The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12

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 the boudoir Is the lovelies
 2 A frame for beauty. after all with its pale, satin hung walls, it, ivory toned furniture and its chaise. tongue heaped with fairy cushions se- lected artfully to form the most har- monious background for her negli- gees.
 This entrancing frame for beauty costs small fortune all in itself; in- deed the furnishings of a modern boudoir, the wage of the accom- plished maid who presides over it and it's accompaniment of exquisite negli- gees, peignoirs, fascinating sacques and caps; and these luxurious weara- bles in themselves represent a sum that would dress an average woman richly and well for an entire year.
 Perhaps the loveliest of all the lovely teagowns pictured, Is the trail ing model of brocaded crepe and Ori- ental lace, the two fabrics blending into each other in a classic harmony of line. The crepe is faint jade green in tone and the lace cream -colored The tasseled scarf of tulle which out lines the neck and falls in a straight end at the back is 8 mixture of jade green and orchid tints and the tassels are silver. These heavy silver tassels pulling down the tulle scarf in straight lines, help to give the negligee its wonderful classic grace. The cream lace drapery which forms the upper part of the garment is appliqued to the jade brocade and the heavier fabric drags down the filmy lace ir the sweeping lines pictured. Under the cream lace is a lining of cream net.
 Negligees Arc Longer Than Frocks.
 There are a few saucy boudoil gowns with fiaring, abbreviated skirts but not many. The unwritten law of the boudoir gown is that it shall be long and sweeping and graceful rather than short and saucy, and most of the teagowns and pegnoirs con- form to this unwritten law. Only one of the pictured negligees escapes the floor and this one falls well over the ankle. It is a coat and skirt combi- nation of accordion pleated chiffon in the palest yellow shade, trimmed with particularly dainty French lace showing little rose clusters on a fine net ground. Rather unusual in a neg hgee are the long. plain chiffon sleeves finished with lace frills at the wrist; these give suggestion of fornality to the garment not altogether consist ent with it's character as a lounGine gown; but the long sleeves are un- usual and chic--and one must have novelty.
 The chiffon coat is pleated only at front and back. the material being plain under the arms where the coa, slopes sharply upward to the hip. An invisible belt of ribbon at the hip Is caught to the coat on each side, hold ing 1t in against the figure while pleated front and back hang perfectly straight from the shoulder. Silk stockings and slippers match the pale yellow negligee and the cap is fetch ing cioche shape trimmed with little rosettes of pale lavender ribbon.
 In Pale Pink or Blue.
 The pretty teagown trimmed with silver lace and draped most gracefully with wide ribbon sash, was designed for a spring rousseau and in the orig inal was shell pink in color. The model would be equally charming in pale blue, and the woman who means to make for herself a fetching week. end negligee will find this tea gown simple and easy one to follow. First. there is an underslip of accor- dion pleated liberty silk which is mounted on a yoke of flesh pink net that extends below the armpits. Over this p1eated slip-which you will note sweeps the floor-goes the dainty coa. of chiffon or Georgette crepe. This is pintucked by hand entirely across