The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
DAZZLING ARRAY OF FASHIONS
 AT SHOW

With fashions more dazzling and striking than Boston has ever seen before and symphony Hall packed with an appreclatiye audience, the Boston Fashion show Tuesday night made is debut in a first scmi-annual performance.
 Little old New England has peo- pie that are better dressed and =penp more for their clothes than the SO called ultra fashionable New York. Good style and excellence in work manship are the heritage of New Eng land, and it is no poor policy for wo- men of fashion to patronize their neiEhboring manufacturers.
 Walter W. Battis, director-manaEer opened the programme with these words. Mayor Peters was the speaker of the evening, being introduced by David J. Goldberg. executive secre- tary Of the Boston Dress and Waist NIanufaCturer's Association. The May or welcomed the attending buyers, manufacturers, merchants, and styl- ists and declared that Boston was proud of the position as a clothing centre in which their industry had placed her
 StraiEht-line effects in street cos tunes were the hit of the evening. So straight were the silhouettes in fact, that they caused little gasps of astOnishment, and frequent and pro lOnged hand-cIappings were accorded pretty Miss Florence Berlo, the girl swimmer. and Miss Beatrice Walker when they swung nOuchalantly down the runway swathcd in faultlessly fi-- ting blue tricotine, with elaborate scroll braiding and large pockets. inc sole redocming features of the ab- solute severity of their tight-fitting garments.
 The famous s1OOO bridal gown was well worth keeping locked up in safe. as 1t has been with the Frank Costume Company since its creation by Miss Grace Diaz. Featuring the new round neck capc-ColIar. which hung down into a square train. the robe was of duchess satin with the new pannier back. and it's front hid den by tier ruffles of mis-icst silk chantiIly lace. There were the couveu- tiou1l long, tight bridal sleeves and the Browning veil of silk net that was carried by tiny StGsia Kirby. clad in ruffIed pink net, was one of tho most striking features.
 Edged in chanuTy, # had in front only a. high crown of orange bI0z- sons and draped itself from mar rower circIct of the buds which came across the side and back of the coif- Ture- II had the fish-tau train which extended far beyond the square satin train of the gown itself.
 A gown that was literally sewcd to- gether with tiny Freuch-blue rose buds was the pink net creation over cloth of silver that the bridesmaid
 wore. The skirt was ruffIeJ in tines and a pink net hat plumed in blue to match the fIower-stitchiuS completed the outfit
 Suits have brown as their predon- mating color and are elabOratcIy Iur- coHarcd and cuffed. Heutrope in du- vetyn is a luxurious new fall and win fer tone developed in a suit for a white-haEed woman and is even more striking in combination with gray hair than lavendar or purple.
 Hats still have crowns or brim- facings done in metal embroidery. but velvet, especially in brilliant coIorinE, is featured and is invariably accom- panied with r..mes.
 Battle negliEecs after Russian art lines were prominently featured, and came in harmOnizinE pastel shades of wierd fanciful designs that caught the eye.