Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-17
FASHION WRINKLES.

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practical.
FEATHERS are almost exclusively used for hat
trimming.
THE NEWEST HATS are shaped something like
a hour shovel.
THE WINTER BONNET is large; there is no
mistaking that.
THE Lolita MUFF is new, and is mufr and
reticule combined.
A CHEvIoT make of cloth, just out, is called
"The Eldorado.'
SMALL screw earrings remain the favorites for
very young ladies'
VERY ELEGANT is hat composed of eleven
long ostrich plumes.
SHOES to be fashionable must taper to around
ed point at the toes.
SERPENT BRACELETS in silver and silver-gilt
are very fashionable.
NECKLACES. when worn at ALL must be high
and close around the throat.
BANGLE BRACELETS large enough to slip over
the hand are no longer in vogue.
ELIzABETHIAS paniers. wired over the hips to
Keep them in shape. are revived.
Plush borders for plain felt hats and bOnnets
are manufactured in large quantities
NEW DRGsss FABRIC is a moire and lace
stripe silk in delicate shades Of color
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE is Respondent with
handsome street costumes on bright after
noons.
MANY OF THE long, elegant mid-winter clOaks
are lined throughout with mauve-tinted or
crimson plush.
SHORT DRESSES are not worn to parties in
New York. except by young ladies who dance.
Tie de!ni-train is the style.
THE most fashionable women do not wear
earrings with street costumes or with morning
toilets either ut home or abroad.
The EMBOSSED FIGURES on the articles in
leather are extremely aesthetic. all uIaidens
and youths are CARRIED. after Watteaus sugges-
tiOnS. in all the rich and delicate hues of the
season.
THE Christmas books Ofthe present season show
the educating effect of the toys dolls and play
things for children that have been invented i'm
proved upon. and manufactured during the last
decade IN civilized life.
AMONG handsome and costly new jewels lately
brought into notice is kind of fine green rutie
found in North Carolina. 1t is paIer than emer-
aid and very brilliant and of the same rank in
hardness among jewels "a the sapphire.
EXCEEDINGLY GRACEFUL. are the new con-
ceits in bronze. in broken branches of leafiess
trees. bearing on the bent limbs cut-glass
dishes in different sizes for fruit or olives. On
branch above the dish is bronze monkey,
holding olive in his hand.
THE shOrt-pile plush being found the most
durable is in the greatest favor. 1t forms de-
cded feature in all millinery decorations. and a
band of it fulled around the edge of a bonnet
makes a soft. becoming frame to the face
even the severest features coming under its
pleasing and-subsiding influence.
VERY pretty walking costumes are made of
dark Prussian blue vigogne the only trimming
being a wide Moorish scarf of rich Oriental
striped silk. which is caught under the paniers
on each side. and brought around and tied in
front. Handsome enameled buttons in bright
Persian colors to match, fasten the bodice and
the outside coat
A FASHIONABLE but inconvenient attachment
70 ball dress is bow of ribbon fastened to
the shoulder by cluster of flowers. The bow
itsefis composed of many long loops of irregu-
ler lengths, and two ends of the ribbon. In the
rapid evolutiOns of the dance these flying loops
look like so many silken lassOes.
BEAUTIFUL reception bonnet exhibited in
New York is made of black Lyons velvet in the
FerrOnniere shape. EHcirclng. the crown is
long spray of scarlet cranberries made of shaded
satin and chenille. which falls over a wreath OF
silyer-frosted leaves. On the left side of the
crown Is peTched bright robin redbFeast hold
i'm twig of the berries and foliage in his bill.
THAT poionaises are in vogue once again can
not be denied but the garment of that name
once favorable to economy. and to be worn over
any skirt. is seldom seen. The new polonaise is
not generally made of n monochrome fabric as
formerly but with some of the material OF the
lower skirt introduced into its trimmings the re-
vers. the bias bands. or upon the corsage in the
form OF cuffs, collar. or piastrOn; thus rendering
II inappropriate for wearing with any skirt ey-
cept the one II Is first made up over and CORE
spends with.
IN ONE of the well-known New York stores
three bow windows display three fine, animated.
hfe-lihe and artistic holiday tableauX this sea-
son. The first is the Carnival of Venice. in
Venice Itself. with black gondOas on indigo
blue water. mooTed before a marble staircase
leading to a marble palace whose balconies and
sfalrcases are crowded with gay jewellers
dOils-white mirrors on each side multipIy the
scene indefinitely. In the next window is a
scene In the Bots de BOui0gne-children on
donkeys. drivers in facres and pedestrians
disporting themselves around a fountain In
the third window is a fine oval bronze
frame enclosing doll picture of '.Charitv.n a
snow scene with little girl in scarlet cloak and
furs giving penny To poor little beggar in
RAGS.
Two highly aesthetic dresses to be worn at
5 o'clock tea in Washington are worthy of de-
scriptiOn. The first one is an antique gown
copied from painting by Mantegna. being in
the shape af a flowing prncessrO and is made
OF shrimp pink satin embroidered in silver flow
ers. with foliage OF the most delicate green. The
long skirt is full and undraped and Simply
trimmed with wide band of tine embroidery
which reaches around the entire skirt. Over the (
hps are too double pulls of pail green satin put
On nearly straight. Around the waist is silver
girdie made of old Grecian medals. The pink
satin bodice is cut very low and square i'm the
neck. and Is bOrdered with embroidered flowers
and leaves in silver and green. The square
opening is filled in with a shirred gtfintpe or
cheinisette of white Spanish rose point insertion
and lace edgings the designs being outlined
with silver threads. The long close sleeves of
pink satin are slashed in points at the elbows
and upon the shoulders. and into each opening
are set large puts of the pale green satin COW
cred with silver embroidery. The second dress
Is of gold brocade. heavy and lustrous made in
semi-tireek. semi-shepherdess style. At the
back of the bodice IL a full Vatican plat lined
with deep crimson satin. In front, the shirt
parts. revealing petticOat of ruby-colOred vel
Vet embroidered with gold in elaborate Grecian
designs Into the square neck of the gold bro
caded bodice is set a chemisette OF crimson
satin. bOrdered with a gOd-embrOidered band
OF ruby velvet. The flowing sleeves of the bro
eade are lined with crimson satin and trimmed