Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03
The BecomingHat Of Paramount Importance Boots
and Gloves As Youthful As One Pleases Rich
Fabrics and Subdued Tones the Older
Woman's Wise Choice The Couture

broidered silk which come in Q lus-
trous texture heavy enough for winter
wear with muff. are worn with these
open sleeves for they are easier to
draw on and off quickly than long
wristed kid gloves. A very long
glove worn in we'll wrinkled @moas-
quetaire style on the wrist is more
distinctive than a smoothly drawn
shorter-w risted glove.
About Colors.
Every woman past forty-five has an
instructive knowledge that the bright
colors of youth are not for her. Too
often she makes the mistake of go7
Ing to the other extreme and elects
to wear dull. lifeless hues or assumes
economical black for the residue of
her natural existence. Now black
may be interesting or mountaineering,
according to what its fabric is, and
how that fabric is fashioned. It has
to be very interesting indeed to look
we'll on the woman whose natural
physical charms have faded, yet 1t is
the standby of most aging women be-
cause 1t offers an easy solution of
the troublesome color problem and
because 1t is SO economical.
There are many shades which are
very becoming after fifty but they are
not the vivid shades that make for
smartness and chic in youth. Cerise
should be avoided as the plague
bright green's also. Likewise yellows
and browns. After the hair has turn
ed gray brown should not be worn at
all, although the woman who has
brown eyes and dark brows may
sometimes venture upon pale yellows,
Old blues are becoming: prunes and
plums are almost invariably SO and
there are certain shades of rich. soft
green which are charming, when used
sparingly. A very smartly dressed
woman in the Aston corridor the other
afternoon wore a tailored suit of
black and white striped serge. the
white stripe but a suggestion on the
black surface, and with this black
and white suit went a black and white
chlHon blouse. white gloves, trim
patent leather boots with buttoned
cloth tops-and black velvet toque
with a willow green ostrich feather at
one side. That one touch of green.
soft and subdued though the color
was, made the whole costume indi-
vidual and chic and the pretty green
feather harmonized we'll with the iron
gray hair and dark eyes OF Its wearer
The color standbys of the woman
over fifty, however, are black and
white--a very different matter from
all black. and certain shades of gray.
Smoke and pearl grays are usually
f1attering to middle age. Gun metal
Is always distinguished when repre-
scented in handsome materials. Taupe
Is possible sometimes, and when the
complexion Is still fair and the hair
gray or white blue-lavenders may be
combined happily with the gray Co.'S
tunes. The evening gown pictured Is
most distinguished harmony in gray,
black and white tones, and while es-
sentially simple in line, has the dignity
and distinction that are proper. The
trailing skirt IS Of black charmeuse
and is gracefully draped about the
feet the tip OF dainty black kid
buttoned boot peeping from under tho
soft draperies. This question Of length
in the older woman's dress Is vital
one.- Too short q gown will rob the
stateliest woman Of dignity and after
fifty all indoor and formal costumes
should have skirts a. long as can be
worn with comfort. It 10 much better
to have the gown drag all around and
lift 1t slightly with the hand as one
walks than to have It escape the noor
by an inch or two-so far ~ grace
| and dignity are concerned.
Over the black charmouse skirt Of
the evening gown under consideration