Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-17
How Some Women Dresa.

| Nearly all literary women dress badly. Mrs.
Campbeu-Praed and Mrs. Stannard are two
brilliant exceptions Mrs. Praed wears gowns
Of the most recherche description. In the
evening she affects rich, delicate brocades. Her
gowns are cut in q simple fashion. but they are
| always rather decollete. Mrs. Praed's day
dresses are modest and ladylike in tone Mrs..
Stannard dresses smartly. Her style is a trife
severe. She does not follow all the flights of
fashion Mrs. Stannard is fond of quiet shades
| and In the evening generally gives black the
preference. Anything in the way of hummery
| she detests. Her day dresses are always tailor
nade-well built, without a crease or a wave
anywhere. Mrs. Stannard does not waste
money on clothes. She is not ashamed to ad-
wei on as she is now she did eighty parties in
| two frock3.
Marie Coreli dresses fairly well. Being yery
petite, she goes in for simple dresses. Gigh,
blue and pale pink are colors that become her
| well. She wears both, and sometimes comes
out all in white. Marie has little white hand
with which she is very fond of laying down the
| law. She believes thoroughly in the beauty
| sleep. and nothing on earth would keep her
| out OF bed after IL O'Clock.
| Mrs. Hodgson-Burnett wears dresses that look
too youthful for her. Salmon, pink white. pale
blue and soft yellow are the shades that Mrr.
Burnett favors most.
Literary women have mostly something char
acteristic about their clothes. Some Of them
go in heavily for jewelry, one or two show a
partailty Tor old lace, and one lady is renowned
for wearing loud colors. At private views and
other shows she generally makes Q target OF
| herself.
Mrs. Lynn-Linton always has on black
| gown and a white cap when she is at home.
She wears rich stufis-silk, velvet, brocade and
| the like. In weather like this her outdoor gar
! ment is Of sealskin. Lady Wilde is quite the
grande dame. She dresses in handsome silks
more or less sad in color, and wears long trains
Her hair is dark and luxurious and she ar
ranges it in peculiar fashion under a high
head dress. Lady Wilde has an immense par
| TALLY for jewelry. The most charitably dis
posed person could not say that Miss Braddon
ever wears nice clothes. She likes solid colors
and affects velvet. Her gowns have many fur
bellows about them. She wears large diamond
eardrops Of an evening. Miss Braddon is a
first-rate housekeeper. Gourmets like her din
ners nightly. Ouida dresses absurdly. She
strives after iuvenility always Her hair she
wears in q curly crop bound by q band of blue
ribbon. Mrs. Walford is every inch a dovseer
in her attire. She likes heliotrope, and the
rich, heavy materials she goes in for would
look better in curtains than in dresses. Mrs
Walford is an accomplished woman. She spins.
embroiders and paints beautifully.
Mrs Cashel-Hoey's style is queer, but you
get used to il. She generally has on some
priceless old point lace. A lace shawl that she
wears occasionally must be worth a couple of
hundred pounds il it 10 worth . penny. Mrs
Hoey always wears mourning. In the matter
of millinery she il something like ST. John 9
House nurse. Lady Hardy dresses elegantly
marquise style. Her favorite materials are
brocaded velvet and brocaded silk. She has q
superb necklace Of intaglios that she wears on
swagger occasions.