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ip 'mmrm i Lady
The Laced Slipper That Is the
Present Craze in Paris.
an extreme of fashion, but skirts always show a little ankle; otherwise
one Is not considered "chic."
The heels of shoes, both for the afternoon and evening, are seen
studded with the Jewels the wearer has on her fingers and In her ears.
This Is an extremely pretty Idea, especially or evening wear.
For the daytime heels of patent leather shoes arc made of the same
material as th ecoat and skirt. This Is exceedingly smart.
LADY DUFF-GORDON, the famous "Lucile"
of London, and foremost creator of fashions
in the world, writes each week the fashion
article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest
and bet in styles for well-dressed women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's new Paris establishment brings
her into close touch with that centre of fashion.
Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishment is at
Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York.
By LADY DUFF-GORDON ("Lucile")
I WANT to tell you this week
about some very unusual gowns
I have created for that most
fascinating actress, Monna Delza,
"Love's
Shadow
at
Versailles,"
My New "Thought" Costume for
Mademoiselle Delia.
whose beauty has set all Paris
aflame. Truly it Is a delight o
create costumes for her. Hue is
such a bewitching creature, all
grace and animation.
Naturally, with one so. graceful
and so quick mentally It was my
opportunity to creato some of my
"Now Thought" costumes, and
never have 1 taken greater delight
than in designing several that I
will tell you of.
Aud what are my "New Thought
gowns? Gladly will I explain, for
I think that I am absolutely right
in thlB evolution, or perhaps it may
develop into a revolution.
I bellovo that a costume to be
perfect should express some great
thought possessed by the wearer,
and Interpreted by the designer. To
bo strikingly Individual in her
gowning every woman must wear
her thoughts on her figure.
This sounds very odd, but let me
tell you Just what I mean. Monna
Delza came to me and said "Make
me some of your delightful gowns,
somo that will be different from
everyone's else."
"Indeed that will be very simple."
I replied, "If your thoughts are dif
ferent." "My thoughts? queried the beau
ty, "and what do they have to do
with my new gowns?"
m M ; ;il:lJUUHm J WJ KVl vU Of LUUll 1
Headdress with
Happiness, and
Duff-
Gordon's Un
Right, New
Costume
to -the -Minute
Fashion Cable
From Paris.
with
the
Huge
Picture
Hat
of
the
Latest
Shape.
Paris, Feb. 15.
The sXIrts of
morning suits are
generally draped
either up to the
side or back and
.have been slit right
ud to the knee.
This Is, of course,
"1 want to express Borne
of your though'ts In the
gowns that I hopo to cre
ate for you. Tell me of what
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New "Thought" Costume, Expressing Pride,
Created in Taffeta5 with My Now
, Lucile Pannier.
are you thinking at this moment?
"Ah, I am thinking of a beautiful
Spring evening that I Bpent in tho
gardens of Versailles. Tho sun was
setting und the lacy green leaves
cast wonderful purple shadows on
the green lawns and tho birds were
singing ever so Bwoetly. I was
with a man whom I adored."
"Wonderful, wonderful," I ex
claimed, "You havo caught my Idea
exactly, I will express that thought
for you in a coBtume."
And it was thus that I was in
spired to design the gown Bhown in
the lower left hand picture. ' Love's
Shadow at Versailles" I call this
coBtumo and tho charming beauty
was overwhelmed with delight
when she saw It.
Imagine a soft dull green satin
so supple that It clingB lovingly to
tho figure so heavily that it falls In
graceful linos almost without drap
ing. Such a fabric I chose for the
under robe for Monna'a gown. It
hung free from the high waist line
as I tried it on. Then I carelessly
draped In the back just at tho knees.
This drapery cast just tho purple
shadow on the skirt that tho sun
cast on the lawns.
Over this I placed a knee length
tunic of pale golden net embroidery,
with delicate amythests and Hat
ecqulns of a green that matched
the under robe. Tho girdle was a
soft band of satin of tho shade of
yellow that one sees at sunset lu
the gardens of Versailles and al
most nowhere else.
Such a gown worn by such a
beauty as Monna Delza not only
expresses her thoughts but must
Inspire thoughts in others
Sunday Bee
Copyright; 101H, by
Pearls Expressing
on the Extreme
Garden Party
thoughts of love aud happiness.
It is a Joy to create those "New
Thought" fashion; there aro times
when Badness must bo expressed
and even tragedy, but if I succeed
In expressing the thought then I
am happy.
