Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-22
SOME EVENING FROCKS.
Special to the Herald.

winter season is fairly on and the
wild whirl of Christmas holiday festiv.
tiles looms close at hand. the problem
of evening frocks is absorbing much
feminine attention and the dressmak-
ers' work rooms are piled high with
the delicate silk mousselines, chiffons,
gauzes, laces, nets. and with velvets
and satins all delicate in color if more
substantial in texture.
The variety in such materials is pos
itively bewildering; and. though on
every side there is temptation to ex.
travagance. the planning of an even
ing frock which will be inexpensive
and practical as well as attractive is,
this season, a simpler matter than
usual.
For the young girl there is. of
course, no evening frock so charming
as the silken sheer stuff. and the fash
ionable debutante is going in more
strongly than ever for chiffon and
mousseline and tulle, etc. but she will
dance through miles of this simmer
ing, vaporous stun before the season
ends. and her evening frock expenses
will be far in excess of those of her
mother or her older sister who go clad
in clinging satins and velvets.
Some of the host of soft cleaning
silks. the always popular crepe or
genuine liberty satin will prove a wise
choice, the last named wearing far bet
ter than the lighter satin finish silks,
which are newer and more definitely
modish. There are many novelties
among these practical stuffs, and for
the loveliest of these novelties high
prices are asked.
Crepes. too. have in many cases
taken on a satiny surface, though the
old reliable crepe de chine is good
quality is as popular as ever. Chiffon
crepe having the crepe waves with
the extreme lightness of weight are
made, but are hardly to be recon-
mended. for they are not so beautiful
as some of the other stuffs of equal
body and yet they have not the prac-
teal virtues of the heavier crepes.
Powered and brocaded materials OF
surprising beauty are displayed at all
the counters devoted to the evening
frock materials, but after all it is the
one tone material which is the favor
tie for evening wear. though the sub
tie color harmonies may enter into the
trimming scheme or may be effected
by making up a transparent over sew
eral layers of. chiffon in graded shades
of one color. This last idea is much
like the. Partisan drsssmakers- hut de.
mands skillful treatment and unerring
color sense.
One tone material in which con-
trast in texture and finish gives vari-
ETY. are the striped stuffs which have
found instant favOr-striped satin and
chiffons, satin and crepe. satin and
gauze. crepe and chiffon. etc. These
materials are to be had in all the even
ing tints and are considered extremely
chic. One sees. too, the Picking
stripes white and black or white and
colored) in all these combinations. but
save for trimming the Picking stripes
have not won on this side of the wa
ter the success which was predicted
for them. and even the Parisians have
laid them saside in favor Of one tone
COlOred mesh wells to match the hat
or gown have quite gone out so that
again we have the black veil in all its
glory in innumerable cobweb designs
adorned with chenille and velvet dots
on all possible-and many impossible
sizes. The only colOred wells to
have survived are the brown single
thread mesh with a tiny velvet dot on
every cross thread. These brown wells
are always worn with brown, with
most shades of red, with the majority
Of light colored felt and velvet shades.
and with few of the darkest shades. if
the brown is especially becoming.
Irish lace trims many of the new
white lynx sets. On the nun the lace
is most attractive. but it is not seen on
many of the round boas. White lynx
gives an amazing amount of wear if
well taken care of and cleaned regu-
Iarly before it becomes too soiled. so
that it is no more expensive than any
other sort of fur The majority of
collars are worn quite long this year.
the wide ones. for nothing
so cuts the figure as a short. wide fur
collar. The deep V-shaped stole with
narrow ends in front is smart. and
then in lynx there are seen many new
shapes, among them the stole shaped.
in black much like a square sailor col
lar. which gives breadth across the
shoulders without falling down over
the arms. and thus cutting off from
the length of the waist
There is a new lace whose pattern
is worked in gold yellow thread and
which is bpiuy stthstifufod for tho I