The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-07

than lovely The merely prett
+ evening dress has gone out o
fashion and every woman wants {,
create sensation with her costume ol
the dance floor. There is a good deal 0
d!lIrence, you know. between bein;
conspicuous on the floor of ballroom
and being conspicuous against its wall
How popular that girl in fame chiffor
is!' you observe, seeing the fam,
draperles whlrl by you time and tim,
again. II the draperies were just or
dinary pale pink chiffon or white tat
feta. very likely you would not motto,
the girl al all-she would be lost in tn,
whirl Of other dancers and other
frocks. II is her costume that stand,
out, not her popularity to the oasua
observer. And there is a good deal oi
psychology in the daring. dashing ball
dress. The demure and modestly
dressed girl must be sought out: the
dashing one in a gorgeous costun,
cannot very well be overlooked
And gorgeous dance costumes are
becoming so prevalent that by and by
il will be the demure little creature
who Is conspicuous. This Is noticeable
in the case OF grey dance frocks. Soft,
simple little affairs in their dove gray
color. they are tremendously effective
against the background Of stronger
cclors-proyided there are not TOO
many OF them at the same dance.
Peacock Dance Frocks the Rage
This year the peacock Is the bird Of
fashion Bluebrds have had TO retire
TO distant bough-nobody wants
Them any more. IL is the splendid
peacock who Is Madam Modes particu-
lar pet and one sees his gorgeous
p.umage everywhere, on wraps, on
blouses. on afternoon costumes and on
dance frocks. He even spreads his
'ail feathers across my lady's boudor
cushions and parades Up and down
ChIniz window hdneIngs The peacock
coIors are especially rich and brilliant,
combining deep blue. green. black.
.Ner bronzy green and Hecks OF pink.
.sh apricot These coloIs are blended
in tmbroider.es OF silk and beads. aud
are sometimes produced by droppng
une layer OF chiffon over another
green over oprlcot auu blue over the
green and stenc,ed touches Of silver.
black ana apricot on The outer layer.
A peacock dance frock FOR Christ.
mas holiday season shows one way OF
using The peacock design and colors
ON an evening costume. These rich
hues are confined 20 panels at either
side OF frock of silver cloth. Panels
10 hlue-green chiffon are dropped at
front and back from decoleiage 10
hem. The embroidered panels are very
heavy with Set and SILK embroidery
thc colors rich deep green. blue.
bronze and apricot. The design does
not exactly reproduce peacock pm-
mage but cleyerlv suggests it The
iet.woightod panels pass up under
graceful sash and seem to be hung
from the shoulder by the straps Of Get
and lrldescent beads This is gor-
geous dance frock indeed and very.
very expensive one Its wearer has
her hair in ;he new bobbed effect. An
NNPtiN eviAtu7e Nah "NlltNe tulN tUett
with long hair; or, n one prefers. a
bobbed attachment OF artificial hair
can be fastened around the head and
the natural hair drawn over % and
coiled at the back with her short
skirts and bobbed hair, the modern
Young woman looks very youthful IN.
dssd--ihe iiappers might almost be
Jealous Of her.
Velvet Dance rrocks statucsque
A velvet dance frock Is a stunning
affair. and is quite the most fashion
able thing one can fox trot in--bu,
one wonders n these velvet costumes
are net uncomfortable for such siren
uous r"-ri Poi rv.r''07'rf rnc''fs .