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Show (MIDSUMMER AFTERNOON FROCKS; ! PARIS SENDS EVENING GOWNS 1 T T T'SU-MMER Is just ahead of us J-'-- now. bringing the closing chapter chap-ter of the season's style story. Reviewing Re-viewing what has gone before. It is Plain that the mode took femininity as its inspiration and gave free rein to fancy. All sorts of furbelows are approved and afternoon gowns have pone through so many variations that there is only one experiment left for ! t,,em 'o try. This is a development in the direction of simplicity. It Is a welcome departure for midsummer but Is only comparative simplicity at that what with scarves, ties, capes, bows, plaits and other at-cessories of new gowns. All's well that ends well, and here are two late arrivals among handsome has released a flock of lovely evening gowns for summer. They are as colorful and beautiful as a swarm of g ireous butterflies and there are almost al-most no two alike, which is as it s.'ionld be. But the world is full of a number of thing's calculated to help out any amiable fairy god-mother who undertakes to provide variety In eve-nlng eve-nlng gowns for her proteges thfe sea-' sou. There is the diversity of ap- proved styles for one thing and of materials, ma-terials, for another. Besides, the fancy of designers may go as far as it likes in matters of decoration. In these sheer, new evening frocks, rippling skirts, uneven hemlines, go-dets, go-dets, apron and other draperies, fringes and petal trimmings are "all J hi 1 f i-"j."&Pt? tit 0 n i ' 1 r V r I X? I 4 - 4 I ' SIMPLICITY IS THEIR KEYNOTE . aixernoon gowns that show what a 1 nappy ending summer brings to the . story of - the mode. They are simple .' cool and very dignified versions of correct style. Black and white printed silk makes the charming model at tiie left, with wide jabot and cuffs of white georgette.- A flat bow tie with very long ends is one unexpected finishing touch at the neck and the : Plain standing collar has a" band of georgette at the top. Plain crepe in two colors Is used for the ma-tronly model at the ri"ht which accents the growing favor shown to a higher waistline and the bloused bodice. Small,, flat buttons covered with crepe like the dress are used for decoration and they are featured and the beaded models continue con-tinue to be popular. The uneven hemline Is accomplished in many ways, the latest being the dip at the back, where the skirt is sometimes as much as twelve Inches longer than It is in front. As for the silhouette, It is varied all the way from the slender, straight lines of bead-embroidered gowns to the very bouffant skirt of the period frock, which is usually developed de-veloped in taffeta silk. Laces, Including Includ-ing dyed and metallic varieties and many flowers are important items among things used for adornments. In the two models from Paris shown in the sketch, green and gold combinations are presented. The simply designed gown at the left, TWO LOVELY EVENING r.nwM placed on the be't, above the plaits In j the skirt and at the joiuins of dark ; and light crepe in the ties. Both gowns j have long sleeves and emphasize a blouse waistline at the back and the ; approved skirt length. Either of them can be developed In whatever colors are most becoming, but there is nothing noth-ing more chic than the black and , white printed c;iks for midsummer Navy blue and tan, or navy and Amer-ican Amer-ican Beauty are modish color combl-; combl-; nations, but there are many others i that will suggest themselves for the j crepe gown. I The fairy god-mothir of the mode who resides in and about Purls t "'ade of light-green crepe and gold lace, reveals its up-to-dateness In it. "-.y umseu bodice. An eoimii successful model, at the right is if green chiffon with embroidery of Paillettes and a. soft girdle ofVe favor as summer advances. JULIA BOTTOMLEY |