Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-04

Dellcacy of color and tint Is great charm:
us language IS recognized an the world over.
Dutantes. White Is chosen for every occasion
upon which young girl makes puolic ap.
pearance; that Is, when she leaves school, when
she enters society and when she marrtes.
There are also colors and tints which apbroxi-
mate to white and which have the same effect
upon the mind OF the beholder. that is, they
produce feeling of quiet pleasure, Of genCle-
ness sweetness and serenity.
We all know the distur bance occasioned by
that which annoya crosses, stimulates excite
ment of the brain and nervous system and that
whatever does this is worse In effects in warm
than in cold weather. 1t Is the simplest die
tate OF common sense; therefore, to avoid what
ever we can that burdens and harnesses in our
dress, and to simplify it 10 such way that We
can preserve serenity OF mind as well as neat
ness and refinement OF appearance.
A SILK dress Is rather trouble than other
wise In summer, especially If it is heavy and Of
elaborate make, but couple OF white linen
and several cotton dresses, made short and
without any fussy looking and punching VIII
make the summer a JOY and prove equal TO any
emergency.
The choice OF underwear is great element
10 the GOODNESS and datntiRess OF summer dress.
square cut and neatly made combination gar
ment3 Of thin but very fine batiste are best
for workers who cannot afford linen, lawn aud
camo,1c. AS for silk, they should only De worn
occasionally even by the ricn. in summer, as
they will not look well or remain soft after
many washings, and cleanliness in ho0 weather
requires frequent changes. gauz3 shirt Ct
combination garment for comfort, health, neat
ness and the preservation Of outer clothing
IL does not add perceptioly to warmth, 1t can
be changed often. ana It absoros that unpleas.
women SO often makes dreadful havoc with
clothes.
1t Is noticeable that ladies who make great
display on occasions. during warm weat1er.
are apt to be slOvenly In the intervals; they
Keep up the pressure all the time, and they
alternate between dragging about long train
and displaying before The gaze OF the multitude
highly embroidered nose and loungfng In
tangled hair sack and short skirt for the benefit
OF whoever has the right to share their pri-
ment In habit of this kind. Those who make
heat and cold an excuse for untidiness will
never want for one; and the occasional effort to
be line does not atone for habltuai failures to
preserve those excellent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and order. Ladies, so called, that ia those
women who are not responsible for their own
copy In those they have looked upon as socially
their interiors. the higher working women
whom the last quarter OF a century has de-
veloped.
KNOWLEDGE THE BASIS OF REFINEMENT.
The tTuest ref1nementin clothes which have
found Is among the young, modern working
women OF the superior class, particularly the
genuine art workers. Now, do not let any one
imagine that by art-workers mean every girl
WHO cau6S what she considers flowers or otner
impossible objects on wood or pottery. and ne
gec t;a ne ea and order and personal, do
mest1c and social duties for what she is pleased
to call ''art." When Fcall thing by its name.
II must be understood to be the real thing and
not The pretense OF 1t.
1hls being understood, repeat the assertion
made fu the beginning, amoDg no other eli ass
with Which ain acquainted is there so much
real refinement In clothes as among the art.
workers. Their sense is fine and true to BEGIN
with, and they cultivate form and color 40
closely that they must approximate more nearly
than others to the perfection OF dress within
SOMETIMES Sol3 very narrow limits: Not that they
achieved rather by the getting rid OF wnat IL
supeItluous than the ACQUISITION OF what is
pre'ls' ap~~ w the innate sense OF fitness,
aiued by a cultivated knowledge OF what is true
and best In form and color.
Women are supposed to be good Judges OF
color. and so they are compared with men: but
IL Is astonishing to what nicely this faculty can
be developed, and what pleasure it Is capable
OF giving. 1t is very common to object to the
modern art ideas in regard TO color as faded and
false and not to be found In nature. But very
few have any Idea OF what colors really are in
nature. The teacher Of class Of girls recently
asked them to give her specimen of, what
they would cal! grass green without comparing
It with grass. Nearly all brought bright me
tallic shade OF green beside which the grass
produced by the teacher looked dark and dull.
TIE reason why We are so apt to bo deceived 10
regard to ma ural colors is because we see them
In strong light, usually with the sun shining
u
radiance: The glow may be put into painting
because IN painting the sunlight the effects are
legitimate. But cOlors used for clothing follow
the same law. or should-that 1s, applied to art
needleWork they should be free fIo.n glare ana
copy nature in shadow rather than nature In
Ter more glowing and opulent moods, for these
should be reserved to be expressed by the wo-
man.
RECENT WEDDINGS.
One of the evidences OF returning prosperity
has been the increased number OF weddings
which have Lot been SO numerous for many
years within the same space OF time as during
the past two months, or since the beginning OF
Easter. one OF the novel features OF several OF
dn nea was me array OF young women who &C
maids exactly. but as bevy of attendants, md
which must inevitably remind one of the we'll
known sisters and COUSINS" who could be
counted by dozens, and who have been an In
dlspensable adjunct to everything comic on the
stage since the advent OF "Pinafore.n Tue
galaxy OF maidens that begins to form a part
have followed the copy OF Messrs Gilbert and
Sull1van's remarkable production, or even to
nave knowingly appropriated stage effect. It
that is responsible for If, or the unity of feeling
In class at college. which prompts the whole
bevy to rush to the sup ort OF one at the most
critical moment of her life.
Lace and Paris muslin are taking the place OF
satin and brocade for wedding dresses, and
little girls are figuring largely as bridesmaids.
run appcdlCu TtCtublJ III SITdtR0C dresses or
White null over white silk, ruf11ed at the bottom
with fchu OF null trimmed with lace. Their
broad brimmed Leghorn hats were ornamented
with white plumes
At another wedding were eight little girls az
bridesmaids, dressed in punched up pompadour
costumes over short skirts of quilted satin. mob
caps ard stocking mits completed their COS
TUNE. Making small show OF the bridesmaids
Is lot bad idea, for 1t distracts attention ana
takes 1t away from the bride. Flowers have
become great feature. At one charming we'd
cling the bridesmaids baskets were filed with
white lilacs; at another with spring flowers OF
the field. Quite early 10 May there was wed
ding at Which no flowers were used out the
trailing arbutus.
UNCONSIDERED TRIPLES.
Very wide and long scarfs OF white null with
lace ends are among the new things, and are
used for different purposes. They may bs
worn on fichu, the ends drawn together and
fastened upon one side; or they may be twisted
Ightiy round the crown Of q large rouyn and
ready or Leghorn hat, and the ends arranged
In huge loops as a background to a garntLIIre
OF roses. Another use to which they M az ba
put Is TO place them around the shoulders as
scars were worn quarter OF q century ago:
and st.l! another, to arrange them as drapery
cel0w the belt over delicate muslin skirts
which are made without overskirts
The open-work embroidery, revived from
about the time that scarfs were worn, ts used
very largely on white and light materials,
specially oatiste pongee, white and bufr sattns
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