Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-01
SPRING FAS HONS.
How to Choose and What to Choose
New Costumes. New BOnncss and
s. Bandana,, Dresses.

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How to Choose and What to Choose
New COstUmcs. New BOnncss and
Bandana,' Dresses.
From Our Orn Correspondentl
NEW YORK, March 81.
Ii Lent has not been attended by any marked
| displays OF religious devotion, 1t has at least
heen very quiet, and quite free from the scandal
OF grand public festivities private entertain
nents. OF course "lunches" and "dinners, -
little "evenings" and informal gatherings take
place all the year round, but the great gala
affairs to which everybody must come, and
which require the cooperation OF diversity OF
people and interests In order to make them sue
cessful, have all been postponed until after the
Lenten season, and we may expect Easter to be
crowded as thick with then as plum puddiny
with plums. All the sources Of interest and
upon the outside world for their amusement
nave peen centered In the opera and spring
shopping.
One may say the "opera- advisedly, for
although only small part of the general publIc
attend Italian opera, every man, woman and
child goes to Pinafore, which has occupied six
tneaters and music halls for months past The
comparative quiet OF fashionable circles has
doubtless been advantageous to Mr.. Mapleson's
spring season, but the principal interest at the
Which II sne
factures having brought about results which
well repay attention and even study.
ART IN DESIGN
1t has been clear for sometime to leading
manufacturers In almost every department az
industry, that the old crude, hap hazard meth
0os OF producing patterns and forms were not
~ Win the present demand for
thase haS .ne n leaders Of new departure would be
Prise The aeg ascgT eS o 1ReaP the reward Of enter
OF decorative artists to which Morr.s ana Esstl
Iaae lake @oeiong, found following beyond the do
man OF tne mouse and houSe-furnishings Pr1n.
clpleS which were true in art and which nro
duced beautiful results In the decoration OF
dwellings. and the formation of objects for
applicable to dress and its belongings. and In.
telligent women seized the opportunity of in
vestlng II with newer charm, an added dignf-
t.I ~, more re distinct as character, while manufac-
tufers ana the better class or fashion makers
eagerly caught at ideas, which opened up new
nelds, which for century, at least, had lain
The present period has been very antly
termed the modern Rennaissance. 1t certainly
M mas revived for US almost all that was quaint,
OF asf charming arm OF attractive In ages that are
ply from the fountain head and source OF liz.
spirauon In nature itself. Suggestions Of ali
TINS THIS are to be seen in every piece OF printed
brocaded, or softly howered silks. Even rib
cons no longer show conventional patterns
natural Leaflets and blossoms with stems inter-
tW1ned, tiny BIRDS perched upon q spray or a
vine twfred about the fragment of q tree. At
mas penetrated everywhere, even the sheet
iron stove, square, black and unsightly, has
yleloed 10 the pressure, and Is to be replaced
by stoves OF foreign porcelain with tiled orna-
mentatton, a delightful innovation for women
who DO, what Is technically called, s'their own
their own, for with the black iron stove viii
disappear the very unpleasant process Of DOL
JUDGMENT IN SELECTION
IL mas been said that 1t requires mistress of
arts and graduate OF scientific academy to
understand and properly manipulate the me.
nations and the sanitary requirements which
enter into and form part Of modern house
hold; and II this statement has the least found
alton In fact 1t is still more true that
knowledge OF high art and thorough culture
are required to discriminate properly between
the Infinite variety OF styles and designs, colors
confusion, and from among which only clear
head, some experience, good deal OF natural
TASTE ana the aOility to take in several sides OF
an OBJECT at a glance will enable one to select
Wnat W.T. Suit our requirements and crafty the
artistic sense.
The picturesque distinctions which are dis
appearing with the Characteristic costumes OF
nations and castles are being replaced by the
diversity which is the result OF trade, competi-
ton, and the rapid development Of skin as
applied to the Industrial arts. 1t is no longer
possible to say that such thing is the fashion,
o the exclusion Of the rest, for almost every
thing that can be put to use Is made serviceable
for one purpose or another.
Dear me! are round clOakS still Worn?n re.
marked lady from the rural districts the other
day, walking through a fashionable store in
New New @ York - II had one three years ago and
remarked her companion, "are always more or
less fashionable, because there are purpoees for
which they are Indispensable to those who can
AFFORD them" listers are neat looking and
protective, as waterproofs and busters for trav-
cling ana street wear, but the round cloak
whether OF plaid cloth. flannel lined, or black
pendent to a certain extent Of minor chsnees.
1t Is the only cloak which forms q sjmple And
easy wrap, that can be put on without crushing
sleeves OF an elegant dress, or that can he
slipped on, and put on, at theatre, opera. or
concert, at moments notice, and without as
illustration OF the impression, which 90 many
persons retain, that one thing can only be FASH
1onable to the exclusion Of another while the
tendency OF all our modern life is to create d.
velsity, and elaborate each separate object.
until this also becomes the centre OF other in.
tereSts and attractions.
SPRING COSTUMES.
10 attempt description OF the new designs
1SteS, and manufacturers, is an almost hopeless
task, for each one is composed after SO compli-
Gated design that 1t Is like walking into the
for many different pictures Each one in its
way is study In itself, and 1t is becoming the
fashion, In fact, to speak Of different kinds Of
toilets & as studies" IS In gray and white, in brown
or In all gray or all brown.-the different ttnts
shades, or tones being used to complete eject
This, however, is artistic dressing and belongs
TO that same world OF ideas which has revived
the straight Greek dress and pallium, the latter
sort OF cross between a Highland plaid and
the modern polonaise.
In the popular mind neutral tfnts seem to
have been all blOtted out, and in their place
we find decided colors, and the restoration of
lowered patterns, and bandanna reds and vel
lows, when are startling to those to whom they
aIea are n4I nioe0uS: Never was there time when
dressing included such violent Contrasts. ana
presented such mass Of Contradictions.
tasMons could be declared, at one and the same
tlme, 10 represent the most opposite things
ano Ootn De true. Yet the skilled hand OF an
artlSt Is required for the simplest as Well as
me elaborate costumes, IL being quite as much
OF an art to know what to leave on as what to
put on. The distinctive features, however are
dne II same In kind, though not In Degree and the
olstnct1on between the walking. dress and the
dress OF ceremony is maintained the skirt of
tne walking dress clearing the ground while
mat OF the dinner, or evening dress. is cut with
h s,nau round, or long court train, according to
which It is required P"'po'0 Ao'
., Ine vest Is part OF every dress, excepting
thOse that are made In thin fabrics. But are no
Longer useiui or real They simply give an OPP