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Show "Re sLa ursnl G om oft Lac ef snd Oiif f ok Following the French ! Fashion of Veiling Arms and Neck With Tulle -! Lace Gowns In Black, In White and In Veiled Black or White Extreme- ly Smart Beads Add ! j Their Glitter. ROTABLE EVENING GOWNS are I m no:. J I W I 'ound with them now. fl though oik.- always aspects to txul a H! stunning decollete costume or two. con- Hj splcuously displayed just to prove H h that readiness to supply this or any H t other sort of wanted costume Is as jj conipleto as ever. But tho fact rc- mains that few or expensive gowns of 1 the type mentioned arc carried now In stock than used to be the case. Tho aerago woman Is not wearing so many evening gowns since social af- fairs have been curtailed during war- time and It Is, of course, the average H woman to whom the big store caters. b Moreover, very pronounced evening toilettes are not being worn these days B In the public restaurants there seems 1 tj to be a sort of sentiment against It. Ji All restaurant gowns have sleeves of vL a sort, though the sort Is often not j? more than a filmy layer of tulle or a wisp of lace; but the costume must lf suggest a scml-cvenlng gown rather 1 r't than a full fledged one to mret the H f moment's requirement of pood taste H and It Is unon tho vst nrmv of res- In One Gown .Black ari61.es A.ccomD5ny Tulle ye ilea ChanUlly IntKe ottaey Tien. Tinted Chi? iron Underlies -"White Sps-nLed Tissue taurant dining women that the dealer In ready-mudo evening gowns looks for prosperous business. Stunning Evening Gowns For PNnte Entertainments. To the . exclusive atelier of the prl-vato prl-vato dressmaker you must go these l days If you arc looking for something ravishing in evening gowns of the ! very latest mode. At these very smart places on Fifth avenuo or on the side streets Just off the avenuo between the Waldorf and the Cathedral you will Unci plenty of enchanting dinner and dance gowns and prices will bo substantial enough to convince you of I their distinction. Such gowns arc not made for the "average woman," tho ; woman who depends upon restaurants and theatres for her social gaiety; but for tho "real top notchers" as your London Cockney would say; and as Americans not in this particular charmed circle might say: "Tho tour-hundred." tour-hundred." In this strata of society an evening gown is qulto an ordinary affair, no more marked in Interest than a cor rect traveling coat or tho right sort of golf togs. One wears it that Is all after six o'clock. Just as one weari a tailored suit of a morning There is nothing particularly exceptional about It It must be ordered. Just a? any other costume must be ordered, when one requires it. As for being unduly gay, or frivolous In war-time I or any time because one wears the customary costume at dinner hour and afterward; why surely, this would eem a rather far-fetched and overstrained over-strained conclusion! And since there must be frocks when old ones wear j out, dressmakers must supply new-ones. new-ones. There is tho whole thing In a 1 nutshell. Shopping For A lanc- Gown On Fifth Avenue. So. being in need of an evening ! gown for some special spring occasion perhaps a wedding that you are to attend; perhaps a dance to bo given i , for war relief charity; perhaps an anticipated an-ticipated week-end visit at a big coun- try house where smart raiment will be worn you set forth on a round of ' visits to tho very exclusive drcssmak-1 drcssmak-1 Ing houses for your "little evening ' frock." And if you crave utmost at- tcntion from Madam and her minion.", i the pretty mannequins who display ! the frocks, by all means arrive in a taxi or better still In a borrowed 1 limousine and cultivate your grand-i grand-i est manner. Do not make the mistake I of slipping In as a pedestrian and ask-I ask-I ing timidly to sec evening frorks. And i above nil. do not mention prices. Tho frocks you may take or leave that Is your privilege; tho prices are scarcely a matter for your consideration at least that is what your manner may Imply. And do not expect to seo ten or a dozen lovely frocks, brought out by an attendant anxious to please, And heaped in a rainbow of color and shimmer ot