The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-28
Of Interest
TO Women.
FOR EVENING WEAR.
The Newest Cloths Show a Suggestion
of WOOIiness and in Rich Hues.


of WOOIiness and in Rich Hues.
The growing habit Of dining, as the
French call it, en- ville-in public res
taurants, hotels etc.-makes the smart,
high-necked dinner dress quite mod
ern necessity. And since the theater
generally follows gay dinner away
from home, the costumes made for this
purpose have much Of the light toning
and gay essence of playhouse wear.
New modes call still for the palest
evening tones or else black. and while
white lace is pre-eminently the fine ma
terial, and is to be employed in vast
quantities, it will to a great extent be
blended with other textures. There are
all lace skirts and all lace coats or bod
ices, but the gown entirely of lace seems
to achieve, somehow, only a look of
clumsiness. Two sorts or more. with
the addition sometimes of several spe-
cies of net, are likewise sometimes i'm
ployed to give the lace garment a look
of grace and lightness. Especially is
this done with bOdices, whose vests and
undersleeves need to be very airy; but
the lace skirt may only show additional
little ruches of net or tulle, or applica-
lions of silk cloth or velvet.
Applications of thin cloth upon q rich
lace background make a novel and eff
fective treatment which will be employ
ed for toilettes of a specially dressy
nature. The skirt of such a gown may
be made os the lace, and the entire
jacket of the cloth. and if silk is used
instead of the cloth the coloring may be
deltcately toned, or else in a most vivid
shade.
One gown in this last combination,
for dinner and theater wear, and of
remarkable beauty, had a lace skirt in
deep cream, and a jacket and skirt ap-
pfcation of chiffon taffetas in superb
blue.
The newest shades in blue. are of great
briIliancy, those bordering on the pea
cock tones. setting off whites and
creams with magnificent effect, and
such enameled buttons or girdle orna-
ments as are used repeat these splendid
co1ors.
In fact, coloring is to play a subtle
part with late autumn and winter
modes, or the blending of very opposite
colors will be one feature. and much
will depend upon the right tones used.
This trea tment of colors will replace the
shaded effects, which have reigned for
a season or more, soft shades of brown
going with violet, pale pinks with gray
mauves and yellow with brOwnish grays.
| Returning to lace gowns in their en-
/ tirety, a novelty in the field is domestic
handkerchief, which, in coarse white
and cream cOttOnS, shapes entire gOWFS
! The old-fashioned tidy look of these
| seems odd in these days of over-sophis-
/ tication. for the great stiff old roses
and split shells and buttonhole rings of
| the tidy are seen, as well as the COM
\ monest and plainest crochet stitches.
! Nevertheless, this modest medium
| evolves models of remarkable pretensiOn
the skirts, some of which are made
| with fiOunceS, following the elaborate
cuts of the day, and the humble needle
doing wonders in shaping short and
! longish jackets.
To obtain lightness, the best of these
/ gowns are lined with thin lawn and if
the crochet pattern is very open, chif-
fon is put over thfe lawn. But at its
| best the hand crochet of the country
can never have an extended vogue, for
| the lace part of such garments has
none of the subtlety of the Irish thing.
| notwithstanding, smart makers are
giving gowns in this place in their
| show rooms.
Two dinner and theater gowns illus
! trated show in one an elaborate use of
! lace, and in both smart coat cuts. The
! first has a skirt of mauVe chiffon and
/ taffeta heavily embroidered and appi-
| qued with lace in same color. The oddly
| shaped jacket is of mauVe panne.
lined with silk in the same tone and
with a heavy silk fringe finishing the
ends at the hips and back. White chif-
fon taffeta forms the WaistcOat, with
pure white lace for the chemisette and
sleeve frills. The hat is of pale mauve
felt with white chrysanthemums and
deep purple velvet loops Long gloves
of mauve suede are worn with this
! gown.
The second costume is of embroidered
and plain taffetas in the new blue.
I Chiffon velvet forms a very decorative
garniture, and while a heavy embroid-
eroy trims the silk waistcoat, the chemi-
settle. which has a ladder of prim lit
tie blue bows is of plain white null.
The sleeve frills are of the same with
a narrow blue ribbon edge.
The thinner and less expensive quail
ties of cloth will be much used for these
high winter evening dresses in the va