Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06

What . Wealthy Girl Considers Neces.
sary Before Marriage.

eary Before Marriage.
From the Chicago Daily News
First come the silk shirts which all women
wear now, and these are fine 90 cobwebs-two
dozen Of them. They are in all the blonde
shades-pale lime green, wild rose, ciel blue,
lilac, cream, and snow white. Nothing can be
prettier than these delicate things in their
French boxes, guarded by folds Of tissue paper,
and tied with ribbons of the same color.
These little silk vests are 80 elastic that they
can either be worn low necked, or, in case of
| added warmth being needed upon the shout
ders, they can b lrawn by the drawing ribbon
up about the throat. They are long. too, and
come well down over the hips, and though they
look SO light and transparent, give a very APP
preciable degree of warmth. Indeed, all the
silk undergarments are far better protection
than the cambria or linen ones, and young
women are beginning to realize that the body
must be kept at an even temperature if their
complexion is to be kept fresh and rose-like.
Then comes the boxes of stockings, six dozen
in number, and as pretty and dainty as the
vests. There are half dozen of the new POM
padour stockings with pale-tinted grounds,
embroidered with small, irregularly strewn
blossoms, and many of them are in inch wide
stripes Of pearl color and blue, or pale pink and
blue with tiny forget-me-nots embroidered
down the pink stripes. Others have strips of
lengthwise insertions Of lace, or are mass of
open work. while few have a long monogram
Of the intertwined letters A and NJ embroidered
in gold thread on the instep. That is the very
latest fancy in French stockings, the first of
| the monogram stockings being worn this sum-
mer at Newport by the pretty debutante Miss
Sallie HargOus, who carried off the social
honors of the season.
The Hargouses are of Spanish descent, and
lay claim to the use Of a crest, so some of the
fair debutantes stockings bore the crest and a
tiny monogram beneath. The French count
esses and duchesses put above the two or three
letters OF the monogram coronet. But to re-
turn. Many of the stockings are in shades to
match the vests. and, indeed this is a luxuri-
Gus fancy, carried out through the whole of the
trOusseau, which contains entire suits of the
same tint, SO that the bride may array herself
from head to foot in pale green. pearl color,
blue or faint rose, as her fancy dictates.
The slippers are the next thing on the list
and are almost as varied as the stockings, being
made OF all sorts of material-patent leather,
suede kid OF half dozen different shades,
satin, silk, and velvet. There is but one pair
of the velvet shoes-Molieres they are called
having long, square toe and big flaps. The
Molieres for Americans, as no other women
have feet small enough to dare wear velvet
shoes, particularly of that shape. There are
French-heeled half shoes of white suede tan
suede, rose color, pale blue, and pale green.
There are slippers, half of tan and half patent
leather, half black suede, and patent leather,
and those entirely of the leather and of the
black suede. Then there are silk and satin
slippers OF shades to match all sorts of dresses
and all sorts of stockings most of these being
Dlrectolre slippers, which come down to a long
and very sharp point at the toe, have COMPARE
lively low, square heels, and a few of them
sandaled across the instep with narrow satin
ribbons. Added to which are satin half Slip
pers for neglige, which have only toes and no
back, though the heel is quite high. The shoes
a cato Co.
Paris, as one can get much better and hand
somer walking shoes made in New York than
in France, where they only carry slippers to
perfection.
There is a little jewelers. box lying near
these cases-a long and narrow box which, be-
ing opened, shows three pairs Of garters with
jeweled buckles. The first are Of the palest
blue silk elastic, to be worn on the wedding
day with pearl-colored open-work stockings in
order to add the something blue" which, with
something old and something new" must
form part OF every lucky brides costume.
They are clasped by a silver arrow, which
hooks through a silver heart and both are
studded with little brilliants-an appropriate
device enough for a bride. The second pair
are yellow, for the superstitious credit the yell
low garter with bringing good luck. and it is
the shade supposed to be worn by all mascots
They are clasped with horseshoe and four
leaf clover, while the third pair are white and
have frosted silver clasps, with design of key
and paddock.
Next comes the "solerie." which is of the
newest fabric used for underclothing-s
crepe, which is taking the place of both surah
and China silk in popular regard. 1t threatens
to supplant the others, as they have done cam
brio and linen.
The special feature of these crepe garments is
that they are very short The little chemlse
does not reach to the knee, and the drawers
are very wide but end several inches above the
knee, where they are met by the long stock
ings. The tiny petticoats frilled and inserted
with lace medallions, are set on yokes. are very
full, and fall only to the shoe tops. They are
all in sets Of one color and the variety of tint is
very wide. Many of the chemises have no
sleeves at all, ribbons being fastened at the
armholes and tying over the shoulders. The
upper edge of the chemise is frilled with mar
row Lace and monogram of long. slender let
tiers is embroidered upon the left breast. The
lower edge has wider ruffies and insertion, and
sometimes the edge is embroidered in scallops
with the lace frilled in underneath.
Then come series of long, slim boxes dis
playing inside little whaleboned, laced. and
embroidered rolls, bound with silken strings.
which turn into corsets of every shade when
examined. They are all lined with white and
some OF them are very short, a mere whalebone
band for the waist. They are biscuit black
blue, scarlet, pale green, and snow white and
there are some severely plain, some covered
with handwork and lace.
Nothing more charming than a pretty and
fair-skinned woman in these dainty garments
can well be imagined. She either gowns her
self in purest white from head to heel, slippers,
stockings, everything, or she is all a study in
rose, or a model for spring in the pale green of
the lime buds. There are endless combinations
to be made as well-rose-colOred crepe, scarlet
stockings, tan shoes and scarlet corset, or
pale blue, with shoes, stockings and corset of
biscuit color. Sometimes she will get herself all
up in black from head to heel. like an amateur
Nadjy, her white arms and shoulders cleaning
like silver in the midst of the sombre silk.