Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-21
HINTS FOR THE LADIES.

COARSE STRAW bonnets draped with colored
lisse, are new fancy.
BROOCHES OF translucent enamel in the form of
NEUROLOGICAL heads are In vogue.
SKIRTS are growing wider, but the difference Is
made entirely In the back widths
BoDIcEs OF thin material suitable for evening
toilets are shocked front and back at the waist
and shoulders
REAL wheat is used to a considerable extent on
the new bonnets. for making the bonnet itself as
well as for trimmings
PRETTY COSTUMES have the skirts Of striped silk
with a polonaise OF cashmere the latter draped in
four points or opened in front or at the back.
SMALL BLACK NANTES OF Bengallne silk or en-
brodered cashmere, trimmed with metallic cord
passemehteries, are worn with dresses OF all kinds
SPRAYS AND CLUSTERS OF faded roses wind torn
TIL sometimes but three petals cling to the stems
arc the latest realistic" effect in bonnet flowers
BODIES which have the sides prolonged into
panels that fall straight from the belt TO the hem
OF the SKIRT, VIII be feature OF costumes again
next season.
SAYS high authority concerning low bonnets:
"They must be spiky TIL the hair is lowered A
nat bonnet on high hair is like postage stamp on
the peak OF Mont Blanc"
THOSE who had black lace gowns last summer
and find that the lace is the worse for wear are
utilizing the silk skirt waist Innings by covering
them with drapereS or Russian net.
TrILE net, lace, silk-muslin, all appear in new
mats Tor driving; and airy they be- are garnShed
with thick ribbon, or shells OF narrower lace and
towering clusters OF the softest ostrich tips
FROM PARIS comes the ornament more novel
than pleasing. OF a fresh pale green sprout OF any
forest growth, with half dozen very real-looking
cockchafers apparently making a meal OF it.
BAsQUEs are lavishly trimmed, and are exhibited
In countless varieties Velvet basques to be worn
with light skirts have Pompadour neck nlled In
with crepe which also forms the puffed sleeve be-
low the velvet one vandyked at the elbow
TIE CAPE called "La Tosca" is made for spring
and summer wear, or various fabrics broche silk
being favOrite. II is handsomely lined and richly
decorated, and its popularity IS the high collar
which Is shaped TO the heck without any seam
going around II.
TUSCAN, buttercup, primrose, and dafrodil are
the leading colors in yellow this season. A new
shade OF pink is called venus and a new shade
OF red khediye. In violets, the rosy tint
known as wisteria Is the only fashionable TINT the
rage for the heliotrope shades having subsidized.
MANY STALKS, long stems, grasses, and sprays
are noticeable among the importations OF French
flowers this year. White and pink rose garlands
hyactnths, Jonquils, loug-stemIned bluets tulips
In every color, Carnations pink and white ragged
sailor, bean and potato blossoms, ederbeIry
blooms, liacs, four o'clocks, heather and spiraea
are massed in nigh mOntures, to give the effect of
aigretteS.
For WEARING IN the house with silk or muslin
skirts, are loose jackets OF India and China silks
trimmed with the new colored silk laces or with
NalencienneS Some have lace vests with straight
with handsome waist ribbon in front only while
others are shirred on the shoulders and again at
the waist line. In many OF these garments the
partly uoWing sleeves are used.