Show Dreu e eBy By Anne Annc Ritt Copyright 1918 by tho the McClure Newspaper Syndicate S France ran Like t the lbs he I rock Frock t lh h Loo Girdle mid find n a Curious Cloth Like Coat Cant of or Moll That Clings Cling to I th tb KUmre Ne v ew York York York-Tl Tt It rather strange that l I the tho Americans have not taken up with vitha j I a n vast amount of or enthusiasm the nov nov- i eltis s In fabrics that the tho r French rench I 1 I lit z I R RI tI J Cost Coitt of 01 dinner frock Il with bluck HORN flou I T There I IN Is n light 0 of bluck Ck Matin litch lowa ho n nt at ut ut and n nt at t I I ers offered to the public through th the tho designers In August There Is a 3 coat of or mall mail also the fabi fabrica fab- fab i rica Ics which imitate animal hides and tho substitutes for fur None o of the these e how show an excessive usage In this countr country coun coun- tr try There Thero are touches touche of at them on French frocks there Is an nn Immense amount of angora and fur substitutes u used ed on chemise gowns of or satin and anti velveteen but the thc American copies as asell aswell well ell as ns tho the original American gowns show that our designers prefer to take up lii other things that Paris has introduced Intro intro- d Copying Certain French FrenelL Tricks For Instance the upholstery upholster fringe e that little twisted tooth-rush tooth fringe trino that we are accustomed to seeing on chairs and sofas Is lavishly used on tho the best gowns at the highest prices made b by exclusive houses The Tho long Ions silk fringe e Is considered commonplace but the tin tiny upholstery fringe remains ama smart rt Then that Idea that Paris laris exploited In tho frocks Crocks shown this month of or looping grosgrain ribbon Into horizontal horizon horizon- tal cascades Is one which caught tho the I American J fancy Immediately you OU know that trick One Ona takes miles mUM of or ribbon about an Inch wide wille and puts It around skirts and sleeves In straight ht horizontal rows Th The ribbon mind von VOli vonis ou ouIs Is not flat fiat It Is arran arranged ed in one and two-Inch two loops overlapping o each other One sees It Il everywhere e and tho the e eX- may consider It too loo ordinary now to incorporate in their costumes These cascades are aro used vertically too especially on gowns owns for tor young girls but the no novelty Is the horizontal err effect I In getting back bacle to the subject o of the slight alight usage of ot Jt French rench novelty no weaves wea In this tills countr country this autumn It I H Is easy to find the reason which h lies In the difficulty diffiCult of or importing French materials materials ma ma- and the tho price that must be pal paid for or them by the lIc It Jf a dressmaker dressmaker dressmaker dress dress- maker says ays to a paton that tat a gown o n Is two hundred and fifty dollars In a certain French rench weaves weavers and one ono hundred and fifty copied In a n less lens expensive o American weave It is quite probable that In the majority of at ca cn cas s s. s the ine woman woman wom wom- an will take tho gown at the second price There arc nrc women who arc are buln buying these coat of ot mall mail frocks and the tho material material ma ma- Is RO so lovely lo that It Is la a wonder more people do not Insist upon It who have ha the price for It nother Another fabric which America has taken to with en enthusiasm en- en was used l hy by v the house of or on the Place flare Vendome In Paris A frock of It H worn b by Mine lIne Renee the he head of ot the house hou was as bought b bv so soman ao man many American m buyers and copied by so man many American dressmakers that those of us who have havo had to go tho the rounds of ot exhibitions see seo this frock in our dream dreams The original Inal Is called After Arter the Shower and this attractive name namo comes conies from the tho fact tact that the 16 gauze of or which the gown bown is made is delicately sprinkled with glistening steel beads still Mill th lii Prod Frock Of Or course cours you Ou arc are all aware that be between between hc- hc tween Paris and nd America there then Is quite a struggle going on concerning the silhouette sil silhouette sil- sil France remains true truc or at least she he did In Au August to the tho chemise a frock an and most roost of her models brought I to this country are based on that foun foun- dation She may change however howe and the prophets who o l ought ht to l know kno now say sayI I sh she sho will change In line with our Introduction introduction Intro Intro- of the lon long iong tight skirt and the top peg silhouette However pr the question is that thal toda today those who hu buy French frocks rocks and have havo them copied go In for or tho the straight chemise effect It ma may be In the form orm of or a tun c which comes omes to tho the very edge of or a narrow skirt or it ma may be beI bethe betho the tho entire frock without the under under- skirt The sketch shows hows one o of tho the most t distinguished gowns owns In all It its features feature It t IK is of or coat oat o of mail mall embroidered with black silk I and anil the alluring material ma ma- tonal gives os o ore one o a glint lInt and glitter lItter of or orthe the tho arm o of the tho Crusaders from rom which arm army It It was v.-a taken on account of th the spiritual attitude of or l France rance toward I ibis his I war The under i in is of black satin aUn a ne lI thing that fits Its tho figure J ure I smoothly Is 18 tightly drawn back bacle at the ankles and shows how Itself abo above th the I waist an as a long lone vest Ct under th the d deep p I d e of the coat of ot mall mail tunic Th Tho sleeves ait U short hort for or France Franc still holds to certain types of ot short sleeves slee for tar elaborate gowns owns because o of or economy econ econ- om em omy The The- They sore servo PI as our American Importers Importers Im Im- Im- Im porters tell U UK us for all nil kinds of ot occa occa- lons A gown with a lon long e un- un hess It If In iS t transparent 1 is 14 not admitted I to 10 the n of ot tho the elect in tn Uio Ii cs evening n in g. g |