Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-04

are killed, and in the soft greys and stone colors.
with the white silk or muslin neckerchief COW
cred over bodice, and the clear cap shading not
concealing, the whitening locks OF hair, the
effect was that OF q gentleness and serenity
suited to the age of a majority of the wearers.
Upon the children, who are waits picked up or
sent from homes where they are not welcome,
the sad-colored. nat dress seems perpetual
and unnecessary oehtary upon their sad
lives and the simple form being preserved
might, one would think. be varied BY livelier
pinks, blues luacs. q The little girls wear white
capes instead of handkerchiefs exactly like
those worn by country girls in England century
or less ago. -
SIMPLICITY AND HARMONY
In the details of dress are never seen to more
better advantage than at an average summer
resort where the thrifty desire to wear out old
clothes tends to the accumulation of patchy
contrivances to heighten effects or cover up
short comings. That nothing is more costly
than simplicity is we'll understood by those who
know anything of the art of dressing and the
reason is because each separate article must be
adequate. must bear inspection, must be in
good condition, must hold exact and harmo-
NOUS relations to every other article, and must
be adapted not only to its purpose but to the
wearer. To succeed in all this is the work of
an artist, and requires the purse Of twenty
millionaire. 1t is astonishing however, con-
sidering the perpetual changes" in fashion,
how little real alteration there is in essentials
Twenty years ago blending of tones and har-
mOny of color in cashmeres marked distinction
and possession of a cultivated taste lust as they
do to-day. The advance which has been made is
difference ofdegree only, the principal now TAX
ing in every detail-hOsiery. parasOl and fan ncu-
ded. as welas the dress and bonnet. We also admit
wider range of color; have conquered even the
prejudice against the ''scarlet" woman, which
was undoubtedly one of the reasons why red
was the last of the primaries to be ad-
mitted to the fold-and now we can wear red.
green. yellow, provided the shade is well
chosen and the tones we'll blended
An eastern resort has this advantage over
Newport and Saratoga: that the general tenn
perature is cooler, more bracing. better adapted
for the wearing of handsome clothes Worth
dress or Pngat mantle is an intolerable burden,
with the thermometer in the nneties. All that
science and art can teach In relation to bingham
and linen lawn is what not to do The masters
do not waste themselves on these puerilities.
They want rich materials and their contrasts to
produce their effects and the BODY that displays
them must feel equal to the task. This it does
in an atmosphere 80 sustaining that clothes or
no clothes are equal possibilities 80 far as in
dividual comfort is concerned, and where the
lisse ruffiing in dinner dress of wine cOlored
satin keeps as fresh as the needle-WOrk bands
upon white morning dress.
DAY AT NEWPORT.
A flying trip affords little opportunity in
charm of the city by the seattle loveliest hab-
tied spot In America. Its most obvious faults
are its insular proclivites; its city airs carried
into the country; its want Of people; it's absence
OF sympathetic human lite. Doubtless the sum-
mer residents who have impaired its character
would say, but its insulation suits us; We do
not care to have 1t, or make it generally attrac-
tive; we do not want an outdoor life that which
attracts the crowd to Saratoga. or Long Branch.
Thnr 10 Of ;v,< hut
they do not seem to enjoy their exclusiveness.
The Casino, from which the public is shut out
by nifty cents admission. is deserted and Land
ers fine orchestra playsto circular rows of empty
chairs painted alternate red and stone-color.
The building is occasionally used for dinners
and evening entertainments. but the beautiful
grounds are practically private and echo only the
shallow laugh and languid movements OF Young
dudes in "tenns" suits infinitely more uncon-
ventional than the dress Of Oscar Wilde, and
only rarely SO decent, or becoming. for they play
their games with ladies for spectators. in loose
shirts and trousers only; the latter subjected to
continual "hitching up'' to keep them in place
Certainly the ''ladies" who constitute Newport
society should see to it that male costume en-
ployed for sports In which their daughters are
permitted to participate, either as partners, or
lockers on, should be decent; and if its obec-
tiOnable character Is the reason why women
absent themselves so largely from the Casino,
then the managers, or trustees should take the
matter in hand.
CASINO TOILETS.
OF the few ladies present one wore a costume
of white albatross cloth, with embroidered ruff
fes and redingote and large hat, trimmed with
white ostrich feathers. Another. a skirt of
raspberry and satteen, with Overdress, highly
Powered upon a cream-colored ground, the
edge cut in vandyke, lined with. red and filed
In with lace Red straw hat trimmed with
shaded flowers.
A lady, accompanied by her maid, wore
dress Of gold-coored fOulard. figured and made
up with lace over a ruffled lace skirt. The hat
OF gathered lace was trimmed with yellow ion
quils. The maid wore suit of gray linen.
trimmed with white embroidery. pelsrine OF
netted chenille probably a least of, and black
straw bonnet.
group of young girls looked well in white,
distinguished them. one being red. another
black. and third ecru. The costumes would
have been unexceptiOnabe If the red one had
not added to hers blue sash.
Me new shade of red is what is known as
Indian red; 1t is stronger. deeper and finer than
the washed-out strawberry. a shade between
wine color and crimson with an oriental tint of
yellow in it. This red was exhibited in the
sword sash and cap of young girl who wore
perfectly fitting costume of navy blue, with
elastic silk jersey, and skirt composed of kilt
ings; no drapery.
party of young ladies assembled in one of
the cottages on Bellevue avenue wore very sim
pie gowns in the morning and up to the time
of dressing for lawn tennis party. One ap-
peared in a linen lawn made with a blouse
waist. belted with ribbon over skirt trimmed
with two gathered flounces. Another in hair
striped cotton, with wider striped f1Ounces of
blue and white; and third in a square cut, red
wafered dress, with tucked needle-worked yoke
and vatican back, the skirt fitted at the sides
and belted in under wide plat. The gathered
and belted waists are very fashOnably en-
ployed for girls, because they do not require
trimming and are more youthful than plain
trimmed bOdices. The addition of trimming or
f1chu adds years to the apparent age, and
young women are beginning to understand this
and select styles that are sufficient unto them
selves.
THREE DINNER DRESSES,
though worn upon an informal occasion, will
give some idea of the style of dress prevalent
at cottage reunions for they were displayed by
wel-known and fashionable women. One was
an electric blue surah, the front draped and
capitoned with small silk pompons the bodice
crossed and trimmed with light. but very eff
fectlVe, OrnamentatiOn consisting of alternate