The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 3

Nves a woman who does the stage has lost is delu they wear the same n her age heroines, . creature on the slege e nig i 2 week afterward . re of her, who, in udeville es of too un- co gow T the vaudeville are, as a rule, conventional to be possible this side of the footlights. Now then a vaude- ville artist happens alohg with a trunk full of gowns that would make any wo- men erave thelr duplicati Miss Etta Butler hes had 2 gust of sighs follow in . VvELVET AVTOMOBRN for she not only has wor. the stage, but off as tler's year In New York has mart something he New Yorker and sets part from the rest of rid. Miss Butler has p of the ladder with a her with thaf and her salary has er climbing. Not a few ll-earned coins have and found their way f London and Parls. - are the gowns which we ng them s the - t 1 one of the ac- ng phe Two pretty s were put her to concoct this helped Miss net falls over a white satin, pale hemums giving the splash ¥ _to relleve the gown. at speaks for itself, even picture, and needs no pen to dilate its beauties ymoh ve gro the shap the yed so far seen one like the Butler's pet delight a decided departu that we are accus ell of color ne It is a gow no longer draw a mob. climated to them, whether carriage or coat. But noblle coats that have om Paris, we've never atomobile that is Miss It 1s made of velvet, from the cloth ones med to, The velvet is an indescribable shade of e, and is applique with silver, a stun- combination. This automobiie is de- for evening wear. Velvet auto- mobiles, although unknown out here, in New York are extremely fashionable for evening wear, and in various designs have left the regulation opera coat far behind in the race for popularity. Miss Butler's automobile, though de- signed to take the place of an opera coat, is made with sleeves. Almost all the evening automobiles have sleeves, and small ones at that, but since the evening gowns are either sleeveless or made with the sheerest excuse for sleeves, the coat gleeves do not muss them and stand senti- *nels against the chill hatr. The hat worn with the coat is literally delicious, for the grapes of which it is made look good enough to eat. We have kept pace with the season by displaying sign PrOTOS V/\\g’; AAN = ANT SRAPE HAT BY T | 1 a few cherry hats, but in New York they are forcing the season with grape hats. That is, the chosen few who can afford it are wearing them, for grape hats were never designed for scant purses. The grapes are each one perfect in con- struction and of a most deliclous tint, Over the whole is a soft drapery of pink- ish tan net, and a huge chou of shell- pink silk completes the hat. There is nothing garish about it, but it is a hat that demands a third glance, so exquis- itely lovely is it. The street gown worn by Miss Butler has “Paree” stamped all over it. The cut, color and combination betray its birthplace. It is a blue cloth, the skirt trimmed in sloping bands of tan cloth. The little jacket is cut in tabs, each one trimmed In the tan cloth and edged with Perslan silk. A soft draped vest of the i AW NET TOWN PESIYNET | BY LILLIAN RUSSEL ANDMISS BUTLER THE SUNDAY CALL. same Perslan silk, the predominating tone of which is rose color, is' worn with the jacket. The vest 18 glven character by a soft knot of the Persian silk. . The hat worn with this gown is jaunty in its simplicity, yet withal it has a chie, independent air that announces it a pat- tern hat. 1t would be hard to Imagine three mora charming costumes. And It would be harder yet to imagine a more charming *wearer than Miss Etta Butler. —_——————— It is Interesting to be told a few facts about colors, as supported by the chiet designers of shades and frocks. Fair people should always, with few excep- tions, avoid blue and pink, and wear pale yellows, pale greens and vivid reds. The auburn-haired woman looks well in green, and many shades of red and terra-cotta. grays and browns, and best of all, viding she is at all good-looking, hade known as flamboise. Extremely dark people look almost every shade of rose pin pro- * Jdeep and h purples, and blood red, b not scarlet. Brown-haired folks can perhaps others with: mista s and gree Black is by no means univers=ally coming, although if properly lated a black gown is always style and good taste. tiful, but delig! lly extrav perhaps not more so than pale shades. m: (oo vERY LATEST H PARDIAN BTREET JU) soww Anp WAT