Show DISTINCTION IN EVENING GOWNS i o BY SOPHIA London lAudon Oct 6 There is a differ difference ence though a very subtle difference between evening frocks fro ks for country wear wc ear and nd those for town and al though I cannot hope to define the ti rt I propose to mention a few o of the characteristics of each The popularity of the picture frock grows and grows and its popularity is perhaps best deserved when nhen worn at country houses Somehow trailing chiffons and wonderful loose lace ef are not suited to crowded restaurants restaurants restaurants rants and theatres and for this pur purpose purpose purpose pose the of the very smartest order is Js de rigueur This in Its Us present Ir sent tage of development is ismore ismore Ismore more like the frock worn In Paris P than the decol tte frocks hitherto seen in the stalls of the London theatres But In evening dress ress there are still several distinct periods represented and there is a decided tendency towards a very Yer wide width of shoulder in fact there Is a return to the droop off the sh ul ulers ers erSt though in no case are a re bare bah arms permissible Of course cours there are a afew afew afew few advanced models for ball dresses some of will be bt seen soen at the northern meetings this month The rIe fashions which are most inter interesting interesting interesting esting at this moment are those for country COUll tr houses the tea gown and the picture frock ocl A decided preference pre for Cor some somo of the sUffer stiffer mat materials will wUl willbe willbe be manifested later lat r on and they are already gaining favor Little frilled sleeves are characterise tic of the fash fashIons fashIons fashions Ions of the present as well as of the future indeed sleeves have altered alt re rebut 1 but little for some months nast Dast The return to the tighter court bod bodice bodice bodice ice Is predicted at an early earl date One design is of the new shades of palest brown moire trimmed with deep cof coffee tee fee lace i ce and from the puffed sleeves are ate picturesque strands of brown and cornflower blue chiffon which are ad admirably admirably blended In the berthe This strikes a slight note of novelty in int inI t I evening e dress and is a style which will willbe willbe be worn later on in the stiffer fabrics such uch s as moire striped stripe taffetas and tiff stiff s satins In direct contrast are tea gowns of crepe he chine ani soft clinging satin atin s One ne somewhat garment is In white clinging satin atin s trimmed with Very cry ery coarse Greet Greek lace l ace on the long sleeves A pretty transparent of the lace at the is very be becoming becomIng becoming coming and altogether this forms on en ideal deal I 5 fi i gown Perhaps even more becoming is a gown of goft oft rose rosc colored crepe de chine with wi th bows of silver tissue and the most moat lovely coat coal of 0 coarse guipure edged with pale pink chiffon velours and silver This can cn be worn with or without the coat Among the popular patterns are eight evening bodices for early autumn wear One Is in a flowered broche with a of pink mauve and ann brown tulle caught with a curious col colored colored colored ored stone buckle The quaint little puffed sleeves are frilled with tulle and a gauze tulle scarf is worn over the shoulders Another Is a girlish demit in satin showing a little embroidery at the top of the bodice and a deep yoke and collar of trans transparent parent lace I Scarf effects particularly in old lace I will be a feature of the autumn espe especially esp daIly as the are making the most lovely stoles for evening wear in ermine and nd lace not quite straight but wide on the shoulders then narrow and wide again at the knees with de delightful insertions 3 lace A lovely mixture is black Spanish lace with er ermine ermine ermine mine mineA A recent design is a robe of fisher fishier net with a broad broa bordering bor er ng at the hem of the skirt of soft satin or taffetas taffetas decorated with wIt a broken line of fine braid embroidery and a coat cf f satin of length edged with It Is a quaint conceit applied to the monarchy modes of the days when the three Louis the he fourteenth fifteenth fifteenth and sixteenth ruled France and lends itself to the several sev ral editions of the coat culled Bulled from these periods cri ds j all an smart and all aU tending to place the waist line in its natural position espe especially daily the Louis touts XIV style which moulds the figure exactly Waist Waistcoats Waistcoats Waistcoats coats made of richly braided cloth or of some antique piece fliece of f brocade that may ma actually haiL halI from those days find their chance of display and th the basque which h of t late has been pushed on one side alile makes an effective rt appearance h k j r |