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LIKE FANCY FURS Latest in Short Wrap Fastens at the Bade Eminently Cozy Garment and Especial ly Becoming to Girls, Paris Cor respondent Says. The new furs are Ideally becoming. Never have we had more picturesque and wearable models shown in the best ateliers, writes a Paris fashion correspondent. All the famous dress makers and tailors of Paris are now showing what may be called “fancy furs;” that is to say, fur garments which are designed and treated as velvet or silk might be. For long wraps the barrel outline I Crossover Scarf Fastened at Back. prevails. And it is really very becom ing when correctly worn. We have barrel capes which only reach to the knees and other models which cover the dress entirely. A lovely barrel wrap designed by Max was made of musquash, lined with deep blue and rose brocade and fin ished off with an immense roll-over collar of kolinsky. This was a regal affair and of course costly, as the mus quash was in an exquisite quality. I have seen similar models in mink and in broadtail, with the linings always of the richest and softest brocades or striped silks. For girls the latest thing is the short fur wrap which is shaped like a fichu and which crosses in front and fastens at the back with a large button and loop. This is an eminently cozy gar ment, and so becoming. It must of course be worn by a girl of slender figure, otherwise the full fur over the shoulders and chest would make the irest of the figure look clumsy. Bui given the average American girl—tall, slender and graceful—a fichu wrap in squirrel, beaver, musquash or ermine ils ideal. Satin for Hats. Slipper, or Swiss satin will be used to considerable extent in the advance spring hats for women to be brought out if present signs count for any thing. On account of the heavy tex- SNAP FASTENERS FOR UNDIES Handy Contrivance Aids in Transfer ring Lingerie Straps From One Garment to Another. Lingerie straps, which can be trans ferred from one undie to another by simply unsnapping the snap fasteners are dainty things to give and handy things to have. You might make them of batiste and trim them with fine cross-stitching in pastel colors. You might hemstitch them in colors, or you might button hole the edges. Then you might make them of satin —white washable satin preferably. These are very attractive when they are trimmed with small chiffon llow «rs just where they are snapped to the garment. Ribbon may also be used. French knots in pastel colors or small embroi dered dots will lend themselves very successfully as means of trimming these straps. The homeliest camisole or teddy ture of the cloth it will undoubtedly be used to fill the demand for softly swathed and full-draped effects. There has been talk of satin for some time to succeed the heavy winter fabrics, and some very smart models have been seen in heavy cire satin. With it kolinsky is used with telling ef fect. The use of slipper satin, how ever, is something new. It will be rather expensive, and can be used only in making the higher priced hats. De spite this fact it is expected to meet the demands of women who in sist on having “something different.” VELOURS SAILOR FOR GIRLS Hat May Be Perfectly Straight, Roll Brimmed or the Simple Tri corne Model. The most popular hat this year for general wear for the girl of any age from babyhood to high school is the soft, fluffy velours sailor. The hat may be perfectly straight, it may be a roll brimmed sailor, or, for the older girl, a simple tricorne. If a straight or roll brimmed sailor, a plain ribbon band Is the trimming chosen, and for the tri corne a band of ribbon with rosette or bow. Velvet Is a material much in vogue for femininity of all ages this season, and it makes a charming dress-up or best frock for a child or young girl, but plain or plaid worsted or wool jer sey cloth are the materials preferred for utility frocks. Wool jersey is hav ing an especially strong vogue, and the most popular trimming is an em broidery done in wool in bright, con trasting color. Heavy silk and chenille embroidery are used, but wool is real ly smarter when used on a wool fabric. ADDS TO WORK-BASKET LID Convenience Provides Place for Vari ous Articles Needed by Woman Who Sews. The sketch shows a good and useful way of fitting up the lid of a work basket. Any shape or size can be treated in this manner. To carry out the suggestion, cut a piece of stiff card to fit the lid of the basket in the way shown, and cover it with pale pink satin or sateen or some other color if preferred. Across the upper part a band of broad elastic is sewn down at intervals, so that it forms a number of small loops, into which scissors, bodkins, packets of Useful Addition to Work-Basket. needles, etc., can be slipped and held in place. Across the lower part a pocket is sewn on, also made of sateen and gathered into a tiny frill at the edge. When complete, this article can be easily fastened in position on the in ner side of the lid of the work-basket, with a few stitches run through the corners and in and out of the wicker work. “Latest” In Blouses. Short, loose blouses reaching about four inches below the waistline are a fad in Paris. bear may be made attractive by an at tractive pair of shoulder straps. They are a distinct convenience, for they are held securely in place and will not necessitate such inconvenience as re moving one’s clothes to refasten, as one has to do when one’s sewed-on shoulder strap has dropped its stitcher on one end. An Attractive Hat. Silver and gold trimming and elabo rate brocades, however lovely these fabrics may be, are not generally suit able for the young girl, with the ex ception of silver wrought with white, which Is extremely attractive on a debutante, particularly If she is a blond. The silver must not, however, overwhelm her. It should be used with discretion. It may be employed in the form of sheer lace wrought with silver, or as bandings of silver on net, and In silver ribbon girdles and sashes. ARIZONA STATE MINER 1 W f A jlf AHP~v JBSjjgk J|jj "JoAsz asid/" i Swearing Off Resolved: That after January 1 I’ll conquer every evil habit, And if one shows its ugly head, Directly through the heart I’ll stab it. Resolved: That lying is a vice — > All moralists alike decry it. Henceforth 1 will not tell a lie Unless I can make something by it! Resolved: That gossiping’s a crime To be condemned with censure icy. Hereafter I will tell no tales Unless they're singularly spicy. Resolved: That robbery is sin, And so I will not rob my neighbor In any way that might involve A term