Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05

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Though it wasn't from a lack
OF husband or of other garments
rare.
But being brunette,
She looked a silhouette,
Till she stepped into a taxi and
turned fare.
New York, July s." Mrs. Black is
backl" Rose madder, pearl gray,
Olive green, and all the other useful
ladies will have to take back seat
after their prismatic color riot of the
spring and early summer. All black
gowns and hats have come into or
rather onto their own again. 1t is
time a touch of white around the de-
cided deeollete eorsage livens most of
them up as if with a high light 1t
tends to soften the severe contrast of
the plain black against the skin. Soft
charmeuse and filmy crepe are the ia
vorite materials for the graceful draped
black gowns, but taffeta is smart for
the little trOteur suits and frOeks.
A lovely crepe meteor of lustrous
Dldth mas u lOOoG BlOuHt hdlHl Nul Ntl1
low and V-shaped as to neck. A ruff
of white tulle outlines the cut out and
rears its airy fluting stiffly around the
back of the neck la Catherine de
Medici. The bodice is dropped well
down off the shoulders and graceful
full sleeve of the white net is set on
the low shoulder line. A wide black
sash girdles the gown and is fashioned
in the back like japanese obi. The
skirt, draped up on both sides with the
ubiquitous slits, reveals a generous
glimpse of taupe silk hose and high
seeled patent kid colonial pumps buc-
kled in ct jet The taupe stockings
by the way are pleasing fad of the
moment They have the effect of be-
ing decidedly diaphanous stockings of
black silk, the taupe shade Stimulating a
degree of sheerness quite impossible for
fast black stocking to attain.
The transparent sleeve is another in
nOvatiOn gaining widespread popular
ity these fervid days. They are of
chiffon or net and found in all and
every sort of gown. So easily are they
seen through that You can t have any
thing up your sleeve any more. Black
chiffon sleeves in an ebon chameuse
creation are especially lovely. With a
Chantilly lace fichu over white chiffon
draping the low neck of this gown and
a huge flat hat of black erin yelled in
the inevitable net the whole dusky eff
feet is most artistic. The net manu-.
facturers are certainly netting enorm-
GUS profits this season.
Black and white striped costumes
strikingly zebraesque in motif are run.
ming the all blac kcostumes close sec.
ond. 1t is merely a question of the
running at that whether the zebra
frocks are fit for fat fair females or
smart and suitable for slender sylphs.
Running up and down these striped
gowns are guaranteed to reduce the
portly person at least a pound a stripe
while draped horizontally around
beanpole figure it Immediately assumes
the proportions of pudge.
A last concession to the gorgeous
tints of Futurist ilk is seen in the wide
sashes of vivid plaid taffeta worn with
bolerO suits of black taffeta. Wrap.
ped in the plaid and crowned with a
tam-O'shanter of black net you look
already for highland fling and alto.
gether clannish and "hoot monish. -
To bead or MOTTO bead that Ms the
question. One quaint black from worn
at the recent international polo match
was all over embroidered in red and
green beads in pattern Of crimson
ramblers climbing over lattices. II
was worn by slender debutante and
seemed a trifle ornate for such youth.
full charms.
A peasant bodice cut out square to
the bust line and filled in with folds
OF soft chiffon or net is gradually win.
ning by neck over the pointed decol.
lete. As with all necks, whether round.
square or V.shaped it has its omnipres.
ent ruche of pleated lace or net, and
an original note on some Of these gowns
shows a fall Of lace in the middle Of
the back from the outstanding de Medi.
ei ruff-a jabot worn behind.
A military cape is the newest cloak
for travelling, It is comfortable and
smart at the same time and can he
worn over a gown, a suit or even a FIJI.
my evening toilette In cadet blue
lined in scarlet and with a CLEAN of
brass buttons it is truly dashing enougb
for fashion s vivandiere,
AS black as your hat is no idle
phrase nowadays The blacker Tho
smarter, and all are trimmed in fluted
t9lle aud tufts of black Paradise or
Numidie. In spite of the triumph Of
art over nature in the matter of arti.
ficial flowers lovely woman still in.
sists on having feather in her car.
HE FOUND OUT.
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