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| ONAN YA a Beads Have a Distinct Mission in Improving the Sparkle of the Bye and the Glint of the Hair of the Wearer. With Different Slips There Are Numberless Possi- bilities in the Beaded Costume for Formal Wear. By Margery Wells. HO ts there that has mot some W sneaking passion for the beaded gown? You may not Mike It as you see ft done usually, but fm your soul—tf you are truly fem- fmine—there lies a hankering for the folds that shimmer and the beads that @parkle. Gtris Ilke spangled things—that we il know perfectly. Well, this season there are sorts of Rew ways {n which to do the beaded Fown, to make it beautiful and at the fame tino in keeping with the very latest dictates of fashion. Tt {5 all a matter of color, If you @o not use beads to stimulate your wn beauty then you might just os well uot use them at all. But if you have blue eyes, then the sparkle of blue beads mixed with silver and crystal Is something that will accelor ate your speed so conspicuously that once you have tried the effect, you ‘will love it to distraction. If your eyes are brown, and your hair ts too, then yow will need, of course, all of the shades of amber and the tones of brown, Fabrics oan succeed od mirably in the accenting of color, but when you try beads in this respect then you have something that is go- t ; a0 to rejoice your heart that you Will bo the slave of beads and crys tals and pearls for life. So, there is some reason why the young girl of to-day hankers after & beaded gown. She craves it and likes to wear it because it sets off her style so well, And beads can be just as commonplace as they wish, but still they are becoming and there are always new ways in which to arrange them—new etyles in which to show forth their artistic beauty and your own to the world. With Beads— A Brilliant Velvet Sash. In the illustration there ts an ex- ‘ample of a crystal beaded gown which has for its sash a wide strip of velvet in cerise. Now, can you imagine a more lovely combination of color than that of the pure, cold white with sparkle added against the warm, rich iow of the folds of cerise velvet? It's an effect much to be envied. It ts something that the brunette can wear with the utmost satisfaction, and {t carries @ distinction plus a party fiavor, which {s enough for any one gown, and more than can ordinarily be expected to arrive in the way of effect. Now, given thi= idea for the foun- dation of an evening frook, there are sorts of color combinations which can be achieved according to the demands of your own particular type of taste and the requirements of your type ‘and coloring. You can do a dark bluc spangled gown (for this color is par- ticularly lovely in spangies) and then you can add u brilliant green sash, or & girdio of silver, or a sash of gold— f i : : j i z : afternoon tea. Wear it over silver with a broad @ilver sash and tie whole frock takes on a silver tone, fitting it for evening ‘Wear, with which you will wear a milver head dress. Wear it over black with a broad Black ribbon sash and you will find that you are fully equipped and deco- Fated for a dinner at which the dress- fag must carry a trifle of formality and a deal of dressiness at one and the same time. Wear it over white—and you are Teady for the opera, with a mauve Meather fan in your hand to swing out ver the box edge and to give you that gracefulness so to be desired. The Black Beaded Gown. From the first day of fashion, tif Whenever that was, jet has been an evening clothes angies, this color aost satisfactory of all. #0 inconspicuous really, and then it an be so startling—all according to and, from some the way in which you see fit to handle there ure it, Now, a biack spangled evening feck has come down to us through the ages us a mark of style and ap element of good taste, You need have be nothing more than « mere tunic over # tlaok silk lip and you are dquipped WOr abmost any sort of a party. a effect millon golden girdle. ul, this color that thi with the numberless and each one m« Wut then there is the combination can succeed in doing. thet at with !t, You velvet sash, lined Top of (lot) —Briitlant green chiffon beaded with oryetal makes @ ctarry drese for dancing. Ceontre—Thie le a metal brocade with beads and a cerlse velvet girdle, Right—Beaded gowns take this line of simplicity for the new sea- ton. times you of black jet with red which has about {t #0 much expression that you oan only afford to wear when everybody else is very dressy and when you are desirous of being in the centre of thin, @ shine against red carries the