Evening journal., 1915-01-08
SEE MANY NEW
STYLES ON STAGE
Gowns the Attraction These
Days Rather Than
Drama Plots
CHANTILLY LACE
MOST POPULAR
BY MARGARET MASON.

When they go forth TO sec a play
The ladies. Heaven bless 'em,
Don't care a fig about the plot,
But just the way they dress EN-.
In Act / when the heroine
Leaves husband who's untrue,
They think her leaving gown too
sweet
OF velvet. sapphire blue,
And when she visits Ormonde's fat
AT midnight all alone,
Her Russian suit and sable hat
To them all sins condone-
And when she dies in Act the last
They think just simply grand
Her negligee Of cloth of gold
II always gets a hand
NEW YORK, Jan. SIT really mat
ters not these days whether a drama
is played in two or three acts and
two scenes. the real vital secret Of
iis source is If il be played i'm two
evening gowns, street costume. and
a negligoc. The glass of fashion is
tho opera glass and followers Of
fashion get their latest hints from
behind the footlights.
Among the most striking creations
shown on the New York stage this
winter that have furnished wonderful
copy 10 poor war victims deprived
Of their Paris models. one that has
proved q swooping success and been
fairly pounced upon is worn by Mile.
Dcrziat in the last act of THE
Hawk" II is an afternoon toilette
OF black Chantilly lace over black
satin. Tho skirt is very short with
tho lace draped up in the front a
triile in Turkish trouser effect and
the short undorskirt of the satin FIN
ishod with a fringe of jet. A girdle
of the jet beads twists around .he
waist twice and finishes in front with
two long tasselod ends. Worn over
this lacy ohon frock is a loose hip
lcngth sleeveless coat of black vel
vet banded in sable TO which the long
Chantilly sleeves of the dress add a
fitting complement. A sable muff
and a smart little jet and sable tur-
ban completes the costume
The dramatic life of Madame Nazi-
movas new play. THAT Sort" was
short lived but the memory of her
striking costumes will not soon be
forgotten. One a house gown of
sombro black velvet loose and
straight of line from the long tight
sleeves and the high tight collar
huttoned severely and closely down
the middle OF the front to the waist
line and then hurst omen as If IL had
t,Nt f. 90
skirt To turn back its gay futurist
silk lining and reveal a frothy lace
hounced petticoat Of white.
In Song of Songs Irene Fenwicll
clothes herself in the justly famed
restaurant supper act I'm an adorably
simple but daring frock of silver em-
broiderod lace and cloth of silver. II
rs made sans bodice and sleeves save
for biz of white illusion over each
shoulder Tho loose straight lined
swath Of cloth of silver which
reaches from the bust straight down
TO the hip has It's severity effect by
TWO falls of heavily embroidered
silver lace which form the short an
klc length skirt II is infantle from
the long waist and fluffy skirt down
and the Quintcssenco of worldly
sophstication from its long waist up
TO It's lack of cOrsagc.
The lilac domino that Eleanor
Painter wears in the opera of the
same sarlorial name is delightfully."-
appropriate for a negligee Il is OF
softest lilac hued chiffon with loose
gowing angle sleeves the short skirt
draped up in scallops over lace
pctticoat and finished with a double
ruching OF the chiffon bedecked with
tiny chiffon roses. The same ruch-
ing finishes II up the front and
around the low V shaped neck
In Watch Your Step" among a
perfect swarm Of attractive and ori-
ginal frocks a Persian effect oi
mauve. blue and green chifions leck-
ed with a BIT OF barbaric gold en-
/ broidery here and there and It's
I bright blue sash heavy with gold
fringe is worn by Mrs Castle with
/ q realistic swathing Persian turbau
/ of the peacock hued chiffons topped
with a spray of Paradise feather Ia
rival even a Pasha headcovering. A
/ perfectly huge barrel shaped grand
mothers muf of chinchilla looks out
for her hands while she watches hei
step.