Show S Spring b V Descriptions of oi Costumes That Are Rich and Graceful With Without Without Without out Being Fussy The Perfect Dressing New York March 20 I have been speculating tb last llast hour Malsie Maish said sald forehead wrinkled b her r whether after all life Ilfe Is worth Living interjected 1 hoe lios Malele shook book her head No UNo tee itee kneeing DS she said bald s fd Clothes are area a cant deny that I suppose suppose like all other stimulants the resultant Intoxication brings its fits of depres ion wn afterward Since ince when did you experience It the I mean the hostess asked Maisie sighed pensively Since I began to give pe my whole mind to the th seasons styles she said They are i yet et in a way dreadfully dis Simplicity as you know is 19 the background best calculated to set setoff oil off m well we will say somewhat piquant personality There are simple af ct rt course The trouble is 15 they art are so 10 St e antly simple they at once surest tiu U gest Newport American Beauties Mith ith ih stems tem two yards yarda long diamond k pins as at cotillion favors avora and all aU thit thi t sort urt of ot thing They are ao aJ s trying J j i il I have been n almost driven to toN N rin aa that mise raise being fussy fuss l lary arfi i by b i the akin skin of ot the teeth 1 I tha sh til ll never neer believe that until I IP IC P C foI it t the hostess ho tess said casting up her heri herty i ln ty u Maisie smiled a gentle martyr m fo F r i of or mile and said Listen I laIn am 1 ov r a gown of this sort ari ard you ou On know kno she who hesitates Is lost The TK stuff Muff is all right one of ot the new newl lu l trl t 1 green cloths so SQ soft Loft it cheats till the th o t as al a to whether It is really reany green greeni i t hIli The skirt ia io cut very long and andt andr andry r ry t cht but there is a box pleat at t th back hak and another or rather a cas ens lid at 11 the side where the skirt rounds tiT r to show sho a IL pleated silk underskirt I i a i L little darker The skirt is em om l reel d all around in the same darker ui enriched with gold thread Wait Walt ni you ou hear hoar about the waist t th lh back it is a plain round ut jt into th the skirt In front it itt itIs Is 1 a t jaunty Jaunt jacket with Mith deeply pointed t I d i over a wide folded belt bolt If f ribbon to match the underskirt hi h of course coure goes only as far as un h arm The fronts are heavily em emd d rt 1 and the left one bedizened I i a big bis flyaway bow of ribbon like ti lilt Above bove the belt here is a close J i n vest est of ot very dark green panne x 1 v t with a collar so high and stiff H t r calls cals the guillotine edged at top A he same gold threaded try cry ail aa i are the flaring cuffs to the very ji Then by way of ot fin ti I Ish r shall h ll wear a yellow straw hat tr trimmed n m d with ith long black plumes and a R Stunning t bow of or green ribbon very broad and with gold Perfect P Dressing Gown That hat does not sound so desperate said saiu madame madam the hostess Maisie Malsie flung tip up hl her r head tragically I know it does i i shu said gald Some things have ha e to i l h e i i tried ried the on whole rig looked l lH f over oer then covered m my eyes ees and KIIl This Is what is means to be 1 dl male in 1900 I assure you my I I ar it is J almost tragic to look back TJ TIn n look lok forward counseled the ther r t tes t Maisie alsi smiled I did ever so uh looked further she t P Pd d L Virtue had its reward I I f r d some things that would heal haal a n I i ken heart One of them then was as the 1 ft I ilIk I e 5 J 1 fA j I I I Springtime Visiting Costume 10 1 I I t 15 eing gown a truly classic ta tant nt with long f sweeping folds and I auy w ends anywhere about It that e Y can a make at Home iio themselves the IS in j pale e ivory cashmere with t I II I of f In deep Ivory V 7 lace lae in the neck and andl l or of rIch salmon pink ribbon Q just beneath eath the bust buet I sha shall to put ut U It on to forgive all my bo 3 11 Hi th e who have tn J to have llave bought or r said the things I wish I had said saI Some New Blouse Waists It must be the result of Inspiration the hostess said laughing Maisie tucked another pillow comfortably be beneath beneath beneath neath her head bead stretched out a sUp slip foot so she could inspect the bow upon it critically took a candled candied violet from the tho box beside her and said sald with the purple confection between her lips Ups It does feel that way but I have had a desperate experience making up my mind between the lovely new w blouses One of them is Luxeuil lace lac as asto asto asto to its ita lower half both in waist and i I t fr 4 IIi 1 i s lt a A Ii I I jI I t I me mea ii 1 1 f a Figured Dimity for Child of Six Years b A Sprigged Organdy for Young G Girl irl hi Trimmed with Muslin Embroidery c Dotted Pique Pi quo Blouse For Little Boy Bey With Wide White Whito Collar sleeves The lace goes up to and opens over a and nd sleeve tops of deeply tucked silk The silk is pastel blue So SoIs SoIs SoIs Is the broad ribbon which comes from under un er th arms anns to tie in a rich knot with deeply fringed ends over the bust There Is ia a lace collar very high of or i course And I have such a pretty white neck it a shame I must swathe and hide it sq so The other blouse is truer to name 1 t By B that I mean that it really blouses blou s all round the lower part And the I is lace big lace with very j rich flowers in it The same s me lace goes I j up to the neck and shows as a vest vesti vesti i there Over the lace there cames carnes a i of odd bolero in the richest brocade i fastening with a velvet chou very much 1 at one side The brocade is apple blos bios blossoms upon an ivory ground the lace blouse comes a lining of ivory silk The rhe belt and collar match chou both are of black velvet The i The most fetching touch is at the top of I the collar collara a row of apple blossoms made in pink chiffon and delicately ap applied applied applied plied I shall feel like Flora or some other classic person rising up from a foam of flowers I Venus rising from the sea perhaps the hostess said smiling Maisie made madea a grimace Really I believe bellee she would be envious for all her looks if she saw I 1 1 i Silk Blouse With Luxeuil Lace the frock I have hae just planned for an after Lenten dance Tell me about it coaxed the lies hos tess tens frock said Maine the beginning of it is black satin that was never made up for the poor dear It is rich enough to stand standalone standalone standalone alone but soft soU enough to cling beautifully fully fUll Of course I did not nut waste it on the foundation f unda skirt that is lust just plain fairly good satin long and tight fitting and flaring on end at the bottom Over Oer it there Is silk gauze very full with five fie pleated ruffles so full they are al most ruches niches They are pretty but no noi distinguished distinction comes from fron the cuirass of the black satin deeply tucked It reaches half way to the knee and fits as though if the tucks are two Inches wide It does t I reach quite as high as the armpit and is veiled four foul Inches down with a heavy heavy fall taIl of black tulle edged with pleated gauze A tulle scarf likewise edged across the ends ties In hi front beneath a cluster of big violet pansies purple and yellow and black There are no sleeves not even shoulder straps only twists of gauze caught with l d orna ments meats and upon the left shoulder a big 1 knot of tulle tOIle and pansies The flowers j jare i are the only touch of color except the j I bird in my ray hair which has deep yellow wings and a yellow breast I shall I wear black gloves of ot course and carry a black fan with gold filigree sticks I How the other women will ill stare said the hostess Maisie smiled sofy I can say with Brummell let t tC look and die she answered ing lag out for another an violet MARY MART DEAN II |