Women of the World Answer the Call of the Country

WHEN the country calls and smart society, as if over night, leaves the city for the great outdoors, the Woman of the World is first to migrate. And her manner of departure is the same wherever she goes, anywhere in the great world. She goes suavely and surely and correctly. The wardrobe that accompanies her has been shorn of non-essentials. It is the epitome of chic. Kach smallest item is a perfect part of the milieu she is entering.

Simplicity is the eternal goddess of the Woman of the World, and in the country she permits herself no slightest deviation from its dictates. But hers is never monotonous simplicity—it is something subtle and elegant. When she enters the houses of the hautecouture, the designers know that a prayer has been answered—here is one who can do justice to simplicity.

In the country, the Woman of the World finds her happiest solution in the semi-sports costume. It is entirely appropriate for any hour of the day; it is debonair and smart and becoming. Such a costume, Jean Patou has designed in the ensemble in pale green that is illustrated on this page. The crefe frock has fine box pleats from the yoke-line extending through the two narrow belts, and the three-quarters coat is of a length that is typical of the smartest sports coats. Her bag has been designed especially for the countrv and is of a kind difficult to find—combining stability and chic.