The latest wide-kilted check skirts are certainly, most original. One from waist to hem consisted of but four large checks. It was in varying shades of wedgwood blue and buff, and though the size of the check may sound alarming, in reality the effect was delightful.
"The cutest thing in Paris is to wear a black mouche or beauty spot on the nape of your neck and another at the top of your right upper arm.
"A smart-looking girl in a stall I noticed had what was just like an enormous round, black beauty spot in her fair hair. Very novel and effective I thought." So writes friend from Paris.
A clever device used in large houses is a small electric light placed inside an Egyptian porcelain vase which diffuses a radiant glow on a staircase, or in a dark corner. In the daytime many a wouian places imitation white flowers in light bowls, which lighten the darkness of a gloomy winter room, while another woman has white cloths on all her tables and reflecting mirrors about the walls.
Best of all, when you furnish and point your rooms do not forget that light colours economize your lighting bill.
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