Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21

COAT SLEEVES take precedence of all others.
THERE Is A RETURN of favor to glace kid
gloves.
The SKIRTS OF STREET DRESSES are worn
shorter.
GOLD-BEADEp WHITE LAcEs are coming in
vogue.
MANTLE VIsITEs AND JERSEYS are things of
f1ne art.
AMONG NEW SUMNER FABRICS is velvet
bOurette.
JET WILL BE MORE USED than ever in dress
and millinery.
NELvETEENs COME FOR SPRING in all the
new shades of color.
SOME OF THE NEW SHAPES of straw bonnetS
look like a huzZar's helmet.
TINsEL THREADS GIVE EFFECT to many of
the new spring wooden novelties.
ENTIRE SKIRT FRONTS of Angora lace come
among early spring importations.
SIMPLICITY Is THE RULE in all spring dresses
for street wear
RED, IN SUBDUED TONES, is to be the FASH
ionable color in millinery.
THERE Is AN INCREASING FANCY for all
kinds of military braiding.
GLOVES ARE COMPARATIVELY SHORT for
every day wear. Tan, with stitched backs, are
most worn.
SoUTACHE BRAID is extensively used on all
new gowns. 1t is put ON in plain rows and in
many fanciful designs.
PLAIDS and stripes are in all Materials STYLES
and colors- Those formed of fine checks are es-
pecially new and attractive.
EMBROIDERED SILK SCARVES and handsome
plaid handkerchiefs are the simple trimming
10 be seen on many of the round straw hats.
CoLoRED COLLARS AND CUFFS are coming in
again for morning wear They are to be princi-
pally worn with flannel gowns.
FICHUs, SCARFS, PLAsTRONs and all sorts of
accessories of lace are used to trans form plain
costumes into dressy toilets.
DRESS FRONTS made entirelysof passemen-
terie, AngOra lace and braid in lace designs will
be a feature in spring fashions.
THE WAIST Is Punched VERY SMALL, the
hair worn very high, the hustle huge and the
women.
For YOUNG GIRLS the fine wooden plaids and
cashmeres in soft new shades are much in de-
mand for street wear. They made very
simply.
HANDKERCHIEFs of the sheerest lawn with
deep hemstit ched border and the initial OF
the owner worked in one corner, are most fash
1Onable.
NEW LACE PINS are made of Etruscan gold
In the form of circle, and have the monogram
Of the owner in diamonds and sapphires in the
center.
THERE Is AT PRESENT a rage for the Elton
Zouave and Greek jackets for house and even.
ing wear. The Greek jacket is especially pictur-
eSqGe.
WHITE will be kavorite color for wearing at
the fashionable resorts this summer. There are
heavy white eashmeres, very durable, which
wash well.
FOLDS ARE USED INSTEAD OF FLoUScEs to
trim dress skirts. and these folds frequently
overlap one the other, and extend from the bot
tom of the skirt almost to the waist.
BAsoUEs are long in the waist, but short in
the skirt, which is frequently only from an inch
TO two inches below the waist line, and finished
ID a snort organ pleatlng in the back.
WEARERs OF WHITE DRESSES will appreciate
CHI cd
which, as well as the lawns. have a setter and
more delicate finish than the old styles.
A TURNED-DowN COLLAR of black velvet,
with white lace arranged like acascade, ON a
foundation of stiff net, isvery dressy. knot
ofcoioTed ribbon may fasten it at the top
WHITE PoPLINs are TO be popular among
young women for evening gowns. The new
pophns are certainly very handsome. Their
texture Is soft and fine, and they drape well.
LONG NEWMARKET COATS are made with
loose fronts, and closely fitting backs, with
pointed hood lined with silk and the only trim
ming Is rows OF stitching on the edges.
1T Is SAID that for summer wear light fabrics
will be made, with corsages pleated on the
shoulders, crossed in front and belted at the
waist, the sash or belt having long ends.
MOURNING GOODS are in grenadine and car
melite for thin materials. These are in great
variety OF checks and plaids and also in Jana
nese crepe, which is very good in its wearing
qualities.
AMONG EUROPEAN NOVELTIES are patented
umbrella stuffs, which are woven with WOODEN
stripes at the places of folding the stuff. when
the umbrella is closed. Thus the breaking of
the stuff is prevented.
WE HAVE REACHED THE GOLDEN AGE in
millinery this spring Nearly all of the hats
and bonnets are trimmed with gold Iaces or
gauze, or have the precious metal interviewer
INTO their corners and brims.
THE CLOTH DRESSES composed of blue 81 irt
worn with red jacket and red togue, made
popular by English women last autumn on
"the lakes" is fashionable in Paris as skating
costume and an excursion suit.
A NEW EVENING GLOVE, not vet brought
over from Paris, where it originated is of kid
or silk for the hand and wrist where it is cut in
point on top and applique to an arm of lace
shoulders if need be.
The OUTLINES OF DRESS for this spring are
more elaborate, fantastic, and splendid than
artistic or elegant; for waists are very long.
skirts very ample bustles big sleeves tiSbt he
low the elbow and full and high on the shouI-
full. .''''i' q ''e-
BRIGHT ORANGE AND RICH OLIVE GREEN
Is favorite combination in the new spring
oonnets. One bonnet has the crown of yellow
est wheat, surrounded by putting of olive
green velvet big bow of orange velvet is
Piaeeq on top, and strings OF the green velvet
Tie IL beneath the chin.
CoRSAGES of EVENING DRESSES are 1rorp
o1sgracefully low in the bosom and back. OPEN
Ing In point back and front, and making a
woman look as If she was almost stripped of her
ufess and Wore neither chemise. corset cover
nor corset How 1t is managed no one but the
initiated know.
SOME OF THE NEWEST EVENING DRESSES
have garlands of flowers extending from the
eenter OF the back of the low-necked corsaee
Dver the left shoulder. where the flowers are
massed together and form a sort of vest The
gaFianus separate at the point of the waist and
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The PRESENT ELABORATE STYLE of dressing
the hair and powdering it almost necessitates
the use of face powders, paints mouches or
black patches on the face, and pencil1ne the
eyebrows and eyelashes. Ills pity but Ills
than at present y visit To- the Headquarters of
the PdTJltneTie Monte CristO reveals this fact to
the most casual observer
THE LATEST NOVELTY IN WasH-Goons iS
what Is called "crazy" cloth. 1t does not belle
Its name. 1t Is an odd mixture-a sort of plaid
Oh all kinds OF colors in many tints, evidently
not put together with any idea OF harmony
This material is better than il looks Jt l. dur
able and washes well. IL is TO be utilized for
ehlldrens morning wear during the summer
trimmed with embroidery, either white or col,
ored. "a WI
HANDSOME STYLE OF TRIMMING for the
fronts or panels of evening dresses for summer
wear, Is composed of a spreading design oil
cherries and leaves, with a powdering of hover
ing bright-hued butterflies. The cherries are
raised In chenille, and fiattened on one side so
as 10 De attached TO the satin foundation a