Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-26

CoCKADE bows are all the rage
CoLoRED straws are much worn
FLOWERS are worn to excess on bonnets
New parasols are very snowy and large.
Henry III. styles are gaining ground in Paris.
BLACK silk hosiery is excessively fashionable.
BRAIDING is for morning and walking dresses
ORIENTAL colors In brocades are much sought
Tor.
BLACK straws are more worn than colored
ones.
THE new embroideries are lace-like in the ex-
treme
PAINTED par;.sols for carriage use are very
effective.
FANCY checked and striped hosiery is going
out Of use.
SUMNER toilets are made dressy with lace and
embroidery.
SOAE of the new lace mitts are ruched with
BLK at the top.
PONGEEs, plain, printed and embroidered will
~ be worn again.
The simplest forms Of making up summer
dresses please most.
SCoTCH GINGHAMs In greater variety than ever
Ore largely imported.
PARASOLS OF pongee have sca!Ioped borders
and tinted silk Innings.
New HOSIERY comes In all the new cOlors to
match the dress goods.
POINTED BAsoUEs and panier draperies are
exceedingly fashionable.
FASHIONABLE DREssMAKERs use lace BY the
piece as dress trimming.
A FLOWER epaulet on the left shoulder Is
3Tetty fancy OF the moment
MARROW STARS, fastened with buckles, ap-
pear on many French dresses.
FLOWERS and lace enter more and more into
The decorations Of evening dresses.
The most fashionable stockings are of silk or
Gsle thread In plain colOrs or black
SLEEVES of dresses and wraps are worn ex-
oeedingly high and full on the shoulder
1OUNG girls will dress their hair close In
bIaids or torsades looped up In the back.
BLACK velvet neckties are worn high about
TIE throat and fastened by diamond studs.
ONE of the prettfest novelties In costume Is
tne hasket/Jf flowers attached to the dress.
SHOULDER knots and trimmings are revived,
but they are becoming to slender figures only.
COLORs are combined as much as possible In
the ribbon decorations Of white house dresses
PINKED-oUr founoes Of silk are used as q
Trimming for mantles, bonnets, gowns and par,7
tsols
BRIDES dresses are demi- trained, high in the
Peck, and With half or three-quarters long
sleeves.
POINTED Bonnet FRONTS, the large tournures,
end high shouldersd sleeves are three features
Of spring toilets.
TEE gable brim bonnet Is very becoming
when lace flowers, or ribbon fills in the peak
above the forehead.
BcNNErs composed Of or covered entirely with
Ruttercups, daisies, prmroses, and other spring
flowers are In high favor.
COCKAD1 Bows In correct form must be Of
peveral colors Of ribbon, many loops, and few
ends cut Into cocks combs.
PARAsoL STICKS are Of medium size, of ebon-
led and natural woods, the handles carved, in
laid, or silver mounted, fanciful or plain.
SILK JERSEYS, gloves In strawberry red. pale
yellow, nuns gray, and black will be more In
vogue this summer than kid gloves of any sort.
In FRENCH IMPoRTATIoNs of costumes the
polonaiss reappears once and again in varied
forms and with endless styles Of drapery and
RarDiture.
TEE dresslest, mantlesar of black satin rha-
DANES or brocade handsomely trimmed with
lace peatings and ruches, are very short, and
have high, narrow shoulders
1T IS Nc longer fashionable to wear the long
~rinkled glove drawn up on the outside of the
Gress sleeve. 1t must be tucked I'D inside the
sleeve to be considered stylish.
NEW OvERSkIRTs have a gathered puff at the
top and side instead OF being fat there, and are
worn with very short basques that rest on this
Fun but do not conceal its fulness.
POCKET handkerchiefs Of sheer lawn are col.
ored cornnower blue, sapphire blue, olive, terra
Gotta, Havana brown, and raspberry red Many
Of these have an embroidered edge.
THE latest French styles in dressmaking are
not pleasing to American women, and there is
demand In New York for several good artistic.
esthetic and original dressmakers.
Fans are to be worn suspended from the waist
and en- suits with the costume. They are made
81 figured satine foulaId or Chinese pOnpee.
and are mounted on bamboo or coored wood
PALE YELLOW and bright gold are tho colOrs
triumphant even In floral garniture The gaudy
snniiower has sunk into oblivion, but Is replaced
py prlmroses, cowslips, margolds, kingcups,
Narcssus, and marshmallows.
THE TRAVELLING CLOAK for young ladies' sum-
iner journeys is a chev.ot Newmarket closely
fitted from neck to foot, with checks of hinged
ecru. garnet, brown. and olive. There Is q
pointed hood with garnet silk lining.
TALOR-MADE COSTUMES growing more
and more In favor They have now arrived at
perfection in the way of fit and finish Some Of
The costliest of these have the bodice lining of
soft and pliable, but exceedingly firm, ribbed
silk.
WHITE NULL morning dresses are made with
a Vatican plat from the shoulders and are
trimmed across the front with alternate frills Of
lace and embroidery. Salmon or dark-bue
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many bows.
: = TUCKER of plain white lawn. shirred across,
with two soft puffs around the neck, ills the
pointed or square openings of dress waists; two
puffs also edge the sleeves. If embroidery IL
preferred. 1t Ia fiat inside the open space and
there are two standing frils around the neck.
MORNING GOWNS for the house are made In
Mother Hubbard style Of pink, buff or blue per-
Gale with the yoke, round collar and square CUTS
Of oream-white Irish-point embroidery. The
straight skirt has deep hem wth'a bunch Of
tucks above It. and Ia butt0ned down the front
with linen thread buttons.
A PROMINENT Filth avenue belle has recently
ordered dress Of pale blue satin, covered with
lace nounces; the back IL draped with satin and
the sides with lowered blue and pink nuns veil
ing-a novelty which has Q pleasing effect. The
Opea bodice is trimmed with lace and the
lace sleeves have straps Of bluesatin and Q but
tsr-iy bow on the shoulder.
A Cool and charming dress for morning in
the country ID Of pale gray nuns yelling with
the skirt In i've lengthwise plaitings from belt