Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-02
{From Our Olt-n Correspondent. |


ole, yet there are enough of these To make it
busy one 30 those who constitute what is
| knoWn-par ekeelleDce-as society Within
| the radius of about four weeks all In. grea;
| pubic pals come OIL, which IL is proper 10 go
| p-the infant AS.lum, the Charity and the
| Lelderkranz. Formerly the Light Guard"
| and the Seventh Regiment balls came under
| this denomiG alton. but we have had M
| Light Quart" since the war. and the
| Seventh Regiment has either grow, ecpooni-
| Cal or its members have become fat aad mid
| Ole aged, and no longer care for balls. ANY
| now the number Of fashionable pablo bnliS
| has narrowed down 10 n very low figure not
| that this has lesSeEei TN" average Of ex-
| penSe attending them. for taS has fully
| grown in proportion. Balls are now mighty
| affairs for gentleman TO undertake who
wlshts TO lay a young lady the com limeat
| possessed OF the Indispensable ..draS~.' suit
| the faultless shirt. the fine cambric the
fTerch boots, there is sure Il ne the telic1tpIy
| tiittFi CIaNat ana hiI gloves to provide.
uckets 10 purchase tlor Hly beiTc's mann ma is
perhaps lazy manager. and depends %,
selling one hundre! dollars worth. at Iea,s.
10 the young gentlemen who dance with
tleir daughters and eat her chicken salad
toquct to order, carriage To TOOK on for
supper to pay for, tn latter lor mamma, a
cousin, hungry friend. or som thing rs
wei rs ma belle herself that before he il
through the expenses of single ball will
loot up something like the following
Cravat, S1.1, gloves. $3.50; tickets. ltwon so.
boquet. - carriage. -; supper tthreel in
Guiding champagne. SIS total. 80. An item
Lob
week. This too, is doing things on the very
smallest possible scale. and at the risk Of
| being considered mean for there are al
ways una ttended sisters. or some one SDaud-
| ing the winter, who would like TO De invited
and for whom must be executed the entire
| programme. Then no unmarried ladyis now
content with one boquet. BellnShip is counted
by the number Of magnificent boluatS of
English roSebudS and carnations IL draws al
| its chariot wheels. Shall all the flowers b.
bestowed upon favorite singers, and none left
10 crown the queens of youth ami beauty?
by no means. Sharp young fellows VINO
have learnt tactics, therefore. are rather apt
10 hght shy OF inviting young ladies' to balls
on their own account. They let papa or a
chaperone take a couple of carriage loads
set them down inside the Academy. and then
| they appear IN q faultleSs get up, present
| their boquet, and come off with flying colorS,
Tor an extra boquet will make amends for
| everything with the belle Of ball
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AT A BALL.
1t would be perhaps difficult to state the
| exact cause, but certainly New York women
| and New 1ork girls never looked better than
| ibis winter. Perhaps one reason is that n
| large number OF young and beautiful girls
have recently entered society; anotheris that
| married women occupy less of the back
| ground than formerly. They have an ac-
| knowledged place, receive much attention,
| ana dress with more general taste and Gle
| gance. There is a orepOnderance, moreover
| ola fair style of beauty, which is striking
| and always attractive, due less to any extra
| neouS arts to produce false and deceptive
| appearances than 20 the general preference
| and encouragement given TO the " blonde"
| style, and which makes women prefer the
| gray or white hair of old age, and even its
| wrinkles, to any process or the use of any
| constituent which will have a tendency to
| darken the natural tint of hair or skin. There
| was time when pounds of pOmade and even
| butter and lard, were used to give the rauui-
| site clark gloss which was considered very
| much as il is to-day among the South Sea
| Islanders, the test of beauty, if not Of the
skin, at least of the hair. Grease of all kinds
| is ahjured rs something too dreadful for con-
| temptation, and washes are substituted of
| bay rum and diluted ammonia, which
cleanse, and after drying leave the hair light
| electric. The style of dress, too, has undoubt-
| edly something to do with the improved
| appearance of ladies, young and old. The
| grace OF form is no longer concealed TO the
| same extent as heretofore by the supera-
| bundance of dress and trimming. To be sure
| there are still women who pannier and pouf
| and bunch and ruffie, but they show at such
| disadvantage beside the classic grace OF the
| more recent style that they must be dull
| indeed who do not learn something from the
| contrast.
