Show I 2 = T y f FASHIONS UP TO DATE I j Opera cloaks and In fact evening rraps of all descriptions are garments that appeal most strongly to all women vb9 love beautiful materials rich acs fursv etc for In these same I cloaks and capes there Is an oppor tunlt not tobo f found elsewhere to combine the most superb oCbrocades with prlcelbss laces and rare furs There Is positively no limit that can be placed na to the cost but the beauty of colorings the luxurious and rogal effect goes far to reconcile pven the economically minded individual with the sum that hlJreen expended Dame Fashion holds out one loophole I as regards this particular garment by not laying down any rigorous law as T to what materials shall be used and from year to year there Is not the Fame changes of style a3 In any and i every other detail ofthe feminine wardrobe So long as thfc fabric Is rich and effective H 7mattcrs not j whether It Is the latest desJgnr I whether ft be some old1 heirloom of rare brocade that has beqnin the family for generations < 11 1 i Both cloaks In the circular shape 1U lh j and long loose coats arc Included j In the term opera cloaks and this season di sea-son the coat has been considered thee 1 the-e i smartest of the two It Js a loose rf apparently shapeless garment in o reality Is most carefully shaped long enough to reach to the hem of the P skirt or risln the Illustration to a short distance from tho foot This t length Is Considered a more satisfactory i satis-factory one us the cloak does not so ltia soon become worn and tiqfacedaround U1d the edge The sleeves are large anr i n full and there Is ahlgh flaring collar I Ii th11 fastens close at the throat The J cloak Illustrated In figure 1 shows the a3 most popular styles of the season The 1Lj material IB an Ivory panne velvet with 1mS a painted design of flowers and leaves l d d the flowers In three or four different i 5o shades of pink The wide sleeves are aL i finished with hand of sable and runic Wiif of lace and there are undeislceves of fine tucked batiste drawn Ine at the H wrist with a band of sable aud lace v i ruffle The high flaring collar Is held up with two bands of sable while a irS1 lace fichu below the sable finishes in if d 1i frOnt Into a narrow point The collar is faced with a full ruching oC white db chiffon and the fronts are faced with DJ I the name shirring All these opera tHo cloaks arc made as warm as possible hstt jj come have fur linings others qulllcdi tau i satin or brocade for linings or the mot H1 lining Is of plush with an interlining r i of wool wadding Opera cloaks of lace made entirely r of lace pvep a satin lining andr intra intr-a lining of ermine and trimmed wth lua r bands of fur and lace o r chiffon Tal ilouncco have been amongthe smaVU Iml oat cloaks this last winter and will be 1bie worn for Bering and winter with the L difference that ruchlngs of chiffon or b at I lace will be substituted for the Cur ne that trimming being only suitable for not L the wlnter Lace capes and cloaks of i made of the most expensive laces In roar black or white will be considered dits especially desirable Evening wraps that this summer will be made on quite the L eajja lines as those worn for the last I 1 sl larn onhs J FVn dicss ls always most attractive attrac-tive and Email wonder IB I It that fancy dress entertainments are so populnu on o There Is such an oportunlty given for q picturesque effccto Everybody can H rhoose a costume especially aultedjto h i his or her especial type of beaUty there IF I no law ordering some one cojor becoming to very few that has to bad ba-d followed and consequently It Is l not remarkable that a fancy dressali is i a always a much more brilliant spectacle ro rtb rJ tacle than an ordinary dance whre i people arc dressed In the fashlonji of r0 L the day J P Of all the favorite costumes for farjcy lOW drehs the shepherdess reigns supreme bs It IB so universally becoming and r then possesses the rare advantage trial tJlf1 1l can be made up either In very Expensive < f Ex-pensive In calico and cami G 3rt materials or nn cal1 fd brie costing a most trlfl1ngsuTi s However It must be admitted as a t Ji rule the expensive representations of r the character are more often in demand 1 c Jjt de-mand in figure 2 Is an Illustration bji a gown designed by Doucet which Is l a rfl4r4 lJtnle oi the most expensive dr kind shepherdess costume of the Louis XV period The slclrt of sky blue satin a most exquisite shade and of the richest quality reaches only to the ankles It Is cut with a great deal I of flare and made to stand out either by being lined or forced with stiffenIng I stiffen-ing or worn over a crinoline Around the lower part of the skirt the material iaughtxtp In soft foldG and between 1 the folds are garlands of pink roses Which extend around the entire skirt The Upper part of the skirt hidden under looped panlcrs of either bluq or pink satin trimmed with a wide silver lace Quite in keeping with the present pres-ent raze straightfront effects rl is i Iho pointed waist with Its exaggerated curve from the sides to the from There Is a full front of finely pleated chlffonV covered with a network of sliver cord studded with pearls On the shoulders are sprays of pink roses that outline the sides of the waist finishing at the point In front The olbow sleeves are finished with n band > of pink roses above a ruffle of the silver lacc The hair Is dressed high with puffs and pompadour Is powdered and diectIyDntOp Is a hunch of pink roses Blue satin shoes complete the costume Figure 3 Illustrates another Louis CV shepherdess costume which It will be seen Is In many respects j radically different from the one described de-scribed above The gown was worn by Mile Mallle In La Guerre des Den tellcs and was most becoming and effective Unlike the former costume tho skirt Is long reaching quite to the ground and entirely concealing the feat It is exaggeratedly wide being held out hy crinoline There are garlands gar-lands trimming the foot of the skirt but made of ruches instead of roses and caught up at regular Intervals wllh velvet or satin bows of pale blue The skirt Itself Is oC rosepink no tin The overskirt looped in panler effect on the sides is of flowered brocade pink blue and pale grecnand Is trimmed with full rufllcs of pink mOl ss lInc Ue sole finished with narrow nar-row ruchings and put on so full that they fall In Jabot effect The sam < j ppmted waist Is seen as In the otter cgstume but It omes much closer tqgetJier In front showing a pointed front of pleated chiffon over which there Is a succession of small velvet bows that apparently hold the sides together Elbow sleeves finished with a wide ruffle of brocade and Inside I ruffles of chiffon fit close to the arm I above the elbow Folds of lace over the shoulders make the waist more becoming while above the square cut in front are soft folds of the pink chiffon Powdered halvwlHi fnntr mrl and spray of pink rpces In the hair complete this most attractive and dainty Costume < I j Fancy headdresses arc often the fashion for dinners dr dances where the entire costume need not be fancy dfesc and are often most picturesque and becoming Sometimes the order I Is that the hair rriust bearranged in I accordance with the fashion of some past century again the rule is that a picturesque hat or headdress must be designed Figure 4 t gives < an illustra tionof a hat for a Diner do Totes as the entertainment Is called and shows a design of Lutherie in a chapeau frlvolet in the threecorner shape made of black and white tulle most artistically combined and trimmed with flowers and aigrettes WJlAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW In leaving a lady at the car should a gentleman pay her fare he not ac ompjinvlijg I her on tho car If a gentleman gen-tleman meets a lady on the car and she leaves first should Jie see her to die stceet safely or Is this unnecessary VBNI Ills not necessary for a gentleman to paya ladys fare when he is not olng with her on the car although i would be courteous for him to offer to do so It would be more courteous for him to seG that she gets off the car safely hut r In these days when It Is so hard for a gentleman to get his seat on a crowded car he must take Into consideration consid-eration the fact that he may lose that place If ha yields I to the dictates of ordinary or-dinary politeness and the lady will I have no cause to complain J J i J I r Li r i c i4vj I 1J1 q yjI b 1 0 l f j GVE J J |