Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-14
AUTUMN ROBES AND NOVELTIES


RIcH. DELIcArE FANCY JEwKLRY is again in
high fashion.
RUDY BRowSs will be prominent among
colors this coming season. Rust color will be
seen III many of the fashionable fabrics.
NEWLY IMPORTED COSTUMES Of very beaut-
ful silky gray India cashmere are elegantly
decorated with silk cord Escurial passennn-
teries.
MANY STYLISH TRAVELLING COSTUMES imported
are made OF alpaca. The favorite color is a
beautiful tint of dove gray or black shot with
silver.
LARGE DRAGoS-FLIEs, intended for the
couture. have each four diamond wings and
long body. with rubies or sapphires mixed with
diamonds.
TIE FAVORED TINTs in Paris, it is said, Will
De the beige and green. but first and foremost
ofail every shade OF violet, from mauYe pink
to the deep bishop hue.
HENRIETTAs develop particularly well in the
empire shape. Such q gown. intended for
afternoon wear recently noticed. was in Eifel
red, or shade nearly approaching that
SOME OF THE NEw French visiting dresses,
or carriage gowns, as they are called, without
being trained, are what is called demi-long,
just made TO touch the floor slightly ct the
back.
AN OLD FRIEND will come to the fore again
this fall in the shape Of ladies cloth. This
fabric will appear with border effects. which
are novelty. 1t is likely to be exceedingly
Popular.
GRACEFUL PRINcEssE DRESSES Of French gray
arInure silk, trimmed with silk cord passemen-
teries Of deeper tint and draped with sof.
gray crepe de Chine, are favorite gowns with
wealthy dowagers.
BEIdE-CoLoRED and mgnone tte-green dresses
OF Veneton cashmere, bordered with gold and
silver galloons, are made with double skirts
both equally long, the upper one open up the
left side to the waist
THE "REEFKR," in blue, mahogany or Roman
red cloth, Will be popular jacket for youthful
wearers during the entire autumn and like
models III heavy cloaGlng goods are also made
ready for winter uses.
The LOVELY NEW TINT OF OLD Rose, Roman
violet, strawberry, and green in several rare,
beautiful shades. are among the delicious DIVES
III Partisan toilets designed for autumn recep-
tons and dancing parties.
AMONG TILE PKETTIEsT and neatest of travel
ing garments are long wraps which completely
envelop the person, in striped silk-usually
gray and black. They are much on the Come
mara or peasant cloak style.
SoME VERY DAINTY WALKING Cows of striped
zephyr ginghams are seen, made with close
Sitting basques, over double waistcoat effects
OF white over striped Bingham. The skirt is
draped, but has no over drapery.
VERY HANDSOME Wool Cows. those with n
crepe-like surface particularly, will be very
fashionably worn at autumn dinners and tens
and also soft carmelites in empire style for
evening concerts These appear in all the new
art shades OF the season.
A PRETTY AND BECOMING modification of that
old prime favorite the English walking-hat
has appeared, less narrow on the brim front.
and not rolled so closely to the crown on the
sides, making it more than ever becoming to
slender-faced women, to whom the shape, like
the French turban, is always a boon.
A COMFORTABLE rain storm dress is now made
in the old-fashioned blue serge, with band Of
black MORE bordered with a heavy black
wool passementerie. A soft plush felt hat has
three cluster knots OF MORE ribbon and tie
under-the-chin mask veil with velvet sbots
This Is particularly becoming to q bright com
plexion.
A Gown shown in Paris is Of rose crepe de
chine, with draped corsage. held in place at
the waist with belt and O beautiful gold
buckle. The skirt ID raised ON one side over a
jupe OF white satin, embroidered in wild pink
roses At the edge Of the jupe are two bands
.
sance embroidery.
SOME OF THE NEw JACKETS are in CLOSE BASQUE
form, having jacket fronts that open over a
continental vest, with bands Of embroidery on
the pocket flaps, collar and fronts. Some Of
the expensive empire jackets are vandyked at
the edge, each point covered with q vandyked
ornament OF silk gimp, or simply tipped with
beaded pendeloque.
The NEw FELT BoNNErs are beautifully soft
and fine, and dyed in all the autumn shades,
both dark, pale and neutral, to match street
costumes. Some are in princesse shape, others
with small coronets, or ii the fiat style of the
new English capote, which reveals all of the
waved or fluffy mass Of hair over the forehead
SUIrIyas, as they are termed, still show
striped effects, narrow lines and broad stripes
being alike fashionably worn, and also soft,
beautiful Scotch cheviots with o dull surface in
beige, mahogany, bronze, Eiffel red, or reseda
with stripes in a contrasting but harmonizing
color, which are used alike by ladies' tailors
and dressmakers for travelling and walking
gowns.
ments in costly fancy jewelry. 1t is q large
star with sharply tapering points, all briliants
This il worn on the shoulders, on the sash, or
fastened into the lace draperies Of the trained
evening dress. Still more effective is the long
gold sabre, with a mass Of dne-cut diamonds in
the hilt; it is intended to pass directly through
the material of the dress, OK to hold Q spray Of
flowers on the corsage.
AMONG THE AUTUMN CLoAKs recently dis
played is q long one Of Q rich golden shade Of
terra Gotta, figured with black, the figures
woven to represent o line black braiding. Il
is hung froma short tight-ftting under jacket
Straight from the neck to the feet in front are
revers of black MORE, wide at the shoulders
and narrowing to the bottom of the skirt.
There 10 also deep cape-collsr Of the MORE.
The rich watered silk looked very handsome
and not at all heavy or gloomy being relieved by
the soft terra Gotta Of the CLOTH Another cloak
has woven design Of passementerie figures,
and is decorated with ivy leaves worked in