n. At all evening
affairs--musicales, concerts, receptions, the play, they are removed.

Tea-gowns and negligees are for the boudoir; the kimona is for the
bedroom.

Gloves are removed at a luncheon or dinner. Of course they would not be
kept on at a card-party or a tea. One may retain them at a stand-up
supper.

Ornaments.--An abundance of ornament is in bad taste. Don't be one of the
See-me-with-'em-all-on type. A cheap ornament spoils a handsome costume,
better none at all; too many ornaments, even if good, look tawdry.

At a certain fashionable summer hotel a young woman was seen dancing in
high shoes and wearing a demi-trained lingerie gown over a petticoat of
ordinary walking length. She was certainly "the observed of all
observers," but hardly the object of admiration.

The Debutante's Dress.--The debutante usually wears white on the occasion
of her introduction to society. The material should be light and
youthful--crepe de chine, some soft white silk like messaline, chiffon or
organdie being the usual choice, made with high neck and long sleeves if
the affair takes the form of an afternoon reception. Only a ball or
cotillion permits a low gown, and then the gown is not "low" in the usual
sense: it is merely cut out modestly in the neck and the sleeves are
short. In the afternoon her mother, who presents her, wears a handsome
reception gown; her young friends, who "assist," wear light colored,
dressy gowns of chiffon, net, etc. At such an affair guests remove wraps
but retain hat and gloves.

[770 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Dressing on a Modest Allowance.--The woman who wishes to be well dressed
but must produce that effect on a moderate allowance, must be particularly
careful in her purchases. She should confine herself to two colors, of
which black will be one. She must choose conservative styles as well as
colors, and above all, she must study very closely the relationship of her
purchases in order to avoid incongruities. A hat may be beautiful and
becoming and within her means, yet a very unwise purchase because it will
not harmonize with or be suited to the costume with which it is to be
worn.

Neat gloves and good shoes are items of dress not to be disregarded by the
woman who wishes to look well dressed. Shabby gloves are ruinous to a
well-dressed appearance.

DRESS FOR ELDERLY WOMEN.

The woman who has been "dressy" in her youth must curb her fancy as she
grows older, and carefully avoid th