Show economical fad A seasonable one of the whims of the economical woman of this year is an abundance of the dainty little and plastrons pla sale in the shops of crepe or chiffon for conr plainest street coat is transformed to luncheon elegance by the insertion of one of these little gay frilled plastrons pla of crimson crepe or yellow chiffon black silk will take on all the needed dinner graces with a pale mupi or taink chiffon with its full plaited bit of pretty needlework minder the chin all the dainty arrangements are copied from old time courtiers dress when gentlemen indulged in ruffles and frills and adjusted them with the bracq and shu woman has not improved on through all the centuries mechlin lace seems one of the newest and most popular materials for the cravat like ornaments sometimes seen with street gowns the gown has usually in such cases a vest and the lace falls from the neck nearly to the bust from a narrow opening in the dress precisely as it is now worn by the elderly gentle griea u the school for scandal and other old fashioned plays chiffon is the material most used but the innocent deeming gauze is a delusion and a abare anare as frail as it is fair and usually gets into a hopeless crumple with second wearing seline de sole crepe de chine china silk and ad kinds of lace are no more expensive and quite as effective besides lasting an entire season for theater wear the soft gray plastrons pla are particularly useful and the house dress is varied and made attractive indeed when freshened by their bright gracefulness ful ness they are the ono cheap and redeeming feature in a winter ot discouraging cou raging elegance and in dress new york sun |