Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-04
entail" It Is undoubtedly true that Q chief
element In Its popularity is its moderate price.


element In Its popularity is its moderate price.
The work is extensively executed upon net In
the piece, and with lace to match for ruffiing.
makes charming evening dresses over silk or
satin mervielleux; naturally. however, they are
not cheap, for 1t Is essentially double Dress COM
posed of two exquisite fabrics and extensively
garnitured with ribbons, which this season form
shoulder-knOts and neckties as we'll as belts and
lows. The pompadour lace, lace with raised
flowers, has not had the success that was antici-
pated for 1t. One reason may be that it is ex-
penslve Tor light lace. and has not the intrinsic
value of handmade. Ladies who can afford to
use it will not buy so conspicuous an imitation
OF the real. The embroidered laces on the con-
trary, are used very fashionably and upon
costly materials and fabrics. OF course
they are employed in less quantity than tho
iighter and less expensive oriental. and imita-
ton mechlin, which are massed in gathered and
pieated ruffies, and they are used for older per-
sons and for more ceremOniOus costumes.
dress garniture of embroidered lace usually con-
ssts of piece of deep flouncng. which forms
rounded apron. or straight slightly gathered
founce across the front and close hip draperies,
making series of festoOns. collar or collar
cite and deep cuffs of the lace. which are
trimmed on" that is put on and fastened
down, constitutes the finish of the bodice or
basque. Old laces, ''heir looms." are not OF
much account nowadays they are only consid-
cred suitable for dOwagers; the young women.
married or single. preferring the lighter modern
laces, such as point -despru, (dotted) imitation
mechin. q fine imitation Of a pretty Flemish
lace, and In black, the handrun Spanish guipure
which is handsome and durable in the piece as
we'll as for bordering The best imitation laces
like the real are now manufactured in several
different widths, that for the apron, or front of
the dress being the widest; the basque taking
the narrOwest, and the skirt. when it Is trimmed
all round, the medium.
Lace 00nnets and hats are more used than for
many years. and squares of Chantily and imita-
ton Chantilly are manufactured for the pur-
pose. Lace wells being also but little employed,
ladies who possessed handsome real ones have
had hats made of them and some of the long,
old-fashtoned ones have been used for the full
skirt fronts of rich black summer dresses.
ON THE BEACH.
There was not much that was original or
striking among the bathers, which were far
more numerous than the visitors at the Casino.
but consisted Of what an auctioneer would call
"a mixed lot;" evidently they were 'hotel and
boarding house people," which in Newport
means something very dreadful, and were true
to the tradition OF navy blue flannel with red or
white braid for trimming and the deep blouse
belted or girded in at the waist, and cut In to
the figure more than formerly. The trousers
have been shortened also of late years, and are
no longer gathered into frill, but are left
plain; the thongs of the canvass slippers cross
ing over the ankles and the arms being left
nearly free, not so bare as is the English and
continental fashion, for good reason; our
scorching sun and stationary bathing houses,
which cannot be wheeled off into the water, do
not admit of it.
The most striking get up was that of a young
man, who made his appearance in a very fancy
blue suit faced with red, with leggings as con-
red. and he seemed afraid OF spelling his outfit,
for he did not wet it while our party remained.
THE COUTURE.
There Is great diversity In the methods Of ar
ranging the hair just now. and the only consid.
GRAFTON, apparently, that preserves the low cir
cular twists and braids is the necessity of sup
port for the prevailing style of hats and bonnets
1t has become very common, therefore, to see
the hair dressed low in the morning and quite at
the top of the head in the evening, and as the
high cOiffures afford more opportunity for dis
play and the use OF ornament. it is safe to pre-
dict that bOnnets, more or less, will be made to
suit them during the coming autumn.
1t is also expected that there will be great
demand for rich tapestrted and embroidered
fabrics stuffs suited to the reproduction of his
toric designs and individualized costumes. The
enormous impetus given to household furnish
Ing and decoration. the fine interior effects pro-
duced in modern houses, demand stateliness
and dignity In the dress of the women Occu-
pants, who are selected as part of the orna-
mental accessories, and indeed there is some
thing absurd in the idea of q ready-made nine
teenth century girl in these medieval drawing
rooms or distributing dessert of squash pie
from fourteenth century table in a vaulted
dining-rOOm.
PRETTY LAWN TENNIS DRESSES
are cut square, with high-tucked white bodice
and full sleeves. Apron, the top turned over to
form pocket of Turkish embroidery. The
skirt of the dress is single and trimmed with
bands OF black velvet. This does not differ
in any important respect from the Russian adap-
tation of peasant dress for this purpose. made
bv London mOdiste and exhibited at the ex-
position Of the National Health Society. But
we have not as yet produced even an approxi-
nation to the "mOuntain' costume of navy blue
serge, with its short gored skirt considerably
above the Observation-Disclosures slightly gath
cred below the knees and neat leggings. mod
est as well as useful Dress and adapted to tri-
cycling as well as climbing to boating, and also
to gymnastic exercises, If the Ieggings were
omitted, and an elastic Jersey substituted for
the Jersey basque. JENNY JUNE.