Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-27
FIVE HANDSOME COSTUMES

FIVE HANDSOME COSTUMES.
This Will give the owner, practically, five
handsome costumes the only one not complete
being the de laine, which has a pretty cowsip
figure and will be used for the house over Il
brown silk skirt-already in possession. The
silk dress will be really handsome and accom-
panied by a small risite mantle TO match.
The trimming is much richer than lace and the
additional cost will be only that of fitting and
stitching some portions. The black lace fcAu
will be employed for the street, with the ging-
ham in two shades of gray-blue; anu with this
will be worn also black straw hat or bonnet
trimmed with feathers taken off a winter bon
net. brown straw bOnnet-cOSt S1.15-will
be purchased to wear with the beige and an
ulster for travelling and black lace bonnet
made to wear with the silk, the materials being
already IN possessions; IN TACT. being real having
done duty two summers and upon two different
frames previously.
at is easy to make up summer clothes"
remarks the purchaser of these goods when dis
playing them to a friend. land especially now,
when skirts are less complicated and trim
mfngS are ready to your hand. The only dress
that will give Inc any trouble will be tue ging-
ham. That want to lay in an infinitude of
small tuckS, so as to bring the lines close to-
gether and though it Will not he difficult it
will take time and be tedious work" "Just the
work 1t Is difficult to buy at any price, re-
marked the friend. COttOns are very cheap this
spring, and forty cents per yard may be con-
sidered unnecessarily high; but the prices that
are given are those which Were paid. and the
Scotch zephyr ginghamS always retail at the
same price. Black silks offered very low
just now; the popularity of the surdh, n,erriet-
with the fdtueS and grOs grains, which formerly
had the field nearly all to themselves. No bet
ter silks need be desired than the American
S1tsdits, retoRtines, OttOndRs and 6rOcades upon
ottoman grounds. The "Ue{Oatiaes' are ottOna1ns
with a somewhat less heavy cord and a soft
dull satin finish. The wearis excellent and the
appearance greatly superior to an ordinary
faiUe. The new dotted surGhs are an American
manufacture, and great care is taken i'm the
finish and in matching them with plain Silks
THE ULSTER AND THE JACKET
have unite resumed their sUay oyar tho s.,,o
tween season" mind. The spring ulster is made
of elastic cloth, is close fitting. but open, or
filled in at the back with straight folds, close
and compact but not fiat. Above this, cords or
an ornament of some kind is placed The new
est buttons are carved wood; but if they are
handsome and modern it makes little differ
enee whether carved wood or metal Or smoked
pearl are used. The jackets are plain but well
cut and lined; and display buttons rather larger
than the ulsters. Braided jackets always fail
of appreciation. Many have been the attempts
to make them aIead' the market but thew
always sink into SecOnd-rate or third-rate and
the plain designs, good i'll cut, genuine in ma
terial and with rich interior facings and but
tons take easily the position of superiority
Among imported garments the 'sling'' cape,
shaped and held in at the back, has made IT'S
appearance and is simple, stylish and
easily adjusted that it ought to become a ia
vorlte. 1t was very fashiOnably worn i'm Paris
last year, and will doubtless be SO again: for
fashions always last two years, AT least abroad:
and If it could be reproduced here at something
like French cost it would certainly become a
faVOrlte. What was said of outdoor Jackets
may be repeated, with truth, of Z" Jerseys"
which, just now, occupy u rather anomalous
position. Great sales OF these garments have
taken place this spring, at which prices tell far
below the cost of production. A great effort has
been made to diversity them; to give them the
appearance OF a stylish little basque. They
nave been cut short and pointed and with small
lappels. They have been braided embroidered
and edged with beads; and yet they are left in
heaps upon the shelves. For the plain unyar-
nlshed, oid-iashioned kind there is a steady de-
mand for growing girls and for ladies of good
but the attempt to put them in place of the
dress basque or jacket has proved an absolute
failure, and the lesson must have cost some
people good deal of money.
SPRING OPENINGS
are things CT the past; or, rather they take
place every day in the week. Straw bon
nets OF every shade, to match every color,
and OF every variety of size and shape, were
displayed early in February; and the new
lold) ribbons with "purlcd" and ..picOt' edges
have also made their appearance in striped
canvas, striped and lowered gauZe. and in the
tuited chenille upon gauZe OF last year. There
are a vast number of millinery tissues, so that
ii must be a work of some Judgment and dis
elimination for country buyers to select what
Will please their patrons; but they I'll pretty
to look at; and tnat is the principal thing when
the object Is to get the money back which they
have cost.
"CoYOC"
mysterious and original card with the
above legendary, wild Indian sort of character,
has recently found its way To certain individu-
ais 1t invites attention to an enterprise
initiated by a young lady whose first name is
most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" Coyoc means
or rather stands iOr-"Courage of your cOnvic-
tions;'' and the courageous young woman
proposes To design for any other woman
original costumes and garments adapted to the
Individual and studied from 'art' and
mature. "Historc," Romantic and "Char-
acter costumes are also to be reproduced to
order: and economy as well expedition
guaranteed III this program is carried out,
"Coyoc Will be an acquisition to New York
society. JENNY JUNE