Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

and back and forming the deep of the
decolletage.
| There is notion for having one side OF
| the frock of a contrasting material, ana
even wraps are built in this fashion. a
! stunning white satin evening wrap by
Drecoll. for example. is draped over one
! shoulder in straight scarf erect, raining
to the skirt hem at back and front in one
long. unbroken width. this scarf extend
ing out on the opposite side to form a
| peasant" sleeve. The straight edge falls
over an under sleeve of velvet.
A pretty little dinner gown designed by
a 9Th avenue modiste for a Thanksgiving
| house party at Tuxedo is of pale corn
colored crepe, draped in surplice effect
over enc shoulder and arm. the other half
of the surplice bodice being of cream lace
over white chiffon. From the wide girdle
of corir-colored crepe which defines the
high waist line falls a long scarf of the
cream lace. This scarf is on the side of
the frock opposite the lace half of the
bodice and gives the effect of curiously
arranged drapery of crepe and lace.
TIE grdle made of a single length of
heavy cord with two tasseIed ends falling
from a loose knot is now the dernier cri.
Most informal seems this cord and taSsei
gsrGile which reminds one of the fastening
of a bathrobe; but with the high wasted
empire frock. the little cord girdle is
sweetly simple and c'assically chaste and
the curve of the figure is defined without
being emphasized.
Sometimes this cord g'rdle is used over
a very short tunic. or "chemfSe' OF ch1f-
fon or lace. This new chemise worn out
side. falls just below the hip and as ii is
a continuation of the bodice and not very
full, it is usually slashed up at the sides
as far as the g'rdle. a pink chiffon din
ner gown. shown among November
brides pretty things the other afternoon,
had one of these little cheniises of cream
venise lace which fell over the chiffon
skirt as far as the hip. A ten-inch band
of the same lace was set in the narrow
skirt at the knee and each edge or this
lace band was bordered with q narrow
fringe of dark fur A fringe of the fur
was also placed at the edge of the short
sleeve of the lace tunic. There was no
further trimming on this lovely little
gown. except the gold cord girdle. which
seemed to tie in the little lace chemise-
tunic at the high waist line.
The straight, narrow lines of the new
evening costumes. their loose and unified
look and the simple arrangement of drap-
cries are apt to deceive the unnitiated.
One thinks CT these harmless, unpreten-
tious looking creations as little frocks,
and this effect is augmented by the mod
est, yelled Gecolletage and the girlish sash
or grdle which is now the fashion Any
thing but IS 'rnple'-except in line-are the
evening frockS of the moment, however.
Fabrics are luxurious in the extreme and
one sheer stuff is hung over another with
reckless lavishness. Often little gown"
which may be tossed over the arm like
scarf and which really weighs more
than eight or ten punches will touch the
Observation-Disclosures mark in price
In contrast to this there are the heavy.
beaded gowns, with metal or glass beads.
or the new white porcelain beads, Sewed
thickly to chiffon SO that the stuff c'ings
with serpentine grace to the limbs as the
wearer moves. A dinner gown just COM
pleted for matron of fifty who will en-
terrain a large house party over Thanks
giving at her country home has tunic
of black chiffon to the ankles and on this
tunic a striped effect is produced by tiny
steel beads, sewed in rows an inch apart
the entire length CT the frock. The weight
Of this costume may be imagined, and the
tunic is made even heavier by a broad
band of steel embroidery at the foot.
Another beaded tunic effect is shown in
one of today's illustrations. The black
and white reprodu t on gives no idea OF
the lovely color scheme Of this gown, de-
signed especially for dinner wear.
Only the debutante appears at formal
dinner in baby blue or pink. The dinner
gown of the older woman. even of the
girl in her third season, has a certain in
dividuality of style and coloring that sets
it apart as special type of costume, diff
fering from the dancing frOck and the
more formal opera gown. The pretty din
ner costume illustrated is all i'm soft.
dreamy Vatican tints of natter blue. old
pink and dove gray, a touch of dark fur
adding just the emphasis necessary to
bring out the somewhat indefinite tints
of color Over a petticoat of palest pink
satin is draped a tunic of pale gray chif-
fon embroidered with white and pink
beads and with pink silk. The sleeves are
of white lace mounted over white chiffon
and are interesting in that they seem
quite separate from the rest Of the cos
tume-a point that should be useful to the
woman who has to make every scrap of
handsome material tell in her own home
dressmaking. Beneath the gray chiffon