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PAGE FOUR COMMONPLACE, prosaic aprons Lelong to the past. The up-to-date housewife o! today chooses pretty materials and makes a pic-ture-que effect whether she is to use the apron lor such prosaic work as the morning dusting or to wear in her Itudio while she paints flowers and landscapes. As a matter of course. FADS AND FANCIES OF FASHION WITH that ever-increasing ten dency towards moving for w ard the date of change from season to Eeason, designers and dress makers "are all agog over spring fashions in spite of the fact that winter has only just begun. Here in old Gotham we are met at every turn with displays of the most won derful summer fabrics a and with costumes for the South that seen? to bring sunny June very close, but. in our hearts, we know that the stay-at-homes will have nc eal use for such costumes for sjne time to com. We will undoubtedly buy the beautiful fabrics while they are new and the best choice is to be found and those among us who have the gift of foresight will undoubtedly have many of our-' summer to letter made during the mid-winter weeks but, towards spring and its tendencies, we are simply alert. No real woman ever faiU to be interested In what k to come And there have been such radical changes made in the art of costuming in the past few years that such interest is ever increasing. Again fast steamers, cables, the wireless telegraph have brought about Paris almost to our doors, so that we no longer wait with tedious curiosity but keep ourselves informed from week to week if not from day to day. The ideally big fashion houses of I'aris Will not make their displays for several weeks to come but, in one way or not her, news of their ateliers will leak ou. and certain facts are known to those on the inside with sufficient assurance to warrant this. Little by littie we are approaching the silhouette of 1830; (.'"at is to say, over the hips e are broad and whether the waists are really smaller or not, they appear : to be so between the bouffant draperies of the hips and the broad, drooping effect of the shoulders 9 As is common In any repeated influence in the world i'f dress, there arc vast differences. Our forebears obtained the drooping shoulders with sleeves fewed in in a way that to us seems o"t of line and with the use of berthas. We of today have adopted Orienta' effects and Japanese sleeves are the prevailing cr,?s. Actual crinoline wil'. .lever .ain le worn, we think. The emer y , cies ol modern life render it almost vihl Today we obtain our I ry hips whVl draperies and tunics and p Thaps a little soit substitute (or wire, used here and there. Spring fashions will mean short coals, llating tunics and short skirts. The dance is the favorite recreation et the hour and every afternoon and ,.,,., a . . . . . ' 1 DESIGNS TO MEET EVERY NEED FOR APRONS BY MAY MANTON the materials must le durable and must be washable but there are lovely colors to be found in linens, ginghams and the like and olten it happens that the clever woman use a little simple embroidery as finish, as scalloped edges or a few dots, which, wnile they mean little labor, instantly separate the garment Irom the com monplace sort. evening costume is designed with that fact in view. L'pon tailored suits, the skeves will be long but dressy cos tumes will show various lengths. A great many of the skirts will be draped to suggest the bustle effect and collars are expected to make a rather im portant feature both of coats and of gowns. For all the more dressy cos tumes, the open neck will continuj to be worn but there is a noticeable tendency toward a choice in this matter which marks something of a reaction, the result of the extreme -that have been noted throughout the winter. ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS PRETTY negligees and graceful home gowns always appeal to the woman of good taste. It is doubtful if there is any greater pleasure in the more elaborate gar ments that the wardrobe can contain than is to be found in the dainty and becoming negligee or the pretty gown to be worn during the morning hours It is always easy to plan elaborate costumes but the true woman is hap THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, In the picture, there are shown excel lent dc.