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I I If ParilBlel'S Under-Vhe Short SitaUrLiikirl. 1 JJ 1' apeoreof UveNewTealur(H I I li Of 3kaUr4To44ery J - Sporting Togs Offer New Sartorial Interest To Womankind These Mod ern Days - Cold Wea ther Motoring Demands Warmest Togs Obtain able - The Muffler In High Favor. TJVERT Merry ChrUtmna season Jj to each and all of you! from JTH the heart of your fashion J I Chronicler, who cannot but teel a very personal and friendly In terest In the many other women with whom, each week, for so long a time, ho has been chatting Intimately. Often and often. It seems to her, she Is telling the news of fashions, of fads, of feminine fancies, to friends f long standing;; and the wish In her heart la that she could know each one of you personally so that the ixchange of Ideas might be mutual. KX this Tuletlde season when once again our particular page yours and hers Is so full of holiday Interest and holldpy splr.U. Jier affectionate wlh to each and all of you is a Very Merry Christmas Week and a New Tear that, shall, Jylng to each heart the thing most ardently desired. Skating; Toggery Chief Interest Wow. It Is safe to say that three-fourths et the Christmas money, this year, will be spent during the neat week or so in skating toga. Everybody Is daft over skating out-of-door skating where the weather is kind enough to freeaa over the ponds, and indoor Mating on artificial lea when Jack Frost la - not so benign. As might have been expected, in this era when femininity la "clothes mad" according- to the austere phrasa of a well-meaning reformer th opportunity to wear something tiulte new and wholly fascinating la the way of costume was seised upon delightedly. And as might havs bean xpocted. also, skating toggery devel- oped Itself into soma vary sensational and blJtrrre stylos; for the out-of-door cos, urns is capable of carrying a groat amount of . color and of plctarosquo nees. Pantalets are one of the btsarre fes turns referred fo, 10 li an appended thotograph of the latest skating cos tume shows pantalets of shirred brown satis, above high heeled boots of bronso kid and below a short skirt of mixed trowa and vhita twsod Now It Is impossible to aoeuso gath ered satin- pantalets, coming doeorons Jy io the Up of the boot, and siding "absolately the shape of the anatomy Which might otharwisa bo roraalod by -tying -yesUooato, immodest. Pariah the thought!- Tot decorous and ob viously naedost and prim as they are, t - these gathered aatla pantalets arouse ' an instant sensation of shocked mod- - ami and saako every anaawillno ay ; ' turn over, its shoulder to havo seo- .- A tot tho. rest -of thf akating ooo. reaae. n wusnmns ut wvary reopect, A sitk fWwateT'U shadaa aC hrwwa - maWlttno brows an whit veollticoat of OZLs lUnTAttw whd.whhU. ailk kalt- hlooaMn A.'Piclure'sque ColoTful Costume ig Per'TTU'S'sibte Pcr ted muffler la twisted around the throat and the skating cap Is a saucy affair of brown faille silk with a to boggan crown of cream white satin, dragged over toward one side by a brown and white silk tassel. The pret ty bronze boots with their high heels and thin soles will be donned after the skating exercise for the Informal supper and dance arranged to wind up the evening. More practical skat ing boots with skates clamped to the sol s will be donned for the Ice. Velvet For Indoor Skating. 8katlng coatumea to bo worn lastdn the rink are naturally mora formal and elegant than the rough-and-ready; sport clothes appropriate for out-of-doors. Paris has made velvet fash ionable for the skating rink: broad cloth comes next In favor, and al ways there is fur aa a trimming. The skating skirt la very short, bat tho new skating boots lace high almost to the knee; and If on chooses, there are the pantaleta. very much in fash ion I Th ordinary coat, reselling to th knee or below, would be too cum bersome for skating, which la an act ive exercise, so th skating Jacket is short and rather saucy of cut. with fur at neck and wrists, and sometimes all th way around tho edge. Very ptcturoaqu are broadcloth fcn-g suits in military style, with frogs across th front of the Jacket and niga-brimmed turbans in tTI Out-of-doors, at Taxed o. kon few elaborate skating coo- turaee of velvet and fur but most of th fair skaters are sensibly dressed In sport clothes: short sktrts of heavy wool fabric, stout, hlgh-iaeod hoots, short Jackets or knitted sweaters and mufflers. Even more strenuous and net than skating la the exercise at glid ing over frosan enow ea enow shoes. But where any girl so tnollaed asay tak up skatlnaV Tory few havo the opportunity to learn snow ahoolac. It Is a sport of tho wilds, and at tho frosan northern latitudes. Th no artificial akoatng rinks, with heated dressing rooms. Oaa mi actually oal-of-doora, and In poratur below aors to tad alga ta this sport Its ooetusn Is oaorai nasty pto urosquo and aa warm aa wool-we-voa threads can