Show f F Dinner or Reception Gown I I I r A I 1 t F P PY t Y 4 f 4 Si T IS NOT so much what is worn in I IT apparel as it is the manner of wearing wearing wear wear- ing it that counts counts' for style in dress No matter how bow chic the costume costume as it ft comes from the hands of its designer it Is quite possible to lose all its class classon classon on a woman who has no sense of clothes And we all know people who can wear rather plain things in a way to make them seem full of distinction All AIl of which goes to prove that if one ene chooses certain gowns according to good judgment they may be worn for for several everal seasons and not look out of date or lose los their attractiveness In selecting a gown gewn for afternoon or evening wear with a view to getting more than a few months of usefulness out ut of it the first requisite which it must possess is real beauty of outline If f It fits the figure rather vaguely sets well and is more mote like a pretty draping than a garment cut along definite style lines it may be counted upon to outlast the life of those gowns that are merely ly exponents of a passing style An afternoon gown which does duty for a reception or dinner dress Is shown here made of satin and and moire It t may be worn with a lace and ind with the new little accessories that hat each season brings in could not be called in the least out of date Recalling Recalling Recalling Re Re- calling the modes of f the past five years it would be rather difficult to determine determine deter deter- mine in just which particular season this dress might be placed as a type of its styleA style I IA A coatee of beaded net enters into the composition of et the gown but Is ia not used on the left side of the bodice This side is made of chiffon and decorated decorated decorated deco deco- rated with rows of Chiffon forms the foundation of the theother theother theother other side also with half the body of ot the coatee draped over it At the left side the drapery is caught with a pointed buckle of cut steel The coat skirts fall about the back and hips and anda a pointed satin tunic forms torms the upper part of the skirt with the underskirt of moire Plain silk stockings and satin slippers slippers slip slip- pers with small rhinestone buckles I certainly belong to the modes of the hour Also the high hair dress with part at the left side and n narrow band I of rhinestones speaks of ot the hairdressers hairdresser's ers er's last triumphs Altogether the toilette is one that compels admiration admira admira- tion It is graceful and pleasing in its details and its wearer has shown a clever discrimination in n selecting It U. JULJA |