The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-18
Making a Gown For Evening
 Wear
By JANET WINsLOw

ITS high time you were thinking
 about that new evening dress, espe 7 cially f-you are going to make it yourself. And why shouldn't youi Many of the new evening frocks are perfectly straight. There are few snares for the home dressmaker to fall into while styles remain like this. An evening frock is nothing more than q we'll fitting bag. The whole burden ol style is put on the materials from which the gowns are fashioned.
 And what lovely gowns they arc! Its a treat to browse around the shops and look at the gorgeous stuffs. Few girls can stop at that. Most of them are inspired to create frock when they see them. How much a yard?" is the question that follows close upon their admiring inspection of the glitter ing lengths of silver and gold.
 The prices run from $19.50 to $22.5C for metallic brocades. Since it takes but yard and a half to make a straight frock, the price is not so stag gering after all. If you choose one 3b inches wide, extra width may be added to the hemlinS by slashing the sides and allowing a satin slip to peer out. In this way you can get around the necessity for two lengths of ma tsrial.
 It is a good plan to rip up an old summer dress that you know fits well and use 1t as a. guide in cutting ex' pensive material. Ones courage needs some sort of prop on such an 0ccasio: and this is a practical one. Be sure that the motifs of the design balance A big flower on each hip or block oi color in the center just below the neckline.
 One of the most beautiful fabrics seen in one of the shops is of silver cloth with large colorful squares spaced over the surface. All the col ora of splendid dahlia garden in bloom are seen in the pattern-deep crimson pale peach. lavender and gold. Silvery threads run through the weave, soften ing the design and giving lovely, in distinct effect.
 Another gold farbic has a black and dull tomato red pattern that seems to be overlaid with the shimmering gold of the weave. It's a gray design oi swirlinR leaves and tiny blunches oi berries. Then there are striking com binations with usually one brilliant tone standing out from the others Grapefruit yellow, turquoise blue and tangerine to mention but a few. But always combined with the gold or sil' yer thread that throws a shimmerine light over the whole surface of the material.
 If you are not slender enough to get the width of your frock out of g single length of material you might use the extra pieces of material that is left over, when two length are neccs' sary, to make a scarf. Or, long facings could be added to an evening coat tc hitch up dress and wrap in feeling, be cause ensemble effects are going to bt seen a great deal for evening wear as well as for daytime outfits. There are hut few trimmings required for sucf elaborate material. Circles are unnec cessary. You might indulge to the ex tent of a single toned ostrich ornament on one hip. TherA are many of these to bc had in the same vivid shades thai make metal brocades so stuning. On' is like a huge flower with flutter ing that hangs half way dwn the lengti of the skirt. It costs $2.6O. Ostrict baiidinSs in various widths cost iron S5.25 to $12.50 a yard.