New Britain herald., 1914-08-26

nigh on the SnOulderS, very LOW Ut back and front, and frill outlined.
 Silk brocade tissue In lemon shade Is draped from the left shoulder of this bodice, two of it's ends being caught together under the left arm with a rhinestone buckle. This leaves a pair of extra corners falling loosely below the waist at back and front, making points extending to the hips.
 Here is where ribbon--an acknowl- edged trimming of the season-makes it's entrance upon the scene. A very effective entrance it Is, too, for as an inch wide strand in lemon velvet 1t and affords precisely the amount of weight needed to hold the points in place.
 Only One Color Employed.
 Lemon is the only color used In this gown, but because it appears in three materials of distinctly different weave transparent, silken and sheered- there are as many different tones. The model is good when tulle takes the place of chiffon, and any one of imagination can see it's charm in all- black or in palest gray.
 Mentioning gray brings to mind q marvellous creation in theater gowns. Like many demi-toilets, it has round skirt-ideal for the dansant- which in this instance Is in chiffon. Instead of being hem finished about the feet, it is gathered in a narrow band-scarcely more than a piping of gray satin. Do not fancy that this treatment hobbies" the skirt. It does not. But it makes fetching undulating effect which has the ad- ditional charm of novelty. Four-inch wide gray satin ribbon, slightly gath cred to the skirt at intervals between hips and knees produces tier effect which is novel because at these sides these strands are dropped to form deep points.
 The same idea is continued in the gray satin waiscoat, which. very short at the sides where it overlaps the chif- ion bodice, runs under narrow girdle of satin ribbon and. extended far over the hips, forms sharp points at either side of it's button fastenings.
 But for those buttons the waistcoat
 
 ed above the belt line as a substantial foundation for the filmiest of gray bodices. ..
 It has, however full length bishop sleeves and a wired but rather nar- rowly flaring collar deeply va in front. The sleeves and color make this gray gown exactly the sort of halfway costume which every woman needs during the intermediate season. 1t will serve excellently Tor theater premiere or for an afternoon dance.
 A Blue and Pink Blending.
 Blue and pink are exquisitely blend ed in a demi-toilet of rose colored chiffon. The rose satin slip is yelled with tunic, which, closely pleated over the shoulders into the narrowest of straps, blouses against satin gir- dle whose high pointed fronts are di- vided by a cluster of deep pink roses. From the waist the tunic, separating slightly above the knees falls in full nipples because trifle caught up far below the hips at the sides. Deeply bordering 1t Is design in turquoise beads, shade repeated in a necklace falling against a peasant shirt in rose tulle which fills in the frill-defined decolletage of the tunic.
 Unlike the original peasant shirt, this one in tulle has long and tight sleeves While not concealing an atom of the arms. they veil them from shoulder to wrist, and hence this love- ly creation cannot be regarded as a dinner gown. 1t is useful for many occasions other than for formal din- ing.
 Scarfs Drapcd in Novel Fashion.
 Scarfs are draped to chiffon demi- toilets in particularly novel fashion. The scarf must be in lace, else it will not show to the advantage that 1t does in model of all-black. The bodice, starting under the arms and swung from the shoulders by the narrow vel- vet straps, is joined to the matching skirt, which, almost touching the floor at back, is drawn toward the front and there caught up to show the insteps
 Two deep flounces in chiffon widely