The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-25
THE FLUFFY GOWN is BACK.
Severe Lines Are Giving Way to d
More Bouffant Drapery.

Washington, Feb. l9.-The persist
sance styles in gowns and headdresses
whereby the long sweeping lines or
the early winter will give place to a
more generous arrangement of lace
about the corsage on all indoor gowns,
either for afternoon or evening, is al
ready borne out by the gowns worn
in Washington by Mrs. Depew, Mrs.
Merriam.
Each is in her way model of smart
dressing, and each has a style and dis
tinction all her own.
Mrs. Depew has worn dinner gown
of blue brocade in two tones of Wedge
wood, the satin foundation being of the
lighter tone, on which the velvet bro.
cade stood out. The skirt, made with
short train and gathered to round
| waistband, was also draped in pan.
nier effect and had the lines further
shortened by a fiat flounce of point
lace about eight inches wide which
went all the way around the skirt sew.
The same radical change Of line was
carried out in the bodice which was
worn over the skirt and finished with.
out belts or girdle. The lower part of
the bodice was of the brocade, fitted
to the figure well down on the waist
and half way to the decolletage, which
was of white lace and quite full cut in
low square neck
The brocade formed the shoulders
and half the close sleeves. which came
to the elbow, but where, early in the
season, would have been smooth folds
of the heavier material, Mrs. Depew's
| gown had two rows of narrow quill.
ings across the shoulders. leaving the
white lace to show between. The
sleeves which fitted smoothly to the
elbow were finished by a plain gath
cred ruffle of white tulle-simply this
and nothing more-just an old fash
Toned gathered ruftie, shorter on the
inner seam probably, as it appeared 10
have depth of nine inches at tn. el
bow. With this Mrs. Depew wears a
close necklace of diamonds and tur
quoise of exquisite workmanship and
a charming arrangement of blue rib
bon and fOrget-me-nots in her COiffure
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, who is al
ways gOwned becOmingly, whatever
the dictate from Paris may be, has re-
turned to the familiar blue her name
famous, after appearing in a variety OF
gowns showing a yellow brown or dull
pink as their predOminating hue. Mrs
Longworth is distinctly fond of color
rarely wearing black or white. The
blue gown in which she appeared al
the white house reception Tuesday
evening is as near the old-time Alice
blue as possible to find in this years
fabric and not appear old fashioned
the present-day color having a delicate
touch of gray, which was entirely lack
ing from the blue of seven or eigh'
years ago.
In outline Mrs. LOngworth is keepinl
to what may be termed the SECOND
directoire along severe lines bu
neither so straight nor severe as the
directoire first adopted and with mucl
greater fullnesS of skirt.
The skirt and bodice are evidently
separate, the latter worn outside anC
under a 4-inch girdle of jeweled bead
and pearls, round and Oblong and il
several sizes from an ordinary pin
head to an almond kernel This dec
| Grafton not only encircles the waist
but formed long stole-like tab iowl
the center of the front of the skirt AM
formed the edge of the round decol
letage, except directly in front, wher
a fiat fold of satin and tulle crosse,
the bust and was held in the center b.
large brooch OF pearls and diamonds