Show BALL GOWNS J AVI AT THK JsOCJETY RLViLL WUAH THIS WE1EIL 1 j 1 Urocudo tnul Chiffon the Iioreil Fahrics For Dnncing anti Dinner Kntcrtninmeutx With Full Short Skirts huge Sleeies Mini Drooping Droop-ing Shoulder Hands New York Nov 171n the splendid old days of patch and powder of thigh Oieels and rouge and stateH brocade when the fashion for mounting the I hair on vast cushions fame in these the-se an chair that took Belinda to the rout underwent also a cihange Its roof has laisert a pair of fret at I least awl rvwl into a dome to accommodate ac-commodate her towering topknot and today It seem almost as if Ions vlfad Belindas s weet descendant must soon j need wings added to her carnage in I order that her ever growing sleeves and many gored skirt may likewise travel to the dance in unrucd excellence i excel-lence RICHLY FLOWERED STUFFS Some of the new evening brocades j k which we are told are soon to take the j I + V > lace of the more matronly moires ar i I vndhanting revelations In texture they seem created to endure longer than life itse1f and together with new and novel designs are seen many of the dainty patterns of the long ago i One with n cold white background is strewn with wreaths or magenta vmk rotes tied with ribbons of the riim shade Another is shown with little foolish rosebuds red with stiff sterns and green leaves like the decorations dec-orations on old Dresden china powder boxes i Still another has a teawhite back ginned that tender and adorable shade j of pSnkwhHe only made by pouring milk into the most potfeet of teas i This was scattered with loose bouquets i bou-quets of Cosmos flowers which mysto noiis blossoms in velvet and rich wallflower tints garlanded the low square teawhite gauze waist I I FEATURES OF THE COSTUMES > The short sleeves of this bodice tihau i i hich nothing seemed more elaborate or more Incoming were of accor eon Plaiting gauze mounted over satin in full puffs and which had the down nand and outward droop that nos dis1 tinguisTies all sleeves I n Below tSie left bust line was a striking strik-ing and sombre note in nil this truly gaiety three large Cosmos blossoms in sooty > black satin trailing heavily from the colored corsage bouquet They were there however with motive intent Black it seems in bold brief touches in unexpected quarters is a winter punctuation for some of fashions most delicate compositions r I t ± 1Pj 1 t A nnlluT Uoirii In Ute same way through the most modish illustrations we are made to k see that the slight drooping of a narrow nar-row bolt in front will increase an ef fett of waist slifcfhtnpss bodice too with a round halfhigh neck Is a kindly ad to too generous proportions i A slight fig re on the contrary a girl divinely tall and of course divinely 9L L tI J e j Q fair may wear her corsage literally tumbling from thin shoulders j TO SUIT ALL STYLES Bones if sufficiently well hung and endowed with that youtftfulness beloved be-loved of painters can never offend but flesh is a thing to be hamiled with discretion and a round baby bodice is a young and becoming bridging of some of its difficulties ITo iTo i-To < be worn with the brocade skirts described as well as those of quite as I I 4 ulldhi < t Satin nn Gown splendid ilk core diaphanous textiles of overy color and description to l o fashioned into the upper garment The stiff rustlingsilk or satin of the pompayour petticoat never repeats itself it-self in the bodice this being made exclusively ex-clusively in chiffon mousseline de sole crepe and even tulle cMier plain I jeweled or spangled Chiffon waists for plain skirts however are some j 1T 1 I 11 I i TWO EFFECTIVE EVEMXG DRESSES 4 I I times brpcaded quite as gorgeously as some of the new silks InJeed I chiffons were never seen before in such vast profusion and Variety but a proper foundation is certainly one of 1 the most important points in their I i making up Distinct contrasts in color between the cloudlike draperies and I silk on satin foundations are much in favor stnd wonderful opaline effects I I as elusive as moonbeams themselves 11 are made by mounting one color over another to the number of three and four and even six I I FOR OLDER WOMEN But along with these dashing novelties novel-ties In brocade and gauze there are entire evening gowns in velvet and satin and occasionally one of silk I such as was spoken of in our mothers day as standing alone The skirts of many of these are made after the French circular model j Which hangs very full about the feet A few have a suspicion of a train I Others are only slightly longer and all i are without the wire braid of the j Paquin street garment I i i A pleasing feature of numbers of I these skirts is their < absolute plainness I but the four illustrations here shown I give some of the latest Parisian hints for effective trimtming and diaplng DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS The first gown of the series is entirely en-tirely of pale pink velvet with a tab Her drapery of while lace and c1e orations ora-tions of real swallows The bodice whose square imtrinimed neck line is I the quintessence of simplicity buttons at the left side and the lace drapery I is ihiirfied at the back with long strings that tie s4 the waist in a smart bunching bow An enchanting confection in changeable change-able green and white satin and which is I Shown in the foreground the group drawing has skirt and bodice decorations decora-tions of buttercolored lace vn < l a blouse vest of Hzadgreen chiffon A narrow belt of emerald passementerie finislies the waist and here as in the I other two models the bulging effect of the short JUffed sleeves is made by I I cutting the material straight across the top and putting the curved and chief fullness at the sides i i I The costume next this beautiful skirt with its graduating Van Dyke II points is of heavy white silk with I black tulle jet and lace trimmings I The fourth and last confection however how-ever is with its little air of piquant i dignity the most fetching of them all Pale maize satin jas thick as the proverbial pro-verbial board amethyst velvet white lace and white chiffon composed the I i divine original of this model I I I Together with the other toilets expressed 1 ex-pressed it may be accepted by tall i a r i 1 iL < t P i slight figures as infallibly becoming and as affording the best possible ideas as to What French women of the ihaute monde are now wearing wearingNINA NINA FITCH |