Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

"HE first woman who wore pajamas
was, like the first man who ever
ate an oyster, very brave indeed
Il not only brave, but trifie adj
vanced. But now wearing pa
jamas is as conventional and as every
day matter as eating oysters. If you
don't eat the one or wear the other, ii
is simply because you don't like them
certainly not because you have any
reason to feel that there is anything
Teprehensible about doing it.
Let's forget the oysters, which really
are rather out of place in this setting
and 60 on reviewing the pajama situa-
taon, which really is significant.
Women are still asking many ques-
t1ons about when and where and by
whom the new pajama costumes may
be worn.
Il have q lovely pajama costume OF
boee-toned transparent velvet" writes
one woman. They are made with very
Wide trousers, with q softly draped
Fairly low neck line. Would it be ali
right to wear them for dinner at home
when guests are included?"
You could certainly wear this dinner
= pajama costume with the conf
dence that you were following the eX-
ample Of hundreds of other well bred
sort. The only reason not to wear them
would be that your guests were several
seasons behind the time and did not
know that pajama costume such as
you described really is correct for in
formal home dinners.
One would not, Of course, wear a
pajama costume to dinner at restau-
rant, to the opera or the theater, unless
one wanted to be trail blazer in fash
1lark 10 an
for wearing an evening pajama costume
20 small dinner at friends house or
for an informal home card party.
These new evening paJama costumes
are so similar to the customary eve
ming dress that only the close observer
would be able to tell the difference
anyway. Some of them are made with
the material undivided across the back
the trouser effect showing only at the
front. In any event, there is SO much
fullnesS about them that the general
effect is similar to that of any long
11aring evening skirt
IT attended a bridge luncheon at a
friends apartment the other day. The
hostess and her house guests wore pa
jana costumes. I am planning to give
a bridge luncheon at my home, which
IS, however, a suburban house, not an
apartment. It occurred TO me that per-
that pajamaS would look out OF place
in my house" So wrote another puZ-
Eled correspondent.
X X X X
THERE is no good reason for drawing
= a distinction here. though, TO be
sure, some women do. Bear in mind
however, that pajamas that are ap-
propriate for hostess wear should not be
Of the distinctly negligee sort. Unless
the party Is to be very small and very
informal, we suggest that you wear
slippers of the sandal or pump sort
rather than the so-called bridge type
which are mules with heel strap.
An appropriate hostess pajan1a cos
esIxne for such occasions consists of q
sleeveless one-piece underportion. v.
neck bodice and hip yoke are of plain
toned silk with a narrow matching belt
defining the waistline. The very full
trouser portion consists of pleated fig.
ured silk extending almost to the floor
With this is straight jacket extending
below the hips. made with slightly far
ing waist-length sleeves. This Is OF
the plain material with bands of the
figured silk on sleeves and lower part
of the jacket.
Bodice and lower portion of most OF
the new pajamas are made In one
piece; an arrangement that does away
With all bulkiness about the waist and