In tho largo head I am showing
you how I expressed tho thought
of happlnosB, of pleasures to come.
With the hair dressed so as to show
its full glory. I then draped tho
Btrands of pearls so as to Bhow
their beauty but not hldo tho hair
I trust that you havo grasped my
now fashion philosophy. I have
always attempted to Instil all my
designs with tho personality of tho
wearer. Never, never could I gown
all my clients from ono general
model never could I creato on a
wholesale scale; but now that I am
creating the "New Thought" gown
I feel that I am near absolute per
fection. Hut before closing 1 must draw
your attention to a fad that has
gripped Paris. All the mondaines
are wearing their high-heeled slip
pers, even those for the street,
laced around the ankle. For yea'j
we have had our boudoir sllppors
laced in this fashion, but this
change Ib new and startling. I like
Mt, however.
And, too, I want to mention a
new picture hat that may make a
good impression in New York if it
reaches there. This hat Is shown
on the figure in the right hand cor
ner. Tho brim is enormous and Is
draped with lace. I should advlso
it only for a garden narty. Tho
gown with this has the new sleeve
that Oaby designed before the left
Paris,
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(ho Star Company. Clrent Drltnln
By lT)me.ma
THERE comes a tlmo when we
know wo have crossed tho
bridge which lies hetweon
youth and middle ngo. It is by no
particular sign wo know that this
crossing has been nchlovcd, but
rattier by tho sum of innny signs.
Our step is a little slower, our en
durance a littlo lesB, our digestion a
bit moro capricious and exacting,
our spirit calmer, moro contempla
tive and philosophic.
Wo increase our ripened charms
by facing tho fact instead of turning
our back upon it. Tho now dignity
and Bweetness thnt accompany
middle ago nccapted ard tho com-'
pensatlons for the Iosh of the over-1
flowing spirits nnd onviablo tire- i
lessness of youth.
Do comforted 'y tho fact that
mlddlo ago Is merely life's Mid
summer, tho tlmo of rlpo fruit, of
flowerB of richest fragrance and
warmest hue, assured that caro of
the body and tho right nttitudo to
ward llfo enn prolong that period of
tho fulness of life and beauty for
ten, ilfteen or twenty jears.
But tho middle-aged woman must
tako more caro than over boforo of
her beauty. She must consider
that for tho preservation of her
clear, fair complexion sho muBt glvo
moro attention than ever before to
her food.
Digestion Is a slower process
after you have passed the forty
year milestone. It requires longer
to digest your ood at least a third
more time than In youth. A little
less food should be eaten, for while
food of the right sort makes en
ergy, It requires energy to digest
It. If one be working hard and eat
ing hard the drain on the constitu
tion Is an overdraught.
Tho first danger signal of vanish
ing youth Is the "turning" hair. No
woman has tho philosophy to look
unflinchingly upon n emwn that Is
changing from gold or brown to sll-
Beauty Questions Answered by
M. K at twenty-eight years of
ago, complains of hair that is fast
turning gray. You do not toll me
whether you are In normal health.
Debility often causes tho hair to
grow prematurely gray. Better
change the hair tonic you describe
and use instead tills which is
nourishing and less drying. As a
rule extremity dry hair grows gray
earlier than does oily hair. At any
rate when wo are ailing, our phy
sicians order a chango of tho
habits that have caused tho ailment.
For tho same reason I suggest a
different kind of tonic. Hub into
the scalp" nightly a teaspoonful of
lanollne with which you have nixed
as much powdered sulphur as It
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nights Unserved.
Cavalieri, theTTJos? VamowrJmna Beauty
No. 214Facing Middle Age
vor. Hut uvory woman can turn
her Intelligence upon tho problem
of how to arrest tho tendency.
Often a rebuilding of the systom by
nourishing foods, especially those
with much Iron In them, as spinach
and string beans and beets, give the
hair a fresh color. Sulphur taken
with milk or molasses Internally
and used with vaseline, too, In a
Mme. Lina Cavalieri.
will absorb Into a paste. Sulphur
is ono of the well known stimulants
of the pigment of tho hair.
H. H. confides that within a yonr
the left side of hor face has grown
perceptibly longer than the right.
