Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-31

were peculiar and too pronounced NAV take
heart Of grace. The most stylish bride Of the
season Is q western bride. whose clothes, said
to have peculiarly Partisan flavor" were
all made in and brought from a western CITY.
The gray travelling dress and hat, the latter
faced with q darker shade of velvet and the
former ornameDted with bunch of jacaueminot
roses upon the faultless bodice, were declared
perfection. At dinner in her honor she wore
lovely toilet of pink and gray pinked out
ruches and lace and upon a coaching trip
long mantle Of gray and brown brocade with
brown feather trimming and cream satin lining;
the bonnet OF cream satin studded with pearls.
forming trellis over lace, and showing q front
OF pulled brown gauZc studded with small
golden butterflies. The principal ornament
was an aigrette Of brown and white feathers
Another dress In her wardrobe was dark
green tailor-made costume braided In the very
newest style in gold to look like embroidery, in
detached figures upon the front of the skirt,
and the revers of the jacket. A morning of
strawberry surah with iabot of cream tinted
lace down its entire length was voted "too
Old, but that is the only criticism passed upon
her wardrobe.
FRocK-DREss-GowN
AprOpos OF a discussion at lunch table in
western city In regard to the proper use of the
words frock, dress and gown, their relative
value and meaning, correspondent asks for
an opinion. The controversy arose out of
London letter in the New York Tribune. the
points Of which 1t is not necessary to recapitu-
late, as they were partly right and partly
wrong.
Dress, it must be remarked first, is a more
comprehensive term than frOck or gown, and
may be used as inclusive 1t was generally so
used until within the past thirty years. or the
life time of the basque Fifty years ago
womans dress was In one piece, and was called
gown; the girls dress frock. The loose Jacket
and skirt worn by the poorer class of women
about their work was known as short-gown and
petticoat. The jacket was cut straight, not
shaped to the figure. and tied or beited in about
the waist. An independent bodice known and
worn about that time and subsequently, was
called spencer" The earliest attempt at q
basque consisted in adding a short tabled
skirt to this Independent waist
A gown is properly dress made in one piece
and the term 'tea-gOwn" Is correctly applied to
the afternoon toilets which are all of a piece
not neTlige enough for wrappers nor cOnven-
tlOnal enough for dinner or evening dress.
Frock is obsolete. 1t was always better ap-
piled to children than to the dress of lady but
the gathered blouse worn by laborers and cart
men in English agricultural districts aud known
in their vernacular as the ''smock frock" has
been revived for girls and boys of late as an
apron for In or out OF doors, and classed as a
Kate Greenaway" garment. A long princess
dress, open in front, showing stitched or orna-
mented breadth, supposed to be the petticoat.
was robe" dress. Afterward manufacturers
called pattern" dresses, dresses in boxes with
hounces and trimmings), robe dresses, and
the distinctive appellatiOn was lost. Now terms
are applied at the will of those who happen to
make their acquaintance, and the less they know
about them the more at liberty they seem to be
to use them freely JENNY JUNE.