The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
The Train Sweeps In Dignity Across Fashion Stage Skirts Are Short, Full and Fluffy With Frills -- Silver Lace and Tissue Lends Its
 Moonlight Clean To Evening Attire.

waist as a separate adjunct. A Worth reception gown worn by one of the ladies of the Cabinet has a train which is the elongation of a sleeveless bolero of yellow and silver brocade, the bolero coming across the bodice in two narrow straps, held by big vel low gauge rose, and extending down. ward at the back from the under-arm seams in a straight, soft weight of brocade which drags on the floor in little train. The skirt of this gown Is Of silver lace in three ruffies; the bodice of white lace has flowing sleeves below the elbow. Another notable train was part of the cos tune worn by young New York matron visiting in Washington in Jan- uary. This was the oldest and most original train yet, and one did not need tc be told the costume came from Premet. The frock, very short and f1aring, was of yellow tulle yelled with brown dotted yellow tulle. A band of seal fur, very narrow, out lined the edge. The decolletage al- most reached the waistline at the back, but from shoulder to shoulder. over the bare neck. stretched a jew eled ornament which supported an extremely tall collar of brown tulle. the frill towering higher than the ears behind the head. Below the lew eled band trailed two streamers of brown tulle, past the waistline, past the hip, past the knee, past edge of frock to trail on the floor a dozen inches or so. During the dance, these long tulle streamerS were brought around, below the arms and tossed back over the shoulder, their ends floating behind their wearer.
 Floating Laces Replace Sleeves.
 Few women have arms beautiful enough to dispense entirely with sleeves. New Workers do not seem to have discovered this. That Wash ington women have is proved by the graceful devices that replace sleeves when sleeves are absent. Lace is draped in a number of ways to veil but not hide the arm; sometimes there are long sleeves of tulle, banded at the wrist; again wing sleeves of tulle float about the arms and shoulders. Several evening gowns have shown scarves of lace, caught at the back of the bodice and looped partly over the arm to veil the section of arm between shoulder and elbow that is not always beautiful. One woman whose otherwise flawless arms are marred by ugly elbows, wears sleeve less evening gowns with tulle draped low to reveal the upper arm but hide the elbow. One of her evening gowns. brilliant affair of tulle sewn with crystal paillettes has sleeves made of crystal bead fringe. so arranged that the strands sag downward ito show the upper arm but fall in solid effect over the bend of the elbow.
 Lace has been used most charm ingly to veil the arms in a little dance frock in Parry pink. Parry uses so many tints and tones of pink that al- most any shade of pink might be called Parry pink, but this frock really comes from Parry so it's par ticular pink is vouched for. The un- derskirt is of pink Georgette crepe and over this is an overskirt of rather stiff and heavy brocade, with wide, curving stripes in pink and silver on a paler pink ground. The weight of the silk holds it out from the soft crepe underskirt and the cut of the overskirt, bringing the waved stripes in diagonal lines is very clever. Lit tie bows of pink velvet are set down the front and the draped girdle is of the same pink velvet. Above this vel vet girdle is little sleeveless guimpe of flesh pink chiffon, but a quantity of wide, creamy lace is looped over the arms and shoulders.
 Little bowknots and rosebuds scat