utmost can wear the same black slip over the black foun- dation and then you can add a ver- Perhaps with gold, in much the same manner as the cerise sash is added to the crystal gown, Then, , for black with if you wish to be very ele- gant, pose the black spangles over a cloth of gold slip and add a heavy This is a handsome combination and one of which will be extremely proud. The green spangled slips are beau- They need nothing of decora always good so w tunic for a foundati * beautif ian the of cleve F values, for tter of color as not when m: tion, for they are enough in them fmportant* factor in the category of selves. Rose-colored spangies are good and in beads is the these are lovely with silver sashes or It can bo girdies Mauve ts comes to a tunic made of beads, and y Varying shades of arrangements Above (right)—Over the side of a tricorne droops a rosette of nar row ribbon and ribbon pointe decorate the edge. Above—A large bow of moire spreads over the side of a mush room brim. Below (right)—One of those soft panne ribbons make a becoming bow on @ glush hat, TSBON hats are the thing. You may not decide to bave yours made entirely of ribbon, but somehow, somewhere, there will be some ribbon about It, for there ls a fashion decree that it is hard—really impossible—to combat. Of course there can be hats made entirely of ribbon, and then again here can be hats which are merely ibbon trimmed, but the tdea of ribbon is something which pervades the mod- ern mode in the most remarkable way. The reason for this may be that rib- bon !s more beautifully colored and more cleverly woven than tt has ever en before, and then again It may be because ribbon conforms so splendidly th all the requirements of the for- malities of the modern mode, But, ) any event, there are ribbon hats and they are all-prevalent In the picture you differ els will see three t types of the prevailing mod- ey were, all three of them, lesigned by artists and they are neant to accompany the new three- costumes and the coats and so fashtonably. at- mode at the present dno of them has merely a at one elde and It de- puffing of narrow and also for its hile the hat ts black and i iself ts black, too, t ribbon are done in ny Mttle picot stiteh the black from asses which a ey oy " n, ‘This just happens to be done over a frame that has a brim, bet there are others done after this same fashion which have no brims af all, but which are merely turbans and whioh have bows sticking out @t the side in the same independent manner, The beauty of the hat made of stiff moire ribbon ts that {t can be done tn #0 many oolors and to suit so many gowns. I know of a girl who will have nothing but ribbon hats. She goes to her milliner, who, by the way, knows her style perfectly and regards her standards as a religion, and she selects the ribbon model which will oe most becoming to her, She explains that it 1s the crispness of ribbon which best suits her own Individual style, Then, having decided upon the shape and the modelling which suit her best, she proceeds to order models which are done in many and different colors and which are destined to go for bindings and for facings The fact Is that they are conspicuous in every sort of hat trimming fer this season, and, if you decide upon the selection of ribbon for your winter hat, you will have something which, even though it ts not made from the accepted winter materials, te never- theless one of the properly accepted materials consistent with the season's mode, Glimpses Into New York Shops By Emilie Hoffman VER since the Grand Prix Ball E in Paris the tricorne shape has been prominently featured in hat displays. The adaptations that are being offered now !n such large vart- ety are among the most interesting items in millinery corne 1s rarely seen, ints are apt to be in any position and at any part of the brin—one or two points aro often caught wn to the Novel ¢ most of to be the a ge tricornes are charm- y developed so there {s every in- dfeation that the prediction of their Feat popularity this fall will be ful- led. The newest trim on hats is the full band of rfbbon ending In « large drooping bow at the side, The tinsel ribbon on the black hats in a popular mode just now and ts espectally et- fective on the large drooping shapes that are eo much favored. One of the latest novelties in brace- lets is a band of black velvet with ostrich fringe along the upper edge A rhinestone buckle and ribbon end finish off this charming novelty, The of bracelets for the upper arm hell or composition with the ostrich fringe along the lower They come tn black and prevail) oolors.