Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-03

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To which she answers:
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CARA
FASHIONS AND FLOWERS.
Appropriate Dre.. for the Season Of
Bland Airs and Blue Skies.
THE CHARM OF DRESS AN ELEMENT OF THE RELATION
OF THE sEXEs-THE SECRET OF LEADERSHIP IN
FASHIONABLE ESSENTIALS OF sUCCEss-vARIETIEs
AND CHANGES IN HEADGEAR-sPRING NOVELTIES.
From Our Own Correspondent
NEW YORK, March 9, 1888.
1t is curious and beautiful thing in this world
that life Is always young and always being re-
created The JOY Of new birth comes with each
returning season, and one almost feels ashamed OF
the pleasure one feels In the ever-recurring mira
Gle OF the fresh grass and gay professional flowers
one even recognizes with something of the
same welcoming interest the new spring mate
rails for dresses--the pretty cottons and lighter
tissues which harmonic with the outdoor season
and the return Of light and warmth. / am sure,
II were man, should be particularly glad in
the spring to have women In the world; and
would not have them without their lights and
colors, their fads and fancies their changerul
fashions In dress and all the elements OF unex-
pectedness which give new aspects to life and
make IL interesting. II women can feel this charm
in other women, men ought to be still more sus-
ceptible to 1t; and, indeed. some OF them are
II they are not they are calloused or naturally
insensible. What a funereal assemblage the gath
ering OF people, anywhere, would be II women
were uniformed in black CLOTH like men. 'sThe
DrfDcfDal dIf1culty Sana Moor
woman, who cannot decide between the mutlfa-
rious collection OF designs and fabrics submitted
TO her, SIS to make choice. For my part would
rather be obliged 10 submit to standard" But
that Is just what she can DO IL she so minded: she
may De Tree or In bonds, and still be In fashion.
VARIETY OF STYLES
Those who are not satisfied with the latitud5al-
lowed them, with the efforts made to suit diver
sity OF tastes-and even purses-must be very
hard TO please, and ought TO glance back at the
successive fashions OF the past fifty or one hun
dred years TO realize the actual and immeasure-
able advance all along tfR line OF woman's cloth
Ing from almost all points OF view. specially those
or warmth, protection, adaptability, and general
becomingness A great deal of the variety comes
from the eternal addition to our resources. We do
not now get rid OF anything, we simply appropr-
ate A. lay II aside. perhaps, for time In favor of
something else, but kept It on can when wanted
and there are always some who want IL,
For this reason it Is impossible 10 say what Is
and what IS not fashion, In any general and popu-
that suits the circumstances and the very people
VINO are the elect leaders, who spend thousands
OF dollars annually upon their clothes, Will take
the most pride and make their greatest (dress
success out OF some goods OF lace old embroidery
which has been picked up" abroad or been in the
family for generations at home. 1t is not only the
possession OF resources, it is the knowing how to
use them, which Is essential to success. even in
the art OF dress. This Is what is meant when we
say one woman can wear sO-and-So and another
woman cannot. We mean that one woman knows
how 10 wear IL and the other does not
the hs Dy always rav Keeping the part and
woman will get the credit OF being rich and fash.
1onaole dresser, while another may spend much
more, but make such poor use OF material that
she Will always be considered more or less of a
dowdy. This isvery hard on man II he furnishes
the money IL seems 10 me that except a sweet,
cheerfu and sunny disposition, there Is no quality
should more prize In woman-if were a man
than the ability to make much out OF little: in
In her hands TO the best most tasteful and inteli
gent use. Lie Is so difficult nowadays for the ma
1ority, II Is SO hard TO keep place and time and
IS positive addition TO income or capital and as
sists 70 make life song instead OF bowling VII
derneSs.
II such women exagyerate a little n their
draperieS are trif1e TOO boufYant their bonnets
piled up a little too high. they must be forgiven:
escape the suspicion of "home-maSe.p hn1 ~ ~
should be remembered that the pretty, il cOnven-
tionai dress Is probably clever ''nake-over"
and the bonnet put together at the cost OF frame
and flowers. "Nhy waste so much cleyerness in
such q direction? Why not put It into money
making?" is the desire 10 do this on the part Of
those who do not need 10 earn q livelihood which
makes IL so much more diflicult for those who
have livelihood 10 earn, to gain the opportunity
enjoyment. There are actually better things in
this world than money-making; there Is learning
u do without IT, or with less or It. y
THE SPRING BONNET
Is as hiyh as ever, but It has more OF a brfm and
the brfia is very obvious, almost impertinent 1t
projects Ike SCOOP It is thrown up like shovel
IL Is coQuetishly turned TO one side or closed in
point In its hollow, over the forehead, RIBBON
bows are placed, or leaves, or a flower, the effort
being 10 equalke It's importance with that OF the
ones, with their short, rounded sides and tan
Trimming, Is singuiariy that OF strutting barn
There is great variety In the straws ana some OF
snem appear In very pretty and modest shapes
Inc capote and close-cap shape, which only con-
very % ina, hss Largely
70 summer wear The toQue Is retained, and Is
made In flannel and light spring cloths-checks
useiu,, for II does not need much trimming and a
tWlSt, q fold with loops OF ribbon or velvet and a
sing, Is all that there is room for. The toque is
and when arranged in SOFT folds TO match the COS,
TUNE, needs only the addition OF wing 10 render
venenI OF travelling head-gear Tor a gauze Veil is
80 sasiiy wound about it, which Is not the ease
VAL a rs.e id Az mats or poke bonnets
straw oonnets, for the wide standing lOona- the
A1san vows. and the frequent use OF it In facing
sne orin nappy combination with the fashion.
anu paneiiny dress, and this Is often repeated
IN tne riooon used for the bonnet An afQrette n
| ton ~ e~~" ooAooauA-
~ Is pleasant TO see the revival OF the old aNea-
po aaa Vr erinoine' straws, and the fancy.
open ana lace-liAe plaits, which are so youthfs,I
ana susceptible OF color lining and effect< DELI
eate straw, lined with soft, shell pink and trim
meo WIN PINK and bunch OF heather Is a. sweet
and nesn and 'eariy English" as II it mad bean
made In the beginning Instead OF the cioae OF The