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1 3 10 V, 'A M A? Never Were Gowns for Formal Wear So Lavish in Their Richness and Beauty. Silver Is Somewhere in Every Cos- tume, Skirts Are Long and Sleeves Absent. By Margery Wells. tell us thnt wo American THBV aro tho best dressed women In tho world. And ccr-- talnly xyo liavo done much to deserve that reputation. Hut thoro has onco in a whuo been a criticism thut wo did not know how to carry off evening doUiu. Uecent developments aro ,,,.,.... sky high. Wo know our own evening stylo and we aro living up to our own stand- - ards. , ' Novor has thero been so dressy u Mason In this great city since tho war started. Everything Is lavish In Its richness and beauty. Tho muto- - nais lor evening gowns are so gor geous that thoy look as though they hud been niched from museums. Tho ?t trimmings uro even more so. Thero are diamonds and pearls and precious atones In u' resplendent gathering of flory. Thero aro costumes that mako your heart ache with uuvy, for they look as though they had been de- signed for the princes' In tho fairy tale. They glitter with metal cloths and brocades. They uhino with thu trimmings of cut stones. They are the acino of wealth plus a groat de gree of umartness. f On Monday tho opeiu will optii r!W And thero will bo gathered the mnai t- - i dresses from many portions of Hie mm, all assembled to mako the. American woman look her best, her most picturesque, her most attractive elf. The necks aro not always low. The fact Is that, sometimes, they are quite unusually high, but there never aio sleeve of any sort In the modern eve nlng gown. Sleeves Just'Kow aro not In .the running. There anj't any.. Thty, liavo disappeared from view on any K\wn that Is worn after 0 o'clock In th?,.v'?,nB:. 1,ut 11,0 skirt aro the longest of tne ,()nR Thfy tro, on tho r)Und or touch tho ground In almont ovory In- - stance. Formality for ovonlng wear 'x 11,0 kovnoto of tho day, and with this f'\vthe J rt'BB hm0\lz\ por; nro tho lengths of tho skirts for nftornoon nnd morning wear, they sink to tho ground when 1,10 evening hours aro upon us. The Vogue of Silver Cloth. Kvory evening gown that can find a posstblo excuse for using silver cloth doos that llltlo thing with a groat dd- - groo of effectiveness. Bllvor Is the gllmmor that marks a gowu of this present seuson ns being qulto In the running, as being tho thing that smart pcoplo aro doing. If you haven't u silver drosB, then jou must have a silver underdress or a silver sash or a silver head band or a silver laco trim- ming. Somewhere on the horizon of your evening frock there must bo that silver something to mark tho dress us knowing what It Is ubout. In tho plctuie thero Is shown n lovely gown draped to a point In the back, high aliove tho wuistjlno, whoro a butterfly bow makes u sash und from which place long cuds Htmim away to form themselves Into a train. This bash portion of the gown Is lined with cloth of silver which, ngulnst tho ncuness ot uie gown's velvet surfuce. makes a most luxurious sort ol show- ing. Other than this sliver llnlngtherr Is no trimming ubout tho gown. The soft nnd urtlstlo drupery Is all that can be Judged to make tho Jwn And lt ls B0 BOod Jookmt Ulal 1,,,04 TILE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922. ft immediately union); tho consplciiuiislj smart gowns of tho Benson. Bright Colors and Crystal Beads. Ono of tin- - startling features or tin season's evening dnvs-se- s Ih tho bright noss of their colorings. Novor In tlir history of fashion during rocent yea is has tlir.ro hcon no brtlltunt nn array And tho nit of tlio Idea Is that whin a bright color Is chosen It Is left thoro olono to ilo tho work by ltsel! and no other rolnr Is uddeil to tak' any of tho spotlight away from tin estahllHhed color noto. Tho leaded drens In tho Illustration Is nn apt example, of this Idea- - It is mnilo of the most vivid of green all -- ono of those Jndis tonus thnt shines out In a roomful of pooplo und Is hi, becoming when It Is worn by tho glil who can carry oil that shade, beading, then. It ts not udorned with other colors In beads, but tlio clearest of whlto cut crystals nro used, In varying sizes und shapes. Tho prln-clpl- o Is that they catuli tho color ol tho green lints, Hash and reflect tliem through their crystal surfaces und add to tho glitter of that ono trw-tint- rather than In any way taking from it. ' You can use your imagination lu realize how bright and beautiful thi gown in greou can bu. It is ono long, strulght tone witli just spurkla cnoug.i to glvo It variety and not enough to ho called ornate. It Is a slnmlo enough gown, with only its color and Its crystal heading to mark Its Interest and its meaning. Ruff lings of Tulle. Tullo nifties, this season, nro don in narrow widths and in great Quan- tities. Thoy aro used to mako thi dresses of tho bouffant type whore only layors of flounces can bo loft to tell tho spread out fashion and still keep tho character ot the lightness and f lufflness which that sort of gown demands. Ho often when a skill Is nuffod out it becomes a cumbersome C thing Hut when tullo Is tho material used In its making thoro can novor bo placod any aerusatlon of heaviness of appearance. In tho plctrtiro thero is u veritable dress of a Hhophordess. It la tnado ot brightly dyed teilso tulle, and the dozens of tiny rufflings lhat nro used in tho making of tho skirt glvo thut look of freshness and charm which Is qulto tho most appaient feature of tho whole gown. With tulle, us with nil of, tho other materials used In the construction of evening gowns, color is tho factor. It is always bright und lnstieful. It keeps ono tono throughout tho design of tho gown, und Its wearer stands out is an ex pression of that Joyous noto of shnd- - ,nff which sho happens to h.ive chosen fr licr own. 4 ? 