Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-31
red, the other cream nuns yelling. Both had

1u0 tOlieCS OF Inc guests WoI0 t0OS0 Oh
any average gathering in New YORK;
The ussai black . ne1 and the
tority. The pretty exceptions were the white
Gs
A fine black silk dress (satin francais) was
richly embroidered on the material and
fawn-colored silk was well combined with q
brocade In cream, fawn and pale blue; and .
soft silk In two shades of wood brown, had q
gauze (fulD front, and was trimmed with white
lace en- cascade. A simple, but dainty dress, was
of grey Saline spotted white, round clots of diff
ferent sizes; and made with tucked skirt
front of white lawn buttoned with pearl. An
other very pretty cotton dress was dark blue,
embroidered in an open pattern in cream and
The back, the sleeves and panel were of en-
broidery; and 1t also formed the border to the
long drapery and the short pointed basque
DRESSING FOR TENNIS
is very important in all country neighborhoods,
and rather difficult for girls who have not an
income. or allowance of their own, because it is
an extra the tennis dress not being available
Tor any other purpose. 1t is usually made of q
striped material-fannel being preferred-and
consists OF skirt and blouse waist or Norfolk
jacket and what is known as q "blaeZer" or
extra jacket to put on when not playing. The
blaezer is a jaunty little affair, shaped at the
pack but with loose, cutaway fronts. Some
times it is made of the same flannel as the
dress, faced interiorly or lined with silk; some
Clustered hair stripes of brown upon cream, of
pink and cream or mauve and cream are pre-
lerred TINS year to red and cream or blue and
cream stripes; and certainly less like q
BARRIERS pole upon the tennis ground. pretty
novelty In a tennis skirt consisted of a grey
blue elastic CLOTH opened in front and buttOned
back on each side. from a black velvet striped
front. The basque was fitted and finished with
velvet collar and cuffs. Among the most popu-
lar OF the tennis suits are those of cream fan
mel with pink Or blue or brown silk collar and
Guns; the monogram of the club worked In the
OF the breast pocket, into which is thrust the
tiny handkerchief.
Navy blue still holds its own: and navy
blue, twilied flannel suit is not only presentable
at tennis, but useful wear at other times. A
young lady, whose suit OF navy blue flannel,
once Respondent in gold braid. had become the
worse for wear, recently remodelled it and
made 1t thing of beauty by cutting the plated
jacket over in the Breton style and feather
OF skirt with cream silk at twenty five cents for
nifty skens. The twenty-five cents was the
extent eisi Of her outlay and the leisure time Of
and originally pretty dress.
Inc 1ull sleeve Is a novelty in tennis suits. 1t
Is Is made to accompany the blouse waists; and
the fullness is gathered into the middle of the
straight silk, velvet or stamped leather cuffs
Inc amount OF white worn suggests to every
one that this Is
A WHITE SEASON.
1t Is SO indeed; if the light and sweetness
poured so abundantly over this happy land,
can make it SO. The whiteness of light is that
In which all color is lost transmitted and
has always been the emblem of the finest and
the purest. White is not now confined TO the
ancient muslin or washing fabrics. In tact,
unless these are unusually fine and beautifully
wrought, they are only desirable for morning
or Informal house wear. not for dressy occa-
slohs The fine, transparent "1ndia" muslinS
are cholce as SILK; are usually lined with soft
white silk, and often combined with a still
more costly material, embroidered crepe de
chene. The dainty nuns veilings and trans
parent bareges, the cream surahs, dress fan
nels and white wool cloths have all been added
Oh late years to swell the resources for white
gowns and costumes, which, excepting for ten
MS and other outdoor games, prepared
Without any VulgarlZing mixture of color.
HATS AND BONNETs.
There is very little choice in shade hats or
shade bonnets this season, the shapes running
all to crown and little to brim; but the few
there are show almost nothing in the way of
ornamentation, but white null, white gauze
and white daisies or crysanthenums One
large show window in New York is filled with
these tinted, White materials arranged in every
conceivable way for Ornamenting hats and
Donnets. One does not realize how absurd it IS
1or American women to cOnfine themselves to
one particular style or school of hats or bon
nets, until one leaves the large cities with its
conventional ways, and find q little varied ex.
perlence in Wlnd-tossed country; where the
thermometer never gets above reasonable
point, and distances have to be covered by rid
ing through rain and gusty spaces which have
little respect Tor fashion in head gear In the
country, 1t is in fact, always sun, wind or rain
sAA'sS
be more senseiess-as protection from these
than the high-crowned hats and small bonnets
when are an there Is at present to choose from;
at least all that is seen in country resorts and
neighborhoods, as worn by country people.
Tue influx OF New York life varies the con-
with straight brims and Stripe trimming to
match the suit; and baby faces shine out from
The depths of Granny" bonnets and great
"wide-awake'' hats.
The blue spotted cotton dress comes to the
front ana handkerchiefs of old silk or white
In black nuns yelling and a holiday blue Saline
mot SATIN the New York woman is equal TO
every occasion. The red silk can be knotted
loosely round the neck made TO form an eff
fectlve shirt vest. The null is fichu a piastron
full vest or a neckerchieI, at pleasure Ladies'
living III the country obtain many suggestive
IDEAS from city visitors; but they quite as
capable OF furnishing them, il they were more
courageous and independently; and would set
such fashions as are adapted to their wants
instead Of strictly following those which have
been wrought out under entirely different con-
dltlons. Flannel, is above all others, the
material tor the majority OF the summer days
III Berkshire, and the country hat should al
ways form some sort OF shade for tine tace If
STRAW hs nat a. supply nothing suit
gauZe, and of which, lovely, large hats can be
easily manufactured at home.
THE NEWEST DESIGNS
In millinery, received from Paris show no re-
duction in the height OF crowns; but many
striking novelties in the way of pretty striped.
smoothly finished on the surface and often
transparent. Birds and feathers have disap-
peared entirely. The trimming is gauze or
tulle arranged in upright forms and covering
the clusters or branches OF fruit flowers, The
latter are tine, creamy, chestnut blossoms,
dropping sprays of pink tinted sweet peas,
heatnery sprays, feather grasses with mustard
or cowslips and the like; all yelled with misty
tulle, which preserves the flowers and soltens
their effect.
Fruit is even more fashionably EMPLOYED
than MOVERS. Luscious looking cherries three
small peaches on u single stem, strawberries
and raspberrles, black-berries and currants are
the small German and larger varieties: the imi-
tatlons closely following nature.
word must be said in regard to the i'm
pOrtant part which pins now play in millinery
and dressing generally. The common black
and white pins are probably used as lavishly as
ever TO torture aud stick into children; but the
pins for the toilet, the pins which every Iady
made with small, round, black white or colored
heads; and ''gO through" lace, gauze or mnII
without hurting them. In more costly STYLES
the tiny sword hiit, horseshoe and small ply
diamond pins are used TO faSten ribbons
flowers, lace upon both dresses and bOnnets
OF pins with electric points. JENNIE JUNE.
A Nations Call to Arms.
Beat! beat! druEs.-blow. bugles! blow
through the wlndows-thrOugh dOOrS-burst like q
ruthless force
Into the school where the scholar is studying,
Leave not the bridegroom quiet,-no happiness mnst
he now have w tn his bride,
NOR the eaceful farmer any peace. blowing his field
so fierce you whrr and pound, you d. ums.-so shrll
you bugles blow!