\ OMES spring! By the signs of the times in fashion's realm you know ft. When the new cottons and linens announce their arrival and when to celebrate the event, merchants and style creators hold high carnival in the way of style-revealing previews, then be assured that spring is here may have to say. and winter-weary spirits like magle we know of none better than the new spring and summer fashions, cre- ated of refreshing, crisp and dainty wash fabrics—the new prints, sheer and otherwise, the gloriously colorful rough cottons that tailor so beauti- fully and the exotic printed linens that bespeak India, Tahiti, and picturesque Tyrolean peasantry. In the advance showings there Is a cotton or linen for every occasion, sportsy, tallored, formal or otherwise. Dresses, sults, ensembles for morning, for street, for afternoon wear, for din- ner, dancing, active and spectator sports, all are Included in the spring and summer parade of stylish cottons and linens. Children's fashions play a big part In the displays of spring and summer cottons and linens Front page news in regard to linens and cottons Is they have gone that highbrow they have entered soclety in the form of lovely gowns as preten- tiously styled as finest of silks and wool. ens. Then, too, as media for smart tailored suits, cottons that are as hand- some-looking as woolens and linens (the new non-crush and non-wrinkle kind) are featuring big this season, } i or i a Ee conte or RHI | { ) Outstanding among the new widely heralded fabrics are shantungs, hand- blocked linens, printed piques, lace that lends itself to tailoring, blistered sheers, and rough cottons and count- less other attractive washable weaves. Plaids, stripes, checks, gorgeous floral patternings and interesting geometric motifs often of leaf Influence, go to make up vast print collections. Color is literally on the rampage with the primary hues strongly evi- dent and pastels retaining thelr impor. tance. Designers express enthusiasm for dark monotones with high-color contrasts. Brown, black, the darker greens and wine shades, are especial ly promoted as key colors. Two-plece sults with black skirts topped by bright colored or white jackets are expected to enjoy wide vogue during the com- ing months. The attractive models pictured are positive proof that cottons and linens are going style high this season. This stunning suit of rough-surfaced plald cotton and the frock of printed linen called forth much admiration from an enthusiastic audience who witnessed a most brilliant and dramatically staged style revue and cotton carnival held recently in Chicago in the famous Merchandise Mart where it is claimed more floor space is devoted to mer. chandise and fashion Interests than any other building in the world. A dark blouse Is worn with the plaid suit. The charming linen frock in navy with red and white checkings is enlivened with heavy bright red brald frog fasteners on the blouse, thus sounding a voguish military note. © Western Newspaper Unton. PADLOCK AND KEY By CHERIE NICHOLAS Here Is the frock of your day dreams, a fitting theme for a happy springsong. It Is of rome colored linen with dark stitched linen belt. Despite the fact that it's leap year the young lady in the pleture Is taking no chances with her affections and so she puts a decorative padlock above her heart (see it on the clever pocket) and another on the corresponding pocket on her skirt, Then she tucks the key In her belt, as she models this smart frock in a preview of spring and summer styles Introduced during cotton and linen carnival held re. cently in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart, Printed Slip ’ A gay printed slip to wear under a dark dress is just feminine enough to delight any woman. The print shows Bright flowers on a black ground. SPRING MILLINERY OF MANY PERIODS New French millinery for advance spring fashions shows the Influence of various period styles, according to re- cent reports from the Paris office of the Du Pont Style News Service. Hats reflecting the Flemish art are seen at several of the houses, the style being interpreted in different ways by lead- ing designers, The Chinese art and costume 1s espe- cially apparent in creations by Agnes, who also favors the Abyssinian trend, finding inspiration for her triangular and pointed crowns in the Negus coif- fure, The strong Influence of the Medic period and colffure of the Reine Mar. got are themes which have been de. veloped by Marle Alphogsine. 