Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-17
FASHION NOTES.

=. The monogram fever is dying ont as rapidly as
America consumes annually sl5, ooo, 900 worth
OF artificial flowers
Summer hats are made to crush. The most
fashionable shade is a deep gray.
sensible, light, and cool riding habit for the
hot weather is urgently demanded.
In riding excursions, gentleman should al
ways ride on the left side of his compauion.j
necked black silk dresses for full evening dress.
and make very stylish toilets with the addition
Of handsome Roman sash.
The front breadths of grenadine and silk
dresses are trimmed with wide bands of velvet
or SIX, running iengthwise In the skirt, the up
per skirt being left open TO display it. The
waist Is also trimmed in the same manner,
which gives IL very stylish effect.
Stout persons should avoid tightly-ftting
basques and plain gored wrappers. A very neat
and graceful morning dress Is made now with
waist, where the material must be fun enough
TO make into three boX-plaits sewed on to the
back.
Bias tucking il easily made upon the machin
by tucking in narrow tucks a yard Of the desired
material, and then cutting off bands on the bias
This is very fashionable; so are small squares Of
10th Sioth folded into POINTS the edges late beneath
There exists no reason why every lady should
not be her own milliner, 10 simply are hats and
bonnets made and trimmed. A box-plaiting Of
ribbon inside the brim is very becoming. Under
sleeves are again in fashion to wear with open
sleeves. Standing collars basted in the necks Of
dresses are once more worn.
Some very neat gray linen suits are trimmed
with three straight ruffies plated on, each edge
concealed by narrow bias hands of black and
white barred cambria. Three rufles on the
skirt and a long polonaise or basque with two
RIFLES, the lower ruffie just reaching the top of
the upper on the skirt. Belt of the same, with
large fiat bow and two rounded short ends,
with narrow ruffes to match.
Among the new goods this Summer, are very
odd chintz patterns for dresses, or over-dresses,
TO be worn very much punched up over striped
skirts of any material. They are regular cur
tain and furniture chintz patterns, called cyet-
oHne, very bright large bOquets OF flowers, fig
ures, and even little landscapes are scattered
over the black, buff, and tea-green grounds
These are intended only for country wear.
An economical way to make a fashionable
walking suit with a rather scanty pattern is to
face the material up on a cambria skirt, then
make tightly fitting long basque poonaise
which will cover and fall below the cambria long
enough to allow of its being looped up. A scanty
bias fOunce, headed by a raveled out ruche for
the skirt, and similar trimming, narrower, for
the basque. If the material does not admit of
proper fullnese acress the chest, it can be left
open and worn with O neat inside handkerchief
or habit skirt Of linen.
Calicoes are exceedingly pretty this spring
Nothing can be pretter or more becoming, II
tastefully made, for q morning dress. For ex-
ample, a fine calico with tiny pink rosebud,
trimmed with q marrow hounce; over this two
narrow rufies huted, IL futing machines are
handy. The skirt should be OF walking length.
Over this plain, long pOloaise or deep basque,
which can be looped at the sides; belt Of the
same; sleeves larger than ordinary coat-sleeves
trimmed with a broad bias cum, and at either
edge ruff1e.