Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 73

\ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 9. 1928—PART 3. 'Afterhoon Gowns Reveal Grace That Many Sport Frocks Hide TWO LOVELY AFTERNOON GOWNS, ONE OF WINE-COLORED CREPE. DE CHIN! 'HE OTHER OF BLACK MOIRE SILK. PLUM TAFFETA. THE FIGURE SEATED AT THE RIGHT WEARS FIGURED VELVET. THE CENTER FIGURE WEARS BLACK SATIN AND THE FIGURE AT THE LEFT WEARS AN INTERESTINGLY DEVISED FROCK OF BY MARY MARSHALL. HERE @r: many young wWomen who seem to think that it is a tribute to their own sophistica- tion .when they announce that | their wardrobes consist of noth- | ing but sports frocks, negligee and eve- | ning gowns. They hold the afternoon gown in utter contempt. They may say that they exclude it from their clothes collections as a matter of economy, but all the time they are bragging to them- selves that they are.not the sort of women who have occasion to wear for- mal afternoon ‘That sort of costume suggests formal, Iadylike luncheons, tiresome bndfe par- | #es_where one must play opposite just a lot of women; it suggests social after- noons at the woman’s clubs and wed- ‘Well, of cor ‘weddings have to be attended , but one usually ‘manages to be & bridesmaid with a pic- turesque frock’that will do with a little alteration for dances afterward. If not, one can just breeze in a really smart sports costume, which gives that air of casualness so much better than the kind of afternoon gown that mother wears— mother looking so ceremonious and just & little tearful with emotion when the fair bride whispers her “I do.” Only, of course, brides don’t whisper their vows in the Victorian manner any more, and at important weddings I hgve re. cently attended the brides have made their responses in voices clearer and | less faltering than those of the bride- grooms. | I have something more to say about afternoon gowns, namely, that they | have an important and. worth-while role to play in every really well.planned wardrobe. And it is highly significant, I think, that this season this type of gowns has been revived for young wom- en as well as old, for city women as well | as for provincial, for staid and proper | folk as well as for those who like noth- | ing better than to be considered just a | ., le fast. | It is a-fact, of course, that women in the large cities are less likely to change from tailored or sports clothes to'elab- orate afternoon things for luncheons than are women who live in smaller towns, and there are occasions when the formal afternoon frocks looks de- cidedly less smart than the simpler sort of costume. Still, there are times when the cere- monious afternoon ensemble is a real | necessity. It is also true, as a number of my young friends have recently dis- covered, that the really well designed afternoon toilet, worn with precisely the right accessories, reveals certain feminine charms and graces of a sort that neither sports costume nor eve- ning gown is capable of revealing. They have their own allures that are all their | own, which are and should be entirely different. And, of course, the same thing is true of negliges. And so, if you want to make your Tobes as varied as possible, if you want on various occasions to show different means_consider the possibilities of the new afternoon frocks and accessories. Banish from your mind once and for- ever the idea that an aftérnoon ¢os- tume must be fussy. some wcmen look better in frills and furbelows than in gowns of classic sim- plicity—but it certainly does not have to be. One characteristic it must pos- sess is what the French call “elegance.” ‘What a pity our own word elegance has been spoiled and that we have ncthing else to use to convey precisely this quality that every one recognizes at sight, yet which is so hard to describe! And this season this “elegance” is produced by the use of rich texture and well chosen colors, by the use of per- fectly adjusted real lace at wrists and neck, by precise adjustment of the lines of the gown to the figure of the wearer, by conservation in the skirt 1 , by well fitting sleeyes, by the ch of a hat whieh is inconspicuous yet - tive, giving just the right frame the one or two pieces of jewelry that indi- cate the good taste rather than financial rating of the wearer; by shoes that are not walking shoes nor sports shoes nor evening slippers; by incon- spicuous gloves, easily worn yet im- maculate. % Having acquired a faultless afternoon wardrobe, where, then, shall you wear it? To afternoon or even to morning weddings, to receptions and formal teas, to the daytime concert, and, of course, to bridge parties. There are occasic * in the affairs of most women when this carefully planned afternoon ensemble is pre- cisely the right thing to wear for din- ner. It wg;xld be :hh:er ufleg:unn on my part say t evening gowns were always appropriate for evening occasions. To wear them is often make one’s self conspicuous, yet to ap- pear in sports costumes or street cos- tume might indicate to those about you that you had not done sufficient honor the occasions. This little experience that a friend of mine recounted bears on this sub- ject. Guest in an important but small college town last Winter, she said: “I had the pleasure of attending a con- cert given by a really brilliant musician in the faculty. Judging by what I knew of certain other college com- evening gown, precisely the sort of thing that I should have worn any night at the house where I was stay- ing. It was too late to change when I saw that my hostess wore a formal afternoon costume and I assure you I covered that T only woman ‘en ASSORTED TEA SANDWICHES 45c per dozen; §$3.25 per hundred Also Sandwiches for all occasions THE PASTRY SHOP 1616 H St. N.W. 