8 Basic Colors Adopted for Women’s Fall Shoes Eight basic colors for women's shoes have been officially adopted for fall, 1936, by the joint committee of tanners, operation with the Textile Color Card tor of the association. High style shoe later, It was stated. Five of the colors have been repeat. rona, marine blue, chaudron, Oriental oxblood and Araby green. The three new colors, which have not been named as yet, consist of a ginger type of brown, a russet brown and a dark gray. Paris Accessory Ideas Paris is sending over graod accessory fdeas, little things that can do so much for a costume. Mainbocher has colored bead flower bouquets trimming the waistline of sheer black woolen frocks, while another house features frogs of supple metal in sliver or gilt. Chess. men in metal dangle from the neck. line of a smart frock, and Schiaparelll uses gold chains to hold up the trains of evening gowns when dancing i 326 2 30 20 2 2 2% 2 2% *% | STAR DUST Movie « Radio %*% By VIRGINIA VALE hk By VIRGINIA VALE 2 2 20 20 20 2 20 26 2 0 2 # in this or any other year is | new Rogers-Astaire effort. It's delightful from start to finish. Fred Astaire has developed re- markably as a comedian. And the Irving Berlin songs are all hits, espe- clally “We Joined the Navy,” which has been played and sung so often on the radlo. Randolph Scott makes a good foll for Astaire, and Harriet Hilliard, a recent re. cruit from the radio, does very well Indeed, Ginger Rogers’ very pretty young mother feels—and says, with. out hesitation — that Ginger Isn't getting enough credit for her work as a member of the Rogers-Astalre team. She points out the fact that Ginger was an accom- plished dancer when Fred was still taking lessons. Whereupon the lively Fred's friends and admirers rise up to declare that he is a natural dancer, that Ginger was never so good before she began dancing with him. wnt The arrival of Laura LaPlante's in. fant daughter has sent many a cable buzzing over the sea, for Laura has always been popular in movie circles, Ginger Rogers He is now European representative of one of the big motion picture firms. rile temember Helen Holmes, that hair-raising serial of the old days, "The Hazards of Helen"? She Is working In W. C, Fields’ new picture, “Poppy.” on the Paramount lot. She has only a small part, but hopes to bigger ones, though she has no illusions of becoming a star again, She has never worked in talking pictures; she retired from the screen before they came in anil It doesn’t seem possible that the talkies are ten years old; surely it isn't ten years since we saw the first one, and thought them terrible. But the tenth anniversary has come round, and will be celebrated by the re-mak. ing of “The Jazz Singer,” the picture that made Al Jolson a screen star. finn Ethel Shutta, widely known in the world of night clubs, is now a regular radio visitor each Sat. urday night at 10:30 p m, EST, over a coast to coast NBC red network. Best known for a rather torrid type of vocaliz- ing, she privately pre. fers lullaby tunes Maybe that's because in private life she is Mra. George Olsen (wife of the band leader on this same program) and the mother of two youngsters, Charles, aged eight, and George, Jr., aged six. sn , Sometimes being an actress is a drawback. Irene Dunn has found this to be the case. Her jewels, insured for £7.000, were stolen, and the insur fince company doesn't want to pay her, claiming that actresses wear thelr | jewels too ostentatiously, wae Paramount likes Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper as a team; they're sched. uled to make three pictures together, | Meanwhile Gary Is having a grand va- cation and doesn’t even want te re member the movies, af Charlie Farrell must have been happy when he landed in Australia and the film fans mobbed him; it's been a long time since the public showed any particular interest in him as an actor, | He'll make a picture there, and may like it well enough to stay and do several, of get Ethel Shutta ann i The tremendous success of “Rose | Marie,” with Jeanette MacDonald and | fees. Three years ago he got $300 a | performance; now he receives $2500, | and 60 per cent of the receipts over $3,500. Not bad! “Little Lord Fauntleroy” was given | its first public showing at Warm | i i foundation, son sn ODDS AND ENDS ... 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