The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-03

M N light nights are so conducive to dancing! But, alas however are we to be fashionable and to dance at the same time? Whenever have the modes been so adverse for this fascirat- Ing form of idling away summers night?
 The one discriminating touch, aside from the scathing draperies that float and f1utter about one so enticingly, IS the "tie that binds but IS by no means blessed-the uncompromising, ever-evi- dent band about the limbs, if not about the ankles, at least around the knees, and indeed often about both.
 How, then, IS one to dance with ones ankles tied. Perhaps the ever-ingenious French will compose new dances, in which one may mince about without stopping, and few, a very few, will take up Japanese dancing, which would indeed be delightful change, and most exclusive, for how many corseted American figures can even sit gracefully upon a chair, not to mention folding oneself up in a series of instantaneous hutterings-now folded in a mating, now up and around like a waited cherry blossom-such 1.-the and supple ma !. neuvers were next to impossible for our athletic country women; and then our dances are so invigorating and healthful | would seem almost worth while to wear last years gowns and save oneself ll the bother and worry of evolving Individual frocks.
 One S1eevsd Gown.
 Absolutely, there is but one sleeve in } really smart gown. but if one must lave two sleeves, the other cannot kgally match either in color or material Many gowns are of one material or )olor on the left side and of quite a 1ifferent combination on the other, with Dcrhaps still other material being used lor underslip. One exceedingly smart frock at debutante ball had no fewer lhan six different materials used of vari- nus tones, with a most charming result
 The new French colors arc marvel ousH beautiful and supple.
 Ncptunezgreen and Neptune-blue are lovely shades of varying tones of sea watef-from sea-foam to willow and sage-green Corneille describes deep CT blues of greater intensity, such as Nord suggests the fascinating gray-blue If frozen lands of ice, and a warm con- fast is Poison dor or golden fleece, hnging from the translucent gleam of honey through topaz and bronze to unique gold
 In demure grsys one has a wide choice h. the Douvres (Dover) shades, which ' Rr4 variations of taupe or mole color, k4h-metal, London smoke and Themes bray differing in that they reflect ex- luisite pear1-gray roseate lights.
 Acanthe denotes delicate greens, in luding . yellowish-pistache tone, a leepef shade like spinach and a lovely pne like leaves of the ily-of-the-val- ley.
 In pinks there is the papillotte, new name for mushroom pink, and lutin or yoblin-pinlk, which is a blended color of raspberry and strawberry ranging off into clover-pink and the bluish-pinks of rhododendrons.
 And last and most beautiful of all the shade known as parfum, lovely pastel shade Ike withered violet petals.
 Silk Tights.
 Wear no more clothes than positively compelled to. By far the most satis- match ones gown, thus doing away with ous wrinkle and band and garter, then the corset, which is so long as to make one. appear as a mermaid, then a soft chiffon princess slip and nothing more
 The first test of proper corset is Its hexibility and the ease with which one can sit or recline in tt, for most of them extend over halfway to the knees, being slashed over each limb about three inches from the center, to enable one to acquire sitting posture. The next point IS to select one that both faces and clasps down the front, giving one the extremely long classical back and that elusive, svelte, rounded slenderness about the hips and waist and delicate curved bust-line.
 With these one can always be sure of one's lines, the back retaining un- varying shapeliness and the front