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Show If " z 1 f Stately and Graceful Gown K i ja FROM tho salon of a gifted designer In Paris comes thla stately and graceful gown. It Is worth mucU study as an exposition of present I styles, without any departuro from beautiful tmtllnlng of the figure and tho' bga. management et fastJonv rfffbUcs wlsh brocaded Burfacerc of tho dark "rfcholorsGtthjfJB taupe, corbleu, paprika7woofla golden browns, sapphlrb bluo. I Tho skirt Is In two pieces, with tbfo uppermost cut away from tho knee downward In a "V" shapo. It la draped with threo small plaits o give It tho fashlonablo slant, and posed over an undor pleco that is also caught up a Uttlo at tho front. This undor plcco la not closed at tho back, and by thla arrangement tho skirt, which scorns to hang in so closely about tho ankloa, still gives room for easy walking. i Thoro is no attompt nt ovn hanging nbout tho bottom of skirts thos days. Thoy aro corroctly draped when tho uneven-hanging caused by drv5ry is allowed to spoak for itsolf as a part of tho play. There la a bodice of bro-cadod bro-cadod Bilk undor a small coat of cloth Uko that in tho skirt It has a graceful grace-ful neck round, with a narrow "V" cut out at tho front. A Jlno net gulmpo Is worn undor It, which Is round at tho nock. Tho long slooves of this bodico aro set In at tho arm-oyo, arm-oyo, but not closo fitting in tho upper arm. A flno frill of point d'Esprlt Mj a porfect finish to tho sleeves. Brwldlng tho long shouldor, the B coat blouses ovor tho belt line Ho sides and back. It has a long Bw basquo sloping away ovor the rBind falling almost to the knees. LHnnlsned'wtb" arerywl4u4-fringo arerywl4u4-fringo and is wonderfully offec- KBIlIar coats slopo away to a panel I at M back, finished at tho onds with a lBid band of fur or plush. This flnl has proved moro popular than tho frlngo. A, hat with somo width of brim la fitting with a gown of so much character, char-acter, nnd that 1b what was chosen. It has the small, soft crown, which almost al-most offaces Itself, and tho simple trimming which characterizes tho season. sea-son. Two short full ostrich heads or a fancy ostrich ornamont aro curled over tho brim in models of this kind, and tho brim usually Bhowo an Indentation Inden-tation at ono sldo. Tho front of tho undor bodico is arranged ar-ranged to fnll out over tho waist lino and is n novelty in arrangement that is noteworthy. Altogether this Is an ichlovement In designing bo good that It will outlivo less beautiful modols and look well for two seasons or moro. Tho Ufo of protty gowns, most of them costing considerable tlmo and somo monoy, should not bo bo brief that tho tlmo spent in making them is not worth while. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. |