-igns for all uses, aprons adapted to household tasks, aprons adapted to the studio and one apron to protect the sknt of the wo.i,an who must sit through a greater part of the day The last one practically forms an overskirt and i- a teal boon for office or shop. In the illustration, it is made of light weight serge but mohair, cotton INFORMATION for Ordering PATTERNS 7.4S Work or Studio Apron for Misses and Small Women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 7090 Work Apron, Small 34 or 36, Mi lium 38 or .',0, Large 42 or 44 bust. 777a Work Apron, Small 34 or 36, Medium 38 rr 40, Large 42 or 44 bust. With Protective Malf-Slecves. 7723 ork Apron, Small 34 or 36, Medium 38 or 40, Large 42 or 44 bust. V. ith or without Straps Over the Shoulders. J521 Two-Piece Apron, 22, 24 and 26 waijt. piest over something essentially dainty and feminine. Just now we are offered such wonderfully beautiful washable fabrics that there seems every oppor tunity to encourage the tendency and and to enjoy things without undue expenditure. Crepe effects are especi ally smart and the new crepes are really ravishing while voiles are to be found in designs copied after Rodier and other famouii ar'iiW which mean poplin and fine quality sateen are good fabrics for such use The apron with the trill at the lower edge is especially designed for the amateur cook, since the frill has a tendency to stand out and to protect the skirt from accident. In the illus tration, it is prettily made of white line:, with trimming of Cluny lave. 7088 Work Apron. 34 to 44 bust. With Square. Koi,::d or High Neck, with or without Sleeves in Full or 1 hrec-Quarter Lengtll 7968 One-Piece Work Apron. S nail 34 or 36. Medium 38 or 40. Large 42 or 44 bust. With Separate Half-Sleeves and Cap. 7489 Work Apron with Cap and Sleeves, Small 34 or 36, Medium 3S or 40, Large 42 or 44 bust. 7264 Work Aprofi, Srr, ill 34 or 36, Medium 38 or 40. Large 42 or 44 bust. 7193 Work Apron with Body and Sleeves in One. Small ,",4 or 36. Medium 38 or 40. Large 42 or 44 bust. With High. Round or Square Neck, with Short Loose or with Three-Quar-ter or Long Sleeves Gathered into Hands, with or without Seam at Center Front. FOR MORNING HOURS real splendor of color, yet each and all can be sent to the tub without hesitation. For kimonos, there are flowered crepes that are picturesque in the extreme and, for house gowns, such an attractive array of smart fabrics as never before were seen. One in the picture is made from a plain foulard trimmed with a dotted one and sjmpb silks are always delightful for horns wear but there ars cotton crepes that MARCH 15, 1914 For the plainer aprons, gingham, percale and butcher's linen are good and serviceable and today one can lind percale and gingham in most charming colors and designs, while white butcher s lir.cn makes an ideal background lor a finish of coloreJ l ands or for a little colored embroidery, whether the embroidery takes the form of raised work or of cross stitch. 7375 Kimono with Semi-Fitted Back, Small 34 or 36, Medium 38 or 40, Large 42 or 44 bust With Plain or Pointed Sleeves. 793 House Jacket, 34 to 4a bust. With Elbow or Long Sleeves. 7938 Loose Dressing Jacket, 34 to 44 bust. With Set-In Sleeves that can be made Loose or Elbow Length or in Three Quarter Length with Cuffs. 7827 Draped Negligee, 34 to 42 bust. 7896 House Gown in Empire Sty':, 34 to 44 bust. With Fcir-Piecc Skirt. Three-Quarter or Long Sleeves, in Walking or Round Length. would make quite as good ar. efTeot and which, while they may be cf equal cost, have the advantage o: bHng washable and among those designed for trimming purposes are to be found such effects as Roman stripes and em broidered flowers. C babies, too. an marveiously lovely and ohaUi3 is always a good material for ho,ne we ir IN WOMAN'S REALM a. The Cheerful Woman: It is a real pleasure to meet her, for she seems to vibrate with cheerfulness and optimism and in a contagious way that is most pleasing. We can feci unconsciously her mood, though it may not lie expressed by a smiling mouth and laughing eyes. The cheer ful woman dot s not always smile she ('ocm not always laugh, but there is that something about her which seems to say "I am getting the best out of life and I am giving my best to my life." She has no need to prate of her good ness and her virtues, her happy out look on life, or her freedom from worry. Her face tells the story but her man ner tells more. A face may be wreathed in smiled yet be unhappy. Manner, and way of speaking the voice and ? thousand and one other little expres sions which speak of the mind and its agony or joy maize the really cheerful women, cheerful, and the optimistic one optomistic. b. The Pleasant Woman: -he is not always, either in heart and mind, of cheerful caliber, but she has a certain affab'eness of manner that makes her a most agreeable person to meet. I'nless one is keenly iniuitive, one cannot