Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-17

/ quite separate from the skirt itself
Other trains are made of the flimsies
materials like lace or chiffon, which
drags on the carpet with exquisite
grace.
| A typical dinner gown which is de
| signed for restaurant dining before the
/ theatre. is of empire green satin yelled
with black chiffon chantilly lace
! green and black, for some reason OF
other, being a favorite of Dame Fash
ions for dinner wear this season.
The upper part of this tunic cover.
ing the green satin skirt is of chiffon
which falls just below the hips. From
this point to the ankle is chantilly,
though a hem of the chiffon borders
the lower edge.
The border of chantilly slopes down
ward on the chiffon tunic, so that at
the back the chiffon reaches to the
knees and the lace trails down on the
floor. The two squares of lace, each
hemmed all around with chiffon, form
ing a two-pointed train. d.
At the hem in front the tunic is
drawn into a wide ornament of jet
which drags the soft material into
graceful lines by its weight. There is
another of these jet ornaments al the
front of the bodice which is made of
surpliced folds of chiffon and chantilly
TOUCH OF GENIUS.
Worth, the builder OF this lovely
gown, never places a dark fabric di-
rectly against the neck. but softens
the demarcation with folds Of chiffon
or tulle so that flesh and gown seem to
melt invisibly into each other. This
is one of the touches of genius which
have made Worth famous. No one
can make evening gowns of greater
beauty, refinement and artistic grace
Lace and net enter largely into all
evening gowns made by Worth and
bid fair to rival chiffon, though the
latter is still in high favor for tunic
and draperies.
One of the most beautiful Of the
new fabrics. for dinner wear. is bro
caded crepe de chine which comes
with effective border patterns and in
all-Over designs.
A charming dinner frock for restau-
rant wear, by Paul Pioret. has a knee
length tunic of this brocaded crepe.
with set, scattered roses in fame and
orange, shades on a background. The
tUnic falls over a narrow, trained skirt
of black satin. and over the tunic is
an adorable little coat which comes
just below the girdIe and is sleeveless.
its huge armhoIes allowing the bro
caded crepe sleeves to show plainly
\ touch of red and gold braid at the
neck of this little coat makes Il very
smart and gay indeed.
Another restaurant dinner gown
most lovely in line. was seen at a new
play the other night
This gown was of Chinese blue creme
with cream border In bold stencil eff
feet.
The bodice was almost covered with
a wide bertha Of the stenciled crepe
witch hung in square ends over a short
chiffon sleeve.
The tunic Of bordered crepe fell in
two points on the floor. each point
with a tassel
In front the drapery fell away TO re-
veal a satin skirt, slashed almost to
the knees at the center front; but the
edges OF the slash were so cleverly
Tapped that the effect was apparent
only in fascinating glimpses now and
then.
LESS FORMAL WEAR
The woman who does not care TO go
TO the expense Of a trailing evening
gown may go 70 the theatre. If she
in her handsome street suit
Of velvet, with lace or cream blouse;
or she may wear pretty little high
necked frock OF light material under
one Of The big, smart coats OF duo-faced
cloth which almost all women own this
winter. If such a coat is worn il