The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-04
DRESS AND SUGGESTIONS ANNE .,lssa,n.p.. FOR WOMEN

The new French red which is named
 after fire will be used at any time of
 the day in several weaves of cloth.
 New York, September s.-It is quite
 natural that the French should devise new shade of red and call 1t ineendie.
 There has been enough conflagration within the French borders and they have seen enough of fire for three years to make them dream of it at night, think
 of 1t in the day, weave it into their fao- rics and paint it on their canvases. Bruce Bairnsfather, the trench car
 .oonist in the British army, has "a nous picture which he drew on the walls
 of his dugout, showing man asleep III cot with an immense German shell headed straight for his face Beneath l it he has inscribed, My Dream for Years to Come"
 | There is no doubt that -conflagration will be the dream of all the French for
 decades to come. Wherever they turn
 they see red, actually as well as emo- tionally. Therefore they have embodied 1 their dream in fabric which is exactly | the red of flames.
 l It is in homespun, cloth, chiffon, tulle, satin and velvet If all the women
 were to adopt it in this country because
 1t is the first fashion in colors, it would
 look as though a nationwide conflagra-
 ton had started here.
 | Best For the Evening | Young girls will adopt this brilliant l tone for street costumes and we shall l see a great deal of it at the country
 clubs at the races and at the other out
 door sports which will in all probability
 go on this autumn even if they are re- stricted afterward.
 l Older women, however, should limit 1 the use of this color to evening gowns l or wraps and it might be wise for them to narrow it down to an accessory A fan, a scarf, a pair of slippers, girdle,
 may be all they can manage in such flaming red.
 Every face and figure is not conform able to this striking color. Several years ago, when that shaee was in fashion Tn a minor way in France and America, the artistic. designers yelled it with an odd shade of gray blue that was picked out
 with dark blue and silver embroidery.
 
 fon would be used, or an immense gr- dle of it, and the gorgeousness of the red would be instantly toned down to suit able piece of coloring for anyone
 Lace Tinted Green The newest kind of dinner gown that France and America will probably adopt | this season is shown in the sketch to- day.
 It Is made of 'incende" liberty satin | lined with white chiffon which shows 1 in huge collar that ripples around the neck without a sharp outline. The long, | tight sleeves reach over the hand, and so far, the gown Is simple. | But to give the color combination that l is striking, but dangerous. the designer 1 has used an underskirt with short train of valenciennes lace tinted in a | pale sea green tone
 | The fan is made of the lace mounted l on white ivory sticks, for fans, you
 know, are to be frequently used this
 winter as an aid to the color scheme of ! every evening costume.
 | Outside of the color scheme, the fash l ioning of this frock Is of exceeding in | terest to Americans in war time. There | is an argument going on now among 1 dressmakers and fashionable wornen as | to the propriety of the deep decolletage ! at a time like this. No one believes that the regulation evening attire will be foresworn by everyone for all oc- ] ca sions but there is a feeling that for
 dinners, the theatre and other affairs of l less importance than balls and the opera, there will be return to the gown which is high at the back and low I in the front