South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-20
THE Touch Of THE
FAIRY GODMOTHER
Dancing Frocks, Gay and Amaz-
ing in Color and Style, Make
PrinCeSSeS Out of Cinde-
reIIaS.
BY CORINNE LOWE.

We may perhaps wear last winters
dinner gown; we may even without
overpowering embarrassment shift
along with last winters suit; but
when it comes to the dance frock Of
this present year we can listen TO no
arguments of economy No, this
gown must be new, or if not we are
bound 10 feel like some Cinderella
whose garments have not yet been
touched by the wand of the fairy
godmother.
The fact of it is that by the dance
frock only do we measure the COM
plete distance which we have come
from the styles Of last year. Danish
ed are the unbroken lines of the
gown of 1912. and in their place the
flaring calyX-like tunic. or the skirt
a-ripple with hounces, asserts the
charm and daring Of Poiret's famous
minaret idea.
Take. first of all. the matter of
trimming. This is fanciful. diversi-
fed, yet insistent upon one theme
sparkle and splendor. Hardly is
there such a thing as an untrimmed
lamp-shade tunic. Each one is a web
of lace on which is spun a design of
iridescent beads, or bands of rocco
roses, OF a sunburst pattern Of white
beads. At the very least the wire of
the tunic is defined by a string of
beads, or a garland of flowers, or a
quilting of silk.
Gold Tracery Favored.
OF all trimmings. gold hand-em-
broidery or the tracery of metal
thread through the fabric of the
tunic Is probably the most effective.
Another very much favored emphasis
of contrast is found in the ubiqui-
tous fur which, outlining the wired
hO6iRQ
latest of all TO appear is the band
ing of ostrich feathers shaded to the
colors of the gown
Not all of the dancing gowns, how
ever, depend for charm and variety
upon the mere application of trim
ming. Very often the effectiveness of
the gown relies entirely upon the fas-
cinating combinations of color, which
in this domain is given absolute
sway.
For example. in one of the Fifth
av. windows. is a little gown of blue
charmeuse with a tunic of white net
failing in two rufiles that show
scarcely any hint of the wired edge.
Beneath the tunic is girdle-not
of the blue charmeuse which you eX-
pect, but of blue net. OF aatouch of
trimming any place Yet the combi-
nation of material and the simplicity
of color is sure to make the eyes Of
Miss sixteen ear-Old Phyllis dance
with visions of how she would like to
look at her first party.
Amazing Color Schemes.
Never before certainly have we wit
messed any such startling comb ina-
lions of color as in the dancing
frOcks Of this season. There are light
blue TUNES. mated with deep purple
girdles. and there are pink tunics
reconciled with the same shade.
There are royal blue draperies with
more than a whisper of green, and
f-"ro - dehutHnte's dancing frock
the ruffles Of which are alternately
s,--4K ana blue-seeming, however, TO
merge so softly that one thinks of
sunset cloud. Mustard yellow a
popular shade this season. is asserted
in many of the dance frocks, and
while it undoubtedly challenge; the
ordinary pink and whiteness of
young girlhood it is POLITICALLY becom-
ing TO the woman whose hair is
brown and whose skin has that rare
pearl-like pallor. OF all the exquisite
combinations of color shown in even
Ing gowns, however, the most arrest
ing is that of yellow and green. What,
for instance, can be more lovely than
this lamp-shade tunic of green chif-
fon, shading as it does the taper-like
skirt of yellow? II is the minaret
thesis developed to it's most lovely
and romantic conclusion.