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Show 1 1 ' ' jj 1 TTO 13 1 THE ATHD i '"iS I HHBfflW flfe. LorAsled 1 WWlt ll M XKasil "Pocket toVerv CKic Wr Golden.Pi-nn.ep Go'vfn. jp for5 a Tou-tl KaLTPo-n . Line LiTies GiriTn ."Une. Colo-pin. Opuleirit arid Darnr Laces Form An Important Part In Spring Evening Gowns-- Black and White Combinations Strike the Practical Note -Shimmering Soiree Silk Frocks In Spring Tints - Sleeves. wiy tant, is always moro or lesa jS to-do about evening apparel for tnc "saY after-Easter season;" in y but that season at Its most bril-v bril-v llant Is a sporadic affair; a sequence I of events crowded Into a week or ten days. Then society prepares for the coming summer. Houses are to be opened, the whole summer wardrobo for out-of-doors, indoors and botween-t botween-t doors as It were or rather, the modern mod-ern enclosed veranda Is to be bought. Hostesses-to-bo are busy with lists of summer guests and new furnishings furnish-ings to be selected, and the "gay after-Easter after-Easter season" dwindles vory rapidly. This year tho agitation over war matters mat-ters has mado women chary about providing an elaborate supply of evening even-ing gowns. Paris has forsworn the grand toilette entirely and tho unsettled un-settled condition of affairs over here has mado tho prospect of sumraor galetlo3 of a formal nature problematical. problemat-ical. Nevertheless, woman must be prepared to a certain extent In clothes, war or no war, and no woman's wardrobo ward-robo Is complcto without one or two 'handsome evening gowns oven 11 they bo worn only In her own home or In somo other woman's homo at private, scml-form:.l entertainments. Tho French dressmakers havo con- tlnucd to send beautiful evening ttjV. clothes to America perhaps all the ir moro beautiful because their art and skill cannot be expended on gaslight frocks for Parlslennos and some ol tho new modols ao so alluring that : thoy aro simply not to bo resisted. One must, wear them somehow oven If an occasion has to be made for the wearing. Of this nature are 1 three stunning dlnner-danco gowns, roccnt arrivals. Ono of these gowns 1 la a Chcrult creation; another Is from : Worth and the third from Polret who 1 recently spent his time during a brief furlough from tho front In designing somo typically Polrct-esquo creations just to keep his hand in, as It were, ' and to demonstrate that fighting mat-tors mat-tors havo not robbed his. brain of Its cunning where woman's attire Is concerned. con-cerned. Tho Polrot frock Is illustrated illus-trated and is ono of tho most beautiful models turned out by this artist whose fancy seems to have beon chastened 1 b lils experiences at tho front, for the frock shows none of tho clashing, ! daring colors that Polret loves to weavo into surprising harmonies. ' Thoro is color, to bo suro, in tho 1 panel and tabllors of brocaded silk which form tho front of tho frock ' and a short drapery bolow tho hips, ' but tho colors aro exquisitely soft and delicate tints of rose, lilac and hcllo-1 hcllo-1 trope on a ground of white satin. Tho : hip draperies are partially veiled under un-der an ovor-sklrt of white tulle that-' that-' drops from a crystal beaded extension ' of tho bodice. Tho slooves aro of s whito tullo also and their cut Is most interesting. They are simply two : squares of tullo thrown over the ' shoulder and attached to the crystal 1 shoulder straps of tho frock. Tho points of tho square at the bottom aro brought together and weighted with crystal bead tassels so that the sleeve keeps Its position whether the arm Is lifted or lowered. Tho foundation of tho costume Is very pale heliotrope satin and tho sash is of the same material, ma-terial, with crystal bead tassels. A feature of this costume is tho mod-estio mod-estio of tullo drawn across tho square docolletago so that tho neck Is veiled almost to tho throat. Trains On All Indoor Dinner Gowns. The restaurant dinner gown may or may not havo a train; but tho dinner din-ner gown worn at formal prlvato din- ners must be trained. Ono may loop the train over one arm If a danco fol- i lows tho dinner, but a train thoro must be, whether a bona fido train cut In ono with tho skirt or a supplementary supple-mentary train in tho shapo of a wisp of laco or an ond of ribbon, dragging behind the skirt Worth's latest dinner din-ner gown is of russet satin charmeusc with a bodice of cream laco and an apron of the same laco run with gold and nasturtium colored threads. A bead ornament In shades of russet, nasturtium and palo rose fastens tho lace drapery of tho bodlco whero It moots at tho back of the walstllno. An equally handsome dinner gown, from Chcrult is of pale bluo gros de londres with train cut In ono with the