Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1919 — ALL DRESS FOR THE WARM DAYS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ALL DRESS FOR THE WARM DAYS

The barbaric glitter of /tinsel ap-? pears In many of this summer’s evening gowhs. One of these is made of checked silver cloth with squares in dull lead color contrasting with alternate ones that are In tones of bright burnished silver. So elaborate is this material in itself, observes a leading fashion correspondent, that it? needs little trimming. Almost no bodice appears in this gown. There is a bit of front drapery and - slender shoulder straps are hung with silver paillettes. In the back it is decollete to the belt. Sinuously slender, the skirt dips to one of the pointed and 1 abbreviated trains that are so frequently seen this season. Sliver cloth shimmering through jade green tulle also makes an effective evening dress. Young girls are wearing evening frocks of white, unrelieved by any color. Not the fluffy, frilly type of white dress such as the girl graduate chooses are these, but made of silk im the severest way possible, they depend entirely on their classic lines for great distinction. Wraps That Gleam Like Rainbow. Callot makes evening coats of silver and gold tissues and collars them with costly furs. Vying with these are evening wraps of silk resembling the rainbow in the brilliancy of their colorings and embroidered with gold and silver threads. The linings are even more brilliant. Large fur collars appear on all the summer evening wraps. Lace,which will be much used for midsummer dinner dresses, is a welcome departure from the metallic cloths and wintry fabrics that we are using. To dine at a roof garden or other public place on a hot summer night nothing could be more suitable or comfortable than.a frock of sheer black lace topped by a picturesque hat. These dresses should be plain and distinctive in their design, instead of the fussy, filmy creations that fashion has given us in past seasons. Wired Frocks Seem Like Cages. “ Lace lends itself well to the new flaring silhouette. I saw a frock of white georgette crepe that had a full black lace tunic gathered at the bottom to a whitl* crepe foundation skirt

and wired so as ta appear like a cage. Sleeves of lace dresses (nay be short and tight, or three-quarter length and flowing. Necks, whether cut high or low in the back, are always open at the throat. With these dresses are worn Iprge black hats of malines, horsehair or lace trimmed with jet, the jet being used to outline the pattern of the lace rather than as a decided trimming feature. Gloves may be worn with these short-sleeved gowns, but Paris says ft is smarter, to be gloveless. Evening slippers are of satin or silver cloth, either plain or brocaded; gold cloth slippers are seen no more. Gowns of metal brocade usually have slippers made to match. Many of the new slippers have the large rhinestone buckles which are so becoming, to slender feet. Tiny bronze buckles are smart on black slippers. These bronze buckles are worn, too, on street pumps of dull black leather. French Adopt Our Colonial Idea*. The Colonial lines are featured extensively in the new slippers, even in those worn by Parislennes. It seems strange that the French should adopt Colonial ideas in their new footwear, but this is just what they are doing. Even satin slippy are made after this

Midsummer Evening Gown of White Satin With > Sheen and Daintiness Which Cannot Help but Attract—Set Off by Rich Pearls and Streamer of Crimson Roses. -

fashion. Some of the new French slippers have straps across the ankles, but this style does not appeal to us. Three years ago Callot made much of the smock as a blouse, but it was not at that time taken up by American buyers. Now the casaque blouse Is seen everywhere. It is worn even in sport things, and the old-time blouse that we tucked inside our skirts is disappearing over the horizon of fashion. These overblouses, .sashed loosely either with their own material or with narrow moire ribbons in colors that

give an opportunity to introduce charming color effects into our costumery, are especially desirable for the uncorseted but somewhat mature figure, because they conceal the waistline, which, if defined, invariably makes women look older. There are different ways of belting these blouses. In some instances the belt or sash runs under the front of the blouse and comes out of the side seams to tie at the back, and at other times this method is reversed with the girdle tying in the front, and sometimes the girdle just encircles the outside of the blouse. To Be Made at Home. A frock of unusual charm, and one that might easily be made at home, is of white chiffon flowered with pink roses. This is made like a front and back apron falling full length over an overskirt of plain white chiffon. These panels are bound with rose ribbons of a tone to blend with the flowers in the fabric and are tied together at intervals down the skirt by bows of the ribbon. Around the very low-cut neckline falls a bit of fine white lace shadowing a rose ribbon which ties under the lace at the front in a bow. The same treatment is carried out on the very short sleeves. The lace makes turnback cuffs under which goes the ribbon. The idea is very simple but clever. It is jugt the sort of little dress that, seen or described, makes you feel that you want to set to work and make one, because in every feminine heart is the creative clothes Instinct, which, if fostered to any degree, is bound to find expression.

Lingerie Dresses Sent by Paris. Of the latest lingerie dresses that Paris has sent us the one-piece coral and white checked frock is fashioned of French muslin, a material closely resembling a fine voile. A deep fold, hand hemstitched at both top and bottom, makes the skirt appear as though it had an overskirt. The sleeves, patch pockets and blouse, too r are trimmed with hand hemstitching done in coralcolored thread. A particularly interesting feature of this dress is the new long-shouldered effect. Plain coralcolored material of the same shade forms the belt, cuffs and a collar which starts in the front and ties in a bow at the back of the neck.

This Creation of Beauty for Summer Wear la a Flambeau Smock of Exquisite Lavender Crepe Meteor, With Lavender Flowers Shading Into the Deeper Tones.