Show THE THE UTILITY GOWN Black Slack Velvet Draws Palm of Popularity Popularity Popularity Pop Pop- Writer Says Fabric Suitable for All P Purposes From Breakfast Robe to Ball and Theater Attire In these days a s 's of the high c cost st of everything few women can afford to tomake tomake tomake make a n distinction between dinner gowns and evening dress Th y both signify formal wear but to persons of meticulous care In dress ress there is a tl dif dif- ference With housekeeping such u tremendous tre- tre mendo problem and the domestic question a n shoal hoal on which many households founder the cust custom m of dining out Is becoming more and more prevalent pre At the more exclusive exclusive ex ex- elusive restaurants one Is not proPerly properly properly prop prop- erly dressed unless In evening clothes yet ct if it the evenings evening's entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- ment includes the theater ones one's costume costume costume cos cos- tume needs to be more reserved titan than if It Ita ifa a dancing lancing party or the opera Is contemplated Of all the mn ma materials we have seen this season observes a fashion writer tho the palm of ot popularity goes to black velvet velvet unquestionably unquestionably the fabric suitable suitable suit sult- able for all purposes from breakfast to ball gown Iown and in the restaurants and theaters It predominates A clever woman whom we see at every ely important function Is not noted for her wealth nor her lavish expenditures on dress but she Is always alwa s 's tastefully If It rather unobtrusively gowned At the opera one evening she appeared appeared appeared ap ap- In a stunning gown of black silk velvet made severely plain with a round of ot and the skirt ankle length with a long straight panel falling failing from one hip to form a side train We remarked lea leatho the tho cos costume ume for Its extreme elegance elegance ele ele- ele- ele gance of line and and- lack of adornment A few nights later this woman came I Into the dining room of our most fashionable and exclusive hotel again gowned In black velvet We noticed that the bodice was cut rather low and filled In with a n shirred gilet gnet of ot embroidered black net short sleeves edged with tiny ruffles were of net and chiffon and on one hip several flat loops of ot the velvet simulated the bouffant effect It was not until afterward that we realized that this costume was In fact tact the opera gown worn with a of net and with the train looped up Not one woman in a n hundred unless she site were In the habit of ot scrutinizing and analyzing feminine wearing apparel ap parel would have discovered the metamorphosed metamorphosed metamorphosed meta meta- frocks Very convincing transformations may be accomplished by hy a woman who is clever with her needle or who has hns a good dressmaker |