Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-29

Although the modes Of the winter are
ruther prone to elaborateness. some Of the
smartest gowns seen are made In very
simple lines. the attractiveness Of the
frock lying In the coloring and 10 the
perfect fit Indeed. much elaboration as
to the trimming Of a gown Is apt to be
disastrous, and often a much less preten-
tious frock. daintily made and with an
effective touch OF handwOrk about the
bodice is much more successful than
fuasily trimmed frOck. OF course, there
is certain smart simplicity which re-
ouires expert handling. especially 10 clotn
and velyets and such materials where the
cut and nt has to be on par with the
best tailoring. but IN the light-eolored
house and evening frocks. made OF eta
mine cashmere and such fabrics. the home
leamEtress. II she Is clever In designing
and can give the little finishing touches
which make such a difference In the eject
OF any gown, can achieve quite as good
results as the most expensive dressmaker.
For instance. ! recently saw frock or
sllvery blush gray Japanese crepe the
material Of which cost just 80 cents
yard, but which. when made up, could
bear comparison with frocl1s which prob
ably cost many times its price. The trim
nings consisted Of cream lace, the yoke
being Of three-lnch wide bands. put to-
gether IN rather an odd way. The bands
overlapped at the upper part about the
collar, spreading out at the lower part,
the spaces in between being filled IN With
lace stitches IN ecru thread matching the
lace 10 color The yoke was lined With
chiffon and was Joined TO the frock BY
barrow bands Of the material faggotted
10 a design Of little scrolls The lower
part Of the bodice had a strip OF the three
inch wide lace used to form the yoke, ex-
lending crosswise around under the arms
10 Jacket effect. the same lace extending
over the tops OF the elbowlength sleeves.
Ihe sleeves, by the way. were a very at
ractive feature Of the gown. They were
cut In circular fashion, with three gradu-
sied applied tucks about the edge, each
TUCK being finished by a row OF plated
ecru Valenciennes lace. There was also
a. under sleeve. also OF the open variety
ol eeru net, edged with a double row OF
plated net edged with the lace. These
loose open sleeves were attached at the
efmhoie to a small. short under sleeve Of
the gown material The skirt was In
round length and finely tucked about me
top 70 the hip line, the lower part having
tnree graduated tucixs edged with the frills
u plated lace, as on the sleeves
another very attractive gown was
tptlsanned by the same little seamstress
A.. ssls IN model also showing some excellent
,deas for nn Inexpensive, smart-iooking
Nock The gown In question was OF
eleam white voile. the skirt being made
somewhat on the order Of the one Just
described, except that the tucks were ell
=. the same width and were Eve In num-
Der and rather widely spaced.
Ihe bodice was made with a lace
sulmpe Of white Chantilly, the semi-trans-
parent short sleeves also being Of the
ace lined with mousseline. over this
s Mss still shorter sleeve OF the white
.oHe ntted 10 a V-shaped piece ef the
s saine material, lined with silk TO give Z
we necessary body, and braided with
@nite silk soutache. The bodice had a
@ alt yoke upper part, prettily curved and
oluhmented with a braided design In the
ssutnehe and the girdle was Of the open
sIap sort and was OF the material, lined
WIN silk and stifened IN the back and
'front.' and also braided.
tne princess gown bas been so often
.oieired 70 In the fashion columns and
frequently seen during the past few
- ontns that II can no longer be spoken
rsA Among the novelties, but thexs sxe