Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-16


JACKETS - NEW PASSxMENTERns-
CoHBNATIoNs, ETC.
EVEN MORNING WRAPPERS are trimmed
with fur.
CUFFS AS WELL AS LINEN COLLARS are again
fashionable.
SEAL AND DARK SEAL. Brown PLUSH WRAPS
CoRsAGEs win be shirred on the shoulders In
the spring.
BRoCADED GRENADINB is used for draperies
for evening dresses.
WHITE Fox is used for lining long mantels.
1t is becoming to any style.
FEATHER AND LACE FANS are the prettiest
for ballroom and opera use.
BALL DRESSES are loaded with flowers, nat
ural and artificial, this season.
PLAIN BLACK SILK, fai1e and gros grain, 10
again in favor for entire SUITS
COPPER AND RED GOLD GALLONS are used
for trimming plush and silk dresses
VELvETEEN CosTUkEs are plainly made and
are edged with rosary, jet or lead beads.
SOME OF THE NEW BRocADEs have greatfl ow-
ers In natural colOrs with shaded effects.
TABLIERS with plastrons to correspond are
embroidered with gold and plomb beads.
CHINA GAUzE BRocHE with small figures
comes among other ball dress novelty fabrics.
The NEWEST STEEL TRIMMINGS are made to
initiate chain armor, and are used as borders.
IMITATION STRAW HATS, made of braids of
plated felt, are among late millinery novelties.
OPEN Work SCOTCH PLAIDs are to be worn
plain stuffs.
PLUSH MANTELs are trimmed with feather
trimming, which is softer and more becoming
even than fur.
SILK GRAPE, spangled with gold and silver
Unset Is shown for ball dress draperies and en-
BLACK WATERED SILK is used In combina-
ton with dark velvet or with WOODEN material
OF dark shades. &
"MIKADo" HANDKERCHIEFs are of white
s with delightful Japanese designs on the
broad hemstitched border.
PoMPADoUR FRONTS are embroidered with
gold and pearl beads and have pendants like
dog-tooth coral Of the beads.
Low BoDICEs, edged with fur about the
shoulders and around the bottom in the Polish
fashion, are worn this winter.
AMBER Is much worn. The preference is
given to the brilliant sort. It is made up in
necklaces, combs and hairpins.
WHEN BALL DRESSES are cut low, in heart
shape, In the neck in front, they are cut still
lower In the same form in the back. st-t
PLANTATION FANS, with lace wings for the
butterflies in the pictures painted thereon, are
not new, but they are pretty and novel.
BALL DRESSES are slightly trained for married
women, but de rigueur short, round and full for
young ladies and enthusiastic dancers.
trimmed with a mass of black velvet loops
placed little TO the right of the front.
'CHENILETTE" giants de Suede have heavy
chenille embroidery on the backs and chenille
dots on the arm in contrasting colors.
OSTRICH TIPS with aigrette and tiny hum
ming bird, are used for adjoining the hair
colors.
STRIPED SILK GRAPE and crepe de chine with
dots Of floss silk are used in combination with
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evening coors
A BONNET OF DARK RED EMBROIDERED
VELVET has jet bird on the crown. On the
Top OF the bonnet are clusters of jet grapes with
velvet leaves and tendrils.
SOME CAMEL's HAIR SERGEs have Astrak-
han stripes and arabesQues outlined with tin
sci; Others have velvet applique figures out
lined with beads.
SOME of the new passementeries have three
rows OF bronze rosary beads, edged with a row
OF cut bronze beads, from which depend bronze
fuchsias.
SATIN DUCHEssE, in white, light blue, pink
and cream color, is dotted with silver beads
The effect is charming The refined softness of
the silver beads enhances the delicate colors.
EsCURIAL SATIN DUCHEssE and faille fran
caise have delicate vermice Iii pattern run
with escurial cord. They are made up with
plain satin or faille, and are to be had in the
delicate evening cOiors.
"MIKADO" BROCADEs, with large Japanese
designs in warm colors, are used for panels and
fronts One and three-eighths yards are re-
CURED for vest and front and two and one
nall yards for front and panels. u ii
FICHUs OF SPANISH LACE are made over col
ored surah and are edged with two rows of lace
frilling. Around the throat is q full ruche of
lace, and loops and ends of ribbon are placed on
the shoulders and bust.
TEA JACKET is one Of the things which q
London lady now finds necessary. It is of soft
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when one returns from an afternoon drive, and
worn at 8 o'clock tea with the skirt of the car
riage costume.
LAMP SHADES are most extraordinary things
in London just now. They initiate BIRDS dol
phins, queer faces, pOinsettias tiger lilies and
tulips, and they are made of almost anything.
Inc prettest is the "primrose,'' of pale silk
dotted with flowers.
ROUND FANS of old gold marabout plumes
have groups Of small feather lilies. The mount
Is OF tortoise shell. Those of the same shape
composed of white ostrich and marabout
feathers are mounted on ivory and are adorned
with white feather buds.
ACOsTUME OF green plush and brown vieopne
is trimmed with bands Of Alaska sable. It is in
red1ngote style opening at the side. A cape of
the plush bOrdered with the fur is worn for adj
ditional warmth. muf is formed of the fur
which trims the front.
A WALKING COSTUME of dark blue camel's
hair serge has side panels of gray astrakhan.
The front Is enriched with heavy cord in an
elaborate pattern. The back drapery is edged
with a broad band of astrakhan The walking
Jacket Is braided to correspond to the dress
and Is also bordered with astrakhan and black
cord.
A BALL DRESS of black tulle covered with
cut steel beads Is made up over skirts of gray
tulle. The low bodice is of gray satin with
deep points in front and In the back. band
OF cut steel embroidery borders the bodice and
the drapery is held in position on the left side
a ont
worn with this dress. : -, :,
WHITE LILAC violets, gardenias and roses
are the favorite flowers this season. So great
is the demand for white lilac by Parisians In
winter, that a large number of florists in the
ne1ghbOrhOOd OF Paris make q speciality of
forcing them. Some of the greenhouses devoted
VELVET is very much used this winter In |
combination with airy gauzes, tulles, and
other transparent tissues. Gauze bodices have
velvet facings turned back to form a bertha |
Similar facings are added to the short sleeves |
here and there, butterfly fashion. among the
ciouo-iike drapings OF the skirt. -
A BONNET with a soft crown of light brown |
plush has a close brim of silvery brown fur. In |
the center OF the brim is q space cut apart and |
In the cleft is green and brown bird. beak |
downward. AS q background to the bird is a |
cluster OF salmon pink ribbon loops which has
y lew pale brown ribbon loops mixed with it,
The strings are OF the brown ribbon,
BALL DRESSES for the present season are ex.
traordinarily charming, presenting a variety of |
design hitherto unknown. The full skirt OF |
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