Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-18

If you are going to spend the entire day at home 1t is obviously extrava- gant to put on a cloth costume which, complete with the coat, has been de- signed for outdoor wear, or to don some trailing elegance of velvet, which with fur jacket does its duty in your friends drawing-rooms. or the club room of your latter-day fancy.
 It has been agreed that it is only to the matron the luxurious ease of the tea-gown may be granted. For her, of course, the matter of house gowns is simply settled, the fabrics to be face-cloth, velveteen, or soft satin, most of the decoration being disposed at the neck or round the shoulders and taking the form of a lace collar or chiffon and lace vest.
 Every young girl should possess herself of an indoor gown of velveteen, and would advise for its best con duct that the bodice be fashioned in blouse style, worn unlined over tightly-fittfng underbodice. and belted to comfort through buckle. or by means of bones at the front and back. This method avoids weight and too much warmth, drawbacks to lined vel veteen, which renders it impossible for some people. whom would advise to substitute cashmere or nuns veil. ing.
 A very pretty house gown is made of cashmere in red currant shade. the bodice front and back bearing plastron of lace, crossed into pointed ends at the waist, showing the nuns yelling under the arms and on the sleeves. which should reach to the elbows or the wrist according to the beauty of the individual arm which 1t may be destined to adorn.
 An admirable way of making a cash. mere skirt, than which no better has been devised, is to have three large tucks round the hem, and two more below the knees, and two more above them.
 The sun-ray accordion-plaited skirts made of nuns yelling. has proved boon and blessing for house wear. but we are becoming a little tired of their charms. which is. indeed. most un- grateful, since they offer such facili- ties for attractive frocks with no out lay, needing only a length of material sufficient to make bodice. some odd ments of lace out of the lace drawer to decorate the bodice to taste. There. then. is the home dress com plete, save for the belt. which could be selected either of plain silk or chine ribbon according 10 the size of the waist to be encircled.
 Face cloth may. of course. be al- lowed to make the home gown. but suffers from the same disadvantage as yelveteen. that of too much weight, a trouble which may to some extent be avoided by the omission of all lin inr. Cloth, of course. wears better than velyeteen. not being liable to suffer so severely round the hem from contact with carpets: for 1t is the hem of the velveteen gown which invariably displays its age.
 An attractive tea gown is shown in our large Illustration It may. how ever. be more justly described as a dressinggovn than a tea-govn. and I can picture 1t looking very we'll ia pale blue face cloth trimmed with pale blue glace frills. white embrold- ery on pale blue glace forming the decoration
 The two other pictures show the fur coat under most elegant condiL tions. the first being made of mole skin with oxidized silver buttons. and a dOuhle-breasted vzistcozt of suede to match. hemmed vIth a lighter shade of grey corded silk. while the