Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28


feet she wears dainty suede slippers and
hosiery Of silk or Isle thread: she has a
tabot of lace caught with few pretty
stick-pins. or a Marie Antoinette fichu of
softly gathered, lace-edged crepe de chine
to relieve the somber tone of her gown.
OF course these dainty belongings are
Somewhat expensive. but they last for a
long time with care. and the weli-dressed
woman is always careful. no matter what
the extent or variety of her wardrobe is
She doesn't wear the scede slippers and
the sflken hosiery when she goes shop
pins,r because it Is SO much less trouble to
put them on; or perhaps they are already
on and she hasn't time to change; she keeps
them for the house; SO they do not soon
wear out. Her plastrons and pretty fancy
vests of silk and lace are also kept to
brighten up dull toilets at home. and a
simple. trim little cotton gown worn when
she runs down town" on some trifing
errand.
Delicate Hnndkerchiefs.
She has limited supply of delicate little
handkerchief silk null or sheer white
hnen-but she found them at a bargain
couaters and does not use them to bind up
her wounded finger when she jabs it with
a needle or scratches it with a pin. She
fully realizes that those fascinating but
senseless bits of embroidery were meant
10 tuck in her belt, or be slipped under
the edge of her bodice, and she keeps them
for such purposes.
She freshens up old toilets with new de-
vices-Watteau bows, pulled sleeves, Shout
der frills, stock collars, &c.-and il is
through her care and ingenuity, and not
through vast supplies of wealth, that she
Is well dressed.
Simplicity.
simplicity is always indicative of perfect
taste. A beautiful gown" need not be
covered with 1ace-cdged ruffies or trimmed
with ribbon until the beholder wonders what
store you have bought out. Oh, MOI far
from IL. Let me tell you of what a really
beautiful dress consists: First of all let it
be Immediately dainty that is the primary
requisite; then it must lit we'll. be character
fStic of its wearer and suited to the time
and occasion of wearing. Any dress which
conforms to these rules is beautiful, whether
IT be Bingham or satin.
What to Get.
So. little woman. if you happen to be in
what is termed moderate circumstances, F"
Instead of using your last penny in a vain
endeavor to keep up with the fashion, just
take little of your pin money and get an
India iinon, a pretty swivel silk gingham or
b dainty lawn-there are hosts of lovely,
inexpensive things to choose from then
make IL IN some simple, artiStfc style, with
bodice trimmings of lace or embroidery, and
ter.
Here. too, is something to think about:
II you happen, unfortunately, to be one of
those young people who hunger and thirst
for masculine admiration and attention let
me tell you how to gain them, and, what Is
better. to keep them-just be gentle, ex-
QCfsitely neat, and above all, sensible; give
an occasional rub to your wits by reading
some good current literature" so that you
can talk of something besides the weather
and yourself, and you will have plenty of
friends among the sterner sex. Don't try
TO be second edition of some adored
brother. and affect slang and semi-mascu-
line attire. OF course your men friends will
laugh and think IL funny-you would be
amused yourself IL you could see as you
are seen. With your outside friends be ex-
nct1y what the home folks know you to be
sweet, bright-tempered, helpful little
woman No man worth marrying has ever
vet been attracted by elaborate clothes. OF
Course, he likes pretty, dainty gowns, and
you will have to have them before you can
get the man, but they admire them as one
admires a frame about a picture. If the
girl herself be not just right no amount of
lace rufiiing or satin ribbon will ensnare
him.
How to BE Stylish.
So much for the opening lecture. Now we
Gan so over that always interesting sub
ject of how TO make ones self stylish. You
know in getting up these fashions it is al
ways taken for granted that you have a
pretty straight figure shoulders well back,
head thrown slightly up, knees Perfectly
Straight and toes turned out. No fashion
has ever yet been designed or invented
which would conceal those physical defects,
md. what makes it still worse, Is that such
deformities are the result of pure careless
EeSS.
One cannot help their face from being
badly featured, or their hair from being
what you wish it to be. and the closer to
perfect beauty you can bring 1t the happier
YOU will be.
II nature has not been kind In her dstri-
button of physical charms U am speaking
Just now of too siender throats, too promi-
nent collar bones and shoulder blades, and
Sf acute angles where dimples are popularity
supposed to beautify the arms). don't in
iuIge in even moderately low-necked or
pleeveless bodices. A fluff of tulle or lace is
over so much prettier than an insufficientiy
concealed anatomical structure.
The Bodice should Fit.
Always insist upon a perfectly fitted
bodice. Never permit a wrinkle about the
waist line or across the bust; neither let it
be SO tight that people are kept in a state
of suspense as to whether the seams are
going to burst or you are going to strange.
Have what is known as an easy mt. then
have every seam about the waist boned.
That will effectually prevent gathers where
gathers should not be. And be sure to have
the armholes large enc ugh. There is moth
ing more destructive of all grace than a
bodice which draws" across the bust. Be
sure that your skirt measures the same
length behind that it does in front, and
hare it even all the way round They may
fare at the bottom or cling to the figure,
Just as the wearer may find most Decom-
ing.
Some entirely new and altogether fasci-
netting designs for cSpes have recently been
brought over by the importers. one OF the
ircttieSt Is shown in the first sketch. The
original model was made of chanGeable
silk. the mos. delicious shades of rose and
white. and trimmed with Venetian guipure.
Ihs pattern Is very simple, being merely
an arrangement of three Tuffies, one gath
cred close about the neck, the other two
attached To yoke. Each rutlie of this
dainty thing was liked with silver snot
taffets. The principal decorations, however.
were the ribbons. First of all there was an
Of ,..l,Its trnnira a