Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-01
THE WORLD OF FASHION,
STYLES FOR JUNE.
Dressing for Opera and Commenceneuts
Summer suits and How to Make Them.
Jsvelry, Parasols, &c, &c, &C.

Summer suin and How TO Make Them.
| Jevelry, Parascls, &c, &c. &C.
lfTen Tie FssAiOn Cerre,po.dent Of Essasae 2Ir.l
Nsw YoaK, June 1, ISL.
DRESSING FOR TIE oPsaA.
For tue benefit or those ladies who only occs-
sionally visit the opera IL may be remarked thar
full dress is by no means requisite. Toilettes
are graduated, and very properly 30 far as con-
vent senisnce Is concerned. BY the part of the
occupying boxes are expected to appear in fun
dress, that Il, without bonnets but an covered
neck Is rarely seen. In the more democratic
drees circle and parquet ladies wear bonuets.
and handsome suits; occasionally On opera clos
or jacket, but rarely trained dress. Indeed.
upon the bare door And In the mixed Assem- 81 are
Mn,en fs,heI In the lower part OF the house
elaborately dressed heads and drawing. room
toilettes would seem very much out OF place.
With gentlemen it Is different. From them
oLes coats, xaits edged yests, and hght kid
latterly they have taken 10 wearing button, hole
boquets, which impart . very fee like air II
their otherwise uniform and too monotonous
SOCIETY COATS.
There Is strong disposition on the part Of
many gentlemen TO kick at the dress coat busi-
ness, and insist upon their right TO wear what
ever Kind OF coat happens % be convenient for
them TO wear. They Insist, with truth, that the
e1actiops with respect 70 dress exclude all the
amount to anything 30 long as al the energy
must be expended on . necktie in order TO get
there, AT present, the brainless people have
quite the best OF II; in fact, they are the only
ones who can properly sustain position IN q cir
Gle from which ideas are excluded and clothes
maoe TO take their place.
Quite new and exceedingly pretty summer
silks have followed the little hair stripes which
appeared early in the season, and have created
yet durable, snd possessed OF considerable bciy,
without weight or stiffness. They are known e
G,Msrs foulards. asmsre de Lyon and armure
They are imported I'm oil the lovely Neutral scrx
and are Almost uniformly employed In two
shades OF the same colors, or in connection with
In addition to the armures, which are a. per
yard, there are new twilled foulards aud I'M
dressed silks fer costumes At s1.5O per yard
they do not crush easily and being eli siIk viii
clean and afterwards dye for lirings; or the
foundation for costumes OF black grenaiine.
ladies Who stop much ct hotels and REQUIRE
eomething handsomer than linen. The two most
fashionable tints in Armsre de Lyon are tea-rose
primrose iufh init The mt is worn en- e e
over nut brown; the second ever black striped
SIX or Rrenadine. The darker color Always
tune. binds the ruffiee or edges the folds. but
description Of such complicated designs as are
now worn would be useless; they must be seen.
u, however,
tune" 20 called nearly always consists OF a
polonaise cut with posullien basque aud fun
skirt at the back instead Of an upper skirt and
jacket as last season, and Is looDed Ut the sidss
only. Sashes are worn for convenience BY those
who have them, but the new toilettes Tor the
street dispense with them. Chambery gar "a
s and nght tissue or that description are reviying
brief success twelve years ago and burdened
many women with rich silk dresses which looked
Ire p sh ,i,, petssosts and we're unbeatable
3 SAID Trey are TO re-apI ear again the coming
fan; we hope Lot.
WASHING surre
washing suits Of white and bu n linen and Lawn
nave become quite as indispensable to women As
to men, and are made In much greater variety r
the former than for the latter. from whop
Ibe cost, ready m ade, ranges from i've TO frty
dollars, the latter price including batirt,
s srlnn 90 with eriPrre Of the same shade, and
embroidery. Quite . novelty b exhibited IN
English suits of liner embroidered with White
cotton, or With black and crimson or scarlet
Wool ihey are rather pretty ut first sight, but
would look dreadfully vulgar when they became
common. The English seem 10 trim their Cheap
fabrics altogether too much coarse yellow linen
Gotten imitation Of Ducheese lace.
The simpler simple fabrics are made up the
better. The whole design which 10 10 provide Q
destroyed by this miserable system Sf Imitation
and display. Our home made washing costumes
are certainly In better taste, Imitation lace "A
ss Ds AND CUBAN s only
has such silky appearance that Il demands
and repays more cost in its decoration and
Upon plain linens, folds and single plesttne,
have displaced the fussy PUN and rufiee which
formerly disngured them and made them the
Black velvet is stil 1sed upon Costumes OF
white piqus, but Il 10 run through very narrow
sIaps, vhid are stitched down st regular In
as1H n above ETH me hem easily taken out and
washed. 1t is one Of the easiest and most effec-
tive methods Of trimming white costumes OF
ptqts, and washing Saline, which, &c IL under
with black or colored silk skirt. French lsiies
wear them with plain wAlking skirts Of black
velvet, at the seaside and for excursions, and
rothing can be more effective.
Very popular suits of white piqss and washing
Saline are trimmed with q bazd and scaut ruffie
Of handsome German embroidery, q deep, fat,
single pleatipR finishing the lower skirt.
WASHING LINENS AND LAORs.
The Odd adage, when the Lord sent meat
he should have sent cooks, !" Is varied now 70
" when the Lord sent Ms washing dresses he
sheuld have sent some body 70 wash them" The
laundress OF the period uses lime to save her
well as continental fnn-keeper. linen sum
are like linen collars; it oosts more 20 wash them
than IT does TO buy new ones. and the chances
ere sn snst Snen tney have been washed they win
Oh! for little old fashioned elbow soap and
pure water, Like that which made our grand
mothers print dresses the pride Of her heart
es long rs there was o piece left In them. The
domestic article which we have imported into
our Kitchens begins b rebsl against the wash-
tub, and, between cooks and lsupdresees life
promises 70 become greater burden than Il "a
ALREADY. Where are the heather Chineef
a new method has lstely been discovered Of
washing lace By machinery without friction
and without hot water. The results ere vcry
satisfsctory: Collars, coiffarse, bsrbes, oapss,
hsndh ercf iefs, and the like, are restored 10 8
condition ute equal In appearances TO new, byl
2 process e. AZ does not seen at ali injurious 10
the fabric, be itevef % dne and dslicske.
"ewKTr GIRL eK1pUArDs.nE II
Coiieges for women have multiplied % rapid
y Of late that "commencemennb are import
ant during the month OF june, and numerous
are the inquiries - 10 how The psrticipsnts
should dlee uPoo such occasious. SIN white
Or colorsy Sashss or 10 sashee? Skirt iona or
sh9,fY ysMsiV % 20 jewslry," I'd inanitan.
Tnere can Be no question that Q class OF
gfaouates ehould drea entirely An white, 10
otner oree - % Appropriate, - becoming, Or
% procticable, and We should I'D sAa& Il be
worn without }, VERY, save perhaps Q lockst,
nor any Ornament UPON the head ssvs ne bssr
classscal - pos dble, with no coarse lfnes or
vulgar patches 10 mar the kface Of outline. The