Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-18
A BUNCH of sweet peas is a favorite corsage
bouquet at present.


bouquet at present.
Lone SILK GLOVES are worn with full-dress
evening toilets this summer
RIBBONS. laces aud natural flowers are the or.
naments that have taken the place ofjewelry.
BLACK Jersey" silk gloves are very useful
wear. and so also are black (raw) silk stockings
BLACK TULLE evening dresses are looped and
trimmed with punches of red currants or of
Strawberries.
The Newmarket hat of felt with low crown
and CURED brim is worn in the country by ladies
while riding horse back.
THE ENGLISH fashion of wearing light gray or
drab riding habits in summer is gradually being
adopted in this country.
The AUTUMN styles in preparation show a very
decided tendency toward the use of fine all wool
fabrics in checked twecds, and heather mix
lures.
AT CHURCH FAIRS the young lady attendants
wear red stockings with DOW shoes, and red
aprons trimmed with white lace over gray
or blue gowns
COFFEE-COLORED LACEs are in great favor
and laces made of Irvine and interviewer with
colored threads; these are used for summer cot
tons and linens
SEASIDE DRESSES which attract attention are
OF red or blue twilled cotton trimmed with
of black velvet ribbon.
WHITE and cream colored dresses of Chinese
silk, trimmed with Mancs lace and brown or
Cherry ribbons. favorite summer cost umes of
the Princess of Wales.
ALL imitation laces are now made in several
widths. 80 that the deem founce or covering for
the tablier may match the narrow bordering for
the skirt and basque.
TUssoRE SILK of delicate cream cOlOrs is
trimmed with fiounces, bands, and plastron of
Turkish embroidery in dull colOrs done in cross
stitches on canvas groundwork
The LAWN TENNIS BLOUSE is gathered
beted waist made of white or light cloth with
deep blue sailor collar. 1t is worn with a
sailor necltie and wide canvas belt.
EVENING DRESSES are again made with sleeves,
Instead of merely shoulder straps. short
pulled sleeve or a pOmpadOur sleeve frilled at
the elbow is added to low cOrsages
JEwELRY is scarcely worn at all at the sum-
mer watering-places The only pieces seen are
long and fanciful pins and bracelets scarcely
thicker than a cord, and these are confined to
young ladies'
TUCKs are so fashionable that they are now
applied to jerseys, forming pretty border, and
being placed i'm a row down each side of the
front. Panels of tucks trim the front and sides
OF silk and satin skirts.
NEW SOFT FELT HATS are perforated under
the trimming (Which is composed of rich Indian
silk instead of on the top formerly. They
are used with tailor-made SUITS but are some
what expensive, being imported.
ROUGH straw walking hats imported from
London by matters fashionable at the sea-
side. They are trimmed with sea -gulls, grebe
shaded grebe. or other birds of the sea whose
plumage Is not injured by moisture.
SHEPHERDS CHECK of black and white, both
IN wool and silk, is fi.vOrite fabric this summer
1or travelling dresses. The accepted ulster is
made of pOn@ee or of Scotch cloth of quiet
cOlOrs, and has a large pointed hood lined with
bright plaid silk.
REAL LACEs are again worn, and elderly
women are bringing to light all their treasures
In the way of Venetian rose point, Chantily
hounces, Brussels thread and antique guipure
laces. 1t is said that lace points and shawls are
also to be revived.
Wells are now rarely seen even with the
small bOnnets. The few that appear are of
GauZe tor travelling. or of dotted net for the
street; mourning wells are no longer obligatory,
even for those WAC assume deep mourning on
the death of a relative.
FRENCH DREssMAKERs announced velvet as
Leading fabric for the past summer, but the
American thermometer said no. and the Their
moEeter won. The lowered velvet basuues
and velvet trimmed wOolens will be fresh for
pOned.
SLEEVELESS NEWMARKET COATS are worn by
English women when driving or travelling A
deep cape covers the arms. and there are sleeves
that can be hooked on at the arm-hOle when
needed. The hat worn with this is q soft flat
crowned cap made of cloth like that of the coat
with close rows of stitching all over it. The
Cloth for these garments comes i'm electric blues
lawns and grays and browns of soft and pleasing
shades.
A SIMPLE. HEALTHFUL School. DRESS FOR
GIRLS consists of a plated wooden skirt
attached to a lining waist, and an elastic Jersey
bodice Should this not be practicable or for
an alternative, there is the princess pOlOnaise.
with apron front over plain skirt with killed
hounce; or the whole dress mounted upon a
complete lining. The only point of importance
In the latter cases is to set the sleeve high
make the shoulder short, and give room for the
top OF the arm to work freely. and also for the
elbow and lower arm to bend and move without
threatening paralysis Such a dress worn with
one underskirt and two layers of underclOthing
one pure wool, the other cOttOn-sOlves the
school problem; and corded corset waist to
which the stocking suspenders are attached.
supplies the continuation to the one underskirt
and neatly outlines, without COMPRISING, the
figure.
what Is the Germ-h heOry of Disease ?
ScOurges of the human race and diseases are
attributed by savages to the influence of evil
spirits. Extremes often meet. What human
intelligence suspected in it's first dawn has been
verified by human intelligence in its highest de-
velOpment. Again, We have come to the belief
of evil spirits in disease, but these destroyers
have now assumed a tangible shape. Instead of
the mere passive, unwilling efforts with which
we have hitherto resisted Them We now begin
TO fight them in their own domain with all the
resources of our intellect. For they are no
longer invisible creatures of our own imagina-
ton. but with that OmnipOtent instrument the
microscope. We can and identify them as
living beings. OF dimensions on the present verge
Of visibility. The study of these minute foes
constitutes the germ-theOry.
This germ-theOry of disease is rising to such
Importance in medical discussions that it can
not be ignored by that part of the laity who
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