Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13


clothes" of the trousseau.
Two pretty dinner gowns there
should be, for the bride will inevitably
be dined and wined many times. These
dinner gowns need not be of expen-
sive materials. but they should be
graceful and smart, with trailing
skirts and one should be in semi
decollete effect, the other having
high yoke of some very sheer material
for restaurant wear or for informal
dinners. These gowns must be in one
piece effect. If there is a bodice of
sheer fabric it must match the color of
the skirt exactly and a high girdle or
shoulder strap must suggest the whole
gown idea. Nothing is i'll worse taste
for dinner wear than the separate
waist and skirt suggestion.
Black Frock a Dinner Standby
This year black is extremely fash
ionable, and next winter promises to
see it in quite as high favor for demi-
toilets. Therefore, the frugal bride
will be sure to own at least one useful
black dress Of net or chiffon over satin.
Black satin gowns are seen, but this
fabric is apt to make even the pret-
tiest woman lOok several years older
if unrelieved by any airy clouding OF
softer material The net or chiffon
overdrapery should be built over
satin frock, nodded to the figure, but
the drapery should hang straight from
the bust or shoulder, and should follow
the clinging lines of the skirt. F'lounces
are absolutely out of date and
hounced net o1 chiffon frock, no mat
ter how pretty it might be in itself,
would be marked as hopelessly out of
date.
Gold and silver trimmings are both
effective with black costumes and when
any of this trimming is shown on a
gown a fillet Of gold or silver ribbon
to match should be worn in the hair.
Jet is fashionable, and many of the
smart black costumes for gaslight wear
have jet beaded panels, sequin sewn
chiffon surplices or net skirts en-
broidered with cut jet beads. Jet trim
mings, however, must be skillfully
managed or it will suggest middle age
and ponderous matronly dignity.
One Evening Wrap
For wear over the dinner frock-and.
in fact, to give inestimable service on
hundreds OF occasions, there will be d
long wrap of some warm material;
either of broadcloth in a smart and not
too delicate shade, or of satin, trimmed
with gold and interlined with flannel.
This wrap will be made in cape style,
and will fall almost to the ankles. The
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and hangs from a small circular yoke,
which is extended on one side of the
front into long stole, lined with satin
and weighted by tassels This stole
may be turned back to show the satin
lining or it may be thrown over the
shoulder and allowed to hang down
the back of the cape.
Provide Summer Frocks
So many pretty costumes may be
evolved at trifling expense when one
plans with summery fabrics that the
spring bride will find it hard to decide
on specific fabrics and colors among
the wealth of pretty things displayed
in the shops. She should select at least
two coat and skirt suits of linen; one
in a medium shade for outing wear
and the other in rose, mauve or some
other dainty color for dressy wear.
The latter suit, if made with a princess
frock and a long coat trimmed with
buttons, will prove a very useful sum-
mer costume for weekend trips.
A little dress of pongee or foulard
silk will serve for many occasions and,
of course, there will be at least one
very dainty lingerie frock with snow
white hat and parasol to match.
Pretty Morning Frocks
Lacey negliges will not provide a suf-
f1cient equipment for the hours before
dress is donned. Many a
husbands love is disillusioned by slat-
ternly breakfast garb, and spic and
span 98-cent shirt waist comes nearer
the average mans ideal of a trig little
outfit than the most engag-
ingly friled peignoir. So the wise little
bride keeps her ruffles and blue rib
bons for her boudoir and starts out on
her new home life with plenty of
dainty yet simple little morning
dresses and easily donned blouses.
Fascinating NegIiges
And for boudoir wear there will cer-
tainly be-in the we'll supplied trous-
seau-a host of bewtching negliges,
warm flannel and albatross dressing
gowns trimmed with lace and hand
cool peignoirs of dotted
swiss, lawn or printed organdie; gay
I1imono of fiowered silk and frivolous
little sacques to slip on when one does
ones hair.
And, speaking of doing ones hair-a
lengthy process in these
days of built-out and puffed coiffures-
every bride should provide herself With
one of the fascinating Normandie
breakfast caps-almost any girl, clever
with her needle. could make one. A
puffed crown of sheer lawn is attached
to a straight strip of eyelet embroidery
insertion, long tabs of the embroidery
hanging at either side. A lace frill
finishes the edge and, of course, there
are ribbon loops and bows of ones
most becoming color This little Nor
mandie cap is donned over the un-
dressed hair of tresses. hastily caught
up and pinned in place, when a tenn
porary indisposition makes breakfast
IN ones room a luxury.