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Show 1 ' - IH Separate Trains I on Paqein Gowns I Cuirass Front on Many Smart Frocks From Paris H Ateliers Angel Sleeves Returning Into H Fashion High Ceintures H half way to the knees tapering down at tho sides towards the bnck whero It lengthened Into a train. runs half way round the waist an H has o. iftidh at thu other uldo. The H bodice of an evening gown is made half H o one material and half oi another jH and partly of one color and partly of. H an cntiicly dllYeicn: color. - H In uonie of the French gowns tho H tunio Is short in front, at tho back H developing into a train, while some of IH the newest gowns have no tunic In H front, but have one at the back which H extends around only to the side scams. H Somo of tnc now gowns havo round . H short skirts with long narrow trains H hanging looye from the waist at tho H back. They aio looped and carried H gracefully In thu right hand or over H the arm. This is an Empire fashion. H Women seemed to have their hands H fully occupied In those days, and H scarves and fans were a craze. The H unkind aristocrats deduced catty H things from this crazo for supplying jH the hands of the women of Napoleon's H court with occupation even during H their hours of ease. They said that H tho peasant and work girl, wlve.s of , H tho brave marshals and gonerals lacked H tho repose that generations of leisure H and elegant idleness bestows. Their H hands were moro accostomed to wash- H ing and sewing, cooking and knitting, H than lying useless In their sllkou H laps hence the need of fans and , H loose light trains. ' H |