Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-01

i well adapted 10 universal requirements hu
i they should be reseryed-the redingote partiC
| ulsrly-for street wear, and the dress sun al.
\ loved TO hold its own indoors. Already sognr
| lad e. have adopted and strictly adhere to thu.
| plsn-tbeir waking suits are redingotes. are
| moved as soon as they enter the honse aud >
| priDcesse dsess, demi train, or demi-trAiue,.
| skirt and basque substituted. These lafies ar
| always well dressed, because their sttire suit,
| the occasion.
| A quite new polonaise of which only a few
| have been imported, are embroidered all over
ia English eyelet or wheel patterns, and button
hole stitch embroidery upon a base Of fine
| strong, milky tinted tineS. The work up,t
| them Is enormous they are hand msde). an
the price Of course high, but they have the Al
peaTspce of rich old lace over black silk or vel
vet, and are Just what distinguished elder.
ladies' would Ike for summer country wear.
They are rufiied with the material at the NECK
and wrists and ornsmented only with sash %
lack velvet.
Very elegant polona:ses are also made OF silk
or fine linen batste, profusely trimmed with
vide insef tions and borders OF ezra Mechin lace
One hundred and twenty five dollars is a. laa
as such a pOlOnsise can be purchased, and L.
considered cheap when the amount Of lace used
Is taken into account. limitations Of these are
imported, with fringed borders and pArasOis C.
match, but they are thoroughly bad style, and
will hardly take with American women.
Spring and summer redingotes OF plain o.
embroidered linen and all wool crotsf or dag
onsl cloth are simple and sensible. The latter
are usually faced and mounted with hroai
bands OF silk or Irish poplin (which is all silk
shade darker than the wool, and this with sasa
II ATTEMPT A
ment. The skirt may be HoInced. but the pO-
| lonaise is never finished with anything more
than plain fold or band, with the exception OF
lace or embroidery upon rich materials.
| Another point also should be remembered
and that is. that the contrasting effects of dis
| tinctly black or white braid should be avoided
upon linen. The new styles OF. braidinz and
embroidery arc all executed in tiuts or colo--,
1 put together so As 10 blend with the ground
| work, not form contrast TO IL.
SILK sUITs.
i THESE consist . vel Hac 4
IN my last letter-of demi-trsined- kirts trimmed
| differently in the front ana back, or only
trimmed in front; sleeveless tuuics. the sleeves
| being composed OF another shade or CORES
| ponoIDg color, or sleeveless Jackets aud over
| skirts. The fashionable method Is To have We
pairs of sleeves and two jackets or bodies one
OF each OF which IS Of the same silk as IA dress
| the other different tinted, so as 20 preface az
| effect without a contrast. In this way gray snu
| the different shades Of drsb and brvwn are en-
| ployCd, The first named being sometimes pat
| with black, sometimes with a darker shads Oh
| graz. The styles Of making vary with indiv.d-
| Gal taste, anu get be described at IA EgitaEt.
/ cd EGUSsdUm,
CASHMERE SUITS.
Suits of plain cashmere are pretty and pop
| ular Tor spring wear, and are always trim ne 9
with bands o. silk Of the same or darker shs.Ia
| The buttons are their distinctive feature. "a
per mdcks lovely ixede cent pearl. aud Oil sIi-
| yer, representing foreign or antique coins, are
the tsvorlts styles
| RCFFLEs.
| When ruihes are used for trimmings, a. uDoa
black greDadine, white cambria, nansOok or tae
| like, they are gathered and then laid M dat
even plalts, and pressed down. Some have a
| row CT stitching an inch below the top. These
| Tuf1es are very new and beautiful in thread
lace, and are used for the ends OF neckti.s
scarfs and the new yeiis. The latest imported
| veil is OF dotted thread, with a deep, ruii-d
border OF rich thread lace laid in Hat pleats
with half inch spaces between. When gathered
nounCes are used in slk they are shire : uearly
fiat, with numerous gathering threads, like an.
lf-fQ .hu nFRs toll h0U.. O. a.
overskhts are now rtquently shrred in straig.,f
lines up ana down, breaking the the OF tim.
ming between the back and the front, ami q,
| ing the straight, fat appearance which j. CO d
| sidered essential to elegance.
