Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30

terions, but alack and
alas! The high military collar. with it's con-
volutions Of gold braid that match the hus-
sar knots down the front of the surtout,
nearly sewers the jugular vein. to say moth
ing of the abrasion Of the cuticle about her
| swan-like neck. In self-defense she had to
remain at hcme two or three fine after
moons last week in company with an in
voice Of lotions. She was feeling like a
whole library OF Foxes Martyrs, when
Rose in bloom came dashing in from tour
among the Christmas shops, and flung into
the lap of the victim of fashions folly the
latest fashion magazine.
whom did you see Rose-in- bloomy' ask
ed Dorothy from the depths Of her white
silk muller. land what did they wear?"
Il saw lots of women. and they wore
sleeves" was Rose-in-bloom's reply as she
began to empty her coat pocket
Dorothy looked surprised. Don't they
usually wear sleeves, little sister,
"M-m. y-e-e-s; 1 suppose they do. but IL
looks to me as though folks had gone clear
! crazy about sleeves" asserted the twelve
year-old, as she Invested herself of her coat
and hat. and shook back her curls. Now.
there was Miss Winter. Why, Dorothy. the
sleeves on her new brown boucle dress stood
out like the wings to the Capitol! The puffs
are of mink, and there was enough in
them to make me a coat. 1 think it's sin
to waste fur that way. She had one of
those horrid grlnning mink things around
her neck, and the head of another peered
down over the brim of her hat in front. /
couldn't help thinking that they were show
ing their teeth at each other. because they
found that Miss Winters nose is the sharp
est Little Miss Marsh is almost lost when
she gets into the sleeves of her new sealskin
coat, and her arms are SO short anyhow.
And, oh. Dorothy. you know that fat
Mrs. Dean. Well, I'm pretty sure she
has had bigger velvet sleeves put in her
velour, for the last time she was here j
could see the top of her bonnet when she
stood sideways, but / couldn't today. 1t
scared me at first. l thought maybe she'd
come of and forgot her head. When / got
your magazine Ms. Gregory was looking at
sleeve styles too. She is going to put black
bengaline sleeves in her broadcloth redin-
cote. and-but. truly. Dorothy. i don't re-
member a thing; / saw but sleeves.
reckon I'll dream about them" and Rose
in-bloom left Dorothy deep in study over
page devoted to sleeves.
sleeves ON Top.
1t is even SO. Every part Of the dress is
now subordinated to the sleeve. The
nodiste makes them first and IL there is
any material left fashions a cape or bre-
telles, and then tells her customer to bring
anything she pleases for the skirt of the
iress. Nobody thinks of glancing below
the waist of gown any how. Some wise
person once said that there is but enc way
to wear a beautiful gown and thrt is to
forget it." He did not live in this end of
the century, however The gowns the
women wear today are more sumptuously
elegant than ever before in the history of
the wcrld and generally speaking are beau
tiful. but forget them-wcl!. that wouldn't
be possible during this period of sleeve in
iation. They occupy too much space in
proportion to the woman for anybody to
forget them.
just row 1t is quite swell for sleeves to
slip clear Off the shoulder and gather in a
pompous fashion around the elbow. Sc~ae-
times In one pun, sometimes in pillows OF
them Often wide ruffle falls from them
over the arm half way to the wrist. For
straight, every day business the lego
mutton has she call. French whispers are
heard to the effect that the plain, sensible
comfortable and economical coat sleeve
will get here in time to be introduced with
Easter bonnets
few women are still spelling the set of
their shoulders by ungracefully hanging TO
the tails of over long street gowns, new
gowns at that The dressmaker who per-
mitted II wGs a bad tactician, or a neo-
phyte in her business, because swell dress
ers taboo trained street gowns. The very
elegant carriage and evening toilet only
show short demi trains that lie on the floor
two three inches. OF course brides cling
to the abnormally long train but generally
speaking, it Is now relega ted to the tea
gown. and that, fetching as 1t is. in its soft
silken frou-frou and lace frills remains
strictly inside the boudoir. There at least a
woman may be as pretty and feminine as
she pleases.