Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-12

and bonnets-the deep or the vivid shades OF
red. green. blue and brown for day wear; and
upon delicate red fabrics for full dress occasions
velvet ribbons of the most exquisitely soft and
lively tints OF pravn pink, sky blue. mauve and
the like are used with handsome effect. This
same garniture, arranged In straight rows in
cream or snow white is taking the place OF lace
a finish TO toilets Of albatross, nuns yelling
and other light wool costumes.
EMILE RAYMOND, the fashion writer, says
that novel fabric invented to please the pre-
vailing taste for lace goods Is a warm wool cloth
with It's surface covered ali over with netting
in web-like lace patterns. Guipure designs OF
intricate patterns show the perfection OF weav-
ing when thrown in lig mt threads of one two
colors on cloth back Of some bright contrast
ing color that shows through the netting, sue h
a black on crimson, blue on poppy red. gray on
blue. or brown on blue. Then there are stripes
OF this lace-work alternating with stripes of
wool TO form part of the dress I'm combination
with tie sfnAller-ngured lace cloth.
HARPEKs BAZAAR states that wrappings this
winter will be either very long or very short
no intermediate lengths. The former will be
worn about on foot, the latter for dress occa-
sions. But between now and that distant day
when protection against cold viii be needed
ior the nrst cool autumn days numbers OF small
mantles OF various shapes will be worn. Those
made with plastrons or vests were so well re-
ceived that almost all the new small wraps In
peierine or short mantle shapes are made with
pastron at the front that Is repeated at the
back. unless hood Is placed on the back In
stead. Many short jackets of all kinds are in
preparation Tor the winter, among the number
some richly embroidered in gold below which
q wide sash OF soft silk will be worn.
PLUSH, VELVET. OR MoIRR STRIPES are seen
in various wool fabrics 70 form combinations
with the new crinkled wool grapes, the English
serges, and plain camePs-hair The stripes yary
from a fourth of an inch to those two or even
three inches wide, but the designs most largely
imported are made up OF even stripes that ars
each an inch and a half wide. Many colors an
pear In the smaller stripes in one fabric red
blue, green and orange velvet lines being raised
on Q brown or blue twilled wool surface: but In
the wider stripes two colors In contrast or nd
most three colors, are preferred. There are alsS
many wide stripes OF wool and velvet OF q single
dark shade OF sphinx blue. piornb, bronze lynn
brown, castor, or myrtle green, and these vii
be liked for their quiet tone and rich fabric
PLAIDs ARE Nor ABANDoNED, stripes ar,
greatly In demand. and one Of the nrst stuf5s Z.
be worn In the autumn shows an effort to fus.
plaids and stripes I'm one pattern. 1t has straight
stripes perpe ndiculariy crossed by horizonta
stripes; the grouod y cashmere or serge, anS
Ahere are groups OF threads OF coarse dotteC
wool, three or i've in number, Of different col
ors-blue, red, yellow, green, gray-passini
over and under the stripes both perpendicular
1y and horizontally. There are many stripes IL
preparation, 10 be worn rs skirts in the autumn
under plain wool. The favorits stripe II IL
three colofs-almendshell red and blue u
green. Over the striped skirt is worn . ioni
poionaiss without trimming, slashed on tn
1eft side to the waist, and shghtay drape6 q
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