Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-22
LATE FASHION NOTES.
TRAINS, Wells AND HaTs-CRAY TIE SHADE
BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, ETC.

BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, ETC.
GLOVES are very long.
MASK EEiIS are much worm
Few trained dresses are worn
THE HENRI ii. hat is still popular
HIGH CCIFFVRES are again i'm favor
TRAINS are fuller but arc not long.
UNDYED BEAVER is the fashionable fur
GRAY in alla!iades is the most fashionable color.
SLEEVES remain very tight below the elbow
SMALL half-iace wells are either red or black
DOTTED face wells are in high fashionable
favor.
JEWELS are much in favor for the hair at eve
ming parties and balls.
FIGURED VELvErs are much worn. but are
never so elegant as plain ones.
TAN-CoI03ED Suede gloves divide favor with
white and black gloves for evening wear.
SHORT dresses are much in vogue for evening
wear, even when the wearers do not dance
CHGDRENs dresses are all made loose about
the waist in the lat" revived English STYLES
VELVET dresses Will be worn ad nauseam at
Christmas dinners and New Years day recep-
tiOns.
dian muslins are in demand for ball and fancy
party dresses.
TULLE, sDotted or sprisged with silver, comes
among other gauZy tinsel decorated stutfs for
evening Wear.
THE bodice with u high back and low cut
out front is the correct wear for dinner parties
ana evening receptions.
BANGLES of gold are now more worn than
those n no rpn hou
bracelet the more stylish it is.
SLEEVES of costumes of ceremony are made
tight. bit with puffs or epaulette appendages in
the afml0le or On the shoulders.
BOJQCETs OF one color roses tied loosely with
a bread satin ribbon, and fastened on the left
side OF the belt. are fashionable for evening
wear.
TIE few trained dresses lately brought from
Tie other side have the princess back under
which disappear the high pulled panier dra-
perie5.
The most fashionable ornaments for the hair
ere cresceDts. stars, sprays and combs of Rhine
crystals often so fine as to be mistaken for dia-
mOnds.
BIRDS and butterflies of the most tropical ap-
pearance are placed flat on the corsages and
draperies OF many sauZy aud tin-ci-e.uproidered
ball dresses.
THE flowers most in favor for ball dresses are
lilies Of the valley, forget-me-nots he'd re roses,
monthly roses. Alpine heather sprays, and red
CT blue Salyias.
CAPS Of pleated lace pu.fs of tulle and gauze
and of beaded net are added to the sleeves of
half high c0rsages to give the higil-shouldered
epaulette effect.
ELBOW sleeves have the upper part of the
cloth cut away, showing the arm to the elbow.
save where it il covered b. the bands that
fasten the sleeve across it.
VELVET dresses are handsomest when made all
Of one kind of velvet and trimmed only with a
little lace, black or white, or both, or tinted to
match the color of the dress.
PLAIN white writing paper is more fashionable
than any OF the fancy stationery. Sealing wax
with the writer's initial stamped on 1t is now
Invariably used in all private correspondence.
NEAPOLTr4N jewelry, consisting Of brooches.
lace pins, rings and bangles of silver filigree in
oil sorts of fanciful forms, such as tambourines.
serpents. mandoiins vioins and guitars, are
bought eagerly for holiday gifts.
JERSEYS of white and cream color are very
fashionable for evening wear Sometimes they
are braided with gold or red braid, but gen.
orally they are worn plain with a ruche of crepe
lsse gathered around the neck ard sleeves
trimmings of marabOut. has bag wastcOat of
cloth and Killed oye:Skirt, below which is a
wide band of brown marabout and narrow
plating of cloth. The folded waterfall basque
is ornainented with bows and ends of carinne
Ribbon.
WORTH has been maxim. pretty dinner gown
for the Princess Of Wales. The skirt is cream
satin trimmed with narrow fi0unces of Brussels
lace; the paniers are Ornamented with plush
app!Gues, while the bodice and train are of pa lie
claret velvet the latter turned back with reyers
to match the paniers.
PRETTY bali dresses FOR young ladies are made
OF clouds OF cream. white or cOlored tulle and
are chiefly ornamentcd witha profusion Ofsimp!e
blossoms scattered over the entire skirt. which
Is arranged ballet" fashion in the prevailing
style. the numberiess petticOats being of equal
length.and gathered intUa pointed band Of satin
below the waist.
SHORT walking jackets of black or blue rough
surfaced cloth are bOrdered with Persian lamb or
Astrachan fur, prOfusely braided in military
style and others clOse-fitting or with cutawav
front, displaying waistcOat are made of a new
rough material called Astrachan cloth the sur
lace covered by raised and curiously knotted
loops, and with good effect