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Smart Sports Clothes Make Headquarters at M. E. Blatt Co. Sports clothes in America have become inseparably identified with everyday wear. Delightfully informal, easy and unstudied in grace, they nevertheless preserve an air of distinct smartness and charm — an air that wholly represents the American character istic of vigor and frankness. More winning than ever before, sports clothes this year have been accepted by every well dressed man and woman for almost any informal hour. And here at the Blatt store has been assem bled the very smartest and most desirable of the sports clothing yet designed. If your sports wear is to come from Blatt’s it will be the last word in correct style. And the last word in low price, too. Flannel or Charmeen Is Worked Into Delightful Sports Dresses Priced From $14.50 to $45.00 The smartest thing to do this season is to affect sports frocks! Also it’s the most becoming thing to do. The slim straight lines, the well planned trimmings, the handsome fabrics are most becoming, almost flattering. In the smart flannels in checks, stripes and plain colors. Also in soft charmeens, these with the Radco slide fasteners. <3*11. E. Blatt Co.—Third Floor Smart Sports Skirts Come in Fine Soft Woolens $5.90 to $18.50 Skirts that go more than half way to make a smart sports costume. Pleated and wrap-around models, beautifully tailored. Plain colors, stripes and plaids in a variety of different fabrics. . OTM. E. BUtt Co.—Third Floor The Bosom Shirt, $5.95 Is Smartness Itself With all the charm of the masculine and all the smartness of the sports, the bosom shirt is one of the high notes of Spring fashions Of plain colored madras in a variety of colors with French pique bosoms and stiff collars and cuffs. tSTU. E. Blatt Co.—Third Floor It Is Important That Your Sports Coat Be Correct, $18.75 to $65.00 Whether you select a swagger coat in the much-approved stripes at $18.75 or a handsome coat of fleecy down material of solid color at $65, you are selecting coats that are decidedly fashion-right. Coats with a daring swing to them, a swankish air from collar to hem. Backs are jauntily flared or mannishly tailored along English lines. In stripes. In plaids. In plain effects. Variety of colors. tru. E. Bktt Co.—Third Floor The Sports Suits Should Have a Mannish Air, $29.50 to $65.00 . Of course a suit for Easter! Especially charming and smart are these sports suits in checks, stripes, mixtures and plain effects. Suits that will appeal to the woman who doesn’t want a style that is too severe. Becoming youthful styles with smart boxy coats that are so flattering’ to nearly all figures. Beautifully tailored, even the least expensive of them! m. E. Blatt Co.—Second Floor A Knitted Dress of Silk-andrWool Cannot Be Overlooked, $24.50 ■Die knitted costume has gained popularity in the sports world £r£JSX?irt uL?lmost impossible to keep up with the demand for these delightfully chic garments. New ones of silk and wool are uToxle Plec PlS‘ds aS aCo5d hM' M“y be WOrn bloused or 8trai8ht tru. E. Butt Co.—Third Floor Tuxedo Sweaters of Art Silk, $12.95 re®1nem®nt. a smartness to the tuxedo sweater of silk al?tt1Ikr5Jiftiiia^eS 11 a Perei™al favorite. A new lot has just come in all the nch, glorious colors of Spring and Summer. Beautiful quality. ' - WM. E. Blatt Co.—Third Floor And the Smartest of Sports Footwear “Ming Toy,” $6.85 Pearl Grey Elk Airdale Elk VARIOUS COLORS Cork Elk Airdale Buck Patent Colt Brown Alligator Grey Alligator Grey Buck aDorte th,e Proper sports shoe is not much of a vet ftev h*™ ^oy sandals are sportsy enough for any purpose for all hif!)rmatlhwear.definab 6 80methlng that 11181168 tl16111 appropriate put nll'ff6 *s jfn, extra ^r?acl heel with rubber lift and the uppers are cut out m sandal style and attractively stitched. OTM. S. Blatt Co.—Second Floor