in prison at hard labor. Resolved: That I will go to church, (Unless some other occupation Seems more attractive at the time), And so enhance my reputation. Resolved: In short, that I will be A moral man, as some men view it, And when the path of virtue lures, That I will zealously pursue it! —Somerville (Mass.) Journal. WEARING OFF” is said to have originated in the twelfth century with Louis IX of France, who decreed that on a certain New Year’s day the soldiers of his army should take a vow to refrain from indulgence In strong drink for a whole year. The practice of beginning the new year with good resolutions, however, is very, very old. The custom goes back to the beginnings of recorded his tory and was common to many peoples. Time was when the New Year’s resolution was a solemn affair, marked by elaborate religious ceremonies. For example, the Japanese, 300 years be fore Christ, made much of the day. All outstanding accounts and debts were cleared away, all enmities were ended under penalty of the law. The dwell ing house was swept and garnished; old furniture and old clothing were cast away in exchange for new in the belief that the assumption of a new conscience was complete only with the assumption of a new covering for the body. By contemporary peoples was the New Year day regarded as time of sol emn renunciation of all follies and an amendment for the future. In the days of the Pharaohs the Egyptians sym bolized their purification with elabor ate baths and fasting; the Persians and Phoenicians greeted the New Year with prayer to the heathen images and with flagellations. With the passing of the centuries old New Year’s vows have lost their for mal character. “Turning over a new leaf’’ is now a matter of individual and not national concern. “Swearing off” is even a favorite jest with the humorist and cartoonist. Nevertheless, the modern man is more sensitive to the appeal of the New Year than he shows in public. What makes the New Year is the new ness of life that human nature brings into it. It is a New Year to everybody according as everybody tries to live over again, and pushes forward and turns plan to action and discourage ment to hope. People rely too much on resolutions to make a year new. 00"” jpPjjjK • ilf ' % : ; l=== ' ~~ r - - o ' " " Turnip over a /Yew My a Husband adnu/ous" ''/Yq Asrtfoi/ion " Best Wishes I wish that we might seek and find That which would benefit mankind; A joy that would infold the earth And hourly visit at each hearth. A ray of sunlight to the blind, A bit of heart to the unkind; An understanding gift to some To help along another one. To those who wish good deeds to do Success for them I’m wishing, too; And those whose lives a burden bear, I wish that I might take a share. And all the ones who hungry go, I wish into their hands might flow A wealth of coin for things to eat That they could have both drink and [meat. For those who feel cold winter’s blast Warm clothes and shelter I would [ask; And for the whole world, God's [great love To help us earn our home above. MRS. BLANCHE MASON. EST WISHES” will be writ •• ten, printed and engraved JL# on millions of New Year’s cards this year as usual. Whaddayamean “Best Wishes?” Sure ly all “Best Wishes” are not all alike. They are as different as best girls— who are generally supposed to be best because “so different.” Well, here’s some sample “Best Wishes” which are out of the ordinary, anyway: “My best wish for myself is that John will learn to see things the way I do,” said a charming newlywed. “And,” she added, “maybe that’s a real good wish for John, too.” “I wish I could make my wife hap py,” said Jimmie. “I wish I could make my husband jealous,” said his wife. “He wants me to be happy and he doesn’t care how. If he only loved me the way I love him he wouldn’t want any such thing. I don’t believe there’s a man living who knows what love means.” “My best wish for all my friends,” said a writer, “is that they should have financial success. Perhaps money can’t buy happiness but it can buy all sorts of things to keep happiness in. It can buy health and strength, freedom from anxiety and leisure to do the things you want to do. I never had any un happiness that money couldn’t cure, aside from the actual death of a loved one; and In one case money could have prevented that. It doesn’t follow that a man will be happy because he is rich; but if a rich man knows how to be happy, he has a cinch. A poor man may know how and be all the more miserable for knowing. I wish with all my heart that you had a mil lion —and would lend me' about four hundred.” “What I want first is life,” said the alleged philosopher. “The will to live is fundamental, and needs no explana tion. I want health, because without it I am half dead. I want food, shel ter and clothing to sustain life; and I want association with my fellows in order to expand It. I want freedom to satisfy these wants to the fullest ex tent ; therefore, I want everyone to be free. And I want everyone to want freedom so that they will co-operate with me in getting it. I want knowl edge to understand my wants and give me the power to satisfy them; and I want others to share this knowledge so that we can work together for still greater satisfaction. I want no master to restrict my energies, and no slave to restrict my Independence. I want cultured and educated people about me; therefore, I want everyone to have education and culture. I want to live in a world where no one is nervous, or worried or afraid. Therefore I want to abolish poverty and the competition of man against man. I want all the energies which the world Is now ex hausting ir. war applied to the manu facture of the things we want. And I want these things distributed freely for the people’s use, by a system of distribution which would make war un thinkable. So I don’t want much—only a world-wide revolution.” “There’s no need of wishing you prosperity,” said a young woman of sixty-five. “That is equivalent to wish ing that somebody else has worse luck than you. I can’t wish you more hap piness, because that may mean any thing from intoxication to vegetation. What I wish for you is youth—the con stant consciousness that life is ahead of you, not behind, and a constant wil lingness to go ahead and welcome it.” “My best wish,” said a man who thinks he is a thinker, “Is that your own best wish comes true. The trouble with most people is that they want you to have what they want and think you ought to want, not what you actually do want yourself. I don’t know what you want most and I don’t care, but I hope you get it.”