\
I
\.
OMANs»
' l'l‘ll many well dressed women
the evening frock always
goes several degrees ahead
I of the street {rm-k.
The woman of excellent taste
vcrt often refrains from taking up
this or (hit innovation in the line
of her do; apparel. Hho clings to
a; the ilur‘ter, established colors, she
'4 avoids the very short skirt or the
\'I‘r_v t'i‘nnt outline. Rut for c “in:
is different. ’l‘hcn she indulges
It
her
4‘.
\
tilt-tic for new colors, and her
rntural woman's desire to be in the
vanguard of fashion.
\\‘
New Tricks for Evening
Thus you will and that very often
the new tricks of fashion are first
tried out in evening frocks. At
present women are not especially
eager to adopt the bustle effect or
\ rippling hack in day-time apparel.
a
\
t
.‘t
\.'
For one thing it is very difilcult to
' wear a coat over the hustle. Be-
sides there is as yet something a
\ trifle extreme about the new sil-
houette. But to adopt any of these
new models for eventing is another
I
,-,.
.' \‘s
T“
‘ 's, matter. Many well-dressed women
’i':\ ‘ would never consent to wear more
\‘ than a. amnion of red in a street
. ands, who gladly wear scarlet in
VA“.- the evening. and there are women
“a who wouldn‘t dream of wearing any
of the prevalent fuchsia or thistle‘
. ‘-. Moon: bees in day-time apparel who
would not hesitate at an entire eve-
ning heck of the colon
moist. indtgo. blue men. yellow,
orange and rod—so runs the rain-
bow range of colors. Xiolet mauve,
dresdcn and pervenche blue, apple
green and daf'br dil yellow would be
a better way to list the colors ac-
cording to their popularity for eve-
ning frocks this spring,
The Stockings
Never did slippers and stockings
play a more important part In cvs-
ning' attire than they do at present.
None but the unsophisticated and
tho stay—at-homes even take the
trouble to comment on the shocking
shortness of skirts nowadays. There
is no longer the slightest novelty
about the lines of a. woman's logs
from ankle to knees. But though
they have ceased to attract the
shocked attention they once did,
they are still conspicuous enough to
make stockings still one of the most
important considerations in evening
apparel. What the modern girl
saves on her gloves she certainly
spends on her stockings.
The matter is not. so clearly set-
tled for you as it was a season ago.
Now you have considerable choice.
Your stockings may be flesh color-—
of a light. plnlry flesh color prefer-
ably—or they may be colored to
match the frock with which they
are to be worn. This fashion for
matching stockings has followed the
French fad for wearing slippers to
match the M‘usuaily in a shade
a trifle darker. silver or gold kid
slippers call for matching stockings
or for those of a light flesh tint.
And the Hair
There has been a persistent whis-
pering that the closely bobbed or
shtngled head is really not appro-
priate for evening. Maybe not. but
women have had their hair out
short and they are of course going
to go on wearing evening dress.
What are you going to do about it?
One answer to this question is to
wear some sort of covering on the
head, and the other is the wearing
of artificial hair to hide the ugly
line of short hairs at the nape of
the neck. The first of these meth-
ods makes strong appeal to the
milliners. and the other appeals to
pv
\
“we.
'C‘C‘o
Reg,
oa.,"
‘
C
‘rm“"‘°.
a
.eua.“~‘.“e‘ . .§‘§-“““-‘
a~\"_“\‘\‘ ex \ I
asa‘a‘suu
the maker of fancy hair goods. But
with certain exceptions women go
bare-headed with short hair all ex-
posed, and the sight of the shingled
head over an evening dress. that
once was so grotesque to us, has
come to look quitemonvsntional
There are occasional evening tur-
hann. l'uul Poirot sponsors a variety
of these turhsna of thin silk crepe
shot with silver-'draped closely
forward on the head and fastenetd
at the front with a jeweled brooch.
'l‘he ears, hair and most of the eye-
brows aro hidden by these turbans,
which should be worn with match-
ing l00p earrings hanging from the
hidden ears to give just the right
effect.
Not Much False Hair
There has been quite a bit'of talk
about the wearing of false chignons
and curls for evening. but there has
been more talk than action in this
regard. To be sure, some li‘rench
women and fewer Americans do go
to the pains to attach curls or puffs
of hair to cover the. close cropping
at the nape of the neck which is
considered most incongruous with
the evening ilecolletage, but it is
a mat nuisance to do this. and
many women have given it up.
Fewer Beads and Sequins
If you received a dance invitation
with the words "no sequins" written
in on the card, would you know
quite what to make of it'.‘ The fact
is that sequins, bcads and various
metal and glass ornaments have
proved very troublesome to many
hostesses who find their waxed
floors roughened by these orna-
ments fallen from the frocks of
their guests, and sometimes per-
manently damaged. And more than
one hostess has expressed the wish
that she might give such instructions,
though none thutl know of has ever
had the courage to do so.
The situation with regard to
sequins and similar ornaments that
come off, no matter how securely
they are attached, is on the mend,
however, because fashion is veerinl
away from these heavily orna-
mented creations.
women fluffy mrgette and chiffon
frocks have almost entirely sup-
planted the slinky, beaded
that were the fashion.
For the younger popularity.
frpcks
most women.