always be sure at first meeting, that the pleasant woman is sincere in her desire to please and be agreeable. Some women acquire, for vain and Felfish reasons, an affection of manner so saccaharine in its display, as to u" almost nauseating. I'nder the impression that they are pleasant and agreeable persons to meet, they ainly try to assume the ways and unsophisticated manners of the in genue. One should be carelul not to cross the dividing line which separates pleasantry and agrecableness from affection and insincerity. The woman who is natural and spontaneous will have no difficulty in keeping within the borderland be cause she couldn't be a'Tected if he tried. She finds it natural to be natural: while to be leasant i; some thing she really enioys. But she also ha the good sense to know tliat there is a limit to her pleasant ictstaaf a -id tactful agreeableness it unfiled for imposition and demands mc placed upon it. T here is such a h!n;, looking at it from a coinmon-sertae and a just point of view, as being too pleatmt. There are some persons who have no scruples in imposing upon those who find it easier to say yes than to sav no. Yet the ideally pleasanc and agreeable woman is ine who has also good judg ment and dignity and who knows better than "to cast her pearls before swine." e. The Kind Woman: To ht kind may mean a variety of things because there are so many ways cl being kind. Sometimes to be cruel (apparently so) is to be kind and what one woman would call being kind, another woman would dominate as anything but the real and unadulter ated essence of kindness. But we all like and admire the woman who is kind to this extent: That she has only kind things to say of her friends, neighbor and acquaint ances. To gossip, and often unkindly, is a common feminine fault. Druden says of gossip: "I can compare her to nothing but the sun: for, like him. she takes no rest, nor ever sets in one place, but to rise another." The effects of gossip are worse than any devas tating plague that could sweep a land and nation. It is only a matter of time before a plague can be driven out, Out gossip is a canker-worm that eats into the very souls of those she would destroy. Gossip breeds hate fulness and spite, and as it is pased from mouth to mouth, it grows and waxes strong in envy, malice and jealousy. - When some slandering tongue speaks the word that makes a bonfire of the first smoldering blaze of gossip, a little kindness could destroy it entirely, but too often it is allowed to burn until it is fanned into a veri table conflagration to destroy unwar ranted a character or reputation In our heart of hearts, we do not like, nor can we ever like, the gossiping woman. Her intentions may be goo J aud she may not realize the havoc she is playing when she repeats th? word slanderous, but the next woman wh, lends her willing ears to such gossip is not always as careful as she tells the talc to another woman, who in turn repeats it with many additions and. explanations which make the story iar from the one of original truth. And this is one of the reasons why we cannot help from liking a.id admiring the kind woman who Has only kind things to say; who will not listen to goss'-i, and wdio. when a slanderous tale rc.vhes her ear puts it out of her heart and nwi, without a thought ol repeating it. On the other hand, she is the kind of a woman who has no hesitancy whatever in repeating a etory about a friend or neighbor, if it is to their advantage for her to do so. A compliment overheard or a kindly remark, she delights in repeating, for she xnows that it is human nature for most of us to like praise when praise is due. There are plenty of cheerful and optimistic women in the world, but the majority 01 them fluctuate in their cheerfulness and optimism after the fi.sh.ion of the wheat market when whc?t is at a premium and the corner in control, it is easy enough to he cheerful and bappy when Life'; patlt way is strewn rith roses, but it k quite another matter to keep s-nfiiae when the world icviis wrong ana topsy-turvy and we are outcasts frotr l ove, Society, and Friends. This it the test. And a trying one it is, even for the woman who is naturally cheer iu! and optimistic, but realizing that 'cheerfulness is health" and that health is an important factor in th iifi-hi!l road she will have to travel, she eheei fully weeds out from her mied'a garden the ugly little roots of fullennesa and pessimism and cherishes lii their place the clinging tendrils of her Faith, Hope and Optimism. SllJ jO JUJUlJJCdjfJ !t?J P 1 pj)UtM UJJlJtd ipss JOJ SUJJ Q 8ut -puis pjuM'J Xtui .'Ugisjfj