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Show i IMetal Has Call for Chic Gowns , At I Silver and Gold Trimmings Are in the Fashion Picture I for Spring. IFABRIG WILL HOLD GLITTER I (Threads In Better Material Should I ' Not Tarnish Metallzed Stuffs, If 1 of Good Quality, Will Defy I " Long Wear. I Tho charms of silver and gold as applied to dress show no Blgns of I abatement, according to a fashion I writer In tho Now York Times. At I flrst wo took tho application of metal to our gowns with mora or less amuse I 'meat and not tho least show of sorl- ioasncss. Wo used It In a spirit of In- dulgcncc, and then wo began to sco I Jiow really distinguished It was mak- lag our clothes appear. Now, as we look about at tho passing winter styles H and tho ones for spring, wo sco Iniiu-H Iniiu-H merablo touches of metal and somo frocks and costumes mado solely of this material. I Metal stuffs aro charming in many H more ways thnn one. Thoy hnvo a way of touching up a dress whenovcr so H Uttlo a quantity Is used so that It I (The Popular Silver Bodice Worn With ot I Plaited Black Satin Skirt nr. ,ooks mucH moro worthy of public at oo 1 ttcntlon tlinn u dld uc'oro tho glitter ilng trimming was added. Then, whet (they aro used for whole garments led .they aro so distinguished looking thai ills I .they make their wearers tako on thai ale. tme distinguished air. They need n oV. I tmnm'"gs. Thoy cannot stand citn (fecorutlons. Thoy aro Bufflclent U TM 1 thcmsclvcs f During tho last winter tho best I dressed women In New York havi Ilsl ora metal frocks for evening., On ;oik ,u able to pick them out us tho mos till ptunnlng of all tho women In any root toll ot people. And In every lnstanc hool ' metQl Kowns wero mado bo tha ffll 'Ir own materials wcro tho cenre cep J?4 ,hoa,lUio gown's design. Nov tv "prln8 Bty,ea nro belnR 8UOwn n j American designers' places wo se but that It has decided to gr right o: with Its expression. Not only dresses, but hats an blouses and negligees and accessories aro mado from stuffs showing stive and gold, when they nro not entlrel of tho metallzed matcrluls. They tak tho draplngs and tho shapings In mot Interesting ways nnd because they n qulro so Uttlo In tho wny of trln mlng, thoy do not mount up In prlc as one might expect them to do. Tho foreign metallzed stuffs aro it handsomest They crush In tho ban so that they seem liko nothing at at and this In splto cf tholr metal thread which aro so carefully attended t that they defy tho ravages of tlmo an wear, retaining their glitter unto th bitter end. This Is something to b looked after when buying fabrics cot talntng any silver or gold. If th threads tarnish quickly then tho pui chase Is not by any means an cci nomlcal onoV If, on tho contrary, the aro of that sort which refuses to groi dim, then you can depend upon usln them over and over again. And, If stuff Is Intrinsically beautiful, It wl last on and on through years, nllowln Itself to bo shaped this way and tha according to tho demands of tho sty of tho moment. Itlbbons, too, nro Interestingly con blned with metals when they nro n mado entirely from silks. Tlmo an again you will sco a strip of rlbbo used where It looks for all tho worl liko an Insertion of handsomo en broidery. Tlicso ribbons aro a boc to tho modern designer, for, with the edges finished with all fineness nn care, they ninko tho finish of a ga nient so simple a matter that they lui one to Incorporate them In drcssran! lag, uven wncn mu natural icnacni would bo In- an opposite direction. Blouse Is Different Tho blouse of tho moment Is an I tcrestlng affair if only because It Is different a thing from tho ones th hnvo gone before. For a while, aft tho shirtwaist died as a general nrtlc of dress, tho blouso seemed to bo nil 1ho world of dress. Now It Is bni again, carrying all beforo It For, y sec, tho blouso of today Is somethli which looks liko an Integral part of dress Instead of an Individual clfmet It has succeeded In so harmonizing i self with the rest of tho costumo tlu at first appearance, ono would nov realize that it could bo detached at glvo up its place to another bodd effect creating a wholo new costumo. Certain velvet and duvetyn frocl havo shown somo rf tho most Intcrei lng of bodices dono In silver or go! and It has been hard, always, to t whether that blouso wcro a scpara entity or something that was attachi permanently to tha skirt that we with It. Usually, though, upon e anilnntlon, It wns found to be a lltt perfect thing by Itself ready to gl up Its place at any moment to a bodl which Its wearer happened to thli was better suited '.o tho occasion hand. Thero Is a silver matorlal that brocaded In effect without cmployli any extra coloring. It Is all sllvi ' but tho pattern Is raised or cmbossc i whllo tho foundation fabric remains i flat sliver. This is especially love : for tho draped smock to bo worn wl i tho black or colored skirt and to cc ) stltuto a part of tho thrcc-plcco c : tumo. These- bodices aro made wl short and tightly fitted sleeves. Th r aro plain at tho neckline, and, wh t they drape about tho form, they t ) still left with their lower edges pit . da Hint tliov flrnnn Intn thn fnlflfl nf I |