Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-02

Ladies prefer therefore TO avail themselves OF
the FASHION OF small cnpes, hchus and mAnties TO
Venient but cempels the possession Of variety
match colored costumes. and only independent
garments IN black. or ecTu. or cream, so that
they may be available for different purposes and
toilets. All nantes are short at the back, and
are usually beiied In over the varioloid" hustle,
name given to the present form OF crinolette
oy the London Lancet, which says IL bears the
same relation to the hoped skirt that yarioloid
does to small poX. The reason why they are
short at the back is because Of the elaborate
nnish OF the dress skirts at the back aud the ne
cesslty for their display. The ends in front are
long and leaf-shaped, and many are quite plain
and small, but of very heavy ottoman satin,
trimmed with chenille fringe Of great depth and
costliness.
sTRAws.
There is q revival Of black and white. black
and white checks and black lace upon white In
costumes.
a novel combination In summer beige for
travelling dresses consist Of the plain material,
with narrow stripe and small check in bronze
green and brown or blue and brown. Artist
cally arranged the three in one" look exceed
ing well.
With the revival Of lace founces. guipure
seems likely to come again to the front. Some
beautiful patterns have been made In this lace
recently. which were purchased as soon as
shown, and there is an effective novelty in gui-
winch makes lovely and enduring fichus
shoulder capes and covers for the fronts OF
dresses.
The high pointed cape is revived with very
fuii fall OF lace from the shoulder which de-
sends and forms drapery over the tournure
at the back of the skirt, the point OF the fichu
being held into the waist by an interior ribbon
There is sudden rage for very narrow rib
bons, which are made into full clusters of loops
Tor garniture for hair neck. bodice and skirt.
Bonnets are tied with double strings of narrow
satin ribbon, two colors being used
No caricature could do Justice to the latest
"get up; to the long and full coat bodice draped
over an exaggerated tournure; to the enor-
mousiy high shoulders, emphasized by very
high and full falls of lace; to the elongated
throat eneircled with triple ruchings of black
lace and the poke bonnet with high peaked
roof.
Summer suits Of Pompadour sateen. with
cream grounds and gay flower patterns. are ac-
companied by parasol and large fan, all to
match, the design of the costume being outlined
and the skirt partly made.
Basket straw bonnets are plated precisely
like braided baskets, and there are gilt straw
crowns which look exactly like the baskets used
for flowers
Cream llama, decorated with graceful pat
terms In tapestry stitch, is used for morning
gowns, with Vatican plaits, aud are very origi-
inal ana esthetic looking.
The Umritga cashmere and art silks intro
duced oy Liberty Co., In London. ara begin
ming to find their way 20 this country. The
shades Of color are exquisite and the prices very
moderate.
Lawn tennis dresses are to be Of fancy
striped flannel combined with solid color and
trimmed with several rows OF black velvet in
varying widths.
A novelty I'm parasols. which is considered
very stylish 10 Of rough cream Turkish toweling,
embroidered In red AID black 10 Turkish de-
signs. with . mixture of gold thread.
The favorte colors for garden party dresses
VIII be electric blue and straw berry red, trimmed
with black velvet and white lace, or with en-
brOidery and black velvet
In recent letter the mistake was made of
stating the production of New York silk man.
ufactory at five thousand pieces when it should
have been five thousand yards per day.
JENNY JUNE.