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Show i Dinner Gown in Brocade and Chiffon. THREE views of a handsome dlnnor or rccoptlon gown aro made possible pos-sible by tho clever triplicate minor arrangement, ar-rangement, In front of which It was Voeed. Tho straight Bklrt, with a deml-trnln, is mado of crepo having raised' velvet roses and foliage scattered scat-tered over tho surface. Tho roses aro very largo and in a slightly darker shade than tho crepo. Tho chiffon overdress aod bodlco repeat re-peat tho color in tho cropo. Tho un-dor un-dor bodlco is of thin silk In a light color. Thero 1b a beaded glrdlo, narrow, nar-row, and edged with tho narrowest border of fur. This tiny edge of dark fur appears again on a small piece of drapery mado of (ho firobnrthh is poeed on tho bodlco, extending iLrora under tho arms at tho bolt to tho beginning be-ginning of tho bust Tho neck of tho bodlco 1b slightly pointed at tho back, but 1b cut square In front. It Is shirred ovor the foundation founda-tion and Is very simple. Tho Bhort, full sleevos aro sot in and edgod vith a narrow band of tho brocade. A butterfly but-terfly bow of ribbon Is posed at tho front finished with Bilk pendents. There le n frill of boxphsted mallno about tho nock of tho bodlco which does not extend across tho front Un-Jcr Un-Jcr thlB is a laco edging which lies flat to tho nock all round and 1b very at-tractive at-tractive and becoming. Unllko many overdresses, which aro wired into tho lampshade effect, this overdress Is drawn In nt tho bottom with shirring thread. It Blopes down to at point nt tho middle of tho back and Is finished with a narrow band of satin ribbon tied In a simple bow at tho front with ends finished with pendents pen-dents llko those on tho bodlco. Tho undorslcovo of tho bodlco Is finished fin-ished with a band of laco llko that in tho neck, and It is put on without full-ness. full-ness. Thoro is a crushod turn-back cuff abovo tho band of laco, mado of tho chiffon. A novel foaturo l. tho bodlco is the introduction of a narrow casing In tho mallno ruff which holdB a tiny nupport-lng nupport-lng wire This is for tho purposo of holding tho ruff, in on upstanding position posi-tion oway from tho ncckr - Thero Is nothing lntrlcato or difficult diffi-cult In tho shaping of this dinner gown. Tho materials aro not unusual, and altogether It Is ono of tho mosl practical and graceful modjB which Paris nan furnlshod for tho present season. In apito of tho curious nrd sometimeo freakish dOiSXrturoB from tho conventional which ono sees so often pictured, it is tho practical gowns of this character which hav pleased discriminating women of fash ion. Thero is plonty of distinction in tho wonderful matorlalB nnd In the use of color, not to mention tassels and bead work, without resorting U blzarro designs to got chic offocta. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. |