The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
Late.tin Han.e Dresses.


House dresses are either trained or
short. The trained ones are always the
more poetic and elaborate. but there are
The iaintiest affairs in crisp lawns and
eaIicoes. the latter intended for the
morning hours. when household affairs
must have attention. For this purpose,
too. are wonderful aprons. some OF which
cover almost the whole dress. \ nome
wardrobe is not complete without some OF
these working dresses and aprons, besides
the more elaborate dresses for informal
receiving or picturesque lounging- In
planning these, IL should be noticed tina;
where nineteen TO twenty-one used 10 be
the usual waist sizes OF the model house
gowns, tventy-cne and twentyfour are
the measurements now. Women have not
taken kindly 70 the fat front idea where
by every effort is made 10 do away with
bust lines and To present a literally fiat
front. The bust line is no longer exag-
gerated. and it's curve is now a natural
one. The fiatness or straightness is from
the bust line down, but very few aspire
TO a straight line from the chin down and
from shoulder to shoulder The fat front
idea was an imported cotton that didn
go"
While an informal house gown may show
arms bare to above the elbow, the after
noon dress is more likely 70 have long or
elbow sleeves. The double sleeve is still
popular, but msny jouble sleeve effects
are accomplished BY trimming and by
management OF plea-irg and putting. In
the last Of these three pictures are two
Of the dresses graded as for informal
home receiving. The FIRST was in a plaid
ed silk and wool that showed red. white,
and yeiluG. Linen embroidery gave its
trimmings. Its bodice was pretty modi-
flcation of the fiat model. being changed
enough TO hang rather stiff1y over a deep
belt of dark red velvet without obliterat-
ing the figure. IL was very successful
compromise between an ungraceful new
style and more pleasing old one. These
silk plaided light woods are fine materials
for gowns of this sort. Many pretty ef-
fects are possible with them when one
may use all the color she likes, and this
is only possible IN the home dress. The
other home dress of this group was Old
rose cashmere sprInkled with pale pink
rosebuds. Fine tucking. ivory white lace.
and black velvet were its trimmings. Its
sleeves were of outright newness.
'ssae Throngho Waists.
According to dressmakers who provide
for stylish women last summers general
counterfeiting, in "see-through" wai-ts
OF low-necked fashions will be responsible
for a change in the cut-outs of this wln-
ter's evening gowns. Many of the sum-
iner garments were startling in the dis
play they allowed, so there hardly will be
the reward OF newness to compensate the
woman who this winter wears her waist
to or below the limit OF modesty That's
a gain in the right direction, but as house
dresses continue. the no-collar fashion
and permit more or less OF cut-out. sim
pie or round will NOT suffice TO differen.
tate evening bodices from them. In con-
sequence a style is &C ming I'm for evening
bodices that will result in striking show
of shoulders. The models advanced sug.
gest in some degree the off-shoulder fash.
ion that were in not long ago, yet do no.
I resemble the bygone styles very closely
/ The outlines taken are indicated bv th'
| evening gown shown herewith, though II
! some cases there is O slight dip in from
and a deeper one at the back. Scarflrs
/ for the top of the cut-out is usual. ant
/ when wisely applied can be made highly
ornamental. In materials and trimming
/ is little that is new, the usual large AelC
/ Of materials and embellishments beins
available. This pictured gown was ivor,
white satin, sleeves, panels. and carfas
being of the goods delicately embroidered
with silver. Its long sleeves were an IN
novation. one that seems hardly likely 4
! be followed generally Embroidery prom
Uses 10 be the dominant trimming for suci
attire, though lace will be employed witt
customary freedom. Lace was used llber
ally in embellishing the other evenini
gown shown here. which also was o
white satin A pleated front panel an
embroidery in sold were other details
Gold and silver with preference for tn
former. are at high premium for EN-
broidering purposes.
Wraps oil Mnch Importance.
The wraps that accompany such dresse
when worn to ball, opera, or concert ar
coming to be accounted Of as much i'm
portance as the gown itself. Certainly /
Z @ woman were confronted with sucn con