The morning times., 1896-11-15
Sheen Gray, Cloud Green and
Blush Pink Are Shades
Much Affected by Them.
TaffetaS Are Deli
cate Dresses.

Paris, Nov. 5.-What a delight it is to
live III Il city where one " oman gives tone
10 every social function. If Nine. Faure
is here or il Nine. FauTe goes there the af-
Iair is a sLCcu - ana tie social season has
dawned brightly for this or that hostess.
And that is the explanation OF why 50
many entertainments are given "Ior AIne.
Faure.'' If there is Il debutante to be
introduced Nine Faure must be present to
offer the congratulations OF the season.
And if madame eraciously sends basket
of flowers ID is placed III a position of honor
in the drawing room; if bouquet, the
debutante carries it. \ debutantc has
been known 10 change her dress at the Ia st
minute i'll order to wear Il shade that corre-.
spends with the flowers sent her by Nine.
Faure, which She must carry.
As there are nearly fifty debutantes every
winter in Paris society Nine. Faure is kept
very busy cungratulating each and sending
flowers. The result is that all upper ten
dom in Paris is united with union firm
and cl0Se, and all the newcomers are, In
ScnSe, sisters.
In America "A debutante keeps her coming
out gown q secret from her friends. But
here she paradcs ii beforehand, and If pos
sibe. her closest friends get gowns to
match, 50 that all the debutantes look as
nearly alike as English sisters Scarcely an
lola of change in their dress.
out here. Miss Edith Collins. the young
woman who is reported about to marry
Chauncey NJ Dcpew,' was brought out in
Paris, or at leo st she went deal in Paris
society during her first season out" And
now she Is here great deal. She has been
buying gowns here this season handsome
enough for any trouSseau on earth.
\ very pretty American girl who comes
out this winter in her own country was
Introduced 10 Partisan society last week
by a Nine. Flurct, who is a quiet leader in
her own social set. The girl wore lovely
gown of white taffeta, plain as 1t could
be made. The skirt was a little longer
than walking length. This gives height
and is very graceful after one has learned
to manage il. Its only trimming was an
empieccmcnt in cut silver embroidery.
The cut uf the waist was a princess in
thehack. The front was drapcdand caught
at the side with a large buckle of cut
silver that CurrcSponded With the sheen
of the taffela admirably.
The vest WAS white silk embroidery
'rapcd slightly at the waist line. There
We're sTriil discs of the cut silver in
The embroidery. There were no sleeves
small flaring shoulder puffs, lined with
lace, trimming the armnules. And from
each shoulder fell scarf OF taffeta
Which was draped across the front OF
The embroidered vest. Shoulder gloves We're
worn.
With this girl was friend. another
American girl, who was also making
her first appearance in society. The sec
ond girl viii not return TO her native
country this winter, but will spend it ma king
a foreign reputation as beauty.
Her dress was white face-clGth, a queer
thing for a debutante's dress. But there
are 50 many facc-cloths that word about
them here is not amiSs. ANY cloth with a
smooth Satin-like surface is called this
iy Of mat erial that is very thin and fine.
II is almost identical with a nuns yelling
and is as easily handled as the yelling
II Is a little finer and more Satiny in look,
and Is great favorite with young women
or aesthetic mind who like to ''drape' them
selves in soft, clinging shiny stuffs.
The skirt of the gown was almost demi-
train. 1t had little soft haircloth stiff
fleming. enough To hold ii cut from the fig
ure. bat without Il suggestion of crinoline
Yet il kept its shape Well. II barelylayupon
the floor. so admirably was the stffening
handled. The back view was a poem in
simplicity and grace. So. indeed, was the
front, with ii plain, shining folds.
ROYAL GOWNS.
Triinming the skirt there was an appli-
cation i'll silk embroidery. This was put on
30 that il came to point in the middle of
the back and again i'll the middle OF the
front. 1t dipped low at the sides The en-
bruidery was very glossy, and suggested
Il satIn finish ItwaS put on as an empiece-
meni. and not as actual embroidery on the
goods.
Her ROYAL Highness. Helene of Monte
negro, wore her gowns trimmed with en-
piecemcnts, and as all evening dresses
copy the latest bride, the Paris dress
makers are using the appliques to the
exclusion OF embroidery whenever it is
possible To do SO. Upon bodice, however,
The embroidery is liked better because
il is more pliable to the figure.
The gown. a plain princess in cut, had
a bolero iacket. This tiny little affair
was edged all around with the embroi-
dery. The back was boX-plaited in a
small double box plait that hung from
the neck 10 II point near the waist line.
The front was open over vest of soft
eSt crepe de chine. No Jewels did this
young woman wear, but there were but
tons Of cut steel upon the box plait of
the bnlero and in the front OF the same
Jacket.
These two Gebuta ntc gowns are fair
samples Of the dresses We shall see this
winter upon those who make their initial
bow to society.
There is a debutante innovation that is
quite striking, and that is the wearing Of
pale shades. One debutantc will make
her bow TO Nine. Faure in sheen gray, SO