Evening star., 1915-12-19
Picked Up Here and There,
Continued from Seventh Page.)

embroidered in silver, with the bodice
made of satin and pointed in the front
in quaint bygone fashion. The skirt
full, and was banded on the hem with
broad silver ribbon. The undersklrt
was of fine silver lace. The sleeves
were long tulle ones held at the wrists
with rhinestone bands, while a court
train of failIe fell from the shoulders.
Miss Baird's costume was further en-
hanced by antique diamond pendant
earrings. She carried a white bouquet.
The debutante's mother was impres.
sive in a frock the foundation OF
which was of coral colored satin, over
which was draped gold lace, and above
this was French blue tulle. The gown
was cut short around the foot, but nao
a court train of blue satin and goIa @
sleeves were of fiesh-colored tulle to
the elbows and the gloves were of the
same shade. Her slippers were of cloth
of gold.
The assembly ball Friday evening
was the usual brilliant gathering of
the Chicago great
Hard IN wearer. worId-if such
democratic COM
of the Big Gems. munity as ours
can be said to have such an institution,
says the Chicago Tribune. All the
women who go to the assemblies make
it a point to wear their smartest, new
est frocks and their brightest Jewels.
Speaking of jewels, one large firm
saws that never in the whole history of
the establishment has it made the sales
that it has this winter. From this dis
tance war brides" and such sequences
are rather disgusting. American Wom-
en- decked out in the profits from the
sale of munitions are a sickening spec
tacle.
From Dan to Beersheba is no longer
a distance than our folk can manage
to travel in the
Must Be Another sartorial world
for they can wear,
Side to Picture. with quite the
same amount of ease. smart sporting
things and imported creations Tor
evening wear. says a writer In the Los
Angeles Tribune.
do believe that American women, as
a class, are the only women in the
world who can strike happy average
in this matter.
French women-why does one never
bother to speak of Italians. unless it be
that the smart ones are in French
clothes-French women look quite too
ultra to be happy in real out-of-door
things. They try, but they always
have a way of looking bit trussed
up like plump little turkeys ready for
service.
remember clever old English
grand dare, who had visited at the
Duchess oil So and Sos. telling me of
their hunting parties twenty years
ago, wnere the guests We'd with their
entertainers in seeing who uncon- !
sciously could look the worst.
She said that as that party of dozen
or so of the elite of England started
to hounds the smartly uniformed
servitors. groomed to the last degree.
positively smiled behind their hands as
the group started of.
But to return to the doing over of
houses, in which there is almost more
of fascination
A Practical Den than in building
outright. Mr.. and
Tor Fatner. Mrs Henry H. Por-
ter. who bought the conover house on
North State street, are planning to
add a workshop where Mr.. Porter may
indulge his obsession for mechanics.
SAYS the Chicago Herald. This shop
will be over the garage and connected
with the house by glass passageway.
Though the house is still in a more
or less unfinished condition inside
charming blue living room has been
ho1
be added. as the vacant lot now hold
ing the tennis courts gives plenty OF