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Show STjM ART FROCKS for t& . HOLIDAY DANCED m"wm Wwp Wl WrR lit Mill n IN" the Chrisrma holidays von the all important debutante roeurt rede eoine of Lor place to her younger sister. This is the halcyon time, of the whole year lor the school girl, an J tbe amount of gayety that Is crowded Into the two brief weeks of vacation demand an outfit out-fit as varied and sj extensive as a bride's trousseau. There most he a pretty 6treet dress, a becoming gown for luncheon, matinees and the informal card parties that are in this nge a popular form of "party" for quite young girls, and, most important of nil, there taust be the frocks tor dance arid dancing class. In a girl's own opinion no row n enn be half so important as her dress for dancing school or cotillon. In this gown she nas all her best time, and in the ballroom she naturally desires to look most attractive. at-tractive. Her parly frocks, therefore, should ho becoming in color, of nn up lo d.ite model, and, witbal, appropriate In texture and design. Evening conns for grownup persona bear a certain deceptive decep-tive simplicity of outline this season, while being far from simple in reality, but all costumes for young people really ore simple in detail end depead for effect principally upon beauty of cut, color, finish and material. Kveninjj (Towns of this winter do not require a long rweep of train to make the skirts graceful. On the contrary, oiost models aro designed with utmost pains that the train may be dispensed with altogether if this can be done find tho gown still remain becoming to the wearer. Because of this feature of the moment' fashions it Is possible to a greater degroo than Is ordiuarily the rave to copy the- modelfl for yoontf girls' costumes from the regular fashions designed de-signed primarily for full fcizo drosse. Much, of course, depends npon what length the gown la to bo an to what mo 'Jul is a good one to Imitate. At one time It was not considered quite good form to wear either silk or velvet liefore being quite grownup and "out," but this old Idea (or is tho word ideal?) lias been burled with the nineteenth century, cen-tury, and ono seldom sees to-day the old f ishioned frocks of lawn and lace adorned with flounces and frill which at a former nge bedecked the school girl when she wanted to "dretw op." Instead she wears her silks like ber older sister, although fashion Insists that these shall be of softest quality and simplest design. Marquisette, Mar-quisette, chiffon, roilo ninon, chiffon cloth, cachemire do eoIo, erfpe ds Chine and silk crtpon are some other texture in the list of the winter's favorite fabrics. AMONG the most attractive of the mora elaborate party dresses are the of Illusion and silk fishnet embellished with crystal nnd bend work. This adornment Is displayed in the trim- low the yoke. The yoke is formed of fln( bands of lace, of embroidery, of sheet lucked net,, combined w ith bice, or anj other combination of material thai chances to fit in well with tha style nut" texture, of the dress. Itucbings nut nitllos will give an ugly Hue if place above the end of the yoke. The bolt U" placed iu very nearly normal position nn on niany of tho newest gowni long s.nl nds at the back are again noticr-itblo. Oue pretly mod.-l for a slender figtirx allows a wide silk girdle crossed at th back and the silk curried around toward I the front of the dres und joined into th material forming part of the skirt itself. The style of skirt whi-h originated tl bobble is still curried out. but the deep bnnd of material ubout the end of ths skirt has grown inueh deeper and alsa considerably wider, nod the model worked out in this way is extremely pretty when the. textures are soft Kiid pliable. t0 broad has this baud become now that it forms very nearly the entire skirt, ami the silk appears again on the lower part of the waist, loaeing the traQ-spnreut lac nearest the f;icc. r, OH a very young girl altogether thi prettiest party frocks ore c.f Gcurp'I net. of silk fishnet or of mousseljiiti do Soio trimmed .simply with good ljce. A girl tho year before she "come out" will liud a taffeta silk gown extremely useful and decidedly smart The taffeta need have little trimming beyond the l.ico in tli yoke and can depend almost entirely en-tirely upon the color for effect, Urightest roe pink is a favorite shade, and .molhn tone that iM popular m a pink that ie almost cerie, vfith just a touch cf .saw phiro blno in the trinuuing in (lie sash perhaps or only in tho liitle rlusirr of ribbon flowers tucked in the belt to render it undeniable that the frork was made In France. The tjrt'etas of the present have i little of the stiffness nnd body of tafTeta silk as it at tie lime wus known, and this silk as inw in use works in remarkably remarka-bly wiih Ihe present fashion. For a drr-ss for dnncln? (he uWr-petticoal uWr-petticoal should be just ns full but no fuller than tho skirt itself. A silk foundation foun-dation with a del.ii h.'ilde flounce of lawn and bee is about the best kind of underskirt under-skirt with n short !res. although thi I soft satin pe tt ieem t with deep fitti.il yokes that are a feature of the present f;ish-ions f;ish-ions ii ro woru alio with short dancing frork . Kibboii fl.wrs are the favorite of all trimming on the evening gowus of thi seaion. M:inv gowns are trimmed most elaborately with Ion? sprays ot these flow-era flow-era in different color ; other gowns, aain show only a few tiny sprays, perhaps no more than ono small cluster tucked in enn ninqly in the belt, but scarcely ft gowu I Keen