The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-01

sidered out Of par" for street and visit
ing. but white IN he street in winter
is too cold looking. Some OF the cloth
gowns have dninty, narrow bOrdering&
eff fur of some kind or other This
gives the touch Of comfort and is usu,
ally BEADED by demonstrations Of heavy
lace These separate motifs. as the
French call them. are just the designs
of lace. without The filling, and they
can thus be applied anywhere. Some
Of them look like figures in. bas-relirf
SO rich and thick they are.
There are grenadines. aIbatross cloths,
liberty ana several other kinds Of light
and youthful Silken fabrics which ar"
made mp into the prettiest OF froclis
for evening wear. And all of these are
white and are to be trimmed with some
kind OF laee I saw one dress for
young debutante made of white tar.
feta. with an ovcrdrcSs Of white tulle.
which is SO very delicate and fragile
a material that 1t will scarcely bear
sewing. Still it Is so filmy and misty
that It can be compared TO nothing but
the fog as it blows IN from the sea 1t
is too fragile for ornampntation save
"a few tucks along the skirt or on the
founces. This particular dress had II.
slip Of taffeta. and the tulle skirt was
made on tho stra ght. which means
that it was gathered at the belt. and
there were several tucks around the
bottom Just above the deep founco
The waist. scmidecollcte affair. was
of the ttille. over taffcta. with heavy
lace ut the belt and shoulders. The
sleeves were Of tulle, shirred and fin
ished at the elbows with deep ruffies Of
the tnIle. bordered with lace. No touch
Of color is added to these white gowns.
save where In cloth a narrow fur Dor
der is>piIt on.
An afternoon dress for at homes is
made OF white china Grape and this is
OF liz inented with in"rusta tons, of
heavy lace of a deeper shade. Some
of the lace has tiny white silk buttons
added to the design to accentuate the
pattern. They are put in clusters to
simulate buds or berries. This partic-
ular gown shows n slight innovation
In the arrangement Of the belt. which
is suggestive Of n complete negligee
with a sash. belt and long ends. This
Is loosely fastened and Is really a
graceful plan. 1t makes Il dress be
tween a tea gown and a simple house
dress suitable to wear to receive Wis
itors in. 1t should always be made of
A.
ponds mostly on its draping for its dis
tinctive character.
Where a lady likes white and yet
feels that 1t is rather too young or too
voyante for her age or requirements
she can have 1t fairly covered with
black lace. For this purpose no lace
will do but chantilly. Black net, chif.
fon. silk null and fine grenadine are
all seen among the prettiest of the new
gowns. These may have a bit of vel
vet here and there. where the dress re-
quires firmness.
For party and house dresses there Ia
absolutely no limit set OH the material
to be used to make dresses Of. except
that t~must be white. Black comes
next I'm favor, and some Of the combi-
nations are curious. One black lace
dress has three skirts. and each of
these is bordered with a narrow band
OF Siberian squirrel fur. To this gown
there are tive Innings. one white tafTeta
and the other blatk. Many OF tile new
gowns have rows of fringe at all the
edges. and these have fiounces to at
ford edges to set the fringe On.
The fine passementerie braids are
put on many Of t1e lace gowns. and az
shey are produced In all the colors Of
the season they can be made to match
everything. Some Of these passemen-
teffe braida are really beautiful. aud
30 deaicafes that 1t seems misnornsr
to call them 7,FaId.
IEaRfETTE ROUSSEAU. !