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Jan, 7, 1916. 
JUDY O’GRADY’S PAGE 
Fashion and Household Suggestions 
Party Frocks to Take South. 
HEN .the snows fly thickest a 
woman’s fancy lightly turns to 
thoughts of filmy, white party frocks 
-—dresses so Sate and girlish as 19 
be in distinct contrast to the sophisti- 
cated, multi-colored ball gown of the 
winter season. She is going South 
and must take with her a variety of 
those slimpsy, semi-formal good- 
times gowns that are “just the thing” 
for a number of parties at Palm 
seach or Pinehurst. 
White net seems to be the most 
favored material for the new frock, 
_ end the silk-spot net has many possi- 
bilities for combinations. There is 
a new silk, ‘“‘will-o’-the-wisp,” that 
will be much used for Spring. It 1s 
as much like marquisette as it is like 
any known material, but 1s even soft- 
er and prettier. 
The new taffetas are all that wom- 
an could wish in beauty of material 
and design. Quaint cross-bars in 
taffeta are the coming favorite. Tulle 
is used advantageously with these 
taffetas, or, indeed, with net or alone. 
A new cotton material that makes up 
charmingly is a white voile, striped 
with black and sprinkled with yellow 
posies: It has been named by its 
French maker, “fleur des champs.” 
Simplicity is the whole alphabet of 
the gown for Southern wear. Every- 
thing harks back to the days gone by, 
days of queer, little puffs for sleeves, 
days of pulled-in waists and days of 
puffed-out skirts. Bouquets of gay, 
little flowers are perched here and 
there, perhaps on the shoulder, the 
sleeve, or the girdle—even ’most any- 
where on the skirt. The lack of ap- 
parent sophistication .is the most 
noticeable characteristic of these ex- 
quisite, little gowns—and like most 
simplicity in fashions, it 1s deceptive- 
ly expensive. 
One of the very newest gowns to 
be worn at the resort functions, ex- 
FOR THE 
COLONEL?S 
LADY 
cept, of course, at the formal balls, is 
of white net—where it isn’t of black 
lace or velvet. Alinost the whole 
skirt is made up of narrow. ruffles, 
half net, half black lace, and bound 
with black velvet. There is a pale 
pink girdle, fastening, as does tae 
dress itself, in the front with a de- 
mure little bouquet. The waist is of 
net with a lace collar and the long net 
sleeves are finished at the wrist “with 
blackvlacex~ “Fhere=“are. very “short, 
very full, puffed oversleeves. _ It is 
a most attractive little frock, girlish 
without being insipid. 
Another little gown that was at 
once the simplest and most effectiye 
affair imaginable was made entirely 
of tulle and silk-spot fe with a loose- 
ly knotted ribbon sash as the only 
color note. Bands of the silk-spot net 
are set in the tulle skirt, blouse and 
long sleeves, and the whole is worn 
over a_ sleeveless, white satin slip, 
made slightly empire.- It fastens 
down the front with piped horizontal 
buttonholes and round satin buttons. 
The simple little collar and = wrist 
frills’ are, of. the «dotted. net="-~ This 
dress is quite appropriate for a home 
dinner or a tea party, although hard- 
ly for a dance. 
White tulle was used in a delight- 
ful way in a prominent trousseau re- 
cently for an evening gown of un- 
usual distinction. The full under- 
skirt had two wide tucks at the bot- 
tom and was almost completely cov- 
ered with a draped overskirt, pointed 
at the sides, Soft silver galon is 
hemmed in the drapery and is also 
used to outline the square neck and 
the modest puff sleeves. White satin 
loops finish the overskirt in the front 
and white satin rosettes outline the 
waist; a simple corsage bouquet 1s 
tucked in at the center front, alto- 
gether this gown is one of the most 
charming of those shown thus far 
for Southern or Spring wear, and 1s 
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the little, 
quite refreshing after a season of 
somewhat tawdry fur trimmed 
nodels. 
Hats for Southern Wear. 
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look at one hat of each type for — 
the trip South. Here is a hat to wear 
with one’s suit; it is a small, Copen- 
hagen blue hat with a tiny brim. The 
materials are Georgette crepe and 
Milan straw, and the only trimmings 
are a pair of perky, white wings and 
some narrow, picot-edged, figured 
ribbon that looks as if it might have 
come out of Grandma's piece-bag, 
around the crown. 
For sports wear we can find noth- 
ing more becoming, more practical 
tian: this ‘dark-green hat of straw” 
and leather to match. It is a med-> 
ium-size sailor and laid flat against. 
the crown are leather roses and 
leaves. 
ir a lovely rose shade. 
Here is an exquisite creation from 
‘s to wear in the afternoon. The 
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top of the crown is of pink and white — 
Dresden silk, while the sides of the 
crown and the top of the ie are of 
a pale pink Crepe de chine. The brim 
is faced with a fine-straw of the same 
delicate shade, and on one side is a 
flat knot of the Dresden like that in 
the crown. The hat is almost flat 
with a barely perceptible point in 
front and with the brim rising ever 
so slightly in the back. 
a hat of this type should be. 
We now have hats for all octca- 
sions, for wear with the suit or dark 
It-isvall that\sa 
It comes in brown, too, and 
dress, for boating, golf or tennis, and 
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for the garden party or afternoon 
tea. 
The A BC of the New Year Hat, 
N a short-lived stretch of sunshine — 
that sneaked into Boston the first 
of the week between a sleet storm 
and a howling blizzard, I beheld the - 
first spring hat—the first ‘spring 
hat actually worn upon the street 
1 mean. It was a chic, self satis- 
fied little affair with a crown 
of dark blue Milan straw and a nar- 
row brim of black leather and with 
intrepid red roses climbing flamboy- 
antly up the crown to impossible” 
heights. 
The “A” of the 1916 hat is -.dagee 
bility, for it is that above all things — 
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