The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-23

The demi-toilette for evening wear
is of the first Importance at this time.
The French demi-toilette resembles
a tea gown only in so much that it is
picturesque and old-world. 1t is not
~in the very least untidy or floppy, and
even an expert in such matters would
find it difficult to clearly define the
difference between it and a dinner
gown suitable for ceremonious occa-
Sions. The difference is very subtle
and yet-ever present! Possibly it
is a distinction which owes much to
the arrangement of the hair and to
the ornaments worn. Some wonder
fully lovely gowns of this order have
been made this season of fine silk
gauze enriched with ribbon embroi.
deries, or with borderie Anglaise car,
ried out in delicate pastel tints. The
latter is a distinct novelty and en-
tirely satisfactory when designed and
executed by a master hand. For exam
pie, take a flowing skirt of creamy
gauze, lavishly decorated in panels
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silver threads. On either side of these
panels there We're shaped insertions
Of Maltese lace-of exactly the same
tint as the muslin-and at the eX-
IRENE hem of the skirt five founces of
Valenciennes; while the bodice was
large fischu of Valenciennes, which
crossed in front and tucked away in
the folded w~aistband of palest lib.
erty satin. The wide Japanese sleeves
were made of the Maltese lace, and
underneath there were the daintiest
little puffings and frills of Valen.
ciennes. The p~each-colored waist.
band boosted two very long ends at
the left side, and these ends were
drawn through a handsome buckle of
gun metal set with small diamonds.
1t would be impossible to describe
the poetic charm of this gown, and
the dark buckle, with its brilliant
frame, supplied just the right note.
The sleeveless coat of taffetas is
entering a successful reign. This
picturesque garment is almost always
worn with muslin or lace gowns, and
nine times out of ten the silk is of
a dark and rather somber color. These
silk coats are q short ~three-quarter
length and semi-sack, back and front,
and they are rarely closed in front,
but are confined by chenille or silk
ornaments, or, in some cases, they
arn LIGHTLY 1nnDI FROM thnnof to
breast.
The most conspicuous of Fashions
new edicts will be the long coat, long.
er than they have been. These coats
look equally well in both cloth
and linen, and have charm when sup.
piled with the square sleeve, the ell.
bow sleeve, or the ordinary coat
sleeve. 1t is, indeed, a highly adapt.
able garment, upon which we propose
to bestow our very best attentions
from now until October at least, and
this | p%rophesy as other wise people
would have p~rophesied, because
know.
But l am forgetting the novelty Of
the hour, and the like, being rare
should be treated with greater re
spect. White flowers allied to white
leaves, and looking for all the world
like the conventional decoration O.
the conventional wedding-cake, are
upon the hats which express the las
word of Fashion. White lilies of the
valley allied to white rose-leaves
| bau, n,at fn,,,irn tb;aJr .-.4l
round a ~bell-shaped hat of brown
straw lined with white chip; large
white garden lilies with white leave.
upstand in bold relief from a shape o
purple straw, and white roses an(
white leaves eacircle the broad brin
OF a hat of dull green lined with blacl
glace. Here is novelty indeed-anC
for so much, and no more, l commend
it.
Apropos summe h~ats--very higl
crowns are slowly but surely ~creepin,
toward us. Just at present these higl
crowns are chiefly arranged in flow
ers, but a little later we shall see
revival of the high "fower-pot" crow
which used to be fashionable whel
the "Grecian bend afforded fruitful
topics for music-hall singers! /
seems a thousand pities that w,
Should think of adopting such a fash
ion as this, the hat crowns of thi,
year are SO ideal and so infinitely be
coming, and the "aower-pot" crown i
so peculiarly "inartistic. Unhappil,
it is no use to protest against Fash
ions dictates, but let us hope tina
this revival, when 1t comes, will b,