Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06

II you want to be perfectly swell and look
good enough to eat, have a black velvet
dress. 1t is remarkable what a softening
and refining effect black velvet has upon the
toughest skin, while upon a woman of good
form and faultless complexion IL Is Simply
irresistible. One of the handsomest women
who assisted Mrs. Cleveland to receive on
New Year day was Mrs. Bissell. She is a
woman OF robust proportions and has a.
sweet. wholesome face that makes one sure
that her soul is clean. Her gown that day
was black Lyons velvet trimmed with cut
Jet, and she looked really regal in II. 1 saw
young debutante that same evening who
was also gowned In black velvet, but it
wasn't silk by about two dollars yard
Kate, the black velvet girl, has unbounded
ambition, plenty of time, and mighty little
money to spend in dress. She thought very
hard, however. till she planned a gown
which was the envy of her set-and 1t Is a
way up set, too. She got black velveteen at
dollar yard. and black satin at little
less. The satin she lined with some old silk.
and then. from a quantity of old jetted lace
she selected figures which she basted in
symmetricaI design upon width of the
satin. Then she cut the lace meshes and
turned them under the jet, and buttonholed
all the edges to the satin with black en-
broidery silk. For the back she employed
two widths OF satin. which she treated in
the same way. making an elegant train.
The sides were formed of the velvet The
rornd-necked bodice Of velvet was sIasbed
all round the bottom and a fun nounce OF
az Put II, drOunu the top there was
fun founce of lace, which fell much wider
at the shoulders over big pulled sleeves OF
velvet, which had frill of narrower lace
where they stopped at the elbow In her
BEAUTIFULLY arranged hair she wore a let
spray. Her sister made little green velvet
polero jacket for a cloth street dress and
| applied some of the left over jetted lace
using gold thread to buttonhole stitch II on;
the effect was extremely rich
Men are supposed to be lifted above all
such frivolities of life as attention to the
details of dress, but there are magazines
devoted exclusively to them and they sur
reptltlously study them quite closely In
one or these sartorial art journals whose
pages are designed exclusively for men.
found the following interesting item: 1.-THE
| correct shirt for street or business wear
seems to be of pale delicate pink or blue
| with cuffs attached OF the same material
! With this the high straight front poke ot
| white linen isworn by the initiated who benf
| the points slightly to give ease to the chin >
/ Now. who are the "initiated?'' Is there q
secret society that behind closed doors dis
/ cusSes In executive session the proper ca.
/ per in collars and colors for men I-nor
/ the extra glazed cream laid pages of This
| same journal. which refers to ''mer
| modistes" knights of the needle In
| true alliteratiye fashion, / found the follow
| ing club-footed freak:
| Don't forget to remember
That In fashions latest bake
1 Our plates for bleak December
Are entitled to the cake
| Isn't it simply awful?
This 10 q season of furs. It N to-, waru