The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-12

Evening gown of gray satin and tulle
trimmed with geometrical lines of
bead embroidery.
a if women intended to be demure
and then could not resist the tempta-
tion to show the public that they were
not really demure after all.
Making Gray Brilliant.
Teke, as an example, the method of
treating gray. AS a tradition, gray
is a difficult color to take out of the
elias OF doves. misty moonlight and
leaden skies. The designers of today,
however, show their skill by diSre-
garding such traditional ideas and
turning a gray gown into something
quite as seductive as an Egyptian
dancer might have worn before an
ancient king of the desert Swirling
masses of tulle attra ctively cut to
fling themselves against the figure,
and interlacing bands of crystal en-
broidery arranged to give artistic
movements to the body as the wearer
walks. combine to make up a frock
that no Quaker could have had in
the house. let alone adopt. Priscilla
Alden and all who came after her
would have looked with horror at
sue a frock, altho it was made of
Quaker gray and had not a touch of
other color against it.
The same kind of treatment is ac-
corded black and white The world
may give it's consent to sober colors
and conservation of material but
there is not the least disposition shown
to present a sober aspect or to create
gowns that look as though they be-
long to desolate times.
If you like gray, now is your chance
to wear it, for it is not necessary to
puzzle the brain to it's suitability
TO your peculiar coloring. There are
ways of keeping it from the face, and
=. lii, Il
though it were the best color that
you could possibly wear.
Oxford gray in what is known as
the silver tone, is running a strong
race for favoritism in one-piece frocks
and street suits. especially the latter.
It may have a bit of creWel embroid-
cry dashed against it's surface and a
flap of burnt orange lining that re-
veals itself now and then, Just to
keep the gown from being as cheer
less as a sky before sleet.
There are gray crepe de chine
gowns for the afternoon, tulle ones
for the evening and velvet ones with
the silver surface of a maple leaf in
wind. There are cut steel. silver
and gray rhinestone ornaments that
may be placed on evening gowns, and
there is no objection to dashing jet
against the smoke gray of a velvet
frock. which may be finished with
pockets of dyed gray lace and long
sleeves of this lace caught into the
wrists with silver ribbon.
Bands of Beads.
There is one remarkably lovely
gray satin evening gown which has
bands of gray beads so interlaced over
its surface that a man who observed
a woman in the gown said she looked
like a railroad engineers map. 1t is
shown in the sketch. The narrow
skirt is cut in the deep points that
have been accepted as one of Frances
special novelties for the season. and
the bodice is but a girdle of tuIle
and satin held in place by these many
bands of bead embroidery. There are
two bands of this ornamentation
around the waist, one over each Shout
der and too many to count on the
skirt They outline each point of the
petal-lke skirt and keep it clinging
closely to the gray covered ankles.
The Most With Cabbage.
Apparently we may eat cabbages
with a clear conscience, and not feel
that We are thwarting Mr.. Hoover's
ulans in the least if we take second