Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-24


GRAY in all shades grows in fashionable
favor.
LONDON SNoSE" is a fashionable color for
cloth listers.
SILVER Fox Fur is very fashionable for velvet
opera cloaks.
CONVERSATION Costumes remain in high fash
ioIabie favor
iAkrANs and gay plaids will be much used for
house dresses.
LIGHT ladies' cloth is the favorite fabric for
utility costumes
Greenaway styles.
@ENDARMES BLUE, under another name, is be-
coming Very popular.
BRIDAL dresses are frequently composed Of
several different fabrics.
WHITE and ecru leather vests are worn under
velvet and plush Jackets.
BEoGADED stuf- are in demand for long cloaks,
long dolmans and yislte5
AS RULE the glove is worn longerin proper
ton as the sleeve is shorter
BONE BUTTONS are to be had In every color
and shade to mattel the dress.
FANCY feathers of all kinds adorn hats for
0eini-tOilet and business wear.
THE Russian and Princess Louise are the fav-
orite shapes for fur-lined circulars.
VELVET BANDS. worn around the throat, are
ornamented with diamond crescent.
BRIDES and bridesmaids dresses have sleeves
that are drawn on over the kid gloves.
PINK. salmon and coral are the favOrte colors
for the fine silk stockings for evening wear
In Paris fur is used extensively this season
fol all kinds OF costumes, even for ball dresses
SPANISH LACE with velvet figures comes by
the piece as wide as ordinary silk for the front
OF black silk reception dresses.
CLoyER-LEAF BRACELETS with a diamond or
two on each leaf to simulate dew-drops, are
among the newest designs in jewelry.
LACE PINS OF guitars, viollns banjos and other
musical Instruments are unique and fashion
able They are perfect copies Of the instrl-
ments, having strings and keys.
FINE VELyETEENS are in great demand and
some of the handsOmest street suits this season
are made OF this material 1t is also used in
combination with the heavy wooden goods
either forming the trimming or used as skirt
or basque.
TALoR-MADE COSTUMES Of dark blue green
or brown yeiyeteen, with toque and muH to
match. will be in great fashion this winter The
!nrore 1or veiveteen is greater than ever. but it
Is positively necessary that it be Of the best
Quality only.
THE latest novelty In bed linen consists of
sheets, pillow cases, and shams hemstitched and
embroidered. and decorated with diamond
Snapped and square blocks OF linen, hemstirChed
Oh iii Seometric patterns OF various kinds. and
bOrdcred by frilIs henstitched and vandyked ON
The edges. Others are hemStitched In rings and
dots.
The STYLE OF a certain waist worn a half
Century ago is now copied and admired by
ultra-iashionable young ladies. The waist is
sharply pointed front and back while over the
front Is LAID a shirred piece which reaches from
The throat to the extreme point where ii ends
In "a bow and ends of satin ribbon. The sleeves
are pulled and SHRED and are exceedingly
nigh on the shoulder.
MANY LADIES are how wearing half canes and
mouchoir muiis made of dark velvet bordered
with brilliant feather trimming Mufrs and col
lars made wholly OF fue feathers are conspicu-
ously fashionable, and usually match the bonnet
Or urban As rule, golden brown feathers are
In great request. Brown is undoubtedly one of
the coiOrs par erceHe7sre. and it is wonderful
how innumerabe are the tones discoyerable in
cpi0r that would seem to admit of Sc few va
riatI0IS.
WIEN novice sees from 200 to 400 trimmed
hats and bonnets displayed in one house at an
opening she naturally wonders If they will be
sold. forgetful OF the fact that often the spec,-
mems shown are only models from which other
DOnnetS are daily CT Died to order sometimes
one order bonnet or hat Combining featu
from two or three Of the models. One establish
ment in Philadelphia reports over 5000 bonnets
and hats made and trimmed to order in less
THAN SIX months.
some OF the new French polonaises of velvet
are shaped in front to form a wastcoat The
ienp hon into
Nearly to the foot OF the dress skirt The trim
ming borders these panels and Is carried I'D
each side OF the bodice portion framing the
~sstcoat- Handsome meiaIlions and pendants
OF passenenterie are placed in the center of the
panes. and on the rcner models these are very
often nearly covered with magnificent silk en-
oroidery tuited with raised chenille work
THE New York Post truly saws: II is unite
true that the question How shall Gress-what
shall wear: is sometimes u perpexing one.
and loss Of temper and trial of patience very
often precede the final decision if. indeed. what
may be called a decision is reached at all The
number OF women who can as deliberately
choose u dress as they would choose q dish for
dinner Is not large and hundreds Of women W no
can successfully administer the affairs of n LARGE
household are at their " Is end when the dues-
ton OF dress can no longer be postponed or
evaded III Is not strange that its settlement
anu solution are hedCed with difficulties and
trials III dress We're regarded a. a mere cover
Ing, protection from the ycissitudes of the
weather, or a simple vel cast between the
Wearer and the outside world the trouble would
Do light one and the question would be
quickly settled. But where fashions and fabrics
Change with the seasons. or Oitener; where modes
or dress and dress material become matters
OF supreme Importance. OF are so regarded. il
must be confessed that the case of these beWil-
oered women is u hard one provoking the sym
pathy OF those OF the sisterhOod whose natural
good taste or intuitions save them from such a
sea OF trouble. TBese women live and move
In society: and they mistakenly think they must
Yield conformity TO It's laws and methods to ito
Whims and caprces. even If they verge of times
on the repulsive. as they sometimes assuredlv
DO on the absurd and ridiculous 1t IL the ri1ht
and the duty of every woman to prize at its
true value every natural gift whether il be of
mind or person, and TO display 1t, with modestv
and reserve, In as attractive a setting as her
own good taste and Judgment can devise Let
her study the appropriate and becoming; what
is best for her, what fttest COMFORTS and is in
keeping with her form, features and complex
ion, and all this she can do without rudely set
ting herself In opposition to prevailing STYLES or
fashions on the one hand or yielding senseless
deference to their exactions on the other.
A Court Scene.
SUPERINTENDENT sheahy Tetihes in the New York Suit