Evening star., 1914-11-15

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/ VELVET is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A Close Couture and
Flaring N eckwear.
Shirts Worn Short.
Dancing Frocks Sug-
gest Immaturity and
Innocence - Fashion,
able Debutante Has
Several Sets of Furs.
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ECEMBER in New
York is consecrat-
@ @N ed to service for
AH " IA the debutante. All
EI II II ~ the important de-
~ I'd \ butts occur in that
@ @/ month. and fash
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"a ~U 81 portant entertain
HhSI ments to give the
vs. ~ debutantes n right
%~ good time" And
a right good time verify they have, for
tlinner-dances, matinee theater parties
Iuncheons and other festivities crowd
b,ppy and 10 little debN-
tante is kept in constant whirl of
ecstatic excitement. Very often by
Christmas she Is so physically and
mentally exhausted that she has to rest
up and be put in fresh trim for the
remainder of the winter. After Christ
mas she is supposed to be well launched
and takes her place in society as an
established belle. Very often her en-
gagement is announced at the end of
her first brilliant season. and another
winter sees her in the ranks or the
young married women.
The debutante's wardrobe for this
first futter in society is a very Inn
portant matter to herself and to her
mother, the latter realizing how great
" correct yet striking costumes will
help in the coming campaign The de-
butante having been kept for years
in simple schoolgirl raiment, is usually
fairly intoxicated with the delight OF
possessing dozens and dozens or beau
tiful grown-up frocks, hats and wraps.
to say nothing of negliges, and
strong hand over her is necessary to
keep her clothes aspirations within
the bounds of suitability and conven-
tonal correctness
fashionable debutantes are permit
red no jewels. except a ring or two and
uerhaps n dainty brooch. They may
wear a string of pearls, but Ella borate
diamond collars, corsage pins. tiaras
and dangling earrings are for married
women or for unmarried girls who
have left first youth behind and are
in their third or fourth season. This
: quite as il should be, for youth is a
charm which no amount of superb
dressing or bejeweling can improve.
aud youth is the thing which the de-
Lutante's mamma and her modiste seek
to emphasize in all her new belong
ingS.
Her afternoon tailleur may be of
velvet. which is now worn by all ages
of women, but its cut and its style will
style of an older woman's tailleur. The
debutante can wear dashing things,
and dash combined with simplicity of
line is the result aimed at.
For debutante of December has
just been completed a fur-trimmed vel
vet suit for winter afternoon wear
The skirt. set smoothly over the hips
In a deep yoke. has ripple lower part
which flares to four-yard width at
the edge, where a band of skunk adds
richness to the dark green of the vel
vet. This skirt is very short, as are all
the debutante'S winter costumes this
season. and below 1t will be evident
smart little boots of patent leather
with buttoned gaiter tops of fawn-
coIored cloth. With these stockings OF
natural silk will be the correct thing.
The coat of this pretty suit has
1ow-set belt of the velvet, and below
the belt at the back a square coattail