Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-03

with heavybutton hole stitch in ivory silk.
and the design executed in ivory silk and gold
thread, with brown stems. little intermixture
| OF old rose and very delicate foliage. This
dress was made by Worth and cost $3.50.
Ladies who have visited the large shops of
| London, Paris and New York during the past
year will remember having been tempted by
lovely little squares OF white silk lisse or mus
| lin. very daintily embroidered in soft colors
| and minute floral patterns. Many were tempted
| to buy who afterward could think Of no use to
| which these fragile bits of worked gauze could
be put, unless it we're as lamp shades. But
clever modistes have found employment for
| them upon summer evening dresses of soft silk
and ivory muslin by twisting them up into
| short sleeves and bodice draperies, by making
little drawn bags Of them for the handkerchief
or giving directoire touch with just the half
of the little square. Several pretty gowns re-
ceived a touch in this way which impaired
| character to their otherwise somewhat vague
prettiness-
WHAT THE GIRLS WEAR.
The girls as usual wear great deal of white,
not the old chalky, Opaque white, but soft
tint In silk, wool or batiste, which is infinitely
more becoming and renders them, one would
| say, dangerous, if young men nowadays were
alive to any attractions but their own Still
the girls manage to enjoy life. much of their
time being spent in that attention to their
mammas which 1t was formerly the province of
husband or son to bestow, but which now APP
pears to devolve largely upon grown daugh-
tiers.
Saratoga seems to be prominently place
Tor mlddle-aged women who have preserved
through lifetime the helplessness of child
hood They take their walks and waters duti-
FULLY, accept their orders from a tall daughter
whom they admire immensely. but of whom
they are little afraid, and dare not get an ar
ticle of dress unless she approves.
clara, remarked one, soto voce, the other
afternoon, cycling wistfully lace Connemara
that had Just returned from a drive, CLARA,
should like a cloak like that" ''No, you
wouldn't. ma" returned the young lady conf
IDENTITY. You wouldn't wear it if you had it. ~
''les would, Clara" returned the previously
passive lady. "At any rate, she continued per-
haps emboidened by Saratoga air and spring
water, Il should like to try it," .'Why, maj
exclaimed her daughter, aghast at this I'M
wonted expression of Independent opinion.
Eyes, Clara" said her mother land think I'll
go down this afternoon and see if can find one.
well, inever! exclaimed the daughter, sitting
back In her chair, with an expression of dis
may. This little incident may serve as q warn
ing to daughters who do not wish their reign
to be disturbed not to bring their mammas to
Saratoga.
THE MANY-sIDED GIRL.
But after all it must be admitted that it is
the charming, many-sided girl who imparts,
next to the wine-like air, its chief attraction to
Saratoga. She is always here in numbers, in
the wake of equity papas, if not in attendance
on short-sighted and helpless mammas. She is
bright, pretty, graceful, and always we'll
dressed. "Oh, 1 do hope we have got rid for
ever of those horrid bustles," she SAYS, as she
shakes out her straight, slim skirts. Yet, if
they should come back, stiff as q ramrod and
large as the tun at Heidleburg, she would mount
them without an instant's delay or hesitation.
But would she be as charming if she were
more consistent or always sensible? Possibly
not. confess myself willing to take her just
as she is-even to yield obedience to her
caprices. One thing she has done for me; she
has discarded the dreadful tan-colored shoes.
Except on children and for lawn tennis they are
not seen at Saratoga. For that, one must be
thankful. JENNIE JUNE.