Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-25
FASHION WRINKLES.
SPRING CoODs-POLKA DOTS on HASD<THE
SPRING BoSNETS-yEw DRESS DEsso Ss-THE
COMING Hat ETC.

Polka dotted goods are here.
PLAID ginghams for spring.
CLOTH travelling suits are fashionable.
INDEFINITE stripes are In the new goods.
VERY full ruffs of white or black lace are the
newest neck dressings
BLEUE-CEI,DOS or sea-green blue IS O nov
city in colors.
LACE, applied fatty. is very often seen in trim
sming the basques of satin dresses, laid in two
rows. the straight edges meeting.
OSTRICH feather fans mounted in mother of
pearl or tortoise shell are used on dressy occa-
sioBs.
IusEss DESIGNS for next season are clearly
divided, showing appropriate modes for all
figures.
THE POIOSaIsEMoDEL will be favored for early
spring wear. This garment is very becoming
for slender ladies'.
WArERED SILK is very fashionable for both
street and indoor costumes. This goods com
Dimes we'll with plush.
BAsQrES with trimmed skirts will be worn
next season. The former garment is cut rather
long. setting well over the hips.
Costumes accompanied with outside wraps of
same material are generally made up very
plainly; the buttons, however, are very beau
tiful.
SATIN PIPING IL used very generally in finish
Ing the edges Of basques and Jackets that are
for street wear.
IT Is RATHER EARLY to speak positively Of
what will or will not be the fashions in bOnnets
during the forthcoming season, but there is lit
tie doubt that they will be large. and that dark
colors and black will be highly distinguished.
Sort CLOTH WALKING JACKETS for the prone
made. designed for March; these garments are
made up without any trimming. The buttons.
however. are quite elaborate in quality, show
Ing much tina: is truly artistic.
SaxoNY FLANSELs will be in great demand for
early spring suits. both for ladies and children
The new shades are porcelain blue rich bronze
green and deep brown: those designs formed in
oInDre stripes and broken pla!ds are remarkably
effective.
PENNSYLVANIA AvENrE on bright sunny after
Moons is radiant with the coIors of the ladies'
street costumes-beautiful in style as they are
in color.
OWING to the mildness Of our winter light
wraps and cashmere shawls are much worn
THEATER DRESSES in this country are always
made high in the neck. but the sleeves fire.
quently reach only to the elbow
PLUM and dark green satin mervelleux COM
bined with plush of the same color and shade.
are IN high favor for visiting costumes.
FEATHER BANDS with lace are the latest nov
city Tor large cOiiarefteS.
PASTE OR RHINE PEBBLE BUCKLES on rosettes
and bows of lace and ribbon adorn the insteps
Ut many dancing slippers.
CUIRASsEs of steel links lately brought out in
London have not vet reached New York. but
being esthetc and effective they are as newt
able as the lily and suntiower.
BEAD EMBROIDERY will probably succumb to
machine embroidery of gold and silver in ARA
sene effects.
DOTTED FOULARD SILKS are brought out In
grand style for next seasons wear The all
over patterns of japanese effects are familiar
with society fashionables. The fresh irnpOrta-
tlons give number of choice designs in this
line that are genuine novelties.
sATINETTE ia a cotton fabric very much like
fOulard This style of goods for late spring and
GUNNER wear, yet it is already ON the market,
having been imported nearly two weeks ago.
The patterns are all artistic. showing richly
tinted grounds strewn over with lovely flowers
Of various hues.
a PRINCESS ROBE, with an eighty-inches train,
ID OF turquoise blue satin duchesse and damasse
The front breadth is of satin, in cobweb arrange
ment, finished at the bottom with full shell
pleating. The hip draperies. arranged en- nan
ler. are looped with lunches of velvet autumn
leaves.
A RECEPTION DRESS Of blue surah. trimmed
eighty inches in length, is square. The pointed
corsage. with neck opening in heart shape. Is
richly trimmed q Ia Grecq,.e with Spanish lace
The same lace forms the elbow sleeves. tablier.
panier and back drapery. Velvet roses of MANY
shades OF pink, red and yellow are worn with
this toilette.
A DANCING Dress Of pale rose cashmere is
trimmed likewise with Spanish lace and rose
colored moire- The skirt is short, with flounces
and fancy drapery of Spanish lace. The corsage,
low and round. Is worn with a sash and belt of
MORE, Shouider-straps take the place of sleeves.
and bertha of Spanish lace with corsage buu-
quet completes the dress.
ALL SORTS of dress and breakfast caps are
worn in Paris, from small ''calottes' {skuIi caps>
OF white. cream and colOred cashmere bOrdered
with coins or gold lace to Lorraine peasant
caps of black velvet bordered with an upturned
edge OF silk guipure lace. Women with we'll
SNAPPED heads and good hair will do well to avoid
caps.
A NEW YORK correspondent says: The indica-
tons are that for both spring and summer there
will be coiors and combinations to suit every
variety of complexion, taste or fancy The
millinery goods in particular are extremely
varied. The first importations Of bcnnets and
mats Tor spring. as i learn by a round of the
joebins houses. are English and Milan straws.
almost to the exclusion Of chip. White or
manu-" etid" Coiofs Didck anu COiOreu Str1WS
VIII all be IN vogue The shades are yarious
too. Large sizes will. / fear be abundant in
spite Of the popular indignation of the other
sex against them; but capotes, Normandy caps.
ana even dadem or corOnet trimmed bOnuets
VIII all be worn The large hats are very
large indeed. They have eccentric crowns-laf.
conical, sduarish. low and high The brims. of
Immense width, are turned back ell around the
edge giving richness and stability of effect
that is becoming in hats Of such great size
CLARA BELLE writes as to spring fabrics
There Will DC an effort to revive faille and gros
grain silks They will be used in combination
with tire satin-srrfaced silk known as satin de
Lyon, satin sarah. satin merveil,cux and Others
ali OF which are satil-faced silks with an arrure
repped- diagonal or serge effect Produced by
the Jacquard loom throwing q satin surface
over Tie threads. Some OF these silks are re-
versibie. ard can be trimmed with their reverse
sides In summer silks the tatfetas and lOusi-
nes VIII come in shepherds plaids. large and
small oars. hair lines, and larger stripes OF black
and white or color and white or two shades of
the same color The printed satin foulards have
all sorts Of dotted and speckled effects i'm white
on Sark grounds. or dark on white and pale
tint I'd grounds.
DsaoKEsr for March says: New spring walk