Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
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What to WeAT to Look Your
Best.
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PRESENT DAY FASHIONS
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WILL HELP ThH PUZZLED WOMEN
OUT OF THEIR DIFFICULTY.
What d Young Girl Should Wear
Separate Waists With Velvet
Skirts Fashionable.
RESENT DAY FASHIONS


those who follow madly after the social
will-o'-the-wi dine on Thanksgiving day
by evening lamps. There Is still much re-
spect for the traditional Thanksgiving day
feast, and tradition demands dinner by day.
light. , -. ..-
This brings the average woman face to
face with the trying problem of dressing
herself properly for the midday feast. She
Is barred from the use of the decoi.ate
gown, reserved for evening dinners. and size
| Is not apt to count in her wardrobe tina
simple silk or satin frock, with collar of real
lace, in which her grandmother and great
grandmother ate on the festal day. In truth,
there is nothing simple about any of the
frocks of the present season, and, after all,
guests owe 1t to their hostess to appear in
gowns which will dress the dinner table, as
does it's centerpiece.
There is no reason why the traditional
| silk or cloth gown should be used, and there
| Is every reason why such fabrics as NOUS
seine, net and lace can be employed for the
midday dinner dress. If the American host
ess errs in any direction it is in having her
dining room too hot
Nets, plain and dotted. play big part in
house-gown fabrics. These dots may be of
a heavy, lacey texture, suggesting repousse
CT pompadour lace, or they may be in che
mile, In velvet or embroidered in silk. FIRE.
quently net in neutral tone is dotted with
embroidery in several tones of the same
color. AS rule the net foundation if it be
in neutral or natural tone shows but little
for it is hidden by ruffies of lace or ribbon
or both; or it may be buried beneath grad
uated panels of the most ornate handwork.
A Net House Dress.
A striking example of the net house gown
suitable for Thanksgiving dinner shows
deep, creamy silk net over a gIace taffeta
drop-skirt, made with rouched f1ounce
which comes almost to the knees. The
skirt of the net robe has an ornate f1ounce,
which starts like that of the drop-skirt
just below the knees. This f1ounce Is made
of wide brocade showing flowers in faded
pinks and yellows, with pale green foliage
On either side of the brocade runs
band of the repousse lace, finished with
very small velvet buttons in a rich shade
of golden brown. They give the appear
ance of buttoning the founce on the dress
skirt. Below this founce falls a triple
ruffle of the net, which also has the ap-
pearance of being buttoned to the brocade
Running lengthwise from the waist line to
this deep flounce on either side over the
hip, is panel of the lace. edged with
scallops of shirred ribbon and finished with
the buttons. egs9t =
The bodice is a beautiful combination of
effect in the back and a. shirred bolero de-
show puff Of the brocade over a, deep
cuff of lace, set of by brown gl<ksvet ribbons
is hufH from three bdzldsa6f Eofdsn Brown
ribbon, and is finished in the back with
rosettes of deep cream colored ribbon and
golden brown velvet.
Wolfe Canvas.
For young girl there is nothing prettier
than the silky voiles and other canvas
weaves which hold over from the summer
They differ from the summer fabrics only
in their coloring, and perhaps trife in
ctl1y frfc ny,fo nd
color have replaced the champagne which
enjoyed such a vogue last spring. Violet
heliotrope, lavender, porcelain blue. faded
rose and a green which is cross between
tea-green and pea-green, are offered for
house gowns in wolfe and aeolian cloth.
The latter Grapes almost as effectively as
crepe de chine and has more body.
A pretty frock in porcelain blue, which is
dressy yet girlish, Is this: The skirt is
shirred over cords around the waist. and
falls in straight lines to just below the
knee where it is apparently finished with
deep tuck. This tuck. however, serves to
hide the junction of the skirt with the deep
shirred flounce, finished at the bottom with
two deep tucks. The full blouse Is cut to
show a large oval opening for a vest
very deep dicky. The blouse is draped in
the front on Greek lines, and is finished
all around the opening for the dicky with
straps of silk cord and buttons in self-tone.
The vest or dicky is made of white chif-
fon, shirred in strips which alternate with
white liberty tdltetd. IiDDOUS. Inc sleeves
show a triple puff, the upper shirred
snugly into an armhole, and the lower one
finished with a tight-fitting mtaine cuff,
evolved from the chiffon and ribbon combi-
nation shown in the dicky The girdle is
of silk matching the wolfe perfectly and the
blouse is finished in the back with a deep
sailor collar of the same silk set off by
self-tone cord and buttons.
Ribbon Trimmings.
The broad, warped print ribbons are much
used, with lace for trimming house gowns.
An example of this combination Is shown
in a gown of lemon-colored crepe de chine
combined with printed ribbon, twelve
inches wide, which employs the various
shades of yellow, tinted from lemon to
burnt orange. The skirt is finished with
shirred band of ribbon, set off on either
side by deep lace galoons. The blouse
shows shrred bolero of the ribbon with a
vest of chiffon. The sleeves are built from
the same shrred effects in ribbons with an
inset of ruffied chiffon outlining the seam on
the outside. Touches of cog de roche velvet
appear on the blouse, set off by small chif-
fon roses in pale lemon
The popular separate waist plays it's
part in the Thanksgiving day wardrobe
1t is worn with the new velvet or broad
cloth skirts, or with skirt of net, simply
trimmed with ribbon ruchings. 1t always
makes good appearance for the semi
GreSSy occa sion. 5ThiS year silk waists
deliberately trimmed with chiffon. lace
paSSementerie and velvet ribbons, are
shown in all the tones which match the
fabrics used for Skirts and suits
For wear witIpfb1aclel velvet two-piece
suits there are offered blouses of net. chif-
fon, lace and other fluffy materials, which
cost as high as $50. Many of them are
elaborate examples Of hand work. others
are billowy masses 'ofHIace, plain or run
with gold. 49,
Yoke and Girdle.
notable example Of the lace combina-
ton shows a silk foundation of ivory
white messaline1 which fastens in the
back. Around this are run ruffies upon
ruffies of point de gaze lace in alternating
rows, of pure white and natural tone
The crush girdles shows the two shades.
natural or pale ecru and white in silk
built from bias folds.
Another beautiful blouse is of repousse
all-over with a wide vest set in the front
and epauIets on the shoulders Both the
vest and the epauiets are built of re-
pousse edging, showing a fern pattern
employed in the form of very full ruffles
The middle vein of each fern is run with
gold thread.
For the brunette, a stylish waist in
white crepe de chine Is shown. Combined
with a novelty braid displaying the yari-
Gus tints of yellow, French knots ana
velvet ribbon in deep burnt orange. The
French knots are used to simulate
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