Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17
FASHION NOTES.
Some OF the New Things That Are
Talked About.

Some of the New Things That Are
Talked About.
1t Is stated for a fashionable fact that
chiffon and silk muslin have been SUPER
seeded by tulle tor evening gowns. When
our grandmothers were INTRODUCED tho
favored ball gown was tulle looped with
pink rosebuds, ard that is the proper
caper now. Tulle is so frail. though, that
not many will care to spend gray matter
evolving a gown that will look respectable
only half an evening. For bodices it will
be little longer lived, but as it makes
one look bulky despite its diaphanous
appearance 1t is not likely to become very
popular.
However in the world are greedy manu-
facturers going to get around the last
new fabric? 1t is made of some kind of
Siberian mines. There is secret process
by which it is shredded and spun into a
fabric which is said to be fine as silk, and
just as pliable and soft, but that there
is absolutely no wearout to it. 1t gets
soiled, just as muslin would, but is put into
red hos fire instead of a wash tub,
and after 1t gets to a white heat 1t is
plunged into clear cold water and comes
out perfectly clean! AS material enough
for a gown would bankrupt milliouairess
not much objection has been made to its
manufacture as yet. Cloth of glass is an
other lew fabric which never wears out,
But its weight is something dreadful, and
its cost Is SO yard, SO it will not become
popular for while yet, anyhow. A damp
cloth and busting brush is all that a
glass cloth" gown requires to keep it
clean.
A woman's whole time and attention now
is turned to hats and bodices, gloves and
boots. Gloves cost a woman an awful
lot Of morey in the course of a year, for
lady can't endure a ripped or soiled
glove. That economical thing, the "taf-
feta" silk glove. has had quite run this
season. and if one is careful in selecting a
glove that is right small to begin with 1t
really is not bad Then the taffeta glove
has the merit of cheapness, and that
bath of soap and water will cleanse it
| beautifully.
Next to the taffeta glove the pure silk
glove holds the fort. 1t costs more money
and does not wear SO we'll, but even then
| 1t is far cheaper than kid glove, and
1t. too, can be washed times without num-
Der. In kids the glace glove has the call,
! but fer evening wear the coming season
| the undressed glove will be popular as
ever. White or black are the accepted
colors.
In the matter of boots individual taste
| only is consulted. 1t would seem as
| though the craze for the tan shoe had
abated little, at least so far as women
are concerned. Probably because tan
| shoe when once shabby is always shabby.
You can't straighten the heels. paste patch
| the side and varnish them into looking
| ike new as you can the black leather, and
really they are no cooler, though dealers
| will insist that they are.
The white canvas shoe Is popular for a
! white wear, but should never be worn at
| any other time. With white skirts above
| the white shoe does not look SO very large.
| but when it shows beneath dark skirt 1t
enlarges the appearance of the foot alb
normally. The Trilby fad in shoes was
| short lived. Anything more idiotic could
| scarcely be devised, anyhow.
| The pointed toe still causes havoc to
cramped corns. ana probably will for q
season or two longer. Odd. how fashions
| in feet change, isn't 1t? A few years ago
| the Spanish" foot was the rage. 1t
| belonged to all southern climes. and the
| high instep and short foot was thick ard
ungraceful enough. Now women wear
] the life out of the shoe-men trying to
crowd their broad feet into narrow, elon-
gated shoes. One thing is sure, the longer
| foot is more natural and certainly more
"genteeL'