Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-11
THE SPRING FASHIONS.
SPRING CLoTHs-"BUTToNS. BUTTONS" PONG
GooDs-NEw MANTLEs-sPRING JACKETS, E,

SATEENS Will De worn over velvet ana suran
skirts.
HEAVY BEADED CORDS are used for looping
skirts.
BUTTONS are artistic in design and finish this
season.
PRINTED MUsLINs with floral designs are to
be worn.
LACE FROCKs will be worn more than ever
this summer.
PoNGEE AND FoULARD will be worn over
velvet skirts.
PERSIAN AND INDIAN BRoCADEs are much
used for short mantleS.
THE CARVED HANDLES AND TOPS OF coaching
parasols are things of fine art.
OPEN FRONT DRAPERY, falling in point on
either side, is quite fashionable.
SATEENs WILL BE MADE with snugly-fitting
bOdices lined with muslin or thin silk.
CUTAwAY SHORT JACKETS of various shapes
are seen on many dressy street costumes
THE Bow OF RIBBON on the side of the neck
instead of in front is fancy of the moment.
SILK MARABOUT is more durable than fea-
theirs. 1t is TO be had in black, white, pink and
blue.
ASHES OF ROSES is again in favor, and many
changeable silks are shot with rose warp and
ash gray wool.
PoLoNAIsES frequently have the body and
back drapery of plain material and the front
Grapery OF embroidery.
SCARFs oriental colors and designs, illu-
minated with gold Unread, form the INNINGS
OF many hats and bOnnetS.
TUCKs ARE MUCH WORN; they often extend
only across the front of the dress with a trim
ming of braid above them.
THE CABBAGE LEAF for bonnet crown
with a brirn of maiden hair fern is one of the
high novelties in New York.
BROWN, BEIGE, dull blue ashes ofroses, cream
white. faun and tan eoachmans colors are
In favor for tailor-made suits.
a SMALL Bow of bright colored ribbon placed
a little on one side of the high couture, some
times directly on top, is the latest caprice for the
hair.
TUCKED SKIRTS, the tucks overlapping one
the other, sometimes in clusters, sometimes
graduated, seem To be taking the place OF
tounces.
rich frock, especially when tinsel passemente-
ries to match the color of the dress are used as
trimmings.
PLAIN SKIRTS. that is skirts without fiounces
or pleatings, either perfectly plain or trimmed
only with rows of braid or overlapping tucks,
are growing In favor.
EDREssY PARAsoLs ARE ORNAMENTED with
ribbons tied around the handle and top, formed
into pretty lOOped bows, and one gore of the
cover is similarly decorated.
THE USE OF ROUGH SURFACED, bourette and
bouce etamine stuffs in combination with faille
Francais and shot silks, bengalines and surahs
Is a feature in spring dresses.
SOME OF THE LATEST dressing gowns are SIM
pie rotondes of muslin, surah, or yelling, with
elbow sleeves trimmed with wide lace ruffles,
anu lace To match in the neck.
THE LATEST FANCY in hair dressing in Paris
Is the catOgan loop in the nape of the neck, the
high figure on the top of the head, and
f1ngeS of hair and flat curlS around the face.
THERE Is No USE trying to Danish ostrich
feathers from millinery. Half the Easter bon
nets shown at the best houses are adorned with
ostrich tips mingled with other trimmings.
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of shot silks, over which are worn poonaises of
rough-Surfaced etamine broche in lace effects,
the eramine OF a color matching the tone of the
silk.
MORE SILKS are restored to fashionable
favor. Some of the richest costumes sent out by
DusuZeau from Paris are made entirely of
moire, and trimmed with lace TO match the
color OF the silk.
SLEEVES OF LACE AND MUSLIN FRoCKs and
in fact, of all-summer dresses made of sheer
fabrics, full in the arInhole with all the full
ness thrown the top, producing the high
shouldered effect.
PARASOLS are shown in canopy and Japanese
shapes. The coaching parasol has a canopy top
and is in all the new colors and in checks
French paraSols covered with pulled crepe are
In every imaginable shade.
ONE OF THE PRETTIEST DRESSES sent from
Paris this spring is of steel gray satin, with
steel and gold bead passementeries for trim
mings and silk and piece and edging lace,
also steel gray, for the tablier and scarf effects
SHORT JACKETS OF CLOTH are made with the
vest fronts or are buttoned down the front.
They are trimmed with buttons and braids
The vests are often in contrast TO the material
of the jacket when it is made up part of the
costume
WHILE LONG WAISTS and Marie Antoinette
styles of dress are in the ascendant in Paris
there is also tendency to revive the styles of
the first empire and the wearing of robes with
short waists, lull bodies, and broad belts a la
Josephine.
THE NEW BLACK LACE DRESSES are made for
the most part, ofthe new machine laces the Mar
quise and Egyptian Doth French productions)
and are worn over slips or bOdices and skirts of
bengaline faille Francois or Irish poplin
black or coiored.
LONG LOOPS and floating ends of wide MORE
or velvet ribbon, or scarfs of silk cut from the
piece, are frequently attached TO the very short
PostiiliOn backs of bodices, to form the only
back drapery falling over full pleated, gathered
and shirred or iounced skirts.
PRETTY OVERALL APRONS for little girls are
made OF two wide breadths of nainsook or lawn
tucked at the bottom and shirred back and
front of the half armhole, which is finished by
two wide bands OF the muslin tied into a bow on
the top OF the shoulder to retain the apron in
place These aprons are closed back and front.
SWISS, NULL AND NAINsooK French en-
broiderod robes in snow and ivory shades of
white are shown at Dennings, with a cut Illus
trating the style OF makeup. These goods come
foTty-eiSht inches in width, with deep embroi-
derry 10 form the skirt on one side of the breadth
and narrower on the other Tor the corsage
sleeve and drapery trimmings.
LITTLE GIRLS FIRST COMMUNION DRESSES
are of fine French nainsook, null or We ling
and trimmed with tucks only not lace nor rib
bons, save one wide sash of white or pale blue
folded around the waist and made into a long
Topped bow in the back. \ lace or fine muslin
cap l. worn instead of bonnet or hat and
sometimes tulle veil, on this interesting occa,-
sion.
y WALKING DRESS of green serge has the
skirt made with clusters OF kilt pleating alter
mating with wide box-pleats. The overdress
has a tablier front and full drapery at the back
The EtOn Jacket is bOrdered with officers mess
buttons. The sleeves are trimmed with a row
OF the buttons which run up the outer seam
nearly to the elbow.
The PREVAILING STYLES in spring mantles
show combinations of plain and brocaded silks
and Velyets and lace net. They are made short
in the back and long in front and are profusely
trimmed with chenille fringes, plain and beaded
Iaces, ptiSsemcnterie feathers and cord. For
young girls cloth jackets are made plain with
loose fronts. eros grain will be more used than
Otner SILK materials and costumes of this fabric
and poplin Will have coats or jackets to match
Dark SILK mantles are usually lined with con-
traSting surah.
At the Theater.