Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-13

silk if it wants to, and a white-hairel old
lady in eminence purple is simply superb,
but the accessories must be in touch ami
| tone with each other. Gray hair is Sc
pretty L can't comprehend why women
wash to color or bleach il. Nature has
wisely PROVIDED that the HAIR ana COM
pIeAlon snouiu match, anu as the years go
ny, changing the TISSUES OF the Douy, the
haIr aiso Changes It's color. The golden .iAlr
OF cnIIunood rarely retains its yeIIow sheen
AFTER the urst youth, ana, IL you VIII no.
ice, the woman whose yellow LOCKS are
naturally hers after thirty you VIII ina
that theJ belong 10 tnat freak of nature
the AIDIno, ana are never attractive. Hon
est OLD age may clotne Itself IN any oil tne
darker colors, and the richer the 1aprIc the
better. Velvet is particularly becoming
and me. sort laces, both black and white,
cut jet and a little touch OF silver or cut
steel may be worn by old lady, but no
gold embroideries; they belong to youth.
II the brightness of the eye is retained al
most any of the finer gems may be worn,
but II the eyes are dim watery the wise
OLD lady Will avoid the contrast, and lock
ner jewels up in their casket or give them
TO her granddaughter. On her own person
they will simply draw attention to the fact
that her face is wrinkled and her eyes
lusterless. l saw a handsomely gowned old
lady at a O'Clock tea recently She was
dressed in velvet, shade of blue so dark
as to appear black by gaslight. White
thread lace gathered into a wide veil
vet band around the neck and then cascad-
ed in two rows down the front to round
off in pannier style; at the foot of the dress
the rare old lace was caught in graceful
testoons over knife plating of dark blue
peau de sole. Her soft white hair was
waved in front and twisted high in the
back. This dear old iady's face was seam
ed with fine wrinkles. but her CHEEKY laugh
and flashing dark eyes We're young as
her granddaughter's. and that young lady
was very proud OF the presence of her
grandmother at her comng-out tea.
For the Thcater.
Women are paying more attention to
dressing for the theater this season than
they have before in years. Evening Stress
and unbonneted heads are the rule for the
boxes, but decollete corsages are scarcely
the proper thing for the body of the house.
so bright colors and charming styles must
take their place. The English custom OBJ
tains here of wearing evening bodices with
dark skirts, a fashion that has much to
recommend Ii. These evening waists can
be manufactured quite ineXpensively, and
the return in ones feeling of being hand
someiy and appropriately gowned is CORES
pondiuSly large. There are many soft ana
delicately shaded silks sold as low as
twenty-nine cents yard. 1t will take about
SIX yards to make such a waist as this
ana SIX or seven yards of lace insertion
which may be purchased at any price from
ten cents up. Light silk is prettiest when
trimmed with black lace. and dark colors
look very stylish when outlined and edged
with cream or white lace. The cotton ere
pons which sell at fifteen cents a yard make
very pretty evening waists, and when trim
med with quantities of lace and ribbon dis
count many of the richer fabrics. ANY silk
or wool dress skirt that is not absolutely
passe will do to wear with these theater
waists, provided, of course. there is not too
great contrast in colOrs. Hats should
never be worn with these bodices. Only
very small toques or bonnets are perfniss-
ible. The prettiest head garniture for the
opera is a twist of velvet that harmonizes
with the dress. with bow in front, lying
straight across in Alsatlan style, or stand