this year that has not on It sonn where a little bunch of dainty rlbbi flowers. An all white gown trimmed wit! wreaths of thee ribbon flowers on bodiei and skirt is bound lo be charming, wbil a frm-k of delleabj blue chiffon fashioned with utmist simplicity nnd embellished only with sprays of shell pink rosebudi nnd faint green leaves will be becoming to any coloring. Fortunately those sprnys of flowers can be purchased in yard pieces in any shade desired. The larger artificial flowers which are worn so much this year are too old a feature for tbe schoolglrl'j frock Stoekines and slipper to wear with a party frork should be of the same shade a (he gown. I'lain silk or fiuest lisle thread ho.ii:, with satin or kid slippers adorned with tiny chiffon rosettes or paste buckles, are smarter (ban more fancy footgear. Often black sicekiugs ami slippers aro preferred lo those which match the drest. in which case sheer lisle stockings and patent leather pumps may be worn and will be sure to look smart. or caehemlre. Silk cord fringe is used on ninny street suits about the coat e'ollnr and revers mid about the end of the skirt, and on nn evening gown brail and crysl il frinurs are the favorite adornment on the latest models for young and old. There is a soft fall of the fringe beneath the flat yoke on the bodice. The sleeves aro finished with it nnd the overskirt has u deep border of Ihe same brisht trimming. This frinse may be of any width that chances to look best on the gown, nnd on the same frork two nnd more widths nre often used ou different -arts of the waist ami skirt. Colored fringes enn be bought in almost every shade, but if the e.!irt hue cannot be procured a white silk fringe can always bo dved to the shade desired. Crystal trimming ran nl.m.be. hud in several colors other than white, but, as a rule while beads look CT.unlly well on all colors. With (he present fashions the crjstal nnd bead ork is i-specinlly ood, as its weight helps to make the material against which it lies fall straight and flat to the flKr,, one of the necessary features e.f all gowns of (he moment. Vhen bordered bor-dered with a band of fairly heavy fringe lo make it fall down well in place, the material In the 'own enn afford to be 'onsiderably more full than if fiuished uith a band of laec- or n soft fold of silk. The sleeves also need not Jit abso-j lutely flat, if edged with a (hree or foiirj inch crystal fringe lo cause tho soft lace; or chiffon to eliDg in against the nrm The bend fringe makes an ideal finish for nn overskirt of chiffon oi net, which' straight hanging dresn Ihnt possesses sufficient suf-ficient wnlih to be absolutely comfortable and graceful for dancing. The soi. ret of making the new skirt is to work with straight panels of (he texture lnsterid of (luring gores. To give width nbnut the feet and yet keep to the straight line the entire length of the skirt it Is possildi to work only with the softest soft-est silks for linings so that whrn gathered in at the belt the good lines of the figure will not be in any wsy Interfered with Naturally, there must be some little shaping shap-ing in ut Ihe waist line, but from below the hips the material does not vary au ineli in width between there and the hem. If the material is cloth, solvit or some such heavy fabric n few weights hidden i in the hem will keep the skirt well down !id plan?; in u lighter weight material as satin fir silk a deep faring of lighest eloth or rnehomire will answer the same pur- Iposc, as bad weights would be too heavy for a delicate imiteri-il. I A low rut evening gown is never worn until a few months before the debut, and the majority of mothers still keep lo the j theory that it is not good form for their daughters to wear reul evening dress unit un-it il (hey haVo been foiinally introduced lo tho great social world. A Outeh neck CUt either siiiare, round, V, er U shaped is the accepted style of yoke for all evening even-ing dresses until the full decollete liodicv jis douned and the school girl graduates jfroin dancing class to gorgeous ball, A bodice made with a iUilili yoke should lit quite tint oh the netk. nil trim-luing trim-luing lying on the bodice being placed ho ming only, however, not in the actual texture of the dross, as it is in gowus for opera nnd ball. The net -is laid over a foundation of softest silk or satin, either the shade of the net or some bright color. On one model the foundation will be of m li 191'! ifi iij ' Il Jjjlf IfijS jR unless it is Jieiu mm u 17 i""i--- num means, requires to be more scant than is either graceful or com enieut. NATUllALLY, the fashions for young people do not exhibit any of the gross ecctnlricities which characterize character-ize all other models of tho winter All the same, Ihe skirts-are distinctly narrow and hang as straight as the seamstic-ss can manipulate the maleriul in Ihe making. mak-ing. To the relief of all. It has really become be-come possible now to give some actual fulness in 11 skirt and still keep lo the effect of a decidedly narrow, even tight skirt. This, hcn, is lo be sought In inak-Jing inak-Jing a frock for a young girl, that of a white ond the overdress of the color-.' attain the slip will be of 11 bright shade! of cerise or blue aud the net if palest cream All white is the favorite, however, how-ever, and the frocks of white tue adorned wiih beriha und friuge of bend work are nnioiig the prettiest of all evening gowns for Ihe school girl. One of the newest trimmings for a simple slyle of gown is fringe of various kinds A narrow ribbon fringe is 11 pretty trimming on 11 frock of erfpe de Chine |
