Show quaintness Q u at n aness M marks k S milady I 1 a V s new gown wide skirts pannier victorian bodice among latest fashions each eacle generation finds the fashions of tile tho preceding one amusing ono one has only to bring out some old photographs to appreciate the startling contrasts in tile the styles of dress that are presented overy every few years ns as fancy pr prompts omits changes boop skirts look funny to tile woman of fashion who Is cultivating tile match silhouette leg ol o mutton sleeves seem scott deformities naw that the shape of the arm Is shown our mothers modest dress tins has a prudish provincial air when compared with tile the slight draperies of tile the classic greeks tind ind the of tile tho early french court styles so tile wheel revolves and often it brings back something that whirled past our eyes in tho the long ago the mode of these days writes a fashion authority in tile the new york times leaves little to startle one in the dress of tild ho belles of ancient greece who would have been put to shamo shame by the ultra woman of tills this only ono tiling thing Is certain human nature Is in dress as in other matters changes will come and their evolution Is interesting to see it seems to bo be recognized that nothing so kunren I 1 as the bustle or the hoop skirt shirt the steel corset or tile the powdered wig will ever again he be accepted but then skirts I 1 have lately been far too tight for cor either comfort or decency indies with figures Hg urea would appear to better advantage for somewhat of and bobbed heads would have looked better if their full quota of hair had find been preserved as girls having locks in an intermediate state can testify in their despair style endures long time that a radical change was due has haa long been evident since the complications in lines and trimmings began to be dropped a few seasons ago and dress grew so simpli simplified fled that the word silhouette came in into to the modister modi stes vocabulary cab the one piece and straight line gown has been almost universal no style tins has ever been known to endure for so long a time the new fashion rescued mother and grandmother from their paisley shawls and bonnets and caps and benefited womankind generally it created a feeling for softness and delicacy in materials and for grace in draperies each radical change tins has been restated resisted sumo some fundamentals remain for or examples tile the lithe figure the long waist and the trailing draperies ruffles and ruch ings eries and fussy detully details det alls on the handsomely patterned brocades brocaded bro cades of the latest modes would be impossible and the flattery of a single line of color against the neck to make the skin more fair and serve as a background for the necklaces Is still appreciated A woman of fashion who Is in the know as most of her kind are studies values in her dress and whether the e latest style to Is extreme or otherwise modest or daring it Is not commonplace 11 and it Is not lacking in artistic quality A complete novelty la Is introduced easily with a change in evening wear fancy dress balls fetes and all the costume affairs that so interest the smart set offer temptation to wear picturesque tur esque clothes and to impersonate t the models of famous painters and the great ladles in history when a conf an has beheld herself as a creature of loveliness in panniers pan crinoline or any distinctive type of dress it Is quite gulte usual in this day of individuality tor for her to adopt it tor for her own some of the leaders of fashion la in paris and america ore are having thou their evening tresses dresses made after these picture gowns adding greatly to the beauty of the dinner dunces dances and balls with which society amuses itself As an the midwinter mid winter ideas aro are developed styles grow more definite ventures of lie early season pass fads ands are eliminated and modes become as it were standardized ar ardi lazed zed they ore are not till nil more or less jess after one pattern as they once were however lio wever but are original and diversified versi fied and afford striking contrasts at the moment three distinct cyp types of dress are vogue and firo aro equally good one Is 3 tile alda full skirt gathered at the waist on a plain little basque a modern version of the victorian period opening often to show a petticoat of beautiful luce lace rich brocades brocaded bro cades in color silver and gold are delightful in this model and the frosty laces of one fine silken berh and traceries tra ceries cerles of silver are lovely sown sewn lu in deep flounces on the underskirt sometimes in a deep festooned festoon ed ruffle combined with french flowers quantities of fringe this model Is very successfully made in heavy plain satin or faille with an elaborate pattern of embroidery around tile the skirt and a touch on the bodice A costume of this sort hns has lately been presented by a notable parts paris establishment in pale green with skirt embroidered in it a design of flowers and leaves in sliver silver the design quite deep in the front and graduated toward the hack back A narrow bond of kolinsky edges the hem and the open ing of the skirt as it parts over a panel of white and silver lace for evening or daytime wear a fascinating cina ting style of gown Is distinguished by quantities of fringe the original model by callot Is all in black the foundation Is a tube like slip of black satin trimmed straight around with two rows of deep silk fringe one row at the bottom tho the other below the hip line the gown Is sleeveless with a high batteau neck A row of the fringe cascades from the shoulder down one side of the gown callot evils l in fringe and in in another model of uncommon distinction and grace he uses a large deep fringed white spanish shawl for the gown itself over a plain slip of white satin A part of the shawl Is thrown across one shoulder t the fringe hangs fron from the ilie ends and more of it Is found about waist and looped loosely at one side denler Ilen ler too to Is enamored of the fringe gown and tins has designed a most unusual example of white crepe edging a draped scarf of which the sleeves are fashioned A sash falls below the skirt with knotted fringe nil all white ten inches deep departing froni from the gowns of sheer materials and soft lines so long secure in their popularity Is a chic almost extreme model a little frock of crisp taffeta made with a minaret pannier effect the idea has been developed in both daytime and evening gowns and Is much liked one being shown in satin for afternoon wear another done by Cheru cherault lt Is a slight variation of the original it Is a dinner gown of pale rose brocade embroidered broi brol dered from neck to hem with fine fina beads ok of color and sliver silver in an oriental pattern the afie skirt Is slipper length and rather narrow the tunic Is flat back and front with a round neck sandwith and without sleeves at the waistline at each side the skirt ox oi the Is caught in a cluster of gathers close to the figure and lined with crinoline flaring smartly out the Cambon lam law silhouette Is another name for it the style Is an example of hindu and chinese influence combined |