. EVENING F ROCKS FOR SUMMER ARE F U
The commonplace sort of beaded
frock lost favor through too great
It was supsneded by
a sequin and bend-trimmed
much liner workmanship. but this
is too expensive to be owned by
of
No group of fashionable women is waning dress would be com-
plats without at least one exponent of the new baclc fullness. This
eimpis little dancing frock is made entirely of yellow chiffon, the ruffles
at the bark being simply pleat-edged. Matching tafleta ribbon forms
the bow at the right shoulder and the bow above the ruffles at the back.
Layers of pink and blue chino» are cleverly fashioned to make the clever
dance frock with irregular lwm line. An unusual note is the girdle
enact produced by pink, blue and natal-colored beads applied to the
For midsummer um? lacs
combined with peoroctts is
looked upon as a smart ulce-
tios. Here the. entire frock is
in pure white. Straight and
fill: at back and front, consid-
erable fullness is secured
around the hem by the hush
(ion of and“: at the sides.
frock.
u! the shine.
Amr‘rirans.
and riolrt.
to close moulding about the bodice.
L-w
Peach is the color and moueeeliac de mic is the material of the clcrrr dinner frock at left,
.hmriug rlrmrly filled shouulders and a tendcnc
riyvhf shoulder and ”to left hip fhr‘rc is a rnlorfu drfion 0/ pink 708” applied in all points. Two
of tho light slmdings of purple are here comlmml i1 crnlcr to make an alluring little evening
l'lolrf yrorgcilc forms bodice. and skirt and mm"? Wilmette "in rcst and panel drapery
The rather closely drawn bodice with gathered skirt is a fat-orifo model among young
The fan carricd m‘ili thr froclr'is of silrrr tissu-
‘l'cru new and smart is the use of black lace ovrr pink satin.
On lbs
with appliqucd flowers in mauve
In the frocle at right,
the pink satin is used to outline the cross-over line of the mole.
It’fIllllulllwmmllllurlll u,'n r n 1
WW
puuptvt’tolVlfllffflflfttrllro'rtrltatprA—rllrpllrp. n n...
‘r.
F
\
””1...“
z n. i’ .11.: -
...u““u“.‘a .\\.“a~\\\\-“‘\-‘\\Is\‘\‘\
chifloa.
A COLOR FOR BRUNETTES
T is safe to say that if you are
l brunette you can wear yellow in
some shade or other. and that if
you are blonde you cannot. Yellow
is especially trying for the pale.
colorless blonds. It is for this
reason undoubtedly that yellow has
always been such a. favorite with
Spaniards. among whom blondes
are so scarce. Even the sallow-
skinned brunette can wear certain
shades of yellow.
In general you will find that the
shades of yellow with a little pink
about them are more becoming than
those that incline to a greenish cast.
Thus peach and apricot yellow are
generally more becoming than
lemon yellow. though the latter may
be considered smarter.
One interesting thing about yel-
low is that while it is so good look-
ing by candlelight, and therefore
such a successful color for dance or
dinner gowns. it is equally good
under the bright sunlight. 'It proves
therefore to be an excellent color
for the sport sweeter. or the little
sport frock to be Worn under bright
blue skies. But yellow is not a.
color that appears very well on city
streets. and you will notice that the
woman with good judgment in such
matters usually confines her use of
yellow to eVening frocks and frocks
to be worn under the bright skies
of the country or shore resort.
YOUR TRAVELING COSTUME
T has recently been remarked
I abroad that nowadays you can't
tell an American woman from s.
French woman, nor an English
woman from an American. when
you see them traveling about from
place to place. To be sure you could
tell if you began talking to them,
but on first sight it is difllcult he-
causs more and more smartly
dressed women of various national-
ities have come to dress very much
alike. ,
Just at present women almost
everywhere travel in a close-flitlns
little felt hat and in a frock and
coat or "ensemb‘le." They wear
lightweight pumps that are com-
:plnlpnly.--:.:»p.....nr.p -.,.-,..., ............ .,.r..---
J .
“fir
j
fortable without looking “sensible."
And they wear light silk stockings.
The time was when an English
woman traveled in a tweed suit. an
Alpine hat and stout shoes. All
American usually had a well-made
tailored cloth suit, with jacket, skirt
and separate blouse. Then, too.
there were differences in headdress-
ing that often betrayed the nation-
ality of the wearer. Now the bob
has become well nigh miveraal and
it is a mode that has much to rec-
ommend it to the globe trotter.
CHOOSI NO TH E PARAGOL‘
ORE than ever before women
Mare giving attention to the
tone that the parasol reflects
on the face. For this reason they
do not buy a new parasol without
first trying it on. so to speak. To
get the right effect you must con-
trive to hold it raised over your
head in the bright sunshine to see
just what sort of tone it is going to
cast over your face. Because
women a're'so particular about this.
various orchid and mauve shades
have come to be very much favored
this season.
Woven straw parasols are a. new
city of the season. These are lined
on the inside with silk and painted
on the outside with striking de-
signs.
The stubby little parasol that is
equally useful for rain or‘ sun is
chosen by many women, but this
should be to take the place of an
umbrella in summer. not to be a
substitute for a parasol. These
parasols are suitable as accessories .
for the tailored street costume—the.
washable summer frock and the
frilly afternoon frock call for an en.
tirely different type of parasol.
The washable morning frock is
best accompanied by one of the
cretonne parasols. a whole piece of
cretonne being stretched across the
frame, and not cut into sores as is
the custom with most parasols.
There are likewise paper parasols
from Japan-heavy, glazed speci-
mens of really good qualiLv—that
are appropriate ion morning wear.
Norwalk Chronicler