New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1918, Page 14

ABDICATION OF MA REST Copyright 1918. by Pub Photographs by Josl Fedor. Now that the war is over interest in evening gowns has like a spark suddenly fanned into a flame, and hops and modistes are receiving many requests for something ga in color and festive in design. This 2 splendid example of the lovely sheer gowns of lle and net trimmed with iridescent banding and posed over a foundation of tatin By Edith M. Burtis OW that the war is over interest 1 clothes abounds. And interest in evening gowns has, like a spark fanned into a flame, been in- 1at could not in the season. tensified to brilliancy be anticipated fer ear and modistes are receiving ny requests for evening gowns gay in color and festive in design. And this i should be, for it is iite natural At a though woman express clothes. Joyfu! appy thoughts can only be ed in colors of the rainbow and s0 we have these colors and will have many more delightful colors in our oc- clotl A splendid example ot gown a la mode is the one today. This is a lovely ith iri- posed over a The color is and for your infor- not your color what is generally by her expr enin strated sheer zown of tul banding and of foundation orchid and mation if ti sati ve s color is me advise that I'rocks of combinations of materials are decidedly smart and modish at this time. Here is a particularly swagger one of cloth and velvet made in a coat effect and irimmed only with a very simple embroidery of wool at the neck. This skirt is elightly on the border of a “pullback™ or draped model known as the sweet pea colors are all trimming is colorful wool embroidery The skirt ight and tubelike, and call the bodice a glorified middy blouse, for it slips on over the h buttoning on the shoulder, and fal straight, close lines to the tip cf tie hip. There are many such dresses to he seen, and it is more than likely that this mode will extend into spring and be worn with small furs or the lovely fur dolmans vanishes and warm promise of summer. Whether not afford indulge Midseason frocks thos done rather extreme model popular and you may add to this list in floral motifs. canary yellow and any combination of metal cloth. It looks as if the season will be gay —that is at least what those who make and sell clothes tell me—and whether we wear these frocks or not ourselves y woman's heart should and does, rejoice that there is once more joy and happiness in our midst Midseason frocks for afternoon ar, though simple in design, are nevertheless rather extreme models, as is shown by the unusual frock of vel vet illustrated today. The striki sty one might colorful wools. negligees they in these exquisite times the woman needle and scissors are usually interested arments. Many clever with her can copy an ex- negligee most successtully, ute materials that are Umuch less expensive than the original design chosen for lovely negligee pensive of modern cut as winter days bring their subst ective ar those used generaily I have elaborate tocay a or to women in inspection boudoir your can or Whether e usually clever woman can c« or materials th simple in design are nevertheless as is shown by this unusual after- noon frock of velvet embroidered in a combination of One might eall this bodice a glorified middy blouse gown of lace Th over a found, draped unde which is ar. lace. The length and and n tion of geors: kirt of the a coat effe thre is maae net over inged t of the slee are the shaping, heir the coatlike top. A r > top W line c-quarter loose at hem and are of kimono in one with bon at a normal wai cut rrow rib- h the which, however, joins the bod CLOSETING THE DINING ROOM IN GOOD TASTE By Rene Stillman qs THE general public gleans, from the many sources nrow open to it, more terior of that y essential art, in- there is evidenced zood taste in every room While, of deplorably in" the an inc ery house. and sad is vet blunders any of the house, to roof garden, I think & room the chief sufferer from of reat op- s for vulgar display taken hostess only too impression of crying tops of her sideboard oset, as it were, “Come all with awe at my collection What think you of my tons of cut ? And can you ever hope et of such gorgeous china? Why, just see how much more than I use I afford to own!” Now not only would such an array off people, but it would even irh the digestion of the fooa who had no conscious their mistaken surround- psychology of things must 1 furnishing a dining of the first essentials should be a restful, quiet food may be eaten crowded with with too much with e ervironment 1d disquiet- ns. part from basem because the offe have can 14 well-bred list 1 by those in in parkling an over disturb; the best of digesti tunately intrusion of the unneces . , most gratifying amount of shelt is going on as a result, not of the increasing number of sales. Yet a moment. an objection to rummage rather, to some of the thin At rumme Wiy on atroc ornaments or things in Borrible taste for some benighted soul people are beginning to sales pass ious articles of the kind are needed in a is conservative, well thought out decorat- ing scheme. For example, in the w dining room, of which the charming closet in the photograph is o part, warm hue of thc ro 1d white china needed to and cliaracter. give the room contrast > dishes themselves are not expensive, hut they are artistic and so have their value. Furthermore there ness and coldness about wi demanded a to purch Not only do we want to make our own homes beautiful. but surely we want to keep homes in gen- 11, no matter how humble, from be- ing ugly. It is well indeed to pass on the useful or the attractive superfluous articles crowding one’s shelves, but 1t <hows but the correct veneration for to destroy the ugly, in- it from family to the was a bar the room ch beautiful of passing the stead family But we a not talking rummage sales we - > Rather, we are en deavoring to make dining rooms the vestful, beautiful, appropriate things that they should be, and to this end getting rid of the superfluous is one of the first steps. When you have faith- fully attended to the housecleaning heware of