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Show 1 j, 1 1 j - : 'i ''i oown' I si r-,r f ; r ' A DubutanteV. Darce ' " jflHH Dress of White Net I, w. Over Damask Satin Draped Evening Gown of Two Shades of Marquisette, with a Low Girdle of Brocaded Satin. , ICJ LOSO. ijitcruutlunal Kcatur- Scrvicf 'nc. By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Luetic") JUST as a play with a snowfall scene is vociferously greetod by an audience in midsummer is a gown that suggests frost or ice or snow in glistening midsummer days Welcomo as the tinkle of ice in a long glass at 3 o'clock on a mid-dummer mid-dummer afternoon Ls such a gown "Snow Gowns," as 1 have named them, are of white, lllmy material, like a flurry of snow, transparent. Or they aro of satin, mooth and Great Linlaln Kit his Rcscncd. LADY DUFF-GORDON, the famous "Lucile" of London, and foremost creator of fashions in the world, writes each week the fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in styles for well- j dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishments are at Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York, and. No. 1400 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. glistening as Ice. Or they may be o( lace, delicate as the tracery of first frost on a window pane Three snow gowns are displayed In a group for your inspection, and, 1 hope, for the lowering of your temperature, tem-perature, to day. Showiest of all ls (he middle figure It shows a debutante's debu-tante's dance dress. Of white net, it is over damask satin. The crush sash girdle is of metallic silk. Olus tered above it on the corsage in front are flowers of floss. The ruffles ruf-fles on the net overdress aro finished fin-ished with an edge of silver ribbon. On the left you see a daintily draped evening gown In two shades of marquisette. Below the draped bodice is a low girdle of brocaded satin. Ualloon tassels adorn the side ol tho corsage and skirt and the end of the draped train. The skirt is trimmed with a lattice of eatin and velvet ribbon arranged over bro cadfd sal in. The right-hand figure Is used to display an evening gown trimmed with silver lace. Tie girdle ls of sliver brocade. The loops that extend ex-tend tho panniers are of silver broeadf |