"The left sldo of my face looks
older than tho other and when I
laugh tho left sldo wrinkles dread
fully." she complains. Hotter go to
a physician und nsk him whether
you are not tho victim of. facial
paralysis. Tho stroke may have
been so slight, or It may have hap
pened whllo you were asleep, that
you were not conscious of it. In
that case the afflicted side of your
face should stimulated to bet
ter circulation to renourlsh tlu
paste to be rubbed Into the scalp
has an Influence In retaining the
original color of the hair. A cool
ing tonic that takes the abnormal
heat from the head, the application
of lumps of Ice wrapped In cotton
or a small towel, to lower the tem
perature of the scalp, may check
the turning pf the color. Massage
of the scalp should be an aid. Elec
tric treatment, vl
brassage or other
wise, I have
known to check
it. Whllo none
of thoso moans
Is certain to bo
euro tho effoct
you destro, thoy
havo boon effica
cious In in any
cnHofl nnd , aro
worth n trial.
The teeth are a
serious cause for
anxiety In middle
age. The enamel
Is likely to crack
or to be slowly
dissolved by the
acjds that flow
from the glands
and that collect
In the mouth.
Keeping this In
mind, be more
than ever careful
to rinse the mouth
frequently with
strong calt water.
Massage the gums
with salt once or
oftener a week. It
strengthens them
by promoting cir
culation In them,
and many an hon
est dentist has ad
vised It as a cor
rective for the
first symptoms of
Mme. Cavalieri
tissues. Yours 1b a caso tor a
physician, I am Bure.
A says: "I have been troubled
n great deal with blackheads in my
noso pores. Thoy soom to coma
buck every tlmo I squeeze them out,
which only soems to enlarge tho
pores and mnko my nose rod. This
worries me, us It seomB to spoil my
other features "
Once the blackheads are removed
It is your own fault If they come
back. Scrub the nose with a flesh
brush upon which you have poured
green soap. Scrub It vigorously to
remove the blackheads; after that
It Is enough to simply keep your
fate clean3ed and frre from dust.
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middle age shown by the teeth re
ceding gums.
If you have had n good complex
Ion in youth and hnvu taken proper
enre of It, you should be able to ro
tn In It.
Tho skin grows dryer as years
multiply. Feed tho skin twice a
day with emollients. Hearken to
the cry of a great skin specialist,
"Oil, oil. oil!"
Sagging muscles are the most
difficult signs of middle age to con
trol, but check them by holding the
head habitually high, by frequent
chlrvllf ting exercises, by massaging
the face with upward strokes and
by tying a chin-band tightly across
the lower jaw before retiring.
"To keep the figure" Is one
of the vexing questions. You are
prone to grow lean In age? It Is
the trond of your family? Then
rest a little more, take a morn
placid view of life, eat more oily
and fattening food. You are In
clined to Increase In weight with
Increasing years? Then keep mov
ing. Do not exercise as violently
as In youth, but exercise gently and
very often. Fortunately, one aid to
keeping thin nature provldea you
as you grow older you need less
sleep.
But to keep off old age, keop off
old-ngo thoughts. Go about with
young people. Enjoy life with
them. Don't mourn the passing of
youth, but enjoy what middlo age
holds for you.
TEACHER'S LAMENT.
I JT all happened In n wuyslde village
Sje was the village schoolmistress
I prim and proper, but a bail hand u'
settling accounts with tho local trades
i men; he was ten years of age, one o
I her pui) 11b. and sop and heir of to.
viimifu grocer.
loiiiiii)-, hub yeiiou in class on
morning, "don't you know It's rude t
whistle In the presence of u lady?"
Tommy was not ubashed nor cha
tenil.
"liut dad told me to whistle," he re
Piled.
"Vour father tola you to whlstl.
Tommy?" queried the school teacher
In considerable doubt.
"Yes'm. He said when we sella yoi
anything we've got to whistle for our
money."
Tommy then took up a consplcuou
position In the adtacent corner.
ALL CHANGE!
I MpjELIM Help! Savo me! Save me"
tucu me excueu passenger, as
the stoainer cr' "tied at full speed Intt
the pier and sp"nters flew In all di
rections. "What has happened?" And
as she naked Ihe question she seized
one of the crew frantically by the arm.
The lattor. a tall, burly Irishman
I for a moment stroked his mntteC hair
! rellectlvely Then he replied:
! "Happened, ma'am? Happened" Why
I nitli ii'' l'i merely looks In m jf
' rtvni hnn
