The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-10-06
PROBLEM OF EVENING
DRESS IS EASY NOW
Simplicity Of Styles Is Aid to
Woman Who Makes Her
Own Clothes.

The problem of an evening dress
| suitable for small and not too formal
| affairs. and restaurant and theater
wear should be quickly and easily dts
posed OF this season. writes Anne Noble
Patton In the Chicago Record Herald
What with the narrow skirts and utter
simplicity OF the bodice as rar as lines
go. and The rage for yelled effects,
there Ii a greater opportunity than for
many year before To make aud
clothes look almaist as weePs the new"
II you have silk or satin liberty gown
and trimmings that are somewhat
dull or furnished by wear, veil them
and your evening dress problem Is on
fair way to settlement. Skirts are
so narrow that last years may be cas-
lily remodeled. The feat OF no shoulder
seam, which Is essential, may be ca silly
accomplished by clever fingers, either
In the silken under body or in the
flmy overdress.
Collarless necks, short sleeves above
the elbow and a banded in effect of the
skirt. also belong TO the seasons pic
ture, and wide, soft girdles of one kind
or another. In the wide girde lies the
key to another assistant to the trans
formation Of an old gown. What won
ders with short breadths may not be
accomplished when one has the privi-
lege OF girdle of any width the
wearer prefers.
All in all, the fall fashions are ex-
tremely kind to those who mako their
own gowns or have to contrive to
combine something old with something
new.
There are endless yards of trans
for yelling. inexpensive, too, such as
point d'esprit, lowered net, and chif-
fon. marquisette and the like Also
MANY lovely inexpensive silks, with
dots and scrolls and tiny flower de-
signs, that make up into exquisite
frocks, and there are laces. landings
and embroideries equally pretty and not
costly
A fad of the winter in trimmings is
linen lace, which is applied to silks
and satins and even velvets. 1t is odd,
but effective.
Silk batiste and wolfe, when heavier
materials are favored as more prac-
tical, make pretty veilings and the
gowns are more durable than those of
net and chiffon, though 1t is marvellous
how durable chiffon gowns are IL given
ordinary care and not subjected to the
weather's inclemency.
The point is to veil with material
soft and filmy enough to keep the slim
Silhouette and not to add a fingers
breadth to the width of the wearer or
the apparent bulk of the gown. In
case the overdress adds solidity the lin
ing silk may be heavy to cause the
skirt to fall gracefully.
This brings the discussion down to
skirt lengths. AS many, perhaps more,
aoor length frocks are worn for eve
hing as trained. With a rich and ex-
2ensive garment perhaps a train is
more in keeping. The winter fad in
shoes, they say, is velvet in all colors.
AS always, good taste dictates that the
material Of any garment Of wear should
be best suited for the use to which
1t is put, hence there is inc danger
that rage for velvet footwear will
drive the makers of dainty kid patent
leather and satin evening slippers out
Of business. Leather and satin eve
ming slippers are always In good taste
The simpler the design the better.
Haven't you always observed that the
exclusive shops shows the plainest
shoes-seemingly. The expense lies, of
course, in effective cut, which shows
the foot to the best advantage.
Barrel muffs of chiffon, as we'll as OF
other filmy materials, are extremely
fashionable. So are wide scarfs in two
colors. one yard wide by two yards
long. The hats for evening are large
and picturesque.