Show FASHLOXABLS FEMALE FADS One of the Latest in the Cleopatra Tea Gown Iis Uses The clinging folds fell round her perfect fmb And seemed as tho they lord the form they cherished NEW YORK Jan S 16nrSpecial cor respondenceJ One of thomost fascinatirg bits of feminine frippery which it ever entered into the head of the modiste to conceive con-ceive is the tea gown From the first it appealed directly to tho hearts of all womankind for it needed but the briefest of experiments to convince even the most doubting that the new sublimated wrapper was calculated to make a plain wearer almost al-most pretty and to turn a pretty one into a creature altogether seductive and bewitching be-witching So it was universally adopted and thoit is now no novelty its hold in popular pop-ular fancy has steadily increased with each season since its introduction introduc-tion That it is an article ol apparel which is as appropriate to winter as summer is also an argument in its favor and another is that it is susceptible of so many modifications and variations that it does not become g monotonous or hackneyed Ono of the latest caprices in this line is the Cleopatra teagownso christened in honor of thedivine Sarah triumph as Egypts wonderful sorceress It is from a Redfern design ond is extremely graceful in shape as is shown by tho accompanying ac-companying sketch gY 4 I rat f III 1 11 C h r 4 g X11 r 1t 1 I 4J l r t The material is serpent green bengaline with train of brocade in different shades of the same color The front to girdle is of pale yellow chiffon ornamented with jew elled band Tho girdle is a mass of gold embroidery em-broidery set with emeralds rubies and topazes la 3 4V 1b r a + 3 t r t 4f r i11 t lfl l l iv p 1 rt i P I This illustration does not carry us so far back into the past as Cleopatras day but only to those times when falconry was tho favorite pastime of the nobility The accounts ac-counts of the amusement show that it was universally popular and that the costumes were quaint and picturesque in the extreme ex-treme As it is not practicable to copy the j old plates literally Kedfcrn has designed a nineteenth century hawking costume for those who are seeking in England to revive I re-vive the sport The one here shown is of two shades of electric blue cloth with some gold and silver braiding The plus rou is of velvet and so is the quaint cap Ii with its long plume |