Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-20
THE LATEST FASHIONS.
Styles for House and Outdoor Wear in
Midsummer.


DourIr CASHMERE is again coming into favor
as a dress fabric.
BAIL FnrSsE appears as q garniture upon
many of the light summer gowns.
CaESnLE EsrBRorpERIEs are used ~ q border
on dresses made Of cotton Grape.
SANDAL SHOES are worn with empire and
directoire gowns on the other side.
Turkish AND ORIENTAL DESIGNS are the
correct thing in embroideries just now.
TaR STRIPED ROMAN SHAwIs worn rs theater
wraps last winter are now worn ms sashes.
HANDSOME CORDS with tassels are used on the
sticks OF many new parasols in place Of ribbon
bows.
FoR DREssY ArrERSooS, ball and evening tot
lets the stockings must match the gown in
color.
PIECE LACE in Sral designs has gone out of
fashions geometric patterns have taken their
place.
DINNER Gowns for midsummer are made
with short skirts that escape the fdAr or with
narrow falling dem-trains.
SOME OF THE DAISTfEsr PARAsoLs Of net and
tulle are fringed all around with the petals OF
roses, peoples, lilies, or ferns.
PRETTY HEADING FOR FLouSoEs OF LACE
or OF the dress fabric is a ruche made OF little
butterfly bows which nearly meet.
The SIMPLEST, most quiet and transformations
models should be selected for mourning outfits
and no ornaments Of any sort should be worn
COMBINATION ToILErs of milk white India
muslin, exquisitely embroidered, and plain
white crepe de chine appear among the lovely
gowns OF the season.
LEaHoRS FLATS are more liked for children
than ever, especially for dressy occasions. They
are usually trimmed with roset.es OF ribbon and
fioating ends or with half garlands Of fine white
flowers.
NOVELTY IN CoRsAGE decoration is to make
small shirred band Of silk or of the dress
material to connect the puff at the top Of the
sleeve with the collar, thus covering the seam
on the shoulder
EMPIRE GREEN is likely to continue in popu-
iarity for some time, as il harmonizes perfectly
with many tints of pink, red, cream and even
gray. IL Is also effectiyesss q background to
gold, silver and colored embroideries.
VERY PRETTY SKIRTS for evening dresses suit
able for the country and seaside are composed
OF broad bands Of tulle or net run in vertical
tucks, through which black velvet ribbon is
run, divided by Ealenciennes insertions.
NEwSuMMER DRIvINo CLoAKs are made with
very large sleeves, recalling the fashion OF our
grandmothers' days. Light taffeta silk is
usually employed for these cloaks, with trim
mings of oriental or metallic embroideries.
An IDEAL SUMNER BALL GowN is made of
golden-green crepe de chine, gsrnitured with
pale-pink roses and leaves with a misty drapery
above OF faintest amber-brown silk tulle falling
over the creamy petals and sprays of foliage.
THERE Is A REVIVAL Of the softest lawn. silk
batiste, or transparent India muslin hung over
dominant color or delicately suggestive one.
with ribbon trimmings on bodice, and skirt
matching the shade OF the low underwaist and
underskirt.
For FETEs AND GARDEN PARTIES pompadour
muslins are exceedingly popular with young
girls, lowered over with pink roses and tender
green foliage. Lace berthas, with tapping leg
horn hats ornamented with roses and leaves,
accompany these gowns.
The ALL-KNITTED or stockinet suits, both for
ladies and children, are liked for all outdoor
exercises, and they are certainly most COM
Portable if not quite so individual as the fan
mel, tennis cloth or serge suits made according
to the fancy Of the wearer.
ANTIQUE SLEEVES and Marie Antoinette
fichus are added to many Of the tea gowns and
evening toilets Of crepe de chine, China Grape
and China silk, with unique and picturesque
effect. The sleeves are usually of lace match
ing that forming the fichu.
YOURSELVES DE LAME are quite as much
worn this season as foulards and surahs and
they generally copy these silk gowns in style,
with long Grecian draperies, fancy bodices.
and artistic sleeves and collars. Lace and rib
bon decorations are also used.
LITTLE ALsATIAN CAPS and Greek and prin-
cesse toques for summer evening wear are
made Of crepe lisse, China Grape, lace tulle.
net and India silk muslin. Peachblow. tea
rose, anemone pink, rose, white, strawberry
and reseda are among the tints.
TEA Gowns in new fashion, after the style OF
the Egyptian ''abaya," are made Of open-work
Hindu cloth, with embroidered yokes and
sleeves long and flowing. They are open down
the front over soft India silk petticoats and are
held in lightly at the waist with girdles of silk
cord.
LOVERS OF FINE EMBRorDERrEs will appreciate
the new Richelieu embroideries on ecru or
biscuit-colored batiste. These are intended for
summer dresses, and are wrought in open
wheel and star designs all over the breadths.
each sewage being done in deep yandyke
points for trimming.
A NOVEL TENNIS BLOUSE is made OF a very
peculiar shade of terra Gotta embroidered in
black silk, with black velvet collar and girdle.
Another model is of ripe cherry wool crepe.
with cuffs and collar Of biscuit-colored silk
brier-stitched with red. There is a sailor tie of
the silk to match, and q cap Of red silk, banded
with pale gold galloon.
BoSNErs FOR MIpsUx,6xR are small tooues of
colored tulle, sometimes shirred on gilded
wires, trimmed with pompon Of flowers in
front, and trailing sprays Of foliage encircling
the edge like a wreath. Others are made en-
tirely Of flowers arranged on a silk-covered
wire frame (Which is not yisibls), and often SO
sparsely set that the hair is seen.