light on chairs round about. No confection of the exclusive kind to which you will be treated i would bo thus outraged. From the recesses of some curtained alcove will I glide a beautiful being sumptuously i trarmented; a mannequin wearing a gown that it Is hoped may appeal to your critical taste. After her slow I passing In that curious sauntering walk which is so hard to Imitate there will come another mannequin In another frock. And another, and still another until you arc satisfied and make a choice. Or let us say, until you begin to get nervous and wonder how you are going to get out without buying and whether you will be able to retain that grand manner while pronouncing your dissatisfaction with ! all the models and your intention of looking elsewhere. It Is a great experl- enco to go gown-hunting at exclusive dressmaking houses. Try' It. next time you are In New York, and seo! The Shimmer Of Jet And Crystal. From a well known houso whose manager is an English woman of title, came tho two lovely dinner dance gowns shown together in one picture and the gowns have been photographed photo-graphed on the mannequins, Just as ( they were shown in the shop. These costumes were supposed to be suitable for a mother and daughter and though both glimmer and gleam with the light throWn back from facets of Innumerable Innumer-able tiny beads, each frock exqulsito- , ly conveys Its Idea; the one a costume of eleganco and gracious distinction 1 for the older woman; the other a I charming expression of the daintiness i and freshness of youth. Tho matron's I sown is or jet boaucu DiacK net over an undcrsllp of chantllly veiled with j l. lack tulle. White lace of delicate texture veils the shoulders and rrocses the bust, above layers of white tulle. The young g!rl'; frock Is of white Indevrent beaded tulle over flesh tinted tint-ed chiffon and arms and decoliotago aro partly veiled by a long, floating scarf of flech tinted tulle. The One Sld d I rnllctagc. A seated figuro wears a dinner dance , on ; 1 J v- e -I 's7- N 1 A- t rock. or J3esd ZrabTpoideTped Ghit.tpirj. for1 the Debutante , : , Uibb frock that is notable because of Its coloring and because of its onc-sldcd decolU'tage. The young woman holds a magnificent black ostrich feather fan which well she knows doubtless makes a splendid foil for her frock of marigold colored chiffon embroidered embroid-ered with crystal beads. Here again are the extremely slmplo lines of the season; Just one or two layers of slightly gathered chiffon over a slim petticoat of satin; a bit of satin wathed from arinplt to waistline for a bodice, and over it a length of chiffon chif-fon draped across ono arm and under the other, obliquely across the shoulder should-er could anything simpler or easier or achievement dc imaginca : i no undcrsllp un-dcrsllp Is of flesh tinted sntln; over this is a veiling of pale yellow tulle: then comei the marigold chiffon with Us shimmering beads. And the black fan! Swathed Fabrics Fmpliasizc Straight Sillinucttr. One would say that the trained gown of brocaded silver tissue was as straight up and down as a bolster-slip; bolster-slip; yet cunning Indeed must have in been the cut that evolved this won-dcrful won-dcrful straight gown that yet curvet so softly and subtly to tho lines of tho ! The vcr and , 1 4 In a shin ring, v I i shot weave that throws up the dc- Z7' . sign In pure silver i j- 'vcr . ground. Under tho train is a lining . of llgurcd chiffon in deep blue and orchid tones. A scarf of orchid tullo veils the decollotage at tho back and r a floats about the arms and figure to jjj tho end of the train. This gorgeous. and rather daring frock, was built in -1 HI Paris, for a youthful American ma- II H j tron a brldo of this season. A typical restaurant frock, formal 1 enough for tho evening yet In accord with the reserved taste of tho times in S 1 costumes for public dining places, la 1 pictured in the model of laco over I very pale mauvo chiffon. The flowing B sleeve and gathered-ln skirt glv tbe w costumo an Oriental sugec'ion. A Jj dainty detail is the embroidery of twin i j wreaths in faint pinks and greens on I tho pale lavender sash; a similar em- 9 broidery showing through tho chiffon I outer bodice. I |