1 i's-.-- '4 \ . fir fir r 1 W' 'St i.; .r? 4' TOP OF PAGE. At left A ah of cerico faced with silver becomes the centre of attraction for a dresay evening gown. Centre A foundation of brilliant green is em- broidered with pearls and crystals to give sparkle to a straight, slim fjown. Right When tulle is used this seaton it makes many volumin- ous rufflings round and round. BOTTOM OF PAGE. Left They nre slick- ing the hair back from the face this soason to show ears, not to men- tion earrings. Right With many of the evening clothes there are seen plain and classic coiffures. w The Evening Coiffure Is Plain With Only a Psyche Knotl By Janet they make a cotffuro for WHKN they comb tho hnlr straight back and plain. That, at least. Is what tho ultra smurt womon are doing. Gone aro tho curls nnd fluffs about the faco. Tho hnlr is oiled and brllllantlned to the lnt degree and then lt ls pulled strulght back In tho most alluring manner. The pictures of headdresses on this page Bhow tho manner In which lt is being done. Thoro aro more ears than over e. Thero aro more foreheads to bo seen. In short, the girls of tho smart set havo tried to show, lt seems, all that they can of their features In- stead of hiding as much as thoy could manage to do. If you have an In- tellectual forohend, why show 11. Now Is your chance. If your earn aro pretty nnd an asset to the modelling o? your face, why show them too, by all means. You can't bo called queer any moro becauso you do these things. No, you are right In lino with tho latest fashion nnd what Btnart hair drcBsers havo decreed to be correct. The psycho knot Is tho ending of the Btrnlghtly brushed coiirhre nnd thnt. If you please, cun be puffed out and spread Into nil sorts of widths nnd designs. Whatever ndds to tho of the line can be tho ending of tho severely brushed locks. Now, nil of this now idea In hair arrangement has a deeper meaning than might appoar to tho casual eye. For the display of earrings and hcud ornaments, for the better showing off of carved nnd ornamental combs, this nub fixing has everything In Its lavor. And you know that theso deco- rations nre ns much n part of tho modern evening dress nn any ono fea- ture of the dress itself. An evening gown of the present day Is as nothing without Its apportionment of head dressing, and when you take the plain hair and add to it tho fancy ornament you hnvn an effect which Is not only decidedly now but which curries ulong 7T- Winslow. with It u great ileal ol the leeling of present day atmosphere. Knrrlngn can be long, as long when they aro ndded to the soverlty of a classic manner of hair fixing. They can be colorful nnd fancifully carved without looking as though too much had been added to the general fancl fulness of the scheme. And, If you vlow any gathering of women, you will see how great Is tho tendency to wear theso gaudy and brilliantly con celved earrings. All tho time the; are seen In greater numbers, not s much as u decoration of character. but now thoy aro appearing In th handsomest of platinum settings wit Jewels of price beyond mention Often the whole color scheme of thi gown, not to mention the design, li sot by the earrings, and when the! droop from the limits of an unconv promising headdross they aro parties lnrly fascinating, and they take theli placo In tho scheme of tho whole de sign with an accent that would nol otherwise bo possible. Then tho whole naturo of tho mod ern dress calls for something qult clnssle In tho way of hair dresBlngj What are all tho draperies for If nol to deslgnuto a moro formal and mon Interesting head arrangement thai tho one to which we have become ac customed through so much Infor mality of dress? Just look nt yourself In one of newer gowns! Your head. In tho waj you havo been doing your hnlr, not look exactly light, now does II It neud3 a change of bomo sort another. That Is certain Well, y may not wish to go to tho limit thi has boen reached In theso quite e: ags;eratel coiffures, but by oxamlnll them nnd their suitability to the m crn dress you will be able to Just your own way of doing your 'to a somewhat greater degree of Isfnction. Yes, nil of the models havo bei to sea the value of the slick way combing the hnlr, and the girl- - ( following nlong as thoy always when some fashion Incomes uppai ently successful. Thero Is u certain freedom nboul showing tho ears which has Its feel! lng of release and If they nre lovel; enrs, why, you get your turl'Mn thM direction, too,