| LATEST ToILETTEs
NOT tnat there Is either simplicity or ecOnO-
| my in the latest revelations of Partisan mo-
| distes they have only struck a new vein and
| are intent upon designs which follow the out
| lines and reveal, rather than disguise, the
| human form. The Paris-especially the
| - W Orth '-dreSSeS can be readily and iTnrna-
| diately distinguished from all others. They
| lay close to the figure, but they are no
| straight They are wreathed about with folds
| and curved lines as beautiful face with
| smiles There is a soft grace and Ianguor and
| VoluptuOusnesS about them, Notwithstanding
| the entire absence of display, which is Won
| derfully attractive and derived from parfec-
| ton of detail eXquisiteneSs of tint as well as
costliress of material, for there is no sllotU of
| cost III the faint shades of gray, aqua marine
| blue, opal, cream and flesh colorS which lead
| fashion for evening wear. Worth even dis
| courages the contrasts anu iaShy bits of
| color INDUCED in by Ruigat and other French
| artists, and IL his subject has light and color
| Of her own in hair, eyes and complexion
| loves to confine himself to a blending of tints
| in the finest and richest ma terial and arrang-
| ing II into graceful drapery for the beautiful
| form. Un-beautiful women have not much
| TO hope for from Worth, or awkward, vul gar,
| ungraceful women he is really an artist and
| lover of his art, but he wants graceful, ele-
| CANT models-he will take the money OF fat.
| lOud-talking, red-faceI Mrs Shoidy, but he
| Will not bestow his personal attention upon
| her; he turns her over TO his subordinates.
| Among the newest toilettes are dresses
| composed of rich faille, train and bodice
tabier of pulled tulle, trimmed with bands
| OF gimp or embroidery, and tulle or lace
| sleeves, long and trimmed at the wrists or
! lengthwise with bands of gimp or band and
| bow of ribbon ma tching the dress. The bod
| dice is usually cuirass-shaped the train laid
in a wide plat, the front tilted back tightly
| under It, and profusiol of flowers, iaTdin-
| lels, roses, asalias, convOlvuli (morning gio-
. ries), or pond lilies trailed over il. The de-
| sign (Of cOurse) may be repeated in various
materials; for middle-aged ladies in silk and
| velvet or satin and velvet; for younger mar
ried ladies in silk and satin, trimmed with
i
| and satin, or tulle.
Simpler tarlatan dresses are flouncai at
| the back TO the waist, over a plain gored
| foundation the front breadth pulled and di
| vided with daisies upon black velvet. with
| gimp or with silk piping, edged on either side
| with narrow lace. A square-cut cuirasS
| basque may be then made of the silk and the
| sleeves arranged to match the tablier.
The Joan of Arc" bodice is the latest and
\ most fashionable style of dress basque. 1t is
| cut square in front, according TO the original
| model, and shaped like a steel plate.
| 1t Is buttoned down the back. This and the
| train are sometimes made of brocadei silk
| done in small shells, color upon color, with
| sleeves and tablier of plain silk drawn
| like an Old-faShionedsilk bonnet, only wide
| apart and in diagonal lines. Two shades of
| brown, two shades of gray and two shades OF
| aqua marine blue are arranged most effect
! lively in this way for dinner and reception
tOilettes. An evening dress, copied aud re-
| peated in many ways, is of pale blue silk
trimmed with knife plaitings and nearly
| covered with an apron of damask gauze,
trimmed with white beaded silk fringe in
three rows, to produce the triple effect. The
| apron is laid in folds across the 'front.' and is
furnished with wide sashes also laid in folds
or fiat pleats and bordered with the fringe.
| The long sleeves are of gauZe, with rows of
| white beaded insertion forming spirals the