seceming to “display” even that which you have left. Most of the silver can be concealed in the buffet or and very few pieces indeed placed upon the top of the buftet itself. In one beautiful dining room which T frequent the large mahogany buffet is adorned with a single large silver deposit vase, ‘a which are kept flowers the year around. are to pantry As to china and crystal closets, it is true that in somec dining rooms they seem to be necessary, and when | designed and not of variety they some: rable, especially in the In the room one canuot very w are dining room. clo dining with them and there when such a n balancing th One must wd that pense times, too closet of separate furnishir ever be these closets those that have linen or lace doilies are in bad taste and but add to the con fusion. But the ideal dining room is the one that exhibits the china, silver, and glassware which is to be used at the time and whose other exposed roon. over to remember in gluss shelves only colorful near ti break in the old fireplace. A ady cquipped small-paned erlike with wall, es hig which was a there with lass .oors, and shelf beneath was just enoug nd balance e effect. Moreover, pieces thereon needed for “u place the fully & was con quently the quaint the dress- decorated lass to the hina time convenien shelf « replace has its monotony di bits night at the table being any and tl ex for The long mantel china The apartment dining room is one which allows piece of furnitu no and it superfluous to this tha sibly the growing popu of the built-in china cupboard In a small room, too, is the necessity for all possible illusions of keep the walls from closing upon the inmates, and this, as well as the desire for the decorative effect, reason for the glass-doored which so effectively break: outward a solid wall. Many the - dining older houses have cuphoar thou mistresses fail owe space to is the cupboard and opens of rooms in the built-in dining room frequently their e the possibilities of such cupboards and keep in them only unsightly things and room an extra separate the to s into to ara the hold ssware, more prete ete., which to so prettily decorate the original cnpboard. One old cupboards would contribute great decorative value if equipped with and it would be es: cially if the gl serted in small panes, to door in the photograph. Iither the original solid door of the cuphoard could be cut, which would greatly Ie the expense of the tran tion, and only the upper French doors could cupboard. A plain not desirable. 1tious china made helves of the of these glassed door, e quaint were in similar en rma- half glassed or new the really is ance ne der. almost s and £ two 1 gown of and bla An ex particularly cloth or embroidered in navy blue silk flos: An 1 wear is satin, t an alloy veivet, er of women intereste erally in th exp negli ire effective but much ie » fizure, but hangs harm is uncorseted. prefer to et under ton or silk The white an 1t, to permit of if the figure s, many women t boneless cor: and those of cot > most desirable, cor produ in more than hip ove the gowns of e litt greatly im of the wearer of leveloped in combinations of smart ana gowns ma cidedly time ning 0 or more rnoon frock always of t eet and af haterial today rnoon v u combination of made in a sort of fabric et effect, 1 com- the o being attempt at s expensive. and net made with a topcaat effect ik 1 afford to indulge in elaborate negligees exquisite garments, and many times the e most successfully, using substitute Here is a lovely one of lace is very pleasant a very simple em- broidery of wool at the neck. The skirt lightly on the order of a “pullback™ - draped model, and, like the velvet wn described, tends to con ceal the figure rather than to accen- te it, and, as, in th. velvet gown, there is a tendency for the long or Age waistline, fc the girdle 1s placed directly at line and is then draped down to the tip of tne hip Unquestionably both these afternoon frock » promise of what you may expect and promise should be i and pleasing to trimming save for fig tua Moyen the wais spring, such for these simple, straight to women generally ly constructed clothes lines tend to de- delightful of that is aim most women lines ar ¢ and when thes min ope on give that and youthfulnes sired appe: quit 17, every wom: Palm Beach Fashions trim rmoon promenade ition of black Ameri- beau- ion of an ire much more n hats of this unveiled. lisite collar with desirable for of is cru ilk cord and ual hat for Palm Beach model of black hape covered with done Napoleonic mbroidery in gold thread and fasc in as to fabr the of and os wool dainty separate trimmed tricolette fancy ating eolny those chine and in are de satin both cre plaids in ribbon worked into ainty georgette, trim a for Palm roll little the edg posed to the left of the front of the|brim, in rather a brilllant of color is used for pip- sash girdle on a South cream-colored burella. Striped mbination and a frock of predicted that evening gowns frocks worn at Palm Beach on will be brilliant colof and of much richer fabrics than the mode¢ in this classification shown the s The answer that the war over sure express by their joy that is in their hearts. in earlier to in son this is with women ar to ack georgette, trimmed and with rib-) 15 and silk flowers in old blue, rose d orchid muci in the outfits selected fcr vacations. lace are evidence in South. wear Monkey fur, ntly introduced In trimming for smart hats of black for midwinter wear, is now being used on many hats designed for Palm Beach rect Paris as a wea man-tailored lines of m The strictly cut on the straight nish cuff shire en's shirts with man ind adjustable high or low collars is in at for spor h silg colorfull with shirt sleeve demang in plain w fancy wea These 1 satin in striped wash Steel, studded ¢ gunmetal and jet-black in fect are used on fabric hats wool in and velvet sglorified middy blouse suit for Beach wear is of white serge embroidered in old blue wool thread. embroidery edges the regulation the band cuffs and the hem of rt and ther is & narrow moti? the lower section voke on the skirt, wherc is applied fanciful line to the section by a