Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-04
FASHION WRINKLES.
TIE NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CoLoRs IN
SPRING CONCENTRATION GIyGHAas, ETC.

RIBBONS. sashes, ana bows for spring.
The new sateens look like silk. They are
finely finished
SEERsUCEER stripes are initiated admirably in
the new American prints.
BTRANo q dotted embroidered silk lace bids
fair to be the rival OF Spanish.
Tiny landscapes appear as figures on some of
the new printed cotton goods.
SCoTCH ginghams show the same heather
mixtures that appear in the new cheviots
The new Organdie musins are woven in large
plaids, bars and stripes of pure coIors.
THE FIRST SPRING WRAPS will be short viste
mantles with long front tails
LARGE red rosebuds in chene effects on d
ground OF shrimp pink are among new sateens
Inspiring wear.
The first importations of spring silks have
MORE grounds with geometric and lowered
damasSe designs.
THE style of figures on the new sateens are in
small flowers. leaves, and stems in mele or jar
diniere effects.
JAPANESE designs in mele effects. combining
lanterns. fans, birds, and flowers, cover the
grounds OfFrench foulards.
PRETTY combinations of color in grounds and
dots or designs are brown on cream, blue on
maize, and rose color on pearl.
THE grounds of many of the new sateens are
and dark eolors and also black.
SOME of the new American prints initiate the
new striped Scotch ginghams so well as to be
undistinguishable from them
NEW black silks have large polka dots, moons,
crescents, and leaves on plain satin, satin mer-
veiileux, and satin de Lyon surfaces.
PLAIN sateens. in solid colors TO match the
ground of printed sateens are shown for skirts
OF costumes to be composed of the two stufs
THE hair is dressed close to the head, very
plainly aud simply. and frizzes when worn. are
made to lie flat under .bang nets"
EsrHErIc toilets are already in course of pre-
parafiOn for watering place wear during the
coming season.
HANDSOME chenille friDses curled, and very
dull are used with great effect upon mantles of
vigone, Sicilienne or satin.
The new embroidered French Swiss muslins
have lace effects in round spots and geOmetric
patterns. between which are introduced dots
and leaf and flower designs and embroidery.
The new dress linens for spring wear come in
delicate tones of color. figured in the weaving
IN geometric and polka dot designs for over
dresses, and IN plain stuffs to match for skirts.
The new prints as well as all the new goods
OF the coming season. come i'm separate pieces
for skirts and overdresses showing that COM
poste costumes will be as fashionable as ever
PLEATED blouses one pleat down the back
and two in front, and plain round basaues,
belted, are still the accepted waists for ging-
hams etc
HERE are the fashionable colors in spring
goods: Grey-blue or greyhound garnet shades
mustard shades. pearl and dark grey olives.
browns and brOnZes, shrimp and shell pinks
sapphire shades, greens. and dark blues.
HE new American prints for spring wear
show such marked Improvement in the finish of
the materials. as well as in the designs that the
manufacturers say that before many seasons the
foreign prints Will be driven from our markets
SQUARE or shaped bodices for dinner or
evening parties are ornamented. the neck and
sleeves with large roses without foliage half
hidden in lace ruchings. the skirt and train
being arranged to correspond.
The fashionable bouquet for the moment is
made of large double red roses of new shaded
variety. surrounded by fragile dollhouse ferns
tr.snsplanted from the mountains and made
doubly delicate by indoor growth.
The newest thing in fancy work as present
for a gentleman friend is strip of ribbon with
his Initials embroidered thereon in bright -hued
SILKS, the rl5bon to be fastened in the lining of
ms nat Tor the purpose OF marking it.
STYLISH and elegant travelling dresses are
made Of fine Austrian wool in tiny ue and
gold checks. trimmed with panels and bands of
Russian blue velvet. and French gold buttons.
finely chased.
In dressing, walking and carriage costumes
sent TO America Worth is employing the new
copper color and odd terra-cOtta shades COM
binng them with velvet of seal brown. Qren1t
dark green or ruby.
FRENCH dressmakers contrve pockets for ball
dresses, hiding them beneath large bouquet
of flowers tied with ribbon bow and hanging
apparently on a flower chain, correspondin.
with the rest OF the flower trimming, put around
the waist.
BLACK ball dresses are especially distin-
guished-lOoking in transparent stuffs- as
grenadiBe, gauZe and tariatane embroidered i'm
silver and silver ornaments. Tufts of large
flowers in shrimp. coral or nastuftian-red being
tastefuy arranged on different parts of the skirt
and bodice.
The dainty flower collarettes of small bios
SONS and leaves which were worn last winter on
high dresses. will be thrown aside this season
for fn'l wreaths of large leafless flowers roses.
asters and peoples bearing the palm resting on
afrlil OF lace encircling the neck aud closed with
buds hanging ON long thin stalks to look like
pendants.
AMONG fabrics for children's dresses nothing
can be prettier than the soft, moss-like pushes
which come in small uulti-colored stripes.
There are also chiRed. pladed and moired
piushes, all OF which are used most effectively
1of trimniings-that is. for sashes reYers col
lars, pockets and shoulder capes. Last of all,
IN pale blue. silver gray. pink and lilac to be
daintily made up with white lace trimmings
PRETTY lat home" costume Of ceremony is
accomplished by wearing long cutaway Jacket
of red plush over askirt of almond-colored cash.
mere, with pleated blOus waist of the same
trimmed with white Burano lace Phe half long
sleeves and the draperies of the skirt are
trimmed with the same lace, while a large
looped bow or wide moire sash ribbon. matching
the color OF the jacket, gives the fashionable
bouffant effect in the back
some OF the new Bernhardt gloves which
reach far above the elbow, and are especially
designed TO be worn with short-sleeyed even
Ing toilets. are finished at the tops with inser-
ton bands of costly point or duchesse lace three
inches wide and above this rufiie of the same
lace, put on with little or no fullness. Tlis
gives a soft and delicate look TO that portion of
the glove which generally has an unfinished
look, especially in the Danish glove that is left
unbound at the top
WHITE Surah and white grenadine gauze
princess evening dress just made, has long
plain square train fsurah. The corsage is COW