skirt, and tho skirt slashed to tho hip at the right sldo to show a panel of silver, lace. Tho bodice Is a draped strip of the silk hold up by silver laco shoulder straps. Of course, thero Is tho Inevitable scarf of tullo In palest mauve tone. Now tho woman possessing possess-ing ono of theso gowns Is going to wear It though thero bo wars and rumors of wars; and Indeed she should have opportunity to wear It if sho belongs to tho fashionablo sot, for very elaborate dinner-danco gowns aro tho - rulo at tho big house parties whore fashionables foregather for the weekend's. week-end's. Afid it Is for these affairs that the socloty woman dresses her prettiest, pret-tiest, rather than for public events and restaurant dining. One sees the gorgoous gowns' In hotel dining rooms on women who havo little opportunity op-portunity to do their own beauty Justice Jus-tice In the way of handsome evening attire, at private functions. Black Dinner Gowns Are Practical. No matter how brilliant a black gown may be, It 1b always and forovor the most practical sort of evening gown a woman can pick out In tho first place It can bo worn through tho street under a long wrap and though It appreciates the honor of a conveyance, convey-ance, It does not arbitrarily demand llmouslno or taxi as an evening gown of delicate tone docs. In the second place, a black ovonlng costume may usually be dressy or scml-dressy, according ac-cording to the accessories worn with It Buttoned dancing boots, hat and retlculo will turn It Into a smart restaurant res-taurant gown; satin slippers and a feather fan Into a costume suitable for ball or opera. Two striking now black and whlto evening gowns arc pictured. One has a long waist and tho other a high. Empire sllhouotto: one Is trimmed with Jot the qthcr with lace: yet both aro authoritatively smart and lato achievements of notablo designers. The black tulle and Jot gown Is In dancing length somewhat longer than last season's dancing length you will observe and one calls It black and whlto. though as a matter of fact the only white Is represented In a transparent tullo yoke on which aro mounted shoulder-straps shoulder-straps of whlto beads. Tho sash Is of Persian blue satin with embroidery and fringe. In sliver. The second blac:: and whlto frock a Chcrult model by the way shows tho quantities of lace which this couturier Is using now. Laces are vory much the vogue on evening gowns and all sorts arc fashionable fash-ionable filet valencienncs, Llorrc, Duchcsse, Carrlckmacross any kind of laco Indeed that one can corral for j one's very best frock. Not top lace and Venlco insertion, ono used over f B tho other, and both used ovor black i H tulle, make tho Chorult gown exquls- IH Italy airy and exceedingly rich. Black 1 velvot ribbons cleverly Introduced. H make tho laco all tho more beautl'ul 1 by contrast Tho sleeves of this din- B nor gown aro especially worthy of M study for they aro the vory last word M In sleeves for this typo of costumo H "Just tho sort of sleeves to g&t in tho 1 soup and therefore most proper for a H dinner gown" sarcastically comment H the woman for whom tho costume was H made. But she will wear It oh. yes! H Andas a dinner gown too. IH Somobow or othor by cleverness or H contrivanco one must keep one's din- VM nor sleeves out of one's soup for all H the new dinner gowns havo dangling ,H sVeovcs of somo kind. The go d laco H model pictured a charming dinner- H Sancc frock for a young matron. H though it is rathor too opulent In col- H or and loo dashing In stylo for a deb- H utante has welt managed sleeves. H iThoy arc made of gold lace thrown NH over tho arm. but while tho point HH fall short of tho walstllno In front tho HH drapery trails down at tho back and hh is heavily weighted by a golden tassel 'H so that It is moro llko a capo than -H I ordinary floating sloevos. H Floating enough In all conscience H though are the boruflled sloevos of H the restaurant dinner gown and fH those are tho very latest sloevos of H PaiMs Havo I mentioned t.o you tnai H all femlnlno Paris Is taking to elbow H slocvcs? They are seon on all cos- H tumes except tailored trotteur frocks FH and silk blouses for morning wear j"H i Tho blouso Is probably the last thins jjjjH that will be permitted short slrrvrs jM i so let no woman dream of elbow H sleeved shirtwaists this summer! The H milled sleeved frock Is made of sand- H colored silk net over white soiree silk H -. and with it tho black laco Is very H . smart Another youthful dinner- jH i danco frock Is pictured in the quaint H model of wedgwood bluo faille mat- IH , ince which combines an 1S30 dcrol- IH I letage with rose and modestlo with IH 1917 sport poekots and ono '.niKjt ad- H , mlt the combination la fascinating. B |