The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

NF all costumes the dance frock M M lends itself most perfectly to w flaring, billowy lines of the sil- NJ houette. So it is at the present mQment that dance frocks are at their loveliest. There is positively no limit to the extent dance frock may go in the way of flare; aAeht, ten, even f1f- teen yards it may rne asure around the hem, if one includes all the points, petal edges and floating squares of fabric that often go to make up this seasons skirt drapery. Yards and yards of tulle, pleated perhaps In over tapping founces, are used for one skirt; many squares of chiffon, caught to the waistband by one point and floating loosely in filmy drapery, for another skirt. In each case there is drop of net or tulle between the outer skirt and the foundation of silk so that the frock may have the airy, semi-transparent effect now desirable. Frequently the foundation itself is of diaphanous fabric, shirred over light hoops of featherbone tubing, a founce of lace falling softly around the ankles and showing beneath the bill lowy outer skirt.
 Visible Dancing Petticoats.
 There Is quite fancy. in Paris, for skirts that are tucked up, apparently, to reveal lace petticoats beneath. Of course the petticoat is really a foun- dation skirt edged with lace, and part of the frock itself, but the effect is the same Flowered silks and voiles are used for these tucked up skirts which are panniered and puffed at the hip, or caught up with rosebuds at the knee, the lace "petticoat" beneath showing all around or in sections at either side This effect is observable in the white and silver Priucet dance frock, though the skirt in this instance is tucked up at the hem instead of at knee or hip. This is really a very long skirt and would sweep the floor were it not caught up in festoons at six points giving the edge a wavy outline. Un- der the skirt is a foundation skirt of net distended with featherbone and finished with a fiounce of point d'Alen- con which shows, petticoat- wise in the dance. There Is another important style feature in this Priucet frock; the tight-fitting, pointed bodice which ex- tends below the waistband. Nothing Is quite so smart just now as this close little evening bodice in combi- nation with a flaring, futterng skirt The frock under consideration is all white with silver gleams-white taf- feta with delicate silver thread em- broidery. The skirt is gathered over the hips and at the back, and the gathers are so evenly distributed that they give the effect of tiny pleats The square decolletage and absolute absence of sleeves are also fashionable features. s1
 A dainty little dance frock just com. pleted for Bar Harbor wear, has thi, fitted, pointed bodice with an 1S3t tage-almost falling off at tho shoulders. But the rounded out necl Is partly filled in with tulle tucker and little puffed tulle sleeves are SC in the armholes. This 1890 bodice i of lilac taffeta and has no less thar eight seams, each corded and eacl stayed with featherbone so that tn; little bodice fits like the paper on tn, wall. But the skirt-ah, that pillow and flares If you pleasel Of lilac ant white printed chiffon it is, tucked uI below the hip with many little nose gays of purple flowers end distendec by . monstrous hoop run through {