The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-06
FOR COMFORT and BEAUTY.

Two Nice Virtues Which the New Tea
Gowns Possess.
Special Correspondence of The Florida Star
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Tea gowns are
popular again. The new ones will be
more on the classic order, IL we can
Judge by those now offered and in the
course of construction. A few have
loose fronts and princess backs. while
others flow straight from the shoulders
to the feet In the back. They start
from under a sort of yoke and are laid
in deep plaits at the top. and these
flow widely at the bottom. The front
Is always more or less ornamented.
sometimes very richly with lace, fur
and embroidery. The soft gray and
cream white zibeline cloth is made in
to some lovely tea gowns. There are
bands of Bulgarian embroidery around
the bottom. on the sleeves and wher-
ever it will prove effective. AS girdle
there is a band of the same embroid-
cry, with much metal thread among
the stitches.
China Grape Is also seen in these tea
gowns and several Of the soft and flex-
ible silk and wool mixtures. There
are also some very pretty soft camePs
hair cloths and cashmeres. These
make ideal gowns. as they will take
any amount Of trimming or look we'll
quite plain. with just the addition OF
little ribbon.
One or two Of the new tea gowns
have short Jackets something like q
bolero in the back. while the fronts
reach nearly TO the feet In stole form.
These are made of some darker and
contrasting color. like velvet or panne
Some are like dressing sacks in form.
They reach a little below the waist
line and are lavishly trimmed in rath-
er snowy manner.
Fur enters into the garniture of tea
gowns equally with lace and ribbon,
| The very finest OF these bewitching
garments are made Of lace In the heavy
luxeuil design. The lace Is laid over
the dress material to contrast in color.
| though sometimes 1t has exactly the
same shade. The lace Is lined with
| soft liberty.
One such gown was made of a deli
cate shade of coral pink wool Grape.
| Around the bottom Of the skirt the
old favorite Greek key pattern was
| wrought out In silver braid. The
| waist was short and In the empire
style and the yoke OF lace bOrdered
| with fine dark fur. Under the lace
there was a lining Of pale green satin.
The girdle was Of lace over the green.
| studded with silver spangles.
A novel gown of this description Is
of cream white zibeline. woolly, with
white silky hairs. The shape is the
| empire. and the yoke Is of Irish point
| over pale blue silk. The girdle is
| made of the lace over the silk and
| hangs nearly to the feet after going
around the short waist. With this
we see the entering wedge OF the big
| sleeve again. Ii one stops TO think.
| one finds that there are a number OF
| large sleeves, and the tendency Is to
| ward something q little bigger than
| the sleeves OF the last two seasons
| While we all hope the immense ones OF
| four years ago will not be resuscitated
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| Portable ones.
The amount Of tinsel used in trim
| ming our garments for the winter
passes belief. yet somehow 1t looks
pretty. The fact is that those who
provide our things have learned how
to use the bright stuff SO that it is not
too much in evidence. Chenille Is an
other thing which. used intelligently. is
beautiful wherever 1t Is put Still it
| can be misplaced. There are many
| kinds and patterns OF spargled nets
| for evening wear. and ir some cases
| the spangles are literally laid tC cover
the material like fish scales. This Is
gorgeous in the evening and gives a
woman something OF the glittering
grace of serpent.
Not all dresses, however, are made
OF lace and silk, covered with beads,
| for the new wrappers and comfortable
| house gowns in pretty woods and elder
downs are having their own hours.
And what coy and comfortable ones
they are! | don't see why II Is against
| the law Of fashion for women to wear
those delightful easy wrappers all the
| time. l know one fashionable woman
whose life Is passed in struggle TO
keep her weight down and her corsets
on, and she told me one. day In burst
of confidence that she wanted to go 70