Show IF you are looking for a tasteful and brilliant gown which will always look well the model shown in the pic ture will hold your attention the combination of black and white is al ways good to begin with and its lines are conservative following those of the figure vaguely and simply there is nothing startling in the costume except its beauty nothing could be plainer than the tunic of black chiffon the placing of the swans down trimming is so obvious that it might have been done by an amateur except that an amateur would not have thought of terminating it at the waist line or of using a black velvet girdle the under bodice Is an easy fitting blouse opening at the front over a sur dilce of fine white lace the little coat of black chiffon lies smoothly ivr it but develops a little fullness below the waist line the girdle of crushed velvet encircles the figure easily at the normal waist line and fastens at the let a big velvet rose in any color you like the tur ban and slippers worn with this gown carry ou the black and white idea in these details and the handsome black satin bag belongs in the scheme the slippers are of white satin with ro bettes of black velvet centered with a rhinestone cabochon the turban has a coronet ot steel beads and crown of black velvet the coronet supports a tuft 0 black fancy feathers no detail of the whole toilette Is neglected even the strand of beads of white spar could hardly be spared from the ensemble but by way of color the rose and the beads may be atthe same color and might be amber or garnet or any color which their wearer affects as a favorite one might have a portrait made in such a gown quite confident tbt it will always appeal to the artistic sense as beautiful and further as fashions and etalea come and go no matter what the changes may be this costume will mark its designer as a farsighted artist with a keen instinct for enduring hues and color some things even in apparel are staple JULIA BOTTOMLEY |