Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-03

GRAY is said to be the coming color.
CHILDRENs CoILARErTEs grow larger and
larger.
FouIE GLoTH is the rival of tweeds for
spring.
HoNEYsrckLE YELLOW is the latest tint Of
that color.
PELERINEs AND SHOULDER CAPEs are in
greater favor than ever
REDINGoTEs AND PoLoSAIsEs in a score of
forms are highly popular.
POINTED BoDICEs grow more and more fash
ionable
OSTRICH feather trimming is used on hand
some mantles.
LENT lilies and ferns form the corsage bou-
Quet of the season.
Sole OF the new bonnets have the crown of
one color and the brim of another.
TRIMMINGS of spring bonnets will be massed
in clusters on the top
THE new foule cloths come in all shades of
new cOlors for street wear.
RICHES and chicOrees around the bottom of
the skirt remain in favor.
OTTOMAN silk and satin de Lyon are combined
in new spring costumes.
NEW raglans are cut with Japanese and dol
man sleeves.
NV grenadines come in beautiful S;,an,sh
lace designs.
ENGLISH %%aiz,nes jackets are tailor made, and
very plain
HAMMERED metal buttons appear among new
dress trimmings
PI.AIDs, in dull dark eolOrs are made up for
travelling suits or for simple house dresses
DARK BLUE JACKETS are worn with bright
plaid skirts by young ladies' and little girls.
BUsTLEs and even small hOOp-skirts are worn,
but not by the greater number of women.
AMBER and tortose-shell pins appear among
oew millinery ornaments.
To DRESS WELL requires thought and expe-
rence even more than money.
SHORT vIsIrEs, very handsomely trimmed
with lace, will be much worn.
New HAvELOCKs have several collars and one
deep cape cut in dolman shape
THE havelock and raglan are the popular
cloaks tor general service this spring.
LACE cloaks, unlined but handsomely trimmed.
come among other lace importations
The Juror for grOs grain silk has extended to
trimmings and sash ribbons; skirt loopings and
bows in''repped effects are now more used than
Eatin fabrics.
The shelving poke, worn over the top of the
head. is very becoming to young ladies, and is
worn by them: aside from that small bonnets are
The rule for full dress.
RDBIEs and garnetS are again very fashionable
Amber is worn by brunettes; the new styles are
really lovely; combs. aigrettes. necklaces, brace
lets. earrings, pendants and hairpins ere among
The novelties.
FINNISH HEkIoTR0PE, amaranth and scab-
euse. dark red purple shades are termed Judic
LACE FOXES, with brimS of lace pleating are
seen among spring novelties in millinery
WALKING DRESSES remain short, but house
dresses and toilets ofceremony are demi-trained
md trained
Dash of yellow in the toilet, on the bonnet.
Md in household decoration is the fancy of the
moment.
POLoNAIsEs grow in favor and are made ofthe
handsomest materials, with little drapery but
hch trimmings.
The Greutze bonnet, with two rows of box
pleatet wired lace for the brim will be much
worn in the early spring.
HrssAR JACKETS and basqne-cut bodices of
Jersey cloth will be much worn with skirts of
WOODEN plaids In the early spring.
IN PARIS they are wearing very large bonnets,
but the American importations are as vet in
medium sizes for the most part
BEAUTIFUL and dressy spring costumes are
made of satin rhadames or Surah combined with
brOche or embossed velveteens.
NORMANDY Valenclennes, an improvement on
Italian lace, will be the popular trimming for
young girls and children's white dresses next
summer.
A NEW lace, the Helyetian has q resenu of
heavy square meshes, Spanish lace designs for
the borders, with patches of Brussels ground on
which are ducheSse flowers.
HAMMERED silver buttons are used on gray.
pale blue, and rose-colored costumes bronze
buttons on olive. green. and brown SUITS and
old gold on tan. brick, and terra Gotta dresses
ELABoRATELY braided jerseys will be very
much worn with skirts of tweed or cheviot The
newest patterns in braidwork resemble rich pas
eerneateries. being wrought in close elaborate
designs.
AMDNG NEW SHADES OF COLOR are Cordova
leather, Russia leather deerskin, oak, antique
blue (which Is a delicate blue tinge with very
pale @reen). a peculiar pink called 'heart Of the
tea-rose- dark blush gray called orange and
maatesta, warm russell brown.
the CHANGES IN THE STYLES OF DREss-MAKING
are not positive; at least they are not noticeable
to those who have watched the premonitions of
coming fashions in new features introduced in
robes and costumes during the midwinter for
those who We're able and willing to paw for
advance styles.
SPRING arInures Come in all the colors, and
lar designs, Including several colors, either
blending OR In drabs, browns and other sober
colors, illuminated by lines Of bright hues The
new shepherds plaid5 come In wide strpes
alternating with equally wide plain satin stripes
or often the satin stripe Is shaded or streaked
with several eolors.
AMONG other seasOnabie novelties there are
fabrics with alternating shot and plain satin
stripes. or mixed and plain stripes of satin, and
again mixed stripes and streaked ones. the for.
mer being In some dull tint and the other In
bright colors. Then there are MORE stripes of
one color Alternating with streaked checked or
shot stripes, both In silk and wooden fabrics.
NEVER were the self-colored tissues 90 fine
and variousiy tinted. Those for spring in CASH
mere. muslin delaine and cloths are heavier
than the lmportations for summer but the
medium, as well as the light weight all wooden
goods, come In over one hundred hues and
tones, embracing dark, rich plain coi0rs. neu-
trail shades and delicate tints Nuns yelling.
Grapes and sfiken tissues are now used for even
ing toilets and In summer vii, form comblna-
lions in costumes tor day wear.
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