Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-26

room and that they never match ANYTHING else
Won have. Those dreadful bureau covers, for
instance. made Of fimsy gauze, painted and
with crisp rUi1es all around them or course
they are pretty to look At but YOU can spend The
remainder OF you- life sitting up and admiring
them. What else can YOU do with them? You can't
think Of putting such things on the bureau. I'm
less you are going to have another bureau to
use These things are not pretty minute after
they ere The least sOIied and they are soiled the
first minute that YOU look at m Over these
Things hrlf the women you know. yourself in
Guided. are fret.iDg now. Do Won want bigger
lis: Of impOssIbles? You can make a lovely
Ii'fle pink satin business 10 hold telegraph
banks H. They ara convenient so nice TO
give 20 man; goes in his bag. you know There
Is dear Ett!e enamel pencil. like the program
pencils at a ball: and when he has a telegram TO
write in the middle of the night on the cars
there he will have this lovely little convenience
right IN bis bag. and how he will bless bis dear
little Birdie,
USELESS XMAS PRESENTS.
You can paint celluloid soap boxes. too. They
will please him, and when he is far. fa, away
and goes to get his soap and finds you have
taken away that old zinc box he carried 30 long
how surprised he will be. OF course We have
been laughed out Of making impossible tobacco
pouches and things like that. All our presents
are useful There is the dearest little blue
satin thing, only a tiny square that folds up
bow so the stamps won't fall out. How George
Hill Ike that He has always carried his stamps
In "a big sheet in his bank book, but this way he
viii have them all loose and convenient. Oh,
no. they won't spill out because there is the
dear little bow knot and of course when he
takes a stamp out he viii be just a little care
fnL The only thing 10 be really particular
about Is to tie up the box again after you have
got the stamp. and he won't mind that bit.
The third Illustration shows handsome
n, .l,.l.
Tor an afternoon OF visiting dress. II pre-
ferred benSaline could be used instead of the
Cashmere with which the original was made
and velvet instead Of the surah, the velvet
being of shade darker gray than The skirt and
the zouave Of gray or black passementerie.
In the finsl picture one dress was Of gray
bengsline. trimmed with Russian embroidery
corse!et aud wide band edaing. The skirt was
gray velvet, with two rows Of the embroidery
LAID on it; collarette Of crepe, trimmed with
tie braid. The second dress was Of pale blue
velvet, striped with cream. 1t had a corselet of
cream surah and narrow founces Of blue vel
vet round the bottom OF the skirt.
There il no doubt that velvet is the fayorite
material for trimmings. The shot velvets are
lovely, but oh. how expensivei But plain velvet
always looks well and becoming, and this, or at
least such an efficient substitute as the best
Seiveieen, Is within the reach Of all. Velvet
sleeves are much worn, as also are the round
corseiets. which. however are to d certain ex-
tent superseded by the folded stomachers Of
velvet. which suit a slender figure admirably
especially when they are finished with one Of
those lOng--haped buckles. which are being
shown so much now. The fsvorite materials
Tor walking dresses are tweeds, in gray and
heather shades. blue or brown serge and plain
beaver and habit cloths in q number Of pretty
shades.
GRACEFUL TEA GOWNS.
Tea gowns ere extremely gracefui-the long,