"Now for the season of dances.The fillingof hot little rooms,

The glancing of rapturous glances,The flaring of fancy costumes.. ..'-,\u25a0:

The pleasures which Fashion makes duties,The phrasing! of.fiddles and flutes,,

The lux'rjes of looking at beauties, -'The tedium .of talking to mutes. f,

The .female diplomatists, .planners:Of matches for Constance and .lane.

The ice of.her Ladyship's. manners,\u25a0 The ice of his Lerdsbip's champagne.

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-X what dues that ball .gown remind

you?"y ou?" quailed a masculine critic, glan

|Bi[)H* cinq in the direction of a beautiful •<>-Hggfitl piety woman, clad in a most delectable,

cloudlike robe of rainbow lined chiffon,heavily studded with van colored paillettes. ."Afountain at jtWyiv the suutbine," Ireplied.

believing that Ihad done juttice to its poeticbeauty.

"Urn. Well, itreminds me ofa pouase cafe." Icaught hia idea, and it wasn't a half bad one.

To glitter— to scintillate— that stems to be theambition of two-third* of the evening gowna,especially the regal ball toilettes. And to be-hold a ball room full of women in their shim-mering draperien presents a picture of iudatorik-uile loveliueat^ so many fluttering buttertlifa intheir iridescent beauty.

buch a prodigious wealth of colored paillette*,iv thttir soft, subtle beauty, the glittering sequins,gold, silver, gievn, besides all brilliant ooloiiugf,beads, crystal, j«t and spangles of varied desvriptiou, ooiubiue to da/./.le and fascinute. The crag?

for gold and alive* laces, tissues, embroideries andthe lace studded with various aaauiuav— aoid. ail-

ver baada, jet and pearl*—further enhanca tiyssaenviable creations.

Alltorts of evening fabhaa, velvets, satins, chif-fon and nett have tne magical sheen and glitter,and in most cases are made in the form of robes.The tequin* jet and paillette roba la undoubtedlyseen at its best in a transparent drapery; itsbeauty is then thrown out in bold relief. Satinsof the softott and most pliable weaves imaginable,and the velvet* are lightand drapy. Bush gowns

are always given a touch of airineaa by chilfon*,lave and tulles.

Gowns of black chitfon and tulle, heavily stud-ded with jet, crvatal beads and cut ateel, areespecially favored by matrons who have lost theirfirst youth.

IHUE likAi'TYOf OOIDJt WHIMJMSlipa of gold and ailver tisnue are worn under

all color* of transparent luatehal*, v«Led in a

corresponding or tame shade of chiffon. A gown ,of rust-colored tulle was worn, over a slip of goldgauze veiled in rust-colored chiffon. The gownto the left in the illustration is a handsome robeof black tulle mounted in Kmpire style over aPrincess slip of gold or silver tissue. The deepfloral border is of velvet and jet and the yokeIand tftbluT are of Venetian point.

A maize colored tulle, defined with sequinsshuding from a faintest yollow to a totut brown,|was worn over a gold tisane klip veiled in thepalest blue chiffon. A cream net, lavishly trim-nied with iridescent bead*, was veiled with a.silver tissue, which in turn was screened by the Inew shade of pink chiffon, the color being match-ed in the large flowers which punctuated theskirt and decorated the decollete corsage.

The ball gown that is not a modified Kmpire northe high belted Princess Is bo tie.. ted in it*sweep-iing line* and wide, raised girdle as to simulate

the .«hort waist effect in the back at leatf. Manyand diverse ore the mean* employed to suggestthe modish Empire genre. Scarf ends starting inthe centre of a Princess gown will sweep underthe arm* and end in a large flat bow -with or with-out streamer*. Sometimes a tall, oblong girls is

used an a termination of the scarf end or as afinish to the bow. Bretelle* of Pompadour ribbouart very effective and when they close under theEmpire girdle the short-wauted effect Uj furtheremphasized.Ilie centre figure shows a- meteor satin gownwith a fullakirt trimmed with a border of velvetworked in paillette*. The decollete corkage ismade in the exact shape of a lomt, The berthaof lice and handkerchief ends as sleeves preventthe true line* from being seen.

Bauds of velvet border the top of bodies andverve as shoulder strap*. The lace is studdedwith beads.

,A most picturesque design for a ball gown is

shown in the last sketch here. The gown it fa.b-ioued of embroidered net, inset with lace motifs.The skirted bolero it of satin, embroidered in'paillettes. This gown is veiled in whits cbitfonover a satin sup, the same shade as the outer gar-ment.!Grecian tulle and Russian net are two trans-parencies favored for evening gowns.

The rOW coiffure of gold and silver tulle, or »Ismall wreath of the encircling the back of th«icoiffure, is* very smart.

liirds of paradise and fluffy-headed plumes «\u25a0•,worn over the ear as belles of the Empire wo.*

|them.Coronets of flowers, and particularly those of

jet,are chosen by women of conservative tastes.The present elaborate evening coiffure calls for

luxuriant tr*MM or putts and curls supplied bytU. hsirdm#«r». MAPJQRIBi

January 6, 1907LOS ANGELIC HERALD SUNDAY SUPPLEMENTMagazine Section

MID-WINTER BALLGOWNS