Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

which. In line, as simple and UMPIRE
tentious as a ch!ld's little night-slip, but
which fall in most exquisite lines Of dis
tinction and grace, yelling yet revealing
the contours beneath. These beautiful
gowns are really made Of glove silk-ex-
actly like the silk of which the long, en-
broidered silk gloves are fashioned-and
some of the negliges are da ntifed also
The silk, while not actually transparent.
permits the CLEAN OF flesh tints to show
through, and these glove silk negl ges
show on pair of handsome shoulders
and arms to particular advantage. Under
the glove silk neglige Is worn a alma
ton garment also OF glove silk, which
fits like the skin itself, and if madame
does not approve of the fashiona ole
shadow effect in neglige wear she may
don thin slip of null between the two
glove silk garments, but never a corset
that would utterly destroy the classic ef-
fectl
The shadowiest Of all shadow negliges
Is possessed by q French actress, who
wears this tea gown as 1t is politely
called. about her bijou apartment in Paris
There is q slip of pleated pink chiffon
which falls straight from the shoulders
where back and front are tied together
with pink ribbon. Down either side un-
der the arm. the negiige is tied together
five times with the pink ribbons, the
flesh of side and hip showing between the
fastening. Over this airy pink chiffon
slip Is worn n tunlc or coat pl cream net
heavily beaded with an embroidery Of
small pink beads. The coat fastens once
below the hips in front with q bead orna-
ment and its sleeves. falling over the
elbow. are weighted with bead fringe
The embroidered crepe boudoir gown
with face trimming is also a trousseau
model This lovely neglige was fashion
ed by Jeanne Hallee in Paris, the pale
wistara- tinted crepe, with sprawling en-
broderies In white. having been brought
from Japan. While graceful and modish
in every respect. this Hallee gown has no
shadow. or daringly transparent effect
The crepe is set on the lace peplum at
the hip with tiny pin tucks and a pin
tucked fiounce makes the lower part Of
the garment especially graceful. To
match this wistaria crepe gown there is q
ravishing cap of dotted swiss and lace.
trimmed with wlstaria- colored ribbon,
which matches a short sash of wistaria
ribbon tied around the waist.
Another neglige by Jeanne Hallee. who
is famous for her simple and graceful
boudoir gowns, is of pale blue chiffon
with a long pin-tucked scarf of the chif-
fon draped over the shoulders. The chit
silk Of the same pale blue color. and the
scarf Is edged all around with white
crochet lace. The arrangement of this
scarf drapery is especially graceful, the
ends being caught up under the left side
Of the bust and then hanging almost to
the knee over the skirt. The cap worn
with this neglige is rather elaborate. and
has a thickly puffed net crown over
brim of two lace fiounces. one much
deeper than the other. At one side Of the
crown is large rose Of very pale pink
satin and at the other side cluster OF
blue forget me-nots.
It is, Of course an open secret that
most Of the ultra-fashionable women
smoke cigarettes-even the debutantes
smoke them. though they do not spread
the information abroad until safely on
the young-married side Of the line. A
seventeen-year- bride, whose mar
rage to an English peer was recently the
talk sof the newspapers, was described
upon her honeymoon trip-as taking out
her gold cigarette case in the special car
after luncheon and smoking cigarette
comfortably with her bridegroom IN the
full gaze Of a hundred interested spec
tators So the smoking jacket has be-
come the intimate possession OF the lemi-
nine as we'll as the masculine sex, ana
because mans clumsy smoking coat
even though 1t be Of velvet with fanciful
frog fastenings-is not a gay enough at
fair for the fair smoker, special cigarette
SUITS a cross between paJamas ana a
teagown have been evolved.
Ono Of these cigarette suits In the
favorite Mexican style Is pictured. The
jaunty jacket and loose trousers are
made Of thin apricot silk. the embroid-
cries being in shades OF deeper pink.
bronze and a deep turquoise blue. The
fringe matches the delicate apricot shade
Of the garment and the jacket fastens
with two ornamental cord frogs. During
the smoking of her cigarette milady
covers her hair carefully with a silk ker-
chief, through which the smoke may
not penetrate to leave any heavy, un-
pleasing odOr.
Along the lines Of the cigarette suit.
though not in bifurcated style, is the
Egyptian tea gown. just now affected by
Frenchwomen for boudoir wear and Tor
| informal at home wear in the afternoon
| This tea gown is made of two layers Of