Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18
VANITY FAIR.
The Latest Devices for the Adornmeni
OF Lovely Woman.

HAn-PrSs and tiny side-combs decorated
with pearls and diamonds are worn with GER
tain styles Of couture.
PALE ApPLK-GREES and softest primrose vel
low 10 favorite combination in charming
dresses for the coming season.
NOVELTIES IN CoLoRs and trimmings will be
dark greens in broche patterns and bright
beiges Of the same description with borderings
OF blue-gray shade Of green silk.
BLACK Is AGAIN q leading color for dresses.
hats, bonnets, and wraps.
HE NEW gown STUFF, vELourINE, has q silk
back and stripes of short pile velvet over the
right side.
THE GRACEFUL little Moorish Jackets with
Fedora fronts of China silk, are once again
popular, and are marked feature of many chic
| summer gowns.
LADIES SHIRTS Of striped linen or pale silk.
for wear with directoire coats. appear in the
SHOPS In almost distressing profusion.
WHITE PETTIcoArs are no longer worn in the
| street, black satin is more used than any other
material for the colored ones, though light ones
| Of shot silk. with three or four pinked-ou
hounces, are shown for summer wear Some
OF them are far more elaborate than the dress
| skirt.
For SUMNER EVENING DRESS considerable
| use is being made of a new and beautiful tex
tile called Neapolitan gauze; this in willow
green, primrose, cameo, salmon, buttercup,
strawberry and old rose. These are figured in
various ways.
| SLIPPERS OF UNDREssED KID, in shades of tan
and gray, in gracefully arched shapes and
medium high heels, are very stylish and dressy
accomplishments to a demi-dress toilet; how.
| ever they have not superseded the bronze OF
black kid sandals in popularity.
| KIND OF TERRA Cora OR PrSKIsH BEIGE
is fashionable color. This shade in armure
silk IL particularly well adapted to be trimmed
with kind Of silk guipure embroidery.
! LIGHT OPEN-WoRK STRAW, rushes, and
Neapolitan braid is used for summer bonnets
and hats and finely-plaited horse-hair is used
In trellis effects, for capotes, toques and bon.
nets.
| BEAUTIFUL WHITE FLOWER BoNNETs are dis.
played, intertwined with fine green phantom
foliage. Yellow is very popular also in MILL.
merry, mixed with black, moss-green or darl
| olive.
DIAMOND NECKLACE worn between two lie,
ones is now said to be strict half-mourning.
The SERvIcEABLE JERSEY is still worn, though
mainly in black. Where colors are desired the
pretty silk blouses are used.
ONE OF THE NEWEST STUFrs for panels, bands
and 80 on is fine cord-checked white silk worked
all over in outline stitch with the quaint figures
| OF Queen Anne embroidery
| A SERvICEABLE UNpERpREss for a black lace
gown is of the striped or plaid washing silk
which is firm enough to need lining neither in
| skirt nor waist
NEW FINISH for sashes of silk or ribbon il
two bands Of jet openwork across the ends
with handsome jet fringe falling from the
lower one.
| 4 COMMENCEMENT Gowns may be either cream
ecru, dull blue, soft pink, clear green or deli
cate cloud-gray, but nothing can approach, il
good taste or good form, clear sheer white
simply made and thoroughly well worn. What
| ever the gown. the shoes should be low-cut, O,
soft kid, either black or russell, and the Ions
gloves OF undressed kid, matching the chas
| sure.
THICK Wells may be worn in the morning
either when walking or shopping, but on al
other occasions the correct thing is the sheer.
est dotted net coming just below the chin.
AN IMPROVEMENT upon the new baggy sleeve
is to shirr it just below the armhole and SCI
velvet or galloon under the shirring, with
another row just above the cuff.
FINE WHITE Wool FRocKs, braided all ovei
with white silk, have a simple appearance, Blu,
| they are an expensive luxury.
ARGENT IMPORTED HAT sported two birds
| three butterflies, two yards of ribbon, four OF
lace, and at least a dozen of silver cords in
| rows, rings and rosettes