maha it. St frlpporios on" tho wearer win hava aaaay m tumbla ho foro spa acautros U rathar dlmeait art of hleving ahout sax th fresehar oa ahoos, typical owtnt Is ahowa. Tho short skirt la of tight Mao wool blanket doth and amenta It to a' - knlttod ahettaad wool, and olfchxaBhaaVwltt era are awt he 1 neL The tall boots are of hea-y tan calf and are worn over woolen stock lngs no silken hosiery for the girl who ekeea at twenty below aero! Th gay coat la In shades of blu and pink on a whit angora ground and is lied about with a blu angora sash. The knitted cap is of pink and blue wool and heavy angora gloves in white help to keep the hands warm, Gunning Is another winter sport that takes Its enthusiast far afield and Its costume is no less picturesque than th snow shoeing costume, if of quite different style. The young woman dressed so trimly and prac tically, in hunting togs la outfitted for duck-shooting in the Carolines. Her well cut coat and skirt are of brown covert cloth, tho coat having cartridge pocketa below tho bolt, and tho skirt buttoning down tho front over covert cloth hunting brooches which have deep cuffs that laeo over th tap of tall, stout tan hoota Her cap la a regulation hunting; cap with oar-lap that may be drawn down on coldest days. There is not an Inch of super fluous fa brie or trimming to catch ea brambleo. ar got la th way In boats and dag-outa, and th costume Is both light and warm. Motor Coats Lsumloaety Warns, Motoring to tho sport that oover all sports; almost everything en do out-of-doors those days requires a mo tor for Its oommoncoment and its fla-, ton. . Oao motors out to th pond for skating, or out to th country club! tor golf, oven If oao departs oa a gua- nlag trip, th faithful motor eon vera oaa to tho train. So above an other port asrssalHea 1st raiment, comas th raojulromont for a motor ooat Bom women doctors that fur-llaod coeU ar war nil than fur coata. At any rat thor fool warmer hooaasa of th soft we el outatdo and tho fur turned Inward so that on anuggios coolly against It at ovary turn, Aa gngilsh saotor ooat for winter wear to pic tared; rather a hollry garment- one, must edaatt. hut tremendously swag ger for all that, and with eaeetleat lines, conoid srtng the thleknoss of the, Ma and green biaaket doth and th lining of far. A big collar of raoeodn ' tarns Bp ah out the nook. Under anoh a east a-rea a thin mtl frock of chif- fow or stur may . to donned with paf-1 fact saanfort. The motor hat to or vetvat ha turban ahape and eoaelng wall down, over the head a ftrst re-' antrum in t m any mote1 headgear for esM weather wear, fat If oae'a head hi gold em) to eold ail over. Instead of g. roO there to new head-acarl f soft faille ailk U ahada, Ughtlr wadd4 W -a. need, made ar A .OF- sanw- "Bfcw 1 jbsw enw - a aW aV NffiJU 1 W w m- sp -a ' VW RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER tween the two silk layers and made to fit th hat and head perfectly, straps and snap fasteners holding II firmly under the chin. A few women continue to play golf all through the winter, and they know the delights of crisp days out on the open links, with brown grass under foot and a very wine of lnvlgoratioa In the air. Oolf la possible In most localities until the severe snows of February and the softening ground of March prevent comfortable walk ing, and the winter golf girl ha a vary good time of It indeed and a gloriously healthful and Invigorating time. Qolfing will not permit of cum bersome clothe. A long awing and a good drive are impossible unless arms and shoulders ar free. There for th golf enthusiast wears a loose but well cut sport suit of warm wor sted material, with knickers beneath, and heavy ahoos laced over ribbed wool stockings. Bar hat la of wool also and har gloves ar apeeial golfing glovea. A caddy usually carries her warm fur collared motor coat, so that It may be slipped on during the wait for a loot ball or loam ed lately the m is over. c RULT It to th grown-ups who got moat fun out of the modern playthings and who appreciate them moat. Children are chil dren, whatever th era or generation, and though the twentieth eentury child has been educated up to eloo trio vehicles, character dolls and mis sion plsy-furnlturs; without his ao- anlrad ... sophtottoattoa . h would be quit as happy ever the good eld toy the wax-faced Sollies, the absurd little dishes, the tops, th hoops, th snlmala oa wheels, the rtekety sail boats which allured his pareats back in th eight! ee. one has to search, nowadays, to And these good old toys of oae'a own childheod. Few thr are of them ta the btg, esctuatvo toy shops though they may be anearthed cebV fCMUB'"7 ? "?tU 3Huto totte miniature repU- at era on hack streets. The modern little alri. however,- would oar an ancient wax baby who tao would speed Dy beesm pasty la a modern steam' heated aursery; ana a oaa tM'faellagg f the ;-I V- MolVwrv Like a f v - lit I f ;if ?H f v,-4 .. The