Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07

Flowers are blooming in artificial
splendor, frills and ilounces and furbe-
lows arc decking the lawns of all the ooun-
try places, large and small. For We have
with US season ol old-fashoned love-
liness, of Old World charm and quaint
ness suddenly transported To a modern
country club scene one would rub one 8
eyes and murmur "Wherc are the sport
ing women of yester year, So, all are
feminine and graceful and soft and floun-
cIful these hot-w Gather daysl
Crowds are larger this year, so 1t is re-
ported Places on trains and boats are
at premium and sometimes the only
thing 10 do is TO remain III town in self
defense. In spite of the fact that servants
are scarce and prices are high. the throngs
escaping the heat are everywhere filling
up hotels and country places. The weather
too. IS lending it's sanction to the masses
OF lovely flowers dumped on wide-brim-
med, shading hats. the streamers of bright
ribbons and the lace furbelows that be-
deck the summer wardrobes. Fashionable
women look as though they had stepped
out of picture book, so fresh and crisp
are the clothes they wear The general
effect OF an afternoon gathering OF 3
country club or smart hotel Is one OF
gayety carried out to the last detail OF
color and design.
The American woman has not COM
promised one bit as to length of sleeves
and length of skirt. She has allowed the
line to be as bravely abbreviated as
was necessary to give a smart effect
She has lifted her skirts far above any
modest limitation, and in dong SO has
achieved a picturesqueness for her sum
mer silhouette that has not been rlvaled
in many warm seasons. The stockings
that go with these lifted skirt hems are
the most beautiful OF all, for they are
made Of lace, of mere wisps Of transpar-
ency, of grays and taupcs and tans and
so on And the shoes that 20 with them
are of light suede as soft as a glove. They
help the whole effect of summeriness
enormously.
The summer evening gowns lean to
lace. There are those of cream and white
lace, those of laces dyed in all tones
to match the chiffons and nets with which
they are made Lace is really good style
Just now, so that the handsomest things
being done are of this expensive material
And most of the smart lace evening gowns
are of the real variety.
There are many evening gowns of
draped chiffon, and their chief charm
lies in the originality of the draping.
And much has been done with the coll
ors. Sometimes as many as three colors
will be combined in one frock. One frock
Of this character seen last week at a coun-
try club dance was made Of gray and blue
and cerise chiffon punched together and
draped in miraculous fashion. There was
no telling where the fold began nor ended
or where the colors were placed. Some
times the cerise was foremost and some
times the gray. Even the eye of an ex-
pert could not tell how or by what me ans.
that artist designer had achieved her ends
To make the color scheme even more
Elusive, the girl who wore the gown
had thrown over her shoulders a ruffied,
puffy taffeta cape in light blush green,
toning in with the blue of the chiffon in
the gown. 1t was a study in evening
colors.
A palmer evening gown was made of
a light weight brocaded crepe in a deep
shade of violet. This gown was draped
in one piece from shoulder to hem, and
its only adornment was a wide sash of
heavy black charmeuse heavily fringed
on the ends, tied at the left side, with
streamers hanging some inches below