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

front and back, the tucks at the back being twice as long as those in the front so that the line at the back of the coat may be fiat while at the front there is plenty of fullness across the pust. Four groups of pintucks are set III, lower down on the coat and be- meath these groups of tucks passes the sash, of wide liberty ribbon. Note that the pintucks at the front are only a little below the natural waist inc while at the back they are quite below the hip line. This gives the sash its graceful. dragging line from front to back. and the big bow at the back helps in the drag. At the lower edge the coat is sloped up to- ward the front and is bordered with wide silver lace.
 A Scarf Teagown From Paris.
 Also for a spring bride is the French teagown to which a velvet striped scarf gives a most unusual note. This scarf drapery is practical as well as artistic, for it may be drawn up around the shoulders If Milady feels shivery. Essentially French is this charming negligee and the Frenchiest touch is the pleating of narrow lace which edges the trailing foundation skirt of accordion pleated chiffon. This pleated frill peeps under the founce of embroidered net in most coquettish manner. The skirt has two deep flounces of net embroidered in charming festoon effect in cream, pale blue and faint pink silks. Each founce is pleated and the pleating is held in by a frill of narrow lace at the edge. At the back is a straight panel of the embroidered net from shoulder to floor. The coat portion, as the mirrored reflection shows. is ab- solutely simple, falling in straight, loose lines over a slip of flesh colored chiffon. Coat and skirt are joined loosely at a low waist1ine by a band of embroidered net insertion. The sleeves are merely broad strips of embroidered net flung over the arm and caught at wrist and shoulder. Upon this filmy negligee the scarf of velvet brocaded crepe in a vivid, rich hue, drapes itself in lines of peculiar grace. The scarf is weighted by bead tassels at it's lower corners and it's up- per corners are caught to the sleeve drapery. The upper edge is attached to the negligee along the back of the shoulder also.
 Peacock Blue With Chinese Elm
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 An unusual peignoir, filmy in tex ture and with the glinting colors of tho humming-b bird. was shown at a New York opening this month. The material is peacock blue silk mar quisette, green and blue threads cross ing to make the shimmering. change able weave. Two breadths of the ma- terial arc used and are shirred to strips of gold and blue Chinese em- broidery which extend from the neck to a point several inches below the shoulder over each arm. The decol- letage IS cut out in a deep oval in front but is high at the back and all around 1t runs fine gold cord with tassels hanging at the front, below the deep oval. The peacock blue breadtlls are scanned up at either side as far as the hip, where the fullness of the material is caught in. under gold and green ornaments. This peignoir would be admirable also, in rose-col- ored liberty silk with trimmings of silver cord and ornaments and heavy cream Venise lace instead of the Chinese embroidered epaulets on the shoulders.
 Caps New and Alluring.
 There Is always something new in boudoir caps; a fresh idea appears every day. But always the round mob cap style with frill at the edge re- mains the favorite. A new variation of this becoming mob cap Is shown in the model of all-over lace which is made in rather a new fashion. The selvedge edge of the lace forms the