Show I 1 i For Spring Brid s j I I I Artistic Possibilities in Fashions Por the opening i Faced Cashmeres Are to Be Worn Wor J New YorI March you ou con j the possibilities of a crazy quilt or has that over indulgent husband of yours been increasing your our already absurdly dress allow JI inQuired Mrs Van Vail nicker boeker bocker suspiciously and somewhat en envIously as the hostess hote rose to receive her with a lapful of ticketed samples You are quite on the wrong track replied the mistress of the tea tray nevertheless I am reveling in a bit or of great good luck My niece my favorite I Mrs Van Knickerbocker hang bang ing Over her frIends shoulder whIle the outlines ot of the proposed costume were rapidly and fUlly sketched Very much used however is a big decorative bow pinned on the left lap pel of the jacket front and it should be a bow of blue embroidered blue liberty satin or one of blue feta with m mastic tic tinted chiffon drawn over it You simply have no idea what a passion bows are going to become Pretty soon we will wear them tacked here there and everywhere to our ur long I i Ak Akl I l T p Ii IiI I t i I J t t I tI tI tt IDt Dt fl I 1 l lI I I I A z t I If Is f s 3 A I I I 1 1 I a I I THE LACE FORD EB niece who lives in the country and trusts implicitly to my taste is about to get married and as the highest corn com she could pay me is that of leaving the selection of her trousseau in uty iry hands I am already deep in the intricacies of evolving a series of o smart not over expensive costumes for her wearing in and after the honey honeymoon honeymoon moon season A white satin marriage dress of course began Mrs Van Knicker ker becker boeker interested on the moment Well may be admitted the hos hostess hostens tens tess but Ive not got round to that yet Everything in a trousseau should I properly be considered before re the wed wedding wedding ding gOwn for the best inspiration should come last and as aa thIs wedding Is 18 to take place in April after Easter I Ive got an abundance of leisure in much to work up the wardrobe in de detaiL talL taiL At this Very very moment the whole I energies Of my mind are bent on elucidating dud dating the problem of three simple but none the less timely house costumes j Spring thoughts so to speak that will t ii serve for luncheons and yet they must oj 1 be e applicable to outdoor purposes 1 I when the occasions arise for my niece I Is 15 not going to wed a millionaire r The First Trousseau Gown j MY first thought has bas been for a pret pretty pretty ty mastic tinted cashmere You know of course how much the smooth faced c cashmere will be worn and 1 if I tim am able to read any in the shadow that is cast by coming events I wont stray I very ery far from the path ot of fashionable rectitude by ordering the skirt draped at one side and ad by using embroidery for tor my decoration Ive taken very suffering persons so I advise you to put one into ibis fis design On it goes announced the hostess and now that you like my first inter interpretation of what a smart spring frock should be let me explain my second achievement It is a walking dress made of that lovely ne new and inexpensive sive smooth surfaced goods called visiting cloth Another Dress For or the Bride The skirt of grayish tapestry green greenis is laid in three tucks at either si siThey side They have haye now i 1 strange new and en entirely attractive way of tucking skirts that throws a panel into the front width a broad box pleat into the rear and then there are sIde tucks that do donot donot not rise so high as the hips It lends a charming diversIty to the skirt with ith without out rendering it a bit clumsy though I confess I hung fire a long time between this idea and amI that of a skirt slit up for varying distances from the ground and then pIped with white along the cut edges stitched firmly again to the foundation and fini finished hed at the tho top of every piped opening by big silk arrow arrowheads arrowheads heads Wen Well in the end the pleats won the da day and then I searched brain and for an idea applicable to the tho waist and I found it at last on the back backof ot of a very pretty prett woman oman lunching in one of the smart hotel restaurants the theother theother other day dayAs dayAs As adjusted to my nieces needs needa this smart little body and coat wIll take the form of a green close fitting waist ot of soft thick taffeta havIng a collar and big jabot of cream lace encircling the throat and falling full over oyer the bust to meet that point where large j J e L j X Y t I r jr 4 1 I z L S Mfr I 5 a K r 4 2 0 sJ TB NEWEST AND SMARTEST NE NECK ARRANGEMENT L GEMENT HAS A OP OF BLACK VELVET close stock or of some of the newest ideas I and I find lind that a pretty applIcation of needlework means everything The skirt or of my first masterpiece has hasa a 0 generous train and the goods draped up tip on one hip slightly Is slit open from r pm to knee and falls back to e expose pose a closely kilt pleated petticoat ot of the sweetest t pastel blue crepe de chine All about the edges of the cashmere runs a wreath desIgn done in heavy blue and cream cre mand and mastic silk threads that are qUite like fine cords and that give glye the result of rich ern em without the expensive labor necessary The waist of this I need hardly tell you is cut in the form of n a bolero at least the jacket frOnts are and the whole thug opens upon the bust to show a front ot of mastic silk eMily stitched and worked in blue ind cream to match the design on the A Spring Pasion For Por Bows 1 Tes that ls is n a pretty notion ad inlaid buttons fast fasten n the waist snugly Upon this goes a captivating little jacket of cloth to match the skirt made with its fronts sliced out generously under the arm curved down to loing points in the center ari antt carved out in ina ina a round arch behind ThIs with ith its slightly cup shaped collar and its sleeves gathered In just a trifle on the shoulder pleases ont one immensely A White Mus Spring pg I 1 dont see anything to criticise about It declared the visitor wander wandering lag ing away to the fire and it is very 73 degrees and with flowers the summery raiment has the m mast t be refreshing On n this freezing day to think ot of spring things Ive just been mak making making ing a round of calls and all the women on n my beat I found tec in white muslin gowns That haft ha been rather a fad this wInter the sheerest Swiss and the most CObwebbY la lase is used and in a heat heated d to I that 11 wu ws pt nh a witching effect particularly It If the I d Is unusually cold and nasty outside I Well what bothers me answered the hostess puckering up her fine white brow is the future of fringe Oh it is going to be worn more or less soothed Mrs Van Knickerbocker Why only this morning I saw one of the sweetest in gray and lilac sackcloth for lenten wear and 2nd if you know a good thing when you hear ot of it adopt the model I am going to tell you ou to your our nieces needs The gown I re reler er to was of the most dove like gray ay ladles ladies doth cloth in spring weight the skirt dropped upon a petti I coat of lilac silk that showed to ad advantage advantage vantage through a deep flounce of gray fringe set on in large loops below a section of lattice Work made of criss crisscross I cross b bands nde of gra gray bebe velvet rib bon An Eton CO t of gray cloth upon I a waist of lilac silk and the coats coat wing revers faced with lilac or overlaid with the narrOwest velvet ribbon gave the j little gown a most chic and attractive air that 1 persuaded me to copy it so soI sosoon I soon as I can lay hands upon the I proper materials and my dressmaker I MARY DEAN |