Evening star., 1918-12-02
OI11fereSf to TKI' omen
VELVET USED FOR HOUSE GOWNS

I now, but the women of that day stand
out sharply against the far distane
horizon of history as aspowerful type.
It was beeomtngit to their kind OF phys.
icaF virflity to- wear the rich ana
| heavy fabrics, but It was far mSIo e
important to their physicHh WeA oe-
ine;that they shOSld we9E tine Wea
that kept them warm. foodano ..N Ao1s
and garland that epoch as we ,.H.a Wa11
with poetry and.romAnce,.tt It was Hh0"
" very crude and coarse ef6-
Medievalism Brought Back.
It has been a great disappointment
fo the >I1uuGu. race to- find In tno
plague of influenza and in the oan-
barism of this wHr that some OF tne
cruelties Of medievalism have not de-
parted from the world. We look back
upon that aga, as one fun OF co.o1s
the. clasas,s ofsScyn1bals, thAv eNpsose&s
ton of human passion. unolsclpIlno0
and out in the OPEN but we caiWayo
thought OF it as past; regarded ~
an epoch that was necessary: 70 Ino
progress, Of civilization. but one from
which we werers Qutter HAppy 70 20
separted by several centuNes;
When we came face to face with some
Of it's worst vices during the iast low
wears, we were 46lisanayed: We had q
HACK feeling that the world does not
progress after all, but only moves
aros,nd in cvcles.- coming into the same
social atmosphere every now anu thsn'
Out of the war and out OF the pias
the black feeling lifts. and we look 70
science and to diplomacy 10 Keep US
away from both terrors.
So. when we adopt anything from
nelievaism today. we do It Wilt
something of q shudder, as tnougn
we had come In contact VIII too
many of it's terrors to regard II Wi!n
an agEeeable feeling. And yet, It Is
the return to medfevalism in our
heatIess houses and in our partly
nourtslsed4 bodies which makes us feel
that warmth must be had in the mo
dieyal way by covering the. body with
thick and Opaque fabrics.
Brick Red. a WARN Color.
The women of that fourteenth CEN
tury did not wear pale blue ana PINK
as much as they adopted the stalne6
glass window colors which their su-
preme artists were putting 1nto Ine
churches and c4thedEalS which nave
been the target for hostile shells DUR
ing this war. The women In the con-
xreRation and the saints In the WIN
dows were dressed alike: Purple. deep
red, dark, vivid green, rich violet aAu
sunlight yelloWs were chosen Tor ap !,
pareL- and this season our women Will
choose the same colors for the same
reason. we intend to look. warm, even
thourh we may not feel it..
The gown which is sketched is medi-
eyal in many respects except at the
hips and the arms. Ladies OF the. FOUR
tteentl1- cesttnry could not AFFORD to go
around with short sleeves IN those
stone palaces that were as coIo Inen
a. they- are today in many spots OF
Europe:
The gown itself is of brick red vel
vet, and it hangs in a straight line
from shoulder to ankle. 1t IS girdle$'
but not confined, by sash OF black.
red and gold brocade which does not
end in the conventional manner, oue
ties under a, long,. loose panel of the
velvet which hangs from the under
arm seam nearly to the hem OF the
skirt. There is neekless erect OF req
and gold that outlines the edge OF the
surplice decolletage.