Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-13

SERGE is again worn.
PLAIDs are all the rage.
SKIRTS grow fuller all Around.
The blouse bodice is in high favor.
JERSEYS are more popular than ever.
THE hair is worn higher in the back.
LAVENDER and lilac shades are revived
Muslin and lace balaveuses are revived
GLOSSY wool fabrics will be worn again.
Brass hedsteads are the most fashionable.
BRIDES DRESSES are de rigue,sr long trained
RESEDi and sage greens are arain In vogue
A NEW and pretty shade of pink Is faningo.
BLOUSE BODICEs are becoming only to slight
figures.
POINTED VELVET GRIZZLIES appear on many
dreSSy suits.
RrBIEs are now set with the diamonds worn
BY brides.
TIE white can't de Suede Is relegated to brides
this fail.
ELBERoS vELyETEES is the latest candidate
for popular favor
LITTLE PEOPLE. boys. misses and grown
women all wear jerseys.
THE LEADING SLEEVE is in the coat shape.
fulled in on the shoHider.
ARCADIA VELyETEENs are imported in all the
new cOlors and shades.
CHARLES TX. and Louis XII. shoes are worn
with dressy house toilets
CREPORE YELLING is q new craDe-like wool
1aDrlc Tor evening wear.
THERE Is an effort on the other side TO revive
alpaca as dress fabric.
PELERINEs and shoulder capes viii be in
greater favor than ever.
GLOVES In shades of brown and tan will be
worn with all sorts of dresses.
CLOTH is combined with velvet and ve,yeteen
Cor tailormade walking suits.
THE most popular early fall wrap for all Occa-
eiOns is tine walking jacket.
BLACK VELVET is worn to excess for carriaoe
and afternoon reception toilets.
MATELASsE and Ottoman silks are most i'm use
Tor combination with yelveteen.
THE MARRIAGE BELL is displaced for the floral
umbrella at fashionable weddngs
BRIDESMAIDS must for the present dress all in
one Color, pale rose being the iavorite hue
PLAIN velveteen skirts are worn with bodces,
TUNES and polonaises of plain wool stuffs
LACE-rRIMMED handkerchiefs are not so fas h.
1Onable as embroidered and hemstitched ones
TRIMMINGS OF silk or satin upon travelling
dresses are now Considered wholly "bad FORM
VELVET and satin rage or stripes of velvet and
satin are in high favor in Paris just at the
moment.
SEVERAL fashion Journals of note recommend
Arcadia velyeteens for ladies' and chidren's
suits.
SKIRTS are short, scarcely touching the
ground, and slightly raised at the back by the
tournUre.
HUsMING birds and other flat-feathered orna-
ments loop the draperies of some Partisan
dresses
THE most fashionable buttons are bullet
shaped. small, and when of steel, jet or metal
are facetted.
BLACK gloves will be revived for wear with all
sorts of dresses and on all occasions. except
weddings.
STEEL gray cashmere is beeOmingly worn as a
polonaise or tunic over gray or black velyeteen
skirt.
LACE RUFFLEs inside high velvet collars are
among the latest and most becoming novelties
In neck lingerie.
FRENCH redingotes and poonaises IN score
OF forms are highly popular for travelling and
the promenade.
VELVET hats and bonnets to match dresses are
worn 10y young girls and children as we'll as By
grown women.
WALKING JACKETS in feece-lined jersey web
bling, and trimmed with Astrachan plush. frog
buttons and bison braids.
The small hat of limp felt of the same color
as the costume is the correct wear for tailor
made Cloth, cheylOt and flannel suits.
CLAsFs and buckles Of metal jet and smoked
pearl adorn the sashes and draperies of little
children's, misses, and ladies dressy suits.
THE colors preferred for girls dressy suits
and outer garments are pigeon gray, sapphire
blue, and red in the garnet and ruby shades
PARTISAN dressmakers insert a small pillow
hustle. stuffed with horsehair under the pleats
of the skirt in the back. attached to the waist
band.
WI : BRACELETS, heavily chased, and ban
gles. iace-pins. and dog-cOllars Of various pat
terms. all OF solid silver, are again the height Of
fashion.
MOUsoUErAIRE gloves will be worn in all
lengths from 8 to IL buttons for street costume,
and yard long or more with very short sleeyed
evening dresses.
SEWING APRONS are made with one pocket
low down on the right side. the materials are
lace, silk, and muslin embroidery, the trim
mings are ribbon bows.
The SKIRTS OF dresses have very narrow bands
or are attached to cord instead of a belt, to
permit the dress body To fit close and smoothly
over the waist lire.
NAPKINS, towels, finge bowl mats and other
table linens are frequently given gold thread
borders and fringes. and sometimes the whole
stuff is damasse or brocaded in gold.
TIE NEW velveteens come in raised figures
stripes, and plain grounds OF short close pile re-
selnbiing Lyons sih velvet so as to be mist taken
FOR that fabric even by experienced shoppers
WHITE URsULNE and white drap d'ete are
made into very beautiful evening dresses. trim
met plainly but richly. with many bands of white
M2ntS.
ELaBoRATELY braided and beaded jerseys will
be Very much worn again this autumn over
skirts OF velvet tweed or cleyiot. The newest
patterns in braid werk resemble rich auplioue
work. being wrought in close elaborate de-
Sims.
PARTY OF English young ladies, we'll clape-
roned, recently sojOurning at Montreal. Canada.
Carried slender switch-canes OF ebony, with
Shall gold heads richly chased. and wore Jockey
Caps OF plain black velvet. which were most be-
Coming and natty looking: Both cane and cap
ere said t. be very fashionable abroad, both in
England aud France.
THE skirts Of stylish new carriage dresses are
made OF heavy nuns gray Thibet cloth. with
Iroad side panels, I9:'ier drapery and peIer!ne
81 DARK green or DIRK ruby velvet. The direc-
toire coat OF the Cloth is open wide to show a
Suisse or teasiic Ic>t OF the velvet with deem
fip-pOckets adorned with handsome bUttons
large and bright, IN regular old Continental
fashion.
PLAIN linen Collars and cuns are to be in
vogue again. and very deep cuffs and collars
Ike those worn by ladies in the play known as
the squire. are preferred by many followers
ofthis severe fashion. They look trimmer and