New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
Costly TrffIes Of LdsOn
New BIouses Contain Little Material. but Ihey
Empty the Purse.

, 4 healthy reaction has begun against the
excessively elaborate hairdressing so com
mon during the last few months. heaus
loaded with masses Of additional har'
spiked with barbaric pins and other orna-
Den;s. or covered with strange winding folds
Of silk. which own their origin 10 no
known country or race. have reacheu
climax Of absurdity. and return 10 SIM
plicity seems inevitable. At dinner given
a few nights ago the beautiful hostess
wore her own heavy black hair parted at
one side and sweeping backward in such
manner that only the pink lobes OF
the ears were visible, to knot half way
between crown and neck I'm A soft mass
supporting a few short curls in its centre.
4 deep red rose half buried itself at The
left side. another. that matched II, was
Dlnued TO the bosom of the gown. At the
same dinner a woman with snow white
hair wore il arranged in much the same
manner. except that hers was parted IN the
middle and across the top OF her head
passed q narrow silver hand studded with
;yrouoises Her gown Of pale gray NOUS
seine de sole was hung over turquoise
Liberty satin. handed on skirt and corsage
wiki Ncnise lace, and somewhere, among
mysterious shadings, shone an embroidery
OF turquoise beads.
The old-fashioned. white, polka-dotted'
blue fou'aId silks have returned to favor
and make wholly satisfactory dresses io'
Afternoon wear. street costume was
made with "a short skirt shirred in a cluS-
ter deep enough 10 shape the belt. The
corsacc hloused a little over the top or the
belt. and a second cluster 81 shirrs shaped
q round yoke below a guiInpe With this
dress was worn half-long belted coat,
with short open sleeves. a blouse bodice.
and skirts cut TO fare little. il was
heltad with black vanished leather, broken
into several parts by silk-covered rings
and fastened with a silk-covered buckle.
In contrast 10 such skirts which. while
preserving a slender silhouette, allow easy
walking room. was one worn at the last
Sunday races at AuteUil. Measuring. per
hans less than two yards al the hem. 1t
was held close 10 the figure by mar
tinEaIe' Of the material. which compressed
& into a much smaller space. This band,
placed iusC below the knees. made il utterly
impossible 20 take any save the shortest
steps. The slender creature who wore it
a n7auilin from ono Of tho great dress
making houses -ambled painfully the few
stems she permitted herself to take about
in practice this .'rnartingale' IS seen on
many of the spring models. Some houses
merely suggest these bands by trimming.
In an cases they have nothing save their
odditv 70 recommend them, and It seems
safe ~ assert that this attempted vogue
has practically reached an end.
+ gown seen az the opera the other
night n SOFT white satin. simply msde
a. q Chemise and on the same lines, was
turned into an elegant toilette hv Tire ad-
ditiou % = fine old black Chantil'y lace
shawl Tho point fell in front. with the
rpper edge pulled VI onto The corsaEe in
girdle shape The long ends we're drawn
about tho slender figure ana turned one
over the other i'm 2 loose knot behind. \
little delicate embroidery in faint shades
Of color edged the Corsage and loose short
sleeves. MARGARET ALICE FRIEND.