt
polsmss end gowns seem to divide
the honors. with little chance thst
1
Two interesting brasriercs, one of lace, the other 0! mpg do chine "
edged with lace.
M «W by tag,
01' “16h”. AndLsineo
either type willovir _
other «only; Ilit .
lees oi the
wss , '
trom men wsrdrobe. there is ;
nothins essooilolly mains; about
the ”Fe sh l‘sin tag}:
I no 0 0' D I -
"goof Butwotllfin' with low neck.
littlest no sleeves. loser pockets
led runes es the notice ere quite
es feminine 'so- the billion or
We some women his!
or
p‘s’ismss 0! white till W
riel. othersare sag-mull‘ygou
that ’show brlsht one unususl l,
colors. Some of as mountsb
pajamas thst appelljspoolnlly to
the school and ‘ at! 8.1131 ere in
English hroedolo showing wide.
brigh .strlpos. ought! sorts or
arm coma More used.
You msy here soon. mom
possess. one or the new mod.
3 , ' .
sishtsom align? their 0e:
pledged crepe
to a sleeveless We yoke—dies s
ribbon the; tho it Q'- l low waist-
line with n how 01' ribbon st
the left side. Another inter-
outing; mode is scent end rut-thei-
carries out tho/‘Dirbctoire note in
s ribbon girdle {ll .well they.
the norms! we
at the left side. .
There are still women of re-
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loam. Iam,mme‘ermmusmhwe
we. sighs, Wormwoodecmm
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i
a,“ .flsp....~.q.u<x-nlm -
4’: ion. “shame one sun-is Wists '
sctionsry enough taste to mete is
steady demand for pure white
linen or cotton lingerie. ilnolr em- .
broiderod or trimmed With loco.
o-slso list! These pieces sro tor ell the. world
like the pieces that women in-v
eluded in tbeictroussesu: “teen
or twenty rests. ssvo~ thst they
are .cut on the most np-to-deto
lines. Ono exquisite set chosen by
a recent bride was of weshsble
satin with lose and very one white
embroidery on the soils.
No one color or tint hes it oil
it! own WI! in the matter or
lingerie. Vsrious tints known so
ilesh are chosen. seeson in find
some out. by some wines. while
1 there no .n.lwsys-.women wheels,
lett to their own devices will select
under-things of s decided pinkish
cost. They are women who would
not and s bedroom complete with-'
out o rose sheds on the bedside
lamp.
Green seems to be gaining
ground end there are many sets
or orchid. Reoelisnt es the idea
of block lingerie ms! seem to
some women. there soonu to be e
stood! demand ’tor it. end block '
neismss on in spate! vogue. A
psir of black silk and lees
pajamas is the highly prized gnrn
ment or more then one young ‘
WODIB.
Nesta—New Bots.
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Wed 4
Interesting .
Things In
the Shops
LOVE silk bloomers on scene
lngly as much in demoed es
over—in white. orchid. dosh.
black. brown. blue end ten they
meet most requirements. There
ere step-in ssrmeuts or glove silt
trimmed elsborsteiy with lees odgo
lug sud insertion.
Suspender top shirts in bright
and light. colors ere meeting with
much isvor with women who are
selecting clothes for Southern re-
sorts. They will undoubtedly
prove very popular this spring.
Unlike the old-time suspendor
skirt. the eusponder is merely o
oontlnustlon oi the skirt which is
out quite straight st the valet end
hips with something of s nsro be’
low. Sometimes there is on low
averted plest st the trout oi the
skirt.
Among new collections of sin:-
nlo cotton frocks there ere moor
showing interesting end sttrseti
swnins stripes. .
——'——-
Scotch plaids remain in huh
sever. There are» soorts and
western. too. mode of bright
cote!) plaid in thin knitted wool
--like old-time lcelsnd you. ‘
Pesssnt . blouses. ususlly o!
voile. embroidered in high colors.
sro meeting with the unravel o: .
well-dressed women. Often they
ere chosen to wear with the new
suspender or guimpe skirts.
For little this sad boys you
not buy hoods oi the woolen mn-
torisl 0! which their night no»
monts ere mode. Those hoods dt
securely shout the hood with o
cope portion thst buttons
at the stoma-keeping hood. osrs
end neck warm on the coldest
Nth“- -
ueny oi the new spring hots-
these tor Southern weer—«how
trimming of roses or violets, non-
slly'on the crown.
Gloves with nertonted ends
showing s tscing of some eon-
tresting color in kid ore o good
choice; ,
:-
Yonesnhlrostrichhy them
in ombro coloring—shed- trons
yellow to brown. tron blush ms,
sold.” rose. trots sole mom to
0t. . . ‘
p
All sorts .: interesting some
muonsotbolgossdbrownsrs
mndeinnhoss.”
Norwalk Chronicler