Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-10
FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR.
Costumes for the Last Days in the
Country or at the Seaside.

| Costumes for the Last Days in the
| Country or at the Seaside.
| AMONG the new and fanciful designs for
ladies' belt buckles is silver wishbone.
The EFFECTIVE UNION OF red and black ap-
pears in many of the dress toilets prepared for
| the autumn season.
BLACK LAcEs and white laces are beautifully
combined in some of the new Corday and
Marie Antoinette fchus, and capes and gowns
formed OF this magpie mixture are among some
| OF the most elegant dresses of the season.
SOME OF THE NAVY BLUE serge and cambria
! gowns for autumn wear are prettily made, with
full vests and panels of white de laine, fanked
| by wide bands of crimson, the cuffs being car
ried out to correspond. The three colors look
| well together.
A PRETTY COSTUME is a dark-red wooden ma
terial broche with bouquets of black oats, at
the edge OF the skirt wide band of black silk
Passementerie guipure is placed; gathered
bodice and wise black MORE sash.
SHORT SKIRTS are mounted with large fat
plaits at the back and either slightly gathered
in front or quite fiat on a cross-cut piece, with
piping or corded edge.
The FASHION OF PUFFs on the shoulder is de-
cidedly pretty upon slender women and
children-much pretter than the esthetic
pulled sleeves. The puffs are put on over the
close coat sleeve after it has been made.
IN HATS there is new shape, the 'sTop-
kinoise," very flat all around and slightly raissd
| Just IN the middle, and a pretty wreath Of
flowers and foliage laid all around the brim.
| ALL THE LOVELY TINTs OF LILAC, mauve and
heliotrope are suddenly restored to their old
time popularity. Some of the new dyes shade
exquisitely into faint tints of old rose.
SLEEVES are now made of band of tulle
fastened with bow on the shoulder, and do
not leave the arms quite so exposed as was
lately the fashion.
SMALL FRUITS Of every description appear
among the hat and bonnet garnitures for the
coming season. The fruits are mingled with
folds OF net and pleatings of black lace on large
directoire round hats, toques and capotes of
| shirred black tule
AMONG the minor features of forthcoming
fashions are short jackets of the zouave va
| riety-rounded, pointed and square. None Of
these are long enough to reach the waist and
the full blouse beneath shows all around, even
at the back. The elbow sleeves match the
jacket in kind, and the bishop sleeves set in
| side are made to match the fabric forming the
blouse
FANCY JACKETS AND SLEEVES, high revers form
ing part Of the turnover collar, pointed girdles,
jaunty silk shirt fronts are all entirely permits
slble this season, even on q smart out-of-door
costume.
MANY WOMEN, while they wear tan-colored
and tan-lined capes in town, appreciate the
effect produced by the gay colors, and at the
seaside resorts and in the mountains and coun-
try don the bright red and green shoulder
| capes with easy conscience.
The MARoUIsE Coat is very much the fashion
for walking toilet. 1t is invariably made Of
black faille or peau-de-soie, without any trim
ming whatever.
The IMPROVED UMBRELLA, it is announced will
unfailingly and instantly open and close by
touching spring that is concealed in the
handle.
LITTLE GIRLS wear foulard dresses of all colors
The skirt is trimmed around the foot with tucks
the full chemisette falls lose over the waist
band, and the sailor collar, open shawl fashion,
shows the neck very prettily.
The SHADES of old rose grow more and more
beautiful as they appear in fabrics Of silk, wool
and velvet. In evening toilets of faille or crepe
de Chine, yelled with tulle, it imparts delicate
glow to the complexion.
The DAY BoNNETs now worn at 5-o'clock teas
receptions, &C., are, first, of fancy straws Of
every description, trimmed with tulle and
sprays OF flowers; and, second, of dainty nets,
shlrred into every possible shape and trimmed
with roses and scarfs Of the net.
GRACEFUL LITTLE ENGLISH JACKETS, the COM
plement of simple walking dresses. are made in
most cases with elegant fancy vests, though
occasionally the bodice of the gown initiates q
waistcoat underneath the cutsway jacket
YoUNG LADIES very generally favor the plated
bodice in the "Reserviste" style, with three
round plaits in the middle of both back and
front and fitted around the waist with belt of
gross-grain ribbon. small rolled-up collar
forms dainty finish to the bodice, with the
Regatta cravat,
WHITE GAUzE DRESSES embroidered in colors
are still more elegant, and altogether more
dressy; they are also made up very much in the
same way and trimmed with profusion Of
bows or ribbon.
Low-THROATED BopIcEs are now very much
the fashion and are seen everywhere. Most of
these have Tapped surplice fronts or are fin
ished with wide velvet revers which diminish
to a point at the waist. These revers Join
wide collar, which not infrequently covers the
upper part Of the shoulders at the back.
GARIBALDI WAISTS Of white Victoria lawn are
worn in the morning with simple white or COL
| ored skirts. On lawn the tucks at front back
| and on the sleeves can be made as AheIas hafr,
| lines, and wide embroidery collar and cuff, or
| the crisp Directoire ruff1es may befworn. A
broad ribbon belt confines the fullness at the
waist and is finished by q curiously designed
belt Of silver or enamel
ArAvoRITE SLEEVE for autumn tea-gowns will
be the vandyke, the pointed ends of which
barely reach the elbow. The model opens but
slightly, and is edged with a narrow band Of
passementerie or gold or silver galloon. A
dainty bishop sleeve of lace, net or China silk
issues from the pointed one and Ia shirred into
band at the wrist
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How It Ended.
The theater that night we attended
Sans chaperone, In coupe;
As Betty was deeply offended,
We didn't see much Of the play
The trouble began In the carriages:
She vowed she would never 9 i've way,