Wmle r Col f Xnlhusiesgl MuetipeWarTnl small bey, pining for an eleotrie d riven gunboat who found an old fashioned Noah's Ark beside hi stock ing) on Christmas morning. Among the meat Interesting of the new playthings ars th electric toys. Thor ar automobiles by th soora Drawn up in tho parking space of the tor store they make an Impressive showing in their varieties or shape and atse end color. There ar road sters and touring cars; racers, auto stagee, jitneys, trucks, delivery vans and some of them ar wonderful and expensive affaire. Th aleetrl boats ar ' fascinating also great dread naughts la . somber fcwttleehlp gray color, smart white orulaera, long and speedy of line, torpedo boats, subma rines, and the latest, this year eloo- of luxurious pleasure craft, with polished wood and brass trimmings, awnings and low dock chairs, for hit (h world Ilk s, real aillllonair' pri vate yacht I ? Toy fttrnHar mag agvaaoed Calls for Ihe ,v " Extreme oC .. PracUcabiHly VJ u 7 Vi' s faVir - -.- I r-r &w x ' ' All .... , Clad ' stage beyond the rude, clumsy chairs and tables of a generation ago. And each year doll's furniture seems to grow larger. Aa big as a real baby's crib la a modern toy bedstead which any little housewife would delight In "making up" with real crib blankets, sheets and tufted com fort era The bed, of course, staoda lower than a crib would and its proportions give It the effect of a large double bod In diminutive else t Bo ugh two little girls of seven or eight years old could slsep In It very comfortably. No mere, painted pine affair either. Is this up-to-date toy bod; bat a dainty piece of furniture in Ivory enamel with cane panela Other beds for dolly are of whit enamel with paint ed flower or Kewple dealgaa on head and footboards. Dressers, chairs and chiffonier come Is proportionate aU and a aaraery furnished with this pretty furniture la quite aa impressive affair, fit for the handsomest doll ob tainable. And, by the way, speaking at dolls; this to th year of twist denies. Every mother of a large family to laordl aataly proud if among: tfeenv la at least eae pair f twin that goea without saying I go the mtl another whose thriving doU family has beea Increased by ft toe pair af twins, thto Christmas, may wall be overjoyed. - The twin delta? mug took ettka-et course, and must be dressed precisely alike, though sometimes ons twin wears jink aud the other blue, where cost, cap-ribbons and socks are con cerned. Twin baby dolls seem to be the favorlivt, and there are special loll prs mtiulators built to accommo date the attractive twlna Of all th Christmas dollies, baby dolls seem to l the most sdored by their happy liu: mammas. Some of the charao r dulls, with faces like real babies-- not exactly beautiful, but oh so inter- tstlng aud full of personality are lg actual baby lxe,' and require real baby clothes for their outfitting. There arf fclso more conventional dollies, much dirsstd up in laces, flounces and saihrs, and having wigs of real halt hich may be braided, curled with aft Iron or even shampooed delicious prospect for a busy little girl. An ingenious arrnngeiuent Is a doll's body Ith four hinds which may be at tached or detached in a Jiffy. If the," small mamma tires of her golden haired, blue eyed daughter, presto! she becomes In no time at all a stun ning brunette with melting black eyas or a dashing strawberry blonde with red tresacs, or Just a comfortable bo tw Ixt-and-between with brown half aud gr.ty e)cs aftef all the easiest type of feuilulnlty to get along with! Kag doll-bsblee never seem to g out of favor and there are several new sorts: Sammy Rocks, whoso cap, coat and little breeches are made out of an ordinary cotton sock, the ribbed por tion forming hie stockings; the cosy . pillow-doll, so delightful to take ft nap with though they are nothing, aftsr ail. out a pillow-case, tinted at the top with a pleasant fac and tied about with a sash that supports ft gathered petticoat; and many other kinda A new rag baby, haa head and hands of Indestructible composi tion, feather-light as well as strong, so that baby need not be bumped by a fall against her crib-mate. Body ' and legs are of cotton-stuffed cloth '. and the clothes are removable for laundering. Each year books for children be- - come mora fascinating and more beau . tlful. Here, at least, one Is delighted, ' at th advance made beyond th -childish literature of an earlier eta. ' Immens sums are spent tn getting" up theee artistic and delightful picture -books and among the most interesting! of this year's output la a new "Alloa In Wonderland" with stenciled deoorav - tions and illustrations, - C i.v.: irli-i -;r . ... . - - - -J; r C- ' ' ' "; -- r- -Into screat8eUa; ItoAy At tbm H if. .Hi 'y'i 'vie " - i -J mm m i S it L V 1 1 - W -' - '' '" ' ' ' ,.laT"'....r, , .ir, , 1, i, .ii .1... Ii. mm, Hull Si ,.,. n il H t ' i ' d " -
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