Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
THE WHIMS OF THE FAIR.

PARIsrENNEs greatly affect black toilets
GRACEFUL NECK SoARFs in empire fashion are
worn with stylish home dresses.
WHITE AND BLACK bonnets are much trimmed
with gold ribbon and gold embroidery
VERY many Of the newly imported black lace
dresses are made up over foundations of black
faille or merveilleux satin, with no touch of
color visible save the wide empire sash of old
rose, violet, or Nile green.
FANcIFUL menus are passes. Instead they
must be fine but plain, and either stuck up
right in a silver holder or framed in filigree Of
dead silver on bright background.
The New dyed linen now brought over from
Ireland comes in pale dull blue and all shades
Of pink and red. As the process of manufac-
ture forbids its ever being cheap it is safe to
remain stylish as long as it will last.
SILK CREPALINE is q very beautiful fabric for
evening dress. This material resembles crepe
Of course, but it is softer and more diaphanous
and clinging. Old rose, almond, ivory, reseda,
golden amber, golden terra-cotts, Nile green,
and primrose are favorite tints in this textile.
Round and belted waists remain in fashion,
able favor, notwithstanding the great vogue for
polonaises and redingotes. Many dresses in
this style are made of the beautiful fine woods,
either bordered or deliberately braided in
graduated arabesques on the front and sides of
the dress-skrt
COTTON stuffs for summer come in all shades
of red, in dozen tones Of blue, in pink-gray
and in lavender. Black and white are COM
blned with them in nearly all the big broken
pialds, that are immensely stylish if well worm
but confusion worse COMPOUNDED in the hands
OF an unskilled dressmaker.
The EMPIRE Wells intended to wear on the
haring wide round hats are useful as well as
ornamental, as they prove genuine protection
against the keen spring breezes. The ordinary
French model for this veil was simply a deep
piece oifancy net with long ends designed to
be passed around from the back Of the hat, and
lightly tied few inches below the chin
ALMOST THE ONLY NEW FEATURE of the tailor
made gown is the use of leather for vests.
cuffs, collars and so on. The favorite kind is
rlch soft velvety brown, which is very stylish
when made up with checked tweed that is
cut bias both for skirt and bodice For plain
cloths there are galloons stamped out of I'M
dressed leather, and very much enriched with
bead and metal embroidery
NArTY LITTLE JACKETS are the complement of
most of the simple mountain and seaside cos
tunes already in preparation for the forth
coming vacation season, apd general effect of
homogeneity is afforded to these suits by form
ing the jacket of the same color. though not
necessarily of the same fabric as the skirts The
most stylish of these have very elegant fancy
Cows FOR YACHTING, beach wear, and so on,
now take the generic name Of water dresses ~
and are made up of fne light cloth or flannel
with round waist with shirred crossing fronts
full skirt, deeply gagged on to the waist and
bordered at foot with deep bias band piped
with contrasting color. The same color ap-
pears in the habit shirt that fills in the little
at the neck.
In DREssY EVENING TOILETS young ladies are
wearing ribbon bandeaux in their hair, with a
number of high loops of the same at the top of
the couture. upheld by invisible wires to Keen
them In position Silver flets are also worn
when the Grecian style of dress is chosen
These bands, however, are becoming only to
women with abundant tresses aud features
that are decidedly classic.
SILK GLOVES exquisitely embroidered in
silks Of the same shade as the glove have me-
dunn long Jersey wrists. which cling closely to
the arm and lit perfectly. These come in all
the rich street shades, and in most of the beau
tful artistic tints noted in kid gloves for even
Ing wear. These gloves grow more popular
each summer season, and for shopping and
general wear with handsome costumes are
chosen in lieu of any other glove by large
class Of women.
ALL SHADES OF CLOTH are reproduced in
kid gloves for spring wear. The most popular
of these are the golden browns, orange and
lovely gray shades, which now rival the tan
| colors in favor. Among the gray tints are
shown silver antique, shade but few degrees
removed from black spring sky, a dull leaden
color rejecting silver lights; Russian gray, a
mouse shade; acier, or steel color; nuns gray
a lovely pale, soft dye, and many exquisite and
ladylike pearl colors