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Show EMBROIDERY FOR TEA GOWN. Ribbon Work May Be Relied On to Produce Good Effects. Ribbon work embroldory is no longer long-er now, but for a tea gown in somo light, dcllcato shado tho dull soft tints of tho ribbon all tone In cxcollently. For tho brighter colors thoro nro Persian, Per-sian, Jnpancso and Chlneso trimmings and cmbroldories, built In imitation of tho oriental colorings, which, UBed sparingly, will often glvo Just tho required re-quired effect, softening, and at tho sumo tlmo finishing, touch. In no Btylo of dress Is thero so much opportunity of obtaining tho becoming as In tho tea gown. Soft, loose lines aro utmost Invariably becoming, but should this not chnnco to be tho caso tho under part of tho gown can fit with tho perfection of n princess robo and bo formed of silk or supplo satin, with soft chiffon or Wo laid over It to add a fraction of an inch to tho waist lino and hips. Tho lining must always bo of marvelous cut nnd fit and it rests with tho material which Is draped over It whether or not u short or long wnlst lino Is to bo shown, and whether wheth-er tho wearer's long and slender lines aro to bo accontuatcd or whothor somo ot her height nnd angular lines aro to bo disguised, or whothor she bo mado to appear tailor and somo Inches slighter than In her ordinary costumes, which do not so readily lend thorn-solvos thorn-solvos to altering and Improving upon naauro's- gifts. A long train Is becoming nllko to short nnd tall, slondor and would-bo slender, nnd a teagown without n long grncoful Bwcop or train would scarcely seem a teagown nt all. Last of all any shado nnd every degreo ot color In tho cntlro prism Is sultnblo for a teagown from black to palest yol-low, yol-low, from doop to dcllcato applo green, from palest steel prints to deep American Amer-ican Henuty red, and tho woman who cannot without dlfllculty select a teagown tea-gown moro becoming to her Individual Individu-al stylo of beauty than any costumo she has yet possessed had besthnsten to glvo horsolf up to a serious study of tho sartorial art to learn what she can accomplish with tho opportunities given her. |