Show well dress kmen abineri ib will we ea re A 4 vl W H brilliant simplicity in evening gowns the evening gown accepts gracefully the unyielding edict of fashion which decrees that it must be dignified conservative serva tive and at least apparently simple in the face of a serious minded world in tact fact athas it lias been so successfully made under these restrictions that it is questionable whether it could be improved upon and it Is a comfort to think thit that it may be worn with a clear conscience the laces and nets and silks and other inconsequential materials that go to make it are not needed to clothe soldiers or refugees but are useful to keep up the spirits of those at home who must go about their usual and unusual occupations the lovely dinner dress pictured here could hold its own in any company it Is so simply designed that themis nothing to say of it in this regard except that it has a full skirt shirred sherred at the top with parallel rows of shir stirrings rings to form a short yoke and that the place where it fastens Is a ek secret cret which the eyes cannot pene grownups grown ups may like to walt until they have revl reviewed eved spring styles as they are presented in february and march before they select their spring and summer clothes in tile the meantime the business of Out outwitting outfitting fitting ih the little on ones es can be taken care of and got out ot or the way A world of pretty little dresses are all read ready V for little girls as aa soon boon ns as the shops shop get through with inventory white and summer cottons take pos possession sesMon of the counters and entice farsighted far fur sighted in mothers others to puy buy and get busy with tile the beginning of the year for the little dinald of three or more years gingham and chani cham brays along with other strung strong one fine weaves in cotton continue to provide material for the greatest number of dresses in plain light colors and in stripes and plaids made up with plain colors they make an unending variety possible even in little dresses that are very simply designed A dress of plain light yellow cham chain rny is pictured that is too simple to need description anyone who can I 1 rw at all might make it but it i Is I 1 tw roma pretty wath w tu narrow frills ot of white there Is 13 even less to tell about the bodice which seems to be as lacking in ingenuity as the body of the plainest kimono and appears to be b fashioned in the same way yet it la Is beautifully adjusted to the figure the tha sleeves are short and reveal that there them Is an with longer sleeves of lace to add the daintiness and elegance of lace to the richness of velvet this gown of chiffon velvet might be made up in almost any color but imagine it in sapphire blue or amethyst with a gorgeous gauze pansy as large as a small saucer set against the bodice and a rich sash of net covered with sequins in the same color its as the dress the sash does not circle the waist but falls from the left side and Is very full it Is finished and weighted at the bottom with a ball covered with sequins true it Is that simplicity in design makes tor for distinction la in dress in the hands of a master designer who never forgets to add some brilliant stroke of genius to his simplest creation Z 0 V 0 u 4 4 I 1 outfitting outwitting Out fitting the little ones or gandie gandle finishing the collar and cuffs and set on the blind band that joins the boke and skirt the frills have a picot edge just inside them french knots ln in black cotton set close together in rows add much to the beauty of the yellow arid and white color combination they look just tie aa well ork on this little rock frock when it Is developed lit in rose colored or blue chambray with white frills what makes the joy of 0 its little wearer complete Is that alil athla q frock has at 11 pair of real pockets where each days treasure trove may bo be lodged at the right plain blue and blue and white bilte striped gingham are put together to make nil an up to date frock plaits in the striped skirt ikirt are extended at the front and back so ho that they may lap over the belt and button to the bodice the belt of plain gingham Is removable and collar and cuffs of 0 the striped gingham help belp balance tile the combination of tho the two patterns it Is just the right way v ss |