Show baa wll dressi dress t y amed will we es Z 4 11 1 4 9 9 A al i 5 5 v I 1 9 I 1 I 1 PHI X evening frocks obey war orders we are under orders as to evening gowns the edict Is that they must bo be simple this Is dictated by good taste in deference to the mood of the public designers are not expected to sit down in dull apathy and do nothing as long as war lasts and on the other hand they must not seem to forget the grim business that occupies so much of the world the evening gown appears not to have suffered from this restraint in being gay designers have exercised so much cleverness with the means at hand that there here Is room for thoughtfulness velvet Is greatly favored for one piece frocks that do duty tor for evening and extend their usefulness to daytime wear by the addition of a of lace or embroidered net liet or oc an with long sleeves of satin this type of dress meets with ith the read readiest lest approval the evening gown pure and simple Is developed in the usual materials of crepe georgette crepe de chine net lace light colored satin and met talle lc tissues times chiffon velvet in more or less liberal quantities Is used with all these tn in combinations that add dignity to the evening frock it is surprising how bow little of it can be made to go so go far like the little touches toadies of fur that spell luxury in nil all sorts of garments it Is their power of suggestion that give velvet and fur their value in toning up fabrics in the pretty frock pictured an der derbo bodice dlce of net with sleeves of net top lace and corsage of silver tissue Is veiled with crepe georgette the skirt of the georgette Is worn over an undershirt of satin any of the fashionable light colors will look well in this design and sliver silver tissue Is made in changeable effect with all of them so that the metallic corsage bears out the color colo r scheme it will be noticed that the skirt is longer than Is usual this and the peculiar sleeves small at the top and flaring widely to the wrists give the design novelty and dash to brighten up the lark dark colored frocks for evening and for wear with other dark frocks strands of bright colored beads have a special value they are selected to emphasize touches of color that appear elsewhere in the costume or to redeem one color dark frocks from somberness chinese beads are proving the most interesting te but strands made to order for special frocks draw their inspiration from many sources it A tz tat C 1 A adaptable and popular furs the aptitude for wearing clothes in the right way has more to do with successful dressing than the style of 0 tile the clothes themselves american w women omen have earned a reputation for a fine sense of style find fitness that ls Is a sense of clothes perhaps this Is the reason they have taken so kindly to the capes arid and flat of fur that have proved by a long way the most popular furs of the season these flat neck pieces are adaptable and easy to adjust furs that may be worn either to muffle muffie up the throat and shoulders over warm coats out of doors or to be thrown about the shoulders indoors could not fall to please whether any inquisitive draft of air finds its way to thinly clad shoulders cr not the fur piece Is a most becoming guard against it at concerts and club meetings dances and restaurant dinners coats tire are discarded but the fur neel neck piece sees its duty and does it nobly it stands by the bodice or blouse of crepe makes the uncovered throat plausible and tones up whatever costume it happens to be worn with at the center of the group of fur pieces shown in the picture the shape most popular po in capes appears this style Is made up to in all the soft ilat furs as mole ermine seat seal kolinsky squirrel and mink in to picture it is developed in chinchilla the cape Is lined with soft gray messaline mess iness allne satin and ties lire are made of the satin fin dished with a ball and band of fur at the ends it has a straight band of fur without the white stripe that appears in the cape for a collar very of often ten two kinds of r appear lu ILI these capes the cape at the right Is of hudson sent seal with ith shawl collar of ermine without the black points or tall tip that are shown in tile the muff this cape is full enough to ripple a little find and is 13 longer fit at tile the front and back tha than n over ove r the arms it Is lined with soft dark brown satin all kinds of fur are used for the flat that are wide enough to for form in capes for I 1 the 11 e shoulders they are arc usually about a yard and a halt half long and are sometimes discovered to have pockets inconspicuously placed in each end just what they are ara there for I 1 Is S to it be e solved by each woman for herself y K zevi |