heated porch with glass which may be removed at will. Sometimes part of a conservatory is turned into a sun-room, awnings, rugs, chairs, tables, couches, making it

g plants, birds and fountains are used

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Do?a Matilda, Stoughton de J

riod when woman's line was obliterated by

hing Do?a Matilda were holding up her clothes with her person. Her outline is that of a ruffled canary. How

distinguished for its clean-cut outline and also the distinction arrived at through elimination of detai

c Greek; the Gilbert Stuart portrait, the am

red over its surface. The head-dress surmounting the po

uds. The same dead-rose on table and chair covering. The book on table has a softly

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Costume Portrait

e know always uses her last Summer's muslins and wash silks, shoes, slippers and hats in her sun-room during the Winter. In her wardrobe there are invariably a lot of sheer muslins, voiles and wash silks in white, mauve, greys, pinks, or delicate stripes, the outline following the fashion, voluminous, straight or clinging, the bodice tight with trimmings inset or full, beruffled, or kerchiefed. Her hats are always entirely black or entirely white, in type the variety we know as picturesque, made very light in weight and with no thought of withstanding the elements. The woman who knows how, can get the effect of a picture hat

out-of-door costume. For her a tea-gown and satin slippers are in or

sun-room, but always emphasising immaculate daintiness, rather than the ready-for-sport note. A sheer blouse and French heels on white pumps will transpose the plain linen skirt into the key of pic

done in yellows and orange and greens, nothing will look better than cream-white as a costume. If the walls, woodwork and furniture have been kept very light in tone, relying on the rugs and cushions and dark foliage of plants to give character, th