Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-13
FASHION WRINKLES.
WHITE DREssEs-TABLE LIyENS-CHILDREN's
DRESSES-HAIR DRESSTNG-BUTTuN NOVEL
TIEs-Ha3ROiDgRED DRESSES, ETC.

DRESSES-HAIR DRESSING-BUTTOE NOVEL,
observation-disclosures DRESSES, ETC.
THE RECENT SPRING weather is not fashion,
able.
THERE is strong tendency to wear white
goods this summer.
THERE is. however a carnival of celors In the
dry goods houses.
The DRY GOODS stores are Respondent with
spring and summer goods.
NECK RIaBoSs are more frequently tied on
one side than in front.
LITTLE CHILDREN will wear white for dressy
occasions this summer.
Low-NECxED. short-sleeved dresses are re-
vived for small girls under o.
CLIP HATS. particularly black ones, will be
much worn "a the season advances.
SHIRRED yoke dresses, with full skirts and no
Wristbands stirring, are much worn By little
girls
WHITE pique bOnnets and hats for little
children are sold in large numbers to country
merchants.
THE newest white pique bonnet for little girls
has high Normandy crown buttoned on to a
deep poke brim.
IRISH POINT collars and cuff are sold in sets
for children's wear They make the plainest
kind OLA bingham frock dressy.
NEW table linen Of the finest grades comes in
tinted grounds. with damask designs in white
on one side, while on the other the order is
versed
THE TERRA GOTTA GLOVE is a success nOtwith-
standing its startling color. and it is now sold
By houses that condemned it when it was first
introduced.
BABY dresses without waists, the skirts at
taehed to the yOkes or bands around the
shoulders, will be the popular summer garment s
for little girls under 10.
THE European fashion of wearing no Jewels
except i'm full dress for evening entertain
ments, is becoming the rude among the best So
ciety people in New York.
You CAN BUY just as late and just as good
goods in Washington as you can in New York,
and at just as low prices The compiler of these
wrinkles" has tested that fact.
The new manila aud icelle shades of ecru
combine effectively with all the quaint and
stylish shades OF old blue, POmpeian red, terra
Gotta, golden brown, olive and hunters green.
NEW PARIS wells called voiletteo have long
ends that float like sails. They are scarfs of
gauze long enough to wind around the head and
neck and protect the complexion well in
breezy weather.
The bristling ruche that is used on the bot
tom of dress skirts consumes great deal Of
material, eight yards of silk being sometimes
cut up in its waved pleatings; the effect, how
ever, is very good.
THE severe and simple tabernacle cloth suit
is the most popular walking costume for spring
weather. The novelty for these is the use of
plaques of braid instead of the trefoi curves for
the frogs worn on the JACKET.
DRESSES of one fabric are always safe but
there are no more refined toilets than the new
French combination of cashmere with LOusine
silk. and white muslin embroidered garnture,
homogeneous "a these materials appear to be.
The NULL NECK SCARFs lately so popular are
az cd Tod
on the bosom of the oorsage while the eek
ribbon Is placed above them arOu nd the neck
inside the dress collar, but outside the ruche or
linen collar.
LAWN TENNIS SUITS have skirts Of lawn ten
mis- stripes in bright and esthetic combinations
while the TUNES and blouse waists are of light
flannel serge in complimentary eOlOrs to those
in the stripes The cuffs collars, revers, and
bands are of the striped stuff.
HAIR-DREssING has come to be simple mat
ter now that all false hair Is dispensed with.
Simple styles pr evail for the back hair such as
small knobs and coils while the front hair covers
the forehead with rings and short curls, and
gives the low, broad Greek brow.
QUANTITIES of ribbons are used on white
dresses, knots at the neck On the sleeve and
looped sashes on the skirt. A new arrangement
fs a rouleaux of ribbons around the hips follow
Ing the outline of the ffounce ON the back and
tied loosely low down in front ia carefully care
less fashion.
The NEWEST caprice in French lingerie Is to
combine laces of two tints in one article of neck
wear; for instance fiat eOlarettes and vests of
the fiax-gray Irvine lace have ruches and pleat-
ings of ivory white Languedoc lace with tn en-
and the same arrangement Is seen in nchus and
doubled frils.
PARIS MILLINERY presents many new caprices
this season, such as a saucy sailor hat called the
Boston, handkerchief bonnet larger than the
Fanehon. soft crowned turbans of new shapes.
and finally the climax is reached i'm revival of
the caleche bonnet with a shrred rattan top.
that this generation has only seen worn upon
the stage.
WASH DRESSES of linen lawn, chambery and
Scotch ginghams, preparing for summer morn
tngs in the country, are made as simply as even
the laundress could desire, with round basque.
apron oyerskirt and gathered fOunces, but they
are given an elaborate effect by their garniture
Of embroidered muslin for collar, vest cuffs and
edgings on the fOunces.
'FAIR GIRL GRADUATES on commencement
day will wear cream white dresses of embrOider-
ed nuns yelling, or OF null muslin with lace
garniture. The short skirt is trimmed elabo-
rateiy in front. with soft panier drapery fde the
elbow sleeves. COrsage bouquet of roses no
Jeweiry white MORE sash and white or black
slippers. as the wearer chooses.
DRESSES of sheer and line French lawn, almost
as ganzy as organdie, are made up with hand
some trimmings Of imitation duchesse lace edg-
ings, falling over pleated rufies on the skirt
The panier and tablier draperies are trimmed
with the same lace, while the upper part of the
coat sleeve is formed OF two bands of the lace
scwed together. The unlined corsage has
nchu OF the lawn trimmed with the lace 1t
also encircies the throat and wrists. White
satin ribbon bows are placed on all parts Of the
costume demanding such decoration.
The WHITE DRESSES Of last year may safely
be worn again this season without alteration
The same STRAIGHTFORWARD and founced fronts
are seen. and shirred round waists reappear to
divide favor with the half-itting basque which
Is now, "a then. the prevailing pattern for the
bodice The handsomest costumes have three
basques, formed entirely of embroidery either
cut from the piece or cleverly contrived out of
the same wide founces which trim the skirt
Sets OF embroidery with many as five widths
OF edging, and inserting to match, come for
dresses.