The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-12-05
ABOUT TEA GOWNS.
Handsome aad Graceful Creations fer
such Social Events.


such Social Events.
The most elegant tea gowns are made
of satin brocade with lace trimmings.
4 pale blue brocade with a considerable
train had loose front and Vatican
back Tie sleeves were made Of alter
mating rows of puffs and insertion run
ming lengthwise of the arm, with a
slight puff drapery at the top. There
was no lining and the pink arm cleaned
through the q penings in the Yalep-
eiennes insertion. Another tea gown
was made of a eream-coloIed material
that looked very much like serim, which
was lined with rose-eolored silk. Both
of the above mentioned gowns, how
ever, are better suited to tea where
the invited guests do not include
gentlemen; as loosely flowing robes are
not considered good form outside the
boudoir or breakfast room.
However. so long as a lady preserves
her waist line, she may drape her gown
in any style that pleases her, and there
is great distinction between the cor
rect house dress and the GOV -eS int
street.
Boleros and fiehus of lace, jabots and
vest fronts of chiffon are very soft and
pretty Even a train is desirable if the
gown itself is trim and well fitted. One
of the hostesses at n recent tea wore
gown with front of plated mousseline
de sole reaching from the neck to the
bottom of the skirt. But over twas an
Eton jacket like the material of the
skirt, ornamented arocnd the edges OF
its reTers and ep2ulets with jeweled
passementerie, and there was wide
girdle of velvet, which held the loose
front IN place at the waist. The skirt
vas made with long train.
The daughter of the house wore
dress of light wooden material. which
lad a separate waist and skirt with no
suggestion of the neglige about it. The
waist was tight in the back, but had
simulated jacket fronts. There was Il
high velvet stock with ruche of lace
around the top and wide flounce at
the lower edge which fell over the
mousselne front. The wide revers that
were partly collar and partly epaulets
We're slashed in Y notches, and the
whole was edged with fancy braid
Braid also appeared on the dart seams
of the skirt.
This is the place to trim the skirt, by
the way, either just below the waist, or
at the bottom. One of the imported
dresses in a large New York store has a
frill of inch-wide black ribbon running
across the front in wayy lines about six
inches below the waist. The frill is
headed with gimp braid.
A pretty way to trim sleeves is sug-
gested by gown which had a jacket
of gray armure with raised figure in
black velvet. The jacket and the bot
tenn of the skirt were edged with a mar
row band of chiachilla fur. The front
was white mousseline de Sole The
sleeves were just good, straight, old
fashioned sleeves, but the fact was con-
cealed by means of immense satin bows
of three loops that stood out like
epaulets over the shoulders and upper
arm.
Among the hats which voice prevail
ing styles was one with a high crown
that had a frill of white lace standing
up around it and held in place with
steel ornaments.
Cock feathers are growing tee COM
mon to be safe investments, and that
plated ruching is getting dangerously
popular.
Satin rosettes with steel centers look
very like flowers. The parrot heads
with swallow wings and paradise tails
look like nothing that was ever created
in the heaven above or the earth be-
meath, but that doesn't matter to a
woman if the combination only looks
pretty.-Washingto Star.