Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-27
THE SUMMER FASHIONS.


latest.
LACE WOVEN GooDs and canvas are In great
demand.
FRENCH FLOWERS, grasses and foliage take
the place OF feathers.
FoR EVENING TorLETrEs slippers must
match the dress.
COPPER, STEEL, and lead tinsel braids trim
many seaside ramble suits.
CoLoRED CHAMBRAY COSTUMES for girls are
trimmed with white embroidery.
The SCARF OF GOLD SHOT etamine Is the
favorite seaside hat trimming.
The PRETTY GRETCHEN DRESS for little
girls is as popular this as last season.
WHITE AND COLoRED COTTON DRESSES are
trimmed with embroidered nOuncing.
THERE Is A STEADY TENDENCY TO return to
the styles of dress of fifty years ago.
TINsEL CORD is To take the place OF tinsel
braid in dress and millinery ext fall.
FANCY RED BATHING SUITS brought from
Paris are occasionally seen ON our beaches.
THERE IS A TENDENCY to retain the pouf and
Topped skirt drapery by Paris dressmakers.
SHORT JACKETS, opening over full baby
waists, are worn at seaside and country resorts.
Low-NECKED DRESSES for girls To be worn
bodices.
GILr-RIBBED PARAsoLs, covered with ecru
muslin. are light. and harmonize with any
Costume.
THE HENS OF EVENING DREssERs are often
covered with roses, the edge of lace just showing
beneath them.
MIrrs ARE NOT WORN with dressy costumes
this summer. They are relegated To ho6se aud
negligee toilets.
DOUBLE FOLDS OF CANVAS etamine, instead
of linen collars, are Worn as neck lingerie with
travelling suits.
RED AND BLUE remain the favorte colors
for combination in seaside wraps and frocks for
ordinary wear along the beach.
Fashions IN DRESS are more various and
iZf4I N in
fashionable city liz the world.
COLOR ON THE EDGE Is considered the proper
and desirable thing In pereale. linen, or lawn
collars anu cuffs for travelling wear.
A MODIFICATION of the Norfolk Jacket is in
trodueed Instead of the loose. easy hit OF its
Prototype, IL Is snugly plated To the figure.
SOME LADIES prefer red sill, bandanna
kerchiei, or one of plain Turkey red cotton, to
any other covering for the head when bathing.
SAsHEs OF MoIKE, surah and all sorts of soft,
crapy siiken and WOODEN stuflS are in llgh
1erred.
An EVENING DRESS of pink satin has an
over dress of white yak lace. The bodice is also
covered with lace and has q Swiss corset of
pink velvet
CoLORED AND WHITE lawn collars. pleated
and soft Numbered, not stin with starch are
taxing the place of white linen bands for tray
cling and morning wear.
IRISH LACE Is much used for trimming. 1t
Is laid on fiat around the skirt, above the foot
plating; the vest is covered with it and the
ctIis are made Oft.
DRESSES OF STRIPED material have the skirt
and back drapery made with the stripes run
ming perpendicuiariy, while the apron or sash
drapery las horizontal stripes.
BATHING CAPS and hats are i'm fanciful
Shapes, and are variously of red and white
striped wool, gossamer rubber cloth gray or
black, and red or yellow oiled silk and coarse
straw.
THE LATEST FANCY in bead ornamental
ton is to put pendant strands of copper or lead
beads or porcelain limitations of the same on
req serge ana red flannel jackets for seaside
wear.
AN Ivy GREEN Milan straw bonnet with
here and there strip of gold, has pulled fac
Ing of green velvet and is trimmed with a bow
OF velvet ribbon and dull gold flowers The
strings are of the velvet ribbon.
A WHITE LEGHORN HAT has a SHRED fac
Ing of silk grenadine. II Is trimmed with
satin-striped gauze fully draped and finished
with large bow OF gauze almost covered by
dropping white ostrich tips.
IHE DRESS SKIRT, when not draped. Is now
generally sewed on the bottom of the bodice
whether 10 is round or pointed and pleated
skirts are less fashionable tfk other side
Than those that are shirred or gauged on to the
waist.
some ATTEMPTS have been made In Paris to
bring white hose in use, but without success as
colored stockings are much more seryiceable A
god quality of thread stocking is preferable to
an inferior article of silk as it retains lis color
better and Is also stronger
WHITE PLUMEs Will be fashionable all sum-
mer upon dreSsy white hats but with this ex-
ceptiOn the lovely wreaths, montures and sprays
OF nne French flowers, grasses and foliage will
blow.
FLIGHTS OF BIRDS are among the latest
eccentricities for trimming dresses on the other
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cssi"ns- Eight birds of carefully gradual ed
Sizes are arranged up the back, the smallest
bids being at the bottom.
SCARF MANTILLAs tied loosely over the bust.
the long fronts falling nearly to the knees, are
worn TO match every costume. They are also
made Of lace, net, silk, tissue and surah trim
med with lace, fringe, embroidery and ruching,
to be worn with any dress.
y TEA Gown of black silk is covered with
black lace. The front is covered with jetted
net Folds of black lace reach from the neck
10 the bottom of the dress, where they are
held In position by jet ornaments. They are
Then turned up and are concealed among the
back drssIrGry-
CNDREssED KID VI, SUEDE GLOVES in tan
shades remain the favorite wear for dressy tot
lets. bat fine silk gloves In tan shades are also
worn with such dresses, while fine Isle thread
gloves are considered the correct wear with
wash fabric frocks, no matter how handsome
the make and material.
THE PRINCEssE DRESS promises to be one Of
the leading styles for house wear, and may be
made deliberately and Of very costly materials
or of any inexpensive fabric and In simple
manner. The petticOat or front part OF the
dress usually Is of contrasting material to the
bodice and back.
LACE CONTINUES TO be worn with prodigal-
tty that but q few years ago would have seemed
the height ofexiravagance. and thanks to the
new marvellous reproductions of the most val
liable varieties. a most beautiful effect can now
be achieved ut n moderate expense that would
cost u small fortune were the laces expensive
as they appear. On full-dress occasions lace
bOnnets are more fashionable than any Others
and roses are their garniture.
THE VESTS AND SLEEVES OF some black
dresses are a mass of jet pendants that jingle
with every movement of the wearer. For sum-
mer this style of ornamentation has a stiff
heavy appearance, the reverse OF pleasant.
Soias, arm chairs and rugs are apt TO be COW
cred with bits of glass that have become de-
iacued froin these garments. Sometimes the
glass gets Under foot and crack les when IL Is
stepped upon IA II one Were walking on eggs.
THERE ARE Hosr OF dainty and pretty
novelties shown for identifying the upper por.
ton of the summer toilets for young and old and
lace is the keynote To nine out of ten OF these
accessories. which appear in the shape of quaint
antique collars OF the Dauphin, Stuart. SeViyue
Carrick and Charles IN. styles and an innu-
meTabie array of creamy jabOts and snowy
fciIris, ali OF which like magic in the trans
formation of plain toilet Into one both dressy
and charming.
EVERY YEAR sees some brilliant aniline DIVES
that are periodically brought out for the benefit
the matter of color and In every assembly
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