Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-10

eLEU De AER-NEw FANs-FEATHER FASHIONS
STONE cOLOR-RICH BRIDAL DREssEs-LADY
wATERLOw's DRESS ETC.
RED satin and silk parasols remain in favor.
The combination costumes are most popular.
CAPEs for the shoulder matching suits are
popular.
PANsY Null. in Quaker kerchiefs are new in
neck wear
DETACHABLE bows Of ribbon are now used for
trimming lighthouses.
The old-fashioned Swiss tamboured muslins
ore again TO the fore for dresses.
PETrICOATs of ecru pongee will again be worn
for summer with all but white dresses
THE new shade OF blue called bt1. de n,er- is a
rival to cadet blue for street costumes
SOME of the daintiest and lightest of straw
hats have the crowns entirely covered with
velvet.
some of the new satins are such marvels of
delicate flower printing as almost to merit
framing.
NEW FANS are very large. They are now
shown In sateens to match the new costumes In
this fabric.
POINTED BODICEs with paniers Joined to the
bodice by pointed pulled band are all the rage
Tor evening dresses
A PRETTY elegance Of the season are the rich
CoiOfeu street 1acKetS not matched TO the toilet.
made OF merveilleux or moire.
Polka DORIS are fashionable eruption, and
appear on fabrics of all sorts for dresses neck
wear, handkerchiefs, parasols, etc.
VERY LARGE COLLARS OF LACE are In vogue,
both for ladies and children the shapes being
pointed. round or square, according to fancy.
LITTLE GIRLS wear hats, sashes, stockings
and ribbons all matching each other i'm color.
the faEorite hue being new deep shade Of
china red.
AN old-fashioned style is revived In the mode
OF finishing of the pointed bodice. thick cord
Is set at the very edge of the cOrsage, and the
tunic and panniers are set just underneath the
cord.
For the evening, feathers arranged in the hair
and on the bodice fastened down with tiny dia-
mond pins, are remarkably effective. These
pins are i'm the form of birds. crescents, butter
lilies, flowers, stars, and insects of various
species
WOMEN with ljgh, broad shoulders, especially
short women, should avoid too high a ruche or
too broad a collar. The styles most becoming
70 such are Wand yke collars of open lace or
pointed hchus so arranged as to Leave bit of
the throat visible under the chin.
PERHAPS the most fashionable coIors of the
season are stone color and its kindred shade,
hcelle, which Is a pale drab; literally Irvine
cOlors- Mouse color is more rare so rare that
it is almost impossible to find it; but it is ver&
distinguished and is used for seryiceable
dresses.
WHITE nuns yelling. cashmere or albatross
cloth, trimmed with white lace and broad sashes
Of white satin or MORE. are favOrite materials
for graduating dresses this season. Not one
dress of this description exhibited thus far has
Deen made with even dem-train. Every dress
IL short, and nearly every one is made with q
pointed bodice and panners.
FEATHERS on bonnets are used in prOfusion
taking precedence of all other trimmings, and
In feathers ostrich tips lead everything else
Very many tips and plumes are shaded. and in
some the shading Is peculiar "a, for instance
long plumes shading from dark brown into
cream, rose pink tinted at the tips. POmpOns
In all colors are popular, and are employed in
many ways.
THE MOUNTAIN AND STEAMER SUITS are
made Of dark colored flannel, navy blue being
the standard They have plain double or
single breasted basque PLAIN and round. and
skirts With deep kilt flounce diagonal plated
drspery and full draping for the back. They
are made so that the drapery cannot be disar
ranged by any amount through usage. and have
Mother Hubbard cape and a belt of the fam
mel fOf Use or ornament.
AT THE LAST QUEENS DRAwING-RooM the
pretty young American bride, Lady Waterlow,
was presented. and fully maintained, by her
selection of dress, the high standard Of taste
WmCH - HOW eApecteu everywhere OF Amerl-
cans Lady Wateriow's lovely presentation
gown was of white brocaded gauZe lined with
pale salmon colOred satin. the petticOat being
OF white satin, trimmed with pearl embroidery,
d0nitOn lace and clusters Of tea roses.
The SHORT round polka basque is much used
for summer Surah dresses. This reaches two
inches below the waist line, is nearly straight
around is whaleboned to the lowest end of each
seam (as all basques should be- and is finished
on It's edge with one or two full bias puffs or
else two thick bOx-pleatings of SATIN and per-
haps on this may fall frill of Spanish lace that
isyery scant on the sides and full like fan In
the middle Of the front and back.
THE favor which foulard enjoys is perhaps due
to the fact that dress made Of it Is always
bright and pretty in appearance; 1t is much
cooler and pleasanter for summer wear than
gros-grain silk; it lends itself to any sort of
draping or trimming, being supple. yet firm In
texture, and is much less liable to crumple or
grow limp than lawn or muslin, and the silk is
so light that it proves happy medium in dress
for our fitful climate.
WHITE and cream-tinted Spanish net will be
much employed this summer for dinner and
evening dress, made wholly of lace This net Is
cut In plain Prncesse style over foundation of
white merveilleux. The skirt and bodice are
then draped with ruffles. scarf and bertha Of
painted Spanish lace These exquisite dresses
are among the most beautiful and becoming of
summer toilets.
The TwIILED SURAHs with or without satin
finish, are in great favor for street suits, says
the last Hnper's Bdzar and these take the
place OF the summer tatfeta silks so long used
and rival the popular foulards. Dark Surahs
are used for the street, such as navy blue. gray
blue, very dark garnet, and cypress green
These are trimmed with embroidery on the ma
terfal. or with the ecru null embroidery or else
with black lace frils either of French imitation
thread lace or the silk Spanish lace. Navy blue
silk Surah skirts with two narrow pleatings
around the foot and low apron drapery that has
fril OF French black lace four inches deep are
very stylish.
IN silks, the old standard black silks are as
popular as ever. and those who are economical
In making their purchases should buy either
plain fancy silks at this season, when they are
lower than at any time during the year. 1t Is
limited that heavy gros grain and ottoman silks
will be extensively worn next fall, and mer-
chants are making their preparations accord
ingiy- In the handsomest dresses of late iapor-
tations the satin merveilleux and rhadames
formed a conspicuous part, as they have during
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