Evening journal., 1912-05-25
DRESS APPROPRIATE TO THE OCCASION
Trains for House Gowns
and Coat Suits or One
Piece Frocks For Street
BLACK SATIN
EVENING WRAPS

holding their euperfuous drsperies
above the risk Of contamination.
Many woman in those days lament
ed her anatomical limitations and
sighed for two or three more hands
than Nature had vouchsafed her
Happily those trains are a thing Of
the past. Even for social affairs, as
garden parties or dances where a
long train would be an inconvenience
the train Is omitted. In Figure / we
have an Illustration of q pretty cos
tune which in former tues would
not have been accepted in its abbrevi-
ated length. II is a dancing frock
for young lady. The skirt. of pale
blue chiffon taffeta. is trimmed with
four scant scalloped iounces. An at
tractive feature is the Joan of Arc
oyer waist of point de Venise lace.
which gives just the right finish to
this very dainty toilette.
For these rufRed and bouffant skirts
the most delightful new goods are ap-
pearing every day Besides the flow
cred silks so often described, white
and pale blue linnens besprinkled
with tiny roses are being shown now
in tints and patterns that are irrc-
sistible Dresses for afternoons at
home and the various informal sum
mer teas and card parties are appro-
priately developed in these pretty ma
terials. Full effect Is given to the
lowered designs by clever combina-
tions with plain materials In accord
with the prevailing tint A pretty
dress of this kind worn by a recent
debutante was made somewhat after
the fashion Illustrated in figure one
The ecallops were bound with plain
pink matching the shade Of the pink
rosebuds scattered over the material
and instead OF the Joan of Arc over
waist, pink fchu was draped around
the pretty shoulders Of the wearer and
caught at the girdle with a single pink
artificial rose with exquisite foliage
II needed only lace mits of an olden
time to complete the resemblance to
the demure maidens of Colonial days.
when the arrival Of the infrequent
sailing vessels with the very latest
fashions from the court Of Louis XVI
Of France caused such a flutter Of
excitement IN the feminine breasts
on these faraway shores.
But while these quaint dresses are
TO be had i'm the ready to wear shops,
and the materials for making them
seem to be finding a ready sale at
the counters of the dry goods stores,
one seldom sees them on the streets.
Here again it is because we have
learned TO dress more appropriately.
and In all weathers the coat suit Is
now en- regale for the shopping or
trotting costume. For hot weather.
and for women for whom even the
linen coat is a burden when the Their
mometer aspires TO unexplored
heights, the comfortable and convent
ent one-piece dress Of plain color is
/ the accepted garb. These dresses are
we'll made and we'll fitted. albeit the
waist may be as loose as the wearer
likes. Skirt and waist are sewed to-
gether. a tremendous saving OF time
and temper for busy woman. and the
trimming is strictly limited to. the
necessary buttons and the simplest OF
pipiuRs or bands. In fact these dresses
are as tailored as 5he most profession
a. productions and afford happy re-
! lies from the rather severe uuifOim-
itv OF the all-prevailiuy coa1 suit
Il one eschews his conventional
ga'b however, and pins ones faith 10
The Cne-pioce dress, a wrap Cor cool