Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-12-02

accompanied by rather severe styl.
of hat
VI course It is certain that Worth
- world-famous authority on dress.
DuG nevertheless 1t is also certain
that the dainty Parisiennes and the
pretty English and American women
look TO great advantage in their per-
Lectly cut serge and cloth suits, with
sumciently elaborate hats and blouses
OF cobweb muslin inset with Irish lace
or with old valenciennes.
Half-Lensth Coat Again.
In the world of tailored suits 1t IL
interesting to realize that the pretty
haltlength coat is again coming into
IaVor. Very few women indeed have
found the exaggeratedly short, tight
coats becoming, and though certain
Partisan tailors are making a strong
EFFORT to keep them in fashion they
are without doubt losing ground.
of course we have with US, and will
have with US all winter, the extremely
short directoire coatee, which only
Just reaches to the waist, but this is
quite another matter. Such coates
as these belong to elaborate afternoon
costumes and to wedding and garden
party toilettes. They have little or
nothing to do with tailored suits.
The leading cloth coat of the COM
Ing winter will be almost tight-fitting,
with moderate revers and rather large
Guns, the ends of the sleeves being
slightly curved in the shape Of a bell.
These coats will be of moderate
length, what one describes 90 full half
length.
skirts In Flat PlaIts.
These particularly graceful coats
will be accompanied by skirts set In
very nat plaits, skirts which viii dis
play the outlines of the figure quite
as successfully as do the tied-in skirts
OF the present moment, but which will
be Infinitely more graceful. / must
lay stress on the fact that the plaits
in these new skirts are so cunningly
arranged that they are completely
hidden when their wearers are stand
ing still. 1t is only in walking that
their presence is revealed.
For evening wear Paquin is now
preparing some truly exquisite models
and for the costumes intended for
theater wear the most intricate and
elaborate cloaks and coats are made
to accompany them.
An exquisite evening dress and man.
tie recently made by Paquin was spe-
cially created for Princess de Radolin
the wife of the German ambassador
who has Just given up his official post
in Paris. Princess Radolin is q beau
tiful woman and a notable dresser
She looks her best In the semi-picture
style which is in such favor with oul
ultra-smart Parisiennes and she is &
mistress Of the art of combining mag
nifcent jewels with apparently simple
toilettes. The theater dress to which
have Just alluded was made o.
ravens wing blue silk muslin, heavily
embroidered in Jet and ravens VIM
blue paillettes. The lines of the dress
were long and graceful and the sup
pie material was not draped or caugh
in at all. A mass of glittering en-
broidery showed itself on two sid,
panels and the dress was mounteC
over flesh colored crepe de chine. TIL,
waist line was high and the whole O
" the corsage was covered with EN-
/ broideries.
Accompanying Mantle.
= The mantle which accompanied thi
# dress was quite simple yet regal. l
o was composed of mirror velvet in tn
l. same mysterious shade of blue as tn
g dress and in shape it was circular an,
exceedingly voluminous. 1t was linel
It with black charmeuse-that lovely ma
l. terial which possesses all the bes
D. qualities of crepe and of silk-and
y had a large collar of dark sable.
2, 1t is impossible to describe in writ
h ten words the charm of this style O
II costume which is at one and the sam
l. time superb and comparatively unot