Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

NEW ULSTERS are loose
SPRING JACKETS are plain.
THE spring-like weather is fashionable.
The latest ichus are long and narrow.
PARAsoi.s of watered silk for full dress.
BAYADERE stripes appear on many new para
sol covers.
ELDER, sycamore and lichen green are stylish
spring shades.
A Bro Pour Bow, with wide ends, trims the
back Of new mantels.
SATIN merveiIleux dresses have founces OF
cream null embroidery.
LACE and passementeries have taken the
place of fur trimmings.
FULL APRON SKIRTS, looped very high On the
hips, have been revived.
SPANISH LACE trims the handsomest pa rasols
and coaching umbrellas.
AMONG new sash ribbons are brocades repre-
eenting peacoeks feathers
GILDED PARAGON FRAMES are placed owe
the Innings of Giressy parasols-
AMERICAN EASTER CARDS this season excel
those brought from England.
Lone undraped redingotes appear beside
b unched up Vatican pOlonaises.
"FLATs" and shepherdess straw hats win be
worn by little girls this season
CONDOLENCE CARDS and birth announcement
cards are novelties In stationery.
LAST YEARS DRESSES need only slight changes
Of drapery to make them stylish.
GREYHOUND blue or gray will be a favorite
color for travelling and utility suits.
EMBROIDERY appears on children's suits.
whether OF silk, wool or wash goods.
PINEAPPLE CLOTH FABRICS are imported by
Oriental merchants for ladies' dresses.
FINE carving appears on the wood handles of
dressy parasols and coaching umbrellas.
HANDSOME evening dresses are of the finest
white wool embroidered in silver threads.
CHH.DREN's HATS and bonnets are as varied in
form and trimming az those of their elders.
The VELAsoUEZ Hat with Spanish lace drap-
cry, is the largest size offered for the spring.
PLAIN SKIRTS with trimmed polonaises will
soon rival trimmed skirts with plain basques.
INPoRTED DRESSES have transparent sleeves
made of Venetian, Honiton or Sp slisi laces.
TERRA COrT4 RED WITH BLUE and garnet with
gray, axe fashionable contrasts for wool dresses.
NEW mantel lambrequins are of colored plush
trimmed with chenille fringe of the same shade.
AMBER colored cellulod eyeglasses for ladies'
use are among the latest novelties Of the sea-
son.
JENNY JUxE's letter from New York in to-
days STAR gives full account of the fashions
there.
THE PRESENT rage is for dark hose. dark hats
and dark gloves. Hat, gloves and stockings
match.
NEW parasols and umbrellas have handles of
the wood of the natural stick ,knobbed, crutched
and hooked
Bouquets ofroses and other large flowers and
large bows of ribbon adorn the tops of hand
some parasOls.
V-sHAPED waistcoats, the terminating at
the waist line, is a feature in handsome spring
walking Jackets.
CASHMERE SERGEsin broad stripes, and with
raw silk broche effects in borders and designs,
are late novelties.
Color in table linen, china, glass and orna-
ments is the feature at society dinners, suppers,
breakfast and luncheOns.
STYLISH contrasts for bonnets are Holbein
green with pale blue, celadon with rose, opal
with olive, and salmon-pink with gray-blue.
PARTISAN dresses during Lent are of Carme-
hte serge with a train looped by a cord and
tassel for the street, and left hanging in the
house.
THE SPRING OPENINGS In Washington thus
Tar have been unusually brilliant. The latest
novelties can be seen. More of them next
week.
DRESS SKIRTS are wider this season. Yhey
measure 21s yards around at the bottom. The
draperies are more b0ufant and elaborate than
last season.
SPRING FANS are in various designs Some
are Of lace and flowers, Others are hand painted
on satin, while others are made entirely of
feathers.
IRISH LACE trimmed with clusters of sham
rock leaves and fOrget-me-nots was the garni-
tnre Of the green velvet dress worn by the
Princess of Wales at the Queens last drawing
ROOM
MASCULINE caprice in handkerchiefs Is for
white hemsttehed borders decorated with print
Ell figures, Arabs on horseback in rapid motion.
dogs chasing hares and similar devices in color
and artistically executed.
MANY OF the new spring costumes are made
thus: The skirts are killed or shirred in front
the fine clustered killing laid sometimes In hori-
zontal but generally lengthwise pleats, the back
Of the skirt is draped or hangs straight the full
Ness being massed in either pleatS or geathers
large box pleats are preferred. The basque Is
coat shaped, single Or double breasted the latter
being preferred, with a rolling or fiat collar
opening over a simulated waistcoat and high
collar. 1T Is trimmed with a double row of but
tons Collar, cuffs side panels and bottom ofthe
founce are composed of wide bands of open
embroidery upon the material. This Is costly
trimming, rich but quiet
CLARA BELLE writes from New York as fol-
70 considerable extent, as to the spring and
summer fashions, and will be until Lent is over
But have had talk with q dressmaker lust
from Paris, and can give a good idea of the
latest intentions in that capital Of the fashions
The cardinal cape is revived in a style slightly
adjusted at the waist and fitting rather CLOSELY
over the arms. The arms go out through Sits,
and there is scarcity Of trimming. favorite
wrap in Paris is kind of redingOte. peculiarly
nice for slender waists yet full enough below
the hips to require filing out artihcially on
most figures. Tight-htting jackets continue to
be worn by girls, and are oftenest made of light
cloth, the skirts long and the sleeves orna-
mcnted by deep cuffs. Immense collars and
cuirs, in crochet work Of Irvine, are worn over
dark dresses The old polonaise is EMPLOYED
extensively in the best dresses, sometimes open
down the entire front. giving glimpse of the
underdress and sometimes closed to the waist,
below which-it opens wide.
Dueling as n Legitimate Amusement.
Richmond Special to the New York Herald.
The bill to suppress dueiing In Virginia came
up to-day in the house Of delegates on its sec
Ond reading and its main features vvcro soriouo