Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-28

or colored chiffon one sees exquisitely paint ed designs done in the most entrancing color ings. Painted lace may be an anachronism but it is exceedingly fashionable, and even the most ardent lover of lace cannot refrain from admiring the skill which has made a costly fabric even more desirable, for the moment, by some artistically designed gar land or spray of flowers or conventtonalized design.
 It can. be readily understood that only the most delicate colors should be employed in this style of work. The lace in itself is of so delicate a texture and the color ing so clear that when any vivid tint Is mt with it the effect Is unpleasantly crude Pale pinks, blue, green and yellows are altogether the best. Tn fact these are the only ones considered fashiona bie. Hand painted medallons of chiffon on lace gowns or lace meda lions on chiffon gowns are new only Tn the novel arrangement and shapes of the medalions. Two three winters ago a model evening gown that was greatly admired was made of black crepe de paris, thickly spangled with steel paIllettes. The foot Of the skirt was further ornamented with long peacock feathers of white lace arranged to form founce effect The same idea is carried ont in thef white lace gown. with it's marvel lous embroidery of peacock feathers ex- tending half way up the skirt and repro ducing in pale hues the true colors of the feathers.
 
 Not only do evening gowns serve as a display for elaborate trimmings and color schemes, but on all gowns of this season are to be noticed trimmings of much more original and marked design than have been seen for a long time. There are medalHons of velvet cloth or satin, embroidered or painted, as the case may be- and these are always so skilfuly ar ranged that they look almost as though woven in with the material. On an ex- tremey smart black velvet gown are bands of satin showing a tracing of fine gold thread. quaintIy embroidered with tiny pink roses or green leaves. This style of trim ming Is used on both velvet and cloth gowns. It is all hand work, Is more original and ef- fective, and allows of a great variety of coloring in the embroidered flowers. which should always be very small. The embroid- cry must be worked in silk with stitch, after the fashion of the old fashion crewel needework.
 Again another treatment of the same design Is seen in the feathers of jet or steel paillettes embroidered in the net or lace gowns, which give an undeniabiy good effect. much simpler, but none the less charming, fashion is in the lace gowns made up over gold and silver embroidered chiffon. Through the delicate mesh of the lace over the filmy folds of the chiffon the design shows out, while the spangles brighten up all in most attractive fash lou. AulS etSle LII uieSS As oy Ao uedAS economical, but then economy and modern dress are not exactly synonymous terms.
 When a lace gown Is made up over spangled net still more elaborate effect may be obtained if the waist be trimmed with lace spangled to match the under skirt. The right effect can only be gained by having the spangles put on by hand or the finest machine work, though the latter is not recommended. On the dark plain colored street gowns embroidered medallions of velvet satin or fancy braids show to great advantage and prevent the usual monotony of winter fashions. Black velvet and satin make the best background for this embroidery or painting, but 1t is also fashionable to use 8 darker color than the material of the