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M. , 12th, 13th and 14th, 1928 EACH DAY Knabe and Steinway Baby Grand Pianos, Antique Mahogany Hall Clock, Wonderful Sheraton Mahogany Dining Room { Suite, Paintings and Water Colors by noted Artists, Ma- ! hogany High Post Beds, Chests of Drawers, Tables, Chairs and Sofas, Oriental Rugs, Chinese Screens, Cabinets, Porcelains and Overstuffed Davenports Curios, Imported China, and Chairs, Silverware, Glassware, Brasses, Mirrors, etc. On Exhibition Saturday and Monday December 8 Terms Cash. C.G. Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts. th and 10th It may be—and |. upper part of the face; by the choice of f to | cause munities I wore an inconspicuous black | 3 was more than mortified when I dis-| Now is the time of the year when social activities of all kinds are at their height, and it behooves maid and matron to take extra precautions in protecting loveliness against the wear and tear of this hectic season. What with club affairs and teas, bridge parties and dgnces that last till' the wee sma’ hours, the greatest damage is likely to result from frazzled nerves. Loss of sleep is another cause of trouble. There is nothing so devastating to beauty as loss of -sleep. Dancing till all hours of the morning, followed by disturbed and restless si r during Lhenmdn&luvumenuwe and l:;umd with tired eyes.and deepened lines, Nerves that are tense and jumpy do their part to give a strained the | expression to the countenance. ie best way to overcome all this is to prevent it. Better take your joys and pleasures with sensible moderation. Leave the festive scene before you be- come so fatigued that it will take a week to recuperate. However, we will suppose that this good advice was not printed in your fa- newspaper in time to prevent | W your sinning in this respect. What to decollete’ in the entire audience, though the frock I had chosen was inconspic- uous and not at all extreme. “I appealed to my hostess, who ex- plained that afternoon frocks for such occasions had become customary be- 80 many- of the men wouldn’t bother to wear evening things and a large number of the students simply didn’t own them. The exception that I had made to the rule seemed to my hostess a very trivial matter. ‘At least,’ she said, ‘vou are really dressed cor- rectly, and the rest- of us aren't.’ “Really, though,” my friend assured me, “I wasn't dressed correctly and if 1 had done what I did deliberately, I would have been showing the worst sort of taste.” (Copyright, 1928.) : Your Holiday Beauty do about it? already done? Sleep, is, of course, the great re- storer. Weariness, jangled nerves, tired muscles and lines of strain and fatigue are healed with sufficient rest— that is, all are healed or eradicated, as the case may be—except the deeper facial fatigue lines. Other restorative measures are necessary here, particu- larly when these dissipation telltales have' become deep-seated. Try the hot compress treatment, Saturate a towel in hot water and place on the face. Repeat the process sev- eral times. The tired nerves and mus- cles will relax, and with the releasing of the tenseness the expression be- comes years ydunger. A dash of cold water makes the skin tingle with new life, and you are ready for the regula- tion cold creaming and powdering. The coming holiday season will be filled with one affair after another, but if you will observe these simple rules you will come through with very little damage. Choose for your gown the most flattering color, thus helping to tone down any signs of xmsxe carried over as a souvenir of yesterday's pleas- How repair the damage re. 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Make two double sm: of the material about 12 inches long to be attached to either side of the top. Then with colored wools in attractive shades work coarse decorative stitches along the hem and seams and along the edges of the handle, and work a deco- rative border of the colored wool about 4 inches from the top. A bag of this sort makes a most attractive Christmas present. Monk’s cloth, which is something like Hessian, only softer and rather better quality, nla;: makes attractive bags of the same sort. A very convenlent shopping bag may be knitted from dark-colored twine. Get a good grade of twine that is not too stiff and use the coarsest Knitting needless that you can find. Knit a strip twice as long as the depth of the bag desired and then fold over and join the sides, or else knit round and round with four needles, merely sewing up the bottom when it is done. 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