The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-19
THE FASHIONS
OF DRESS LHAT ARE
 SUITABLE FOR GIFTS.
Novelties Always Give Most Pleasure
 Charming Holiday FrOcks.

Charming Holiday FrOcks.
 Between shopping expeditions, put ting the wardrobe in readiness for the round of social gayeties always coin cident with holiday season, and at- tending the affairs themselves, women generally are finding these the busiest days of the whole year, and the most perplexing. How to be in two places at the same time, how to make two dollars do for four dollars, how to crowd tWentyf0ur hours of duties and pleasure into twelve and above all, "what to get for Christmas" these are but few of the questions that con- front them at this time.
 Having drifted away from the fringed Christmas card and the hand painted plush album craze, 1t is no longer considered among the cardinal sins to present ones friends with use- full Gtfts, and for ones women friends there is nothing which appeals to them more joyously than eomething to wear
 All the shops have apparently ar- rived at this same conclusion, and risen to the occasion so royalty that even the ordinary prosaic articles of dress, such as hosiery, handkerchiefs, gloves are become, by virtue of their wrappngs or by some novelties in their makeup, not merely hosiery handerchiefs,and gloves, but charming ly appropriate gifts as repIete with the true sentiment of the season as a replete with the true recruitment of the season as a bit of jewelry or a box of bomhons.
 Originality, novelty counts for more than expense, and every woman nowa- days aims to make her gifts in some way distinctive
 Among the more ptetentions of the seasons offerings of articles of dress must be mentioned the exquisite hand must be mntioned the exqulsit hand mbroidered silks which come in dress lengths, put up in dainty white boxes, sometimes monogramed in silver or colors. One beautiful gown of this sort; an early gift, has been made up with cloth-of-gold into the most ravishing of evening gowns, Its mate rial was Japanese silk crepe, heavily embroidered in a wisteria pattern done in white, with the centres of the pretty blossoms picked out in gold thread. There was deep border for the bot tom of the skirt, which hung in straight, graceful folds from six rows of shlrring around the hips and waist, while the top of this princess costume was cut in points. each of which was shirred several times across and brought up to meet a yoke made of chiffon with heavy lace motifs anpli- qued over it. In the high, puffed sleeves the embroidery was utilized in the tops, while the lower portion in short points wa,s shirred over little un- dersleeves of the chiffon and lace ap- pliaue.
 Other patterns desirable as gifts and ! less expensive are the radums, which come in all the delicate shades, with lace trimmings dyed to match or with natural faces. These, if accompanied by 8 set of velvet ribbon bows or choux with long ends, suggest a de- | llghtful gift for the young woman of i fashion Radium, though no longer
 new, Is one of the most popular ma 1 te.ials we have had for a long time:
 for, not only does it light up well, its
 soft sheen making it almost universal ly becoming, but 1t is more durable than the tules, crepes, mouselines etc, with all their graceful possibili- ties.
 There is new chiffon cloth called chiffonette. which bids fair to outrivai any of the other mentioned materials | because of it's beauty and la;tinp qualities. Chiffonette Is best described by its name-chiffon- It Is in reality an aIl-silk net, the meshes sc fine that it takes on the appearance of lusltrous chiffon, and it comes in plain and embroidered patterns, One of the most attractive designs is the Marguerite of tiny flowers embroidered 1 all over 1t, in white with yellow cen tres. To go with this, there should be such accessories as gold slippers, and one of the very lovely cloth-of-gold girdleS with the buckle fashioned out of the same material
 Since separate waists are more In vogue than ever they certainly should suggest themselves for gifts among family or intimate friends, for there are such charming novelties offered Pekin striped gauge made up oyer plain silks and trimmed with velvet ribbons: colored nets and laces match ing the skirt, and, best of all, the ecru nets elaboratelv decorated with two o1 even three varieties of lace, Another fad is for the heavy, lustrous satin bodice, trimmed with linen lace and Valenciennes or Meehlin, which forms an odd but cry pretty combination Among the real laces Cluny, Irish and Nalencinnes are most favored in the construction of a waist.
 Each year the small details of dress assume greater importance, and 1t h: around them that particular interest centres at this season. There is a tendency at present to make up in the elaboration of these same small be- longings" for the extreme simplicity oi cut taken on by the gowns, with the rner1f that a marvellous dhsnlav of no