Show A seasonable economical pad one of the whims of the economical woman of this year is an abundance of the dainty little and plastrons pla of crepe or chiffon for sale in the shops your plainest street coat is transformed to Inu cheon elegance by the insertion of one of these little gay frilled plastrons pla of crimson crepe or yellow chiffon your old black silk will take on all the needed dinner graces with a pale blue or pink chiffon gnippe with its full plaited bit of pretty needlework dunnder the chin all the dainty arranga menta are copied from old time courtiers dress when gentlemen indulged in flea and frills and adjusted them with the grace and skill woman has not improved on through all the centuries mechlin lace seems one of the newest and most popular materials for the cravat like air laments sometimes seen with street gowns the gowa has usually in such cases a loscut vest and the lace falls from the neck nearly to the bust frosi a narrow opening in the dress precisely as it is now worn by the elderly gentlemen in the school for scandal and other old fashioned plays chiffon is the material most used but the innocent seeming gauze is a delusion and a snare as frail as it is fair and usually gets into a hopeless crumple with second wearing de sole crepe de chine china silk and all kinds of lace are no moie expensive and quits as effective besides lasting an entire season for theater wear the soft gray plastrons pla are particularly useful and the house dress ia varied and made attractive indeed when fres benec by their bright grace they are the one cheap and redeeming feature in a winter cf discouraging cou raging elegance and in dress new york san |