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Show m i Court Train , Is , I p Given Approval! Stylo Is Seen in Dressmaking fl Ciroles for First Time in m Several Years. I SASH PLAYS IMPORTANT PART H Decoration Aids In Carrying Out Very H Effective Results In . the More H Fashionable Informal Eve. Hi nlng Frock. mm The long court train hns returned. HJj It la seen In the best dressmaking clr- Htt cles (or tho first tlmo In soverol years. X& Fhe resumption of social Ufa by tho HJ many women who woro engaged In HJ war work set the dressmakers to de- Mm !T)lBg clothes of a moro formal tharacter. During tho war years the mm patriotic woaan thought only of scrv- HJ tag hor country and doing so In the mm teoet suitable dress that she could find. HI Thes cane the period of wild ex Hf IraTBgance that followed tho signing J Df the armistice. In the history of HJj fashions this will go down as a time HK When clothos woro elaborato, with lit- Hi tie of beauty or good taste to recom- HH Bicnd them. It seemed that everything HE? ptoelblo In the way of decoration or H elaboration was combined In a single HEg model. HH Now, asserts a leading fashion coo t respondent, wo see tho reaction. Tho HJU lines of tho best clothes made today HH are very simple. There la elaboru- HH ties, It is true, but It Is a dignified HH elaboration. Somo models are really HH Works of art In the beauty of drapery HH knd cleverness of design. Their very HH Umpllcity makes them appear nil HH though any one might havo made HH them, whereas they could havo been f iy created by the brain and hand of artist. Pride's Dream of White Satin. bbbbbbj . Lanvln features tho long court H' trkjn heavily embroidered. Ono of HH per most lutorcstlng models Is n HI bride's drew of whlto satin having a HJ court trnln richly embroidered In H nl,,S- Tl1'8 fa"8 rom "l0 Bhoutdcrs H om contlhuous plvco, being at Hj ratiicd to tho bodlco by means of an HH jfeihrolflorod band which crosses, the HH Font Just above tho dccollctngo. Long HHJ pTshop slcoves of tullb, the lower halt HHj wnbroldorod In whlto, nro a feature H $2n RCJ'oBli tta fr0ft oi tl10 bodice HH Jwl on Uio full, supplo strnlght skirl, HHJ A Lanvln model of black satin with HHJ Iho embroidered court train falling HHJ from tho shoulders Is hold In placo by C,h embroidered band about four nchos wltlo which passes over the HHM shouldors and crosses tho front. HHjl Panels hanging at each side of tho HHB dress are of bu'Iii shirred In at tho HHB bottom to cmbroldorod tnssols the ends HHff' of which aro of black satfn ribbon. HHJj The sktrtB of even tho most dignified HHJj frocks still ara short although bpv HHfl ernl of tho beat designer nro showing HH skirts n trlflo longer thun those now HHM actually being worn. Wwm 8aih Train Lends Smartness. bHHHi Hi A surprising number of tho moro In HI formal evening frocks havo trains. IW They may bo only sash ends, and this, IHpm ' by tho way, Is a fuvorlte method or- LnJ ovolvlug n train for n simple evening HH dress. Very cffeetlvo aro tho results HjB achieved through theso sush trains. MM A plain little frock of orchid pink B (chiffon may be niado with tho jiock HBt "lino us high ns Uiohq worn on street HfB! frocks and cut In tho strnlght-ncros HH shnllow line. Tho waist may bo low HH and Mousing, with tho skirt whort nnd HH Btralght. Then, to innko It the 'Inst word In smartness, a sash of two tones of pink, ono a very bright shade, Is tied about tho low walstllno and several Inches of ono of tho gayly colored ends trail on tho ground. A model of this kind Is as adopt-ablo adopt-ablo as It can bo, bocauso tho sash ends may bo shortened, or tho sash removed altogether and any sort of n glrdlo used, so that ono has a simple sim-ple afternoon dress which may be worn anywhere. Train dresses of this sort are, of course, In direct opposition to tho ono which Is decidedly formal, but It, too, haB Ha practical side, for tho band supporting tho train Is made separata from the dress und Just slips over the thoulders. Train Makes Its Own Laws. The train, hnvlng onco got back Into tho limelight, takes to Itself many liberties. lib-erties. It absolutely refuses to abide by any set rules. It may even fall from tho front of n dresq. A frock created by ono of our own American Frock ol Gray Moussellne Embroidered Embroider-ed In White and, Qold Thread's. designers has a wry uneven hem, tup front being extremely short nnd the skirt falling much longer at tho sides and back. There Is n sash which tics In a bow directly In tho front and the long ends hung to tho ankles several Inches below the bottom of the skirt. To uccentuuto tho appearance 0? the tinovcnncss of the hem there nro side panels ntso longer than tho skirt. Perhaps tho most popular place for n train Is at one sldo. The wrapped n round effect with tho drapery drawn across tho stomach, as In Uits model. Is very prominent In fashions. These models, slightly draped at tho waist lino In a frco and easy manner, aro quite n contrast to tho tightly draped princess dress sponsored by Madeleine Made-leine ct Madeleine. Dresses of this sort usually fasten at tho left sldo. This ono Illustrates, too, tho liking for black nnd white In evening frocks. It Is of whlto velvet, showing show-ing n long sldo panel of black velvet nnd black tullo. Tho largo flat flowers flow-ers nro of velvet and tullo. Tho back of the dress Is draped In tho samo rammer as the front |