The Washington herald., 1914-03-02
IMPORTANT FEATURE
OF EVENING GOWN
Skirt Should Be Trimmed with Tulle
or Lace or Else It Should
Be Draped.

Inc important feature In the new even-
ing gown II the cut of the skirt. Unless
| the skirt is tuniced with tuIIe or lace. II
must be draped. the drapery being drawn
upward at the back in the new hustle
suggestion, or crossed I'm Oriental style
IN front to reveal the dancing slipper and
silk stocking. The woman who makes
her own evening gown will find the bod
Ices easy TO build for evening bodices are
almost negligible In their transparency
and abbreviation: but unless she has
deft fingers and an excellent pattern, the
skirt viii baffie her efforts. At this sea-
son, when the spring fashions are coming
over from Paris. and II is yet too early
to decide definitely on the street tailIeur
and utility frock of silk for general sum-
mer wear. there Is opportunity TO pro-
vide an evening gown or two for wesr
at the late winter affairs and to do duty
through the summer at club dances.
weekend sociabilities and so on
Evening gowns for the months between
now and October will be patterned on
the models just put out by the great
French houses and although there has
been no radical change in evening FASH
ions. one or two salient features will pro-
claim the new dancing or dining gown a
modern creation and not a leftover from
the winter season
The trend Of trimming toward the back
Is one OF these important style-changes.
Instead Of being looped up at the front
OF the waist line and punched out with
an Oriental sash at the front, the smart
evening gown Of the new season is looped
up toward the back and is very apt to
have an enormous bow at the back Of
the waistline, or even between the shoul-
ders. Many OF these big bows are of
tulle in butterfly effect and II must be
confessed the effect Is more youthful and
piquant than the Oriental drspery accen-
tuating the curves at the front OF the
figure below the waistline-
BustIe. Inevitable.
The vogue OF the hustle, which was re-
introduced by Bremet some months ago
and aroused excited protest or tolerant
amusement, according to the way Pre-
NETS innovation was regarded, seems to
have been established. and many Of the
new dancing frocks fer summer have
more than a hustle suggestion" Bona
fide bustles. made of padded silk, with
trimming frills of lace. are furnished by
the couturiers for wear with their new
models. looped up in bouffant effect at
the back. OF course these hustle gowns
require a new carriage for the debutant
slouch combined with the pustie back
would be a combination requiring the
ability of an acrobat. and the en8et of
such a combination Is too absurd to con-
template with seriousness.
One of the prettiest OF the new hustle
effects is shown in a tango rrock of
sweet-pca taffeta-the new pussy willow
taffeta as II Is called-as scft as messa-
line In its drsping quality. This charm
ing little frock has a slender. very
slightly drsped skirt and a very bouf-
FAINT tunic, gathered in at the lower
edge under a wide double box pleating
OF the silk. The front Of this tunic
falls only a few inches pesow the waist
line, while the back extends almost to
the knees. a great deal of the gathering
being pushed toward the back to give a
bouffsnt effect below the waistline.
More extreme is a dancing frock OF
wistsris tinted tango crepe, which Is
looped up at the back in a frankly bus
tied effect resembling the old-fashioned
''puil-back' Of the eighties. A drapery Of
wide lace above a sash of violet silk
forms the bodice, which is extremely
decollete. showing the back almost to
the waistline. The lace is draped over a
tulle foundation, which has tiny sleeve
lets edged with violets. Buttoned strap
slippers of wistaria satin match this
frock. All dancing slippers are fastened
across the instep with laced ribbons or
buttoned straps initiating the crossed
lacings of the cothurn. An unfastened
slipper these days may mean a bad tum-
BILE and perhaps a sprained ankle, and
many women dance in buttoned boots
OF satin matching the front Such boots
are OF course Of the dsintiest type, with
thin turned soles and Louis heels, the
buttoned boot being matched exactly
with silk stockings so that the boot,
behind the slashcd dancing skirt is ex-
Quisitcly trim and pretty.