Ru flies for the neck are replaced by pleatinz.
which are cut high az the back aud laid m a
triple group. In front the fraise is graduate
Of 10 form narrow standing collar nnisL.4
with lace or muslin or crepe Iisse p,eating H..
| side. This style is more Becoming a. well d.
more convenient than the high gathered ram
al around.
MUSLIN CAPorEs.
The new caprice for summer wear is -
pretty odPote or normandy" cap OF muslin a.
muslin over silk or crr,e. IL is trimmed wiz
band ana bow OF black velvet and cluster o.
half wreath CT hedge roses, and is dainty an1
coqGettlsh enough for very young girls, but ou'
of place az a frame for the experienced face
| ef married women, even in tie country, where
so much latitude Is allowed in dress. fine car
crown proves TO be the Distinguishing feature OF
dTessy slTing and summer b0nnets; black lace
headed with fine jet dividing the honors vita
silk and SATIN, tue latter of which is alNaSs
covered with erePe hsss. Crcpe hSse Also invs-
rably forms the inside ruching or plesting AM
not unfrequently part of the trimming on the
outside. In fact, there seems 10 be a cOns;iracy
in favor OF this fabric, which is as useless and
not nearly so pretty a. tulle. Flowers OF pale
sulphur color are very much in vogue, and the
very newest are clusters of cOwslips, most faith
fully copied from nature. Long branches Ot
elderberry are also among the new things.
| lovely-tinted fuchsias and the blue ragseq
| robin which Paris milliners admire so much
and arrange so gracefully. No ribbon-strings
are used at all; they are not needed, and wOuia
be very much in the way Of the fashionable
| THE SILVER cHATELArNE
great desderatum with all lad es iuSt A.
| this moment IL the acquisition OF solid sllves
chatelaine and dGoOR TO suspend from the side
| OF course there are various other articles which
may be used as pendant attachments, but the
fdoon or vinaigrette is the important one, aud
together with the tan, when that article is r.
quireo, makes as much display as q lady wOuu
gTsved monogram is added TO the chstel.ins
plate ana FlDaigrette JENNIE JUNE.
Awful Tragedies in Pennsylvania
MURDER AND IsCESDIARIsM.
Pttsburg dispatch says that early yester-
day morning the house OF John Hammet, near
Hamstead, about SIX miles from Pittsburg, wa
destroyed by fire. The entire family, consist
| ing OF Hammet, his wife and two children,
hired man, and boy they were raising-siN
persons in all-were burned TO death. But tw,
recognizable bodies were found. A special says
1t Is almost certain that the entirely family were
murdered, and suspicion rests upon a man ia
their emf 10y on the place. One OF the bodie,
found among the ruins showed that its throat
had been cut. Later AL vices cay: gery add
uonal circumstance in relation to the TRACED
near Hamstead tends 10 show that the Hanmet
family were murdered by a young hired man
Damed Ernst Lowe, who Is missing.
SUPPOSED TRIPLE MURDER By A DESERTED
HUSBAND.
dispatch from Houtzdale, Clesrheld cOun-
ty, Pa, April 80, SAYS: cit appears the woman
who was burned 70 death yesterday was the wlfr
OF another man, and was living with Penningto
as his wife. Threats had been made about t~v
weeks ago by her former husband TO kill her
and the superstition Is that he nrst murdered
the three persons (sAid at frst to be tao sons
and daughter Of Pennington) ana then Sc
fire 10 the house TO conceal his crime. A bucket
was found near the premises which had con
tanned coal oil, and II led to the superstition
Oficers are after the man. The coroner's jurs
rendered q verdict that the said Henry Pen
nipston's house was set on IRE by some persof
unknown, and that three victims were mali
ciously burned to death"
ANOTHER NuRpsR BY wALIz-He Kills H.,
Keeper, Charles Eraest-Joe waltz, the mdr
derer, who 10 sentenced TO be hanged At Cat