JUDY OPGRADY’S PAGE 
Fashion and Household Suggestions 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Dee: 17,1915, 
| COLONEL?’?S 
FOR THE 
ADM 
lvhat Betty Will Need 
for the Christmas Visit. 
HE, Christmas holidays fill a very 
special place in the hearts of the 
busy, tireless American people; they 
might be called the great American 
get-together season. Houses: sare 
dpened in the country afd at the 
shore for jolly, boisterous parties 
of debutantes and college. boys; 
people entertain at dinners, dances 
and theatre parties. And to the Betty 
who is» going to make a visit this 
pleasant Christmas season all these 
gaieties mean c-l-o-t-h-e-s. And you, 
Mother-of-Betty, must see that she 
does not go to the country for a week 
of -coasting, tramping and skating 
supplied with only French-heeled 
shoes and broadcloth suits and gowns. 
For the out-of-town house party 
Betty will need stout, flat heeled tan 
boots, a short, full, homespun skirt, 
sensible blouses, a sport coat or heavy 
sweater, a cap and scarf of her own, 
particular color, and English-wristed 
woolen gloves. Her tailored suit with 
a pretty, non-crushable blouse will do 
for amost any social occasion except 
a dance, for which she will do well to 
provide herself with her simplest 
évening frock, and a heavy, fall- 
length coat to take the place of the 
vivid velvet wrap she wears in town. 
One of the newest and most dash- 
EVERYTHING IN 
ing of skating suits is of English 
homespun, sketchily embroidered on 
all edges with Scotch yarn, and having 
a wide, crushed, collar and girdle of 
soft, contrasting material, finished 
with fringed, flying ends. 
If. Betty is to be in town for her 
holidays, she will want to be pre- 
pared for more elaborate in-door af- 
fairs and for many a shopping »2r 
sight-seeing expedition. A_ plain 
tailored suit will answer all require- 
ments, but if she likes, she may have 
« more dressy suit for afternoons, A 
dark frock, preferably of velvet, will 
be found indespensable for home din- 
ners or afternoon teas, and her sim- 
ple, evening gowns must be of pretty 
and becoming, although not neces- 
sarily expensive materials, low enough 
and short enough for fashion—high 
enough and long enough for modesty. 
Tf shes wants =to- “dress “up*—an- old 
frock, I know of nothing more charm- 
ing for the purpose than one of the 
1ew net scarfs that are so exquisitely 
erbroidered with beads and_ irides- 
cent spangles. A velvet evening wrap 
with a collar of white or dark fur 
will be an addition to her wardrobe 
and need not be a great expense, for 
these voluminous, shirred garmenis 
may easily be made by the seamstress 
at home, and fur from an out-of-date 
set may be utilized for the collar and 
USEFUL 
CHRISTMAS GIFTS 
ati FORD and WASS 
Post Office Square—Gloucester 
Shoes for everybody —useful—practical. 
Slippers for house or party wear. 
Hosiery for man, woman or child. 
Sweaters and skating caps and scarfs. 
Everything packed in Christmas Boxes. 
Open evenings Christmas week 
cuffs. Her shoes should be the quin- 
tessence of smartness even if she has: 
but one pair. © High, laced: boots in’ 
tobacco brown, glazed: kid -are--very. 
new and wear well; and for evening 
wear beaded, bronze pumps are -eco-) 
viomical as they may be worn with. 
almost any gown. The dainty slip- 
pers of satin to match or to contrast 
with her frock are desirable: Wash- 
able gloves either of white or colors 
are the rule this winter. Last, but not 
least in point of importance, comes 
Betty’s hats, A small hat for travel- 
ling, shopping, church or calling 1s 
correct, and with this may be worn 
a veil for becomingness and trimness. 
Fantastic, original, yet with the re- 
strained simplicity of the French are 
the latest dinner hats. Black net com- 
bines excellently with the gold and 
silver embroideries of the mode. Gold 
lace, brown maline, skunk fur and a 
gold rose were the materials out of 
which a Boston milliner has built 
a charming creation. 
THe new dancing frock which will 
please Betty and Betty’s beaux 
has for its only trimmings, bands of 
plaited chiffon and = satin ribbon 
bows of three different tones. The 
knife-plaited bands of chiffon are 
used around the top of the bodice, the 
waist and the hem of the skirt, as 
well as around the bottom of the little 
puffed sleeves. The gown may be of 
a two-toned or changeable material 
such as taffeta or soiree, and the 
bows which are used with seeming 
lavishness, but really with scheming 
care for effect, may be of these same 
tones and lined with a different tone. 
Shades of pink or rose with mauve 
linings for the bows are suggested. 
ACH year the shops are filled with 
pretty things for the holidays, but 
this season there is more than ever a 
combination of attractiveness with 
usefulness and the most common 
household necessities are seen in new 
and charming forms. Twine holders 
are conspicuous examples of _ this. 
One of the simplest is a silver stand, 
which comes fitted with the twine 
and scissors for $4.00. Then there 
are the painted wooden novelties 
which have recently become so popu- 
lar. Twine girls. with twine to match 
their gay costumes may be. had for 
$5.00, .- At $2.50. is a negro woman 
bearing a ball of twine on her head. 
