Show THE LATEST IDEAS Bedfern Dresses for Those Who are Over the Hills and Far Away NEW YORK Feb 27 1591Special correspondence cor-respondence of THE HERALD From Greenlands icy mountains stay 11 I cant say that Theres really something not just right this time But tho1 the quoted line is not quite fitting It helps to make a very pretty rhyme So let it stand and let us carol metely Of orange groves and allipatory dells Where wearied beauty now is resting sweetly Prom social honors and the Lenten bells Among the last of the notable events which marked the close of tho social season of 18901891 was a swell ball given in January Jan-uary by H R H the Princess Beatrice at her residence in Cowes At this entertainment entertain-ment were a great many lovely toilettes For when it royalty that bids us to the feast we must don our choicest apparel The most elegant ball gowns were unquestionably unques-tionably the half hundred turned out by Redferns artistes The Princess herself as well as the Duchess of Connaught were costumed by the famous tailor and hero is another of his inspirations worn by a less exalted but very lovely personage I C bM r t a c cl l li It is of robins egg blue faille made en prmcesse Across the front is drapery of White TnnnccfilinA flo cnio embroidered in blue and silver and caught up with bows The drapery is also folded across the low round corsage and composes the snort sleeves above which are epaulets of white roses with silver foliage e s t Izi i ° t 1 a + N l This other gown is one of an outfit prepared pre-pared by Redfern for a New York belle who has Coined the flight of southern birds For you know it is the proper caper now to fly from the scene of the winter gayeties as soon as the church bells begin to toll on Ash Wednesday morning and to seek rest and recuperation among Georgias piney woods in the groves of Florida or on the tropical shores of Bermuda And even if the climate did not necessitate a change of raiment there would be no enjoyment for one of fashions devotees unless her trunks were filled with new costumes So Red fern and all the other tailors and gown builders have been very busy finishing up the travelers wardrobes In the cut above given the gown is of brown cashmere serge trimmed with bands of leaf green velvet ribbon one of natures combinations which is universally becoming The basquine corsage like the front of the skirt is castil lated and bound with velvet |