Evening star., 1895-02-02

tlon to a representative of The Star, and
her wide collar of cream crepe silk came
high enough to touch the Bath bun knob
of her hair on her patrician head. making
her look Comically dignified, and on a less
charming girl would have been almost
ugly.
Candor compeIs a disinterested person
to confess that the late fad in collars IS
not pretty. 1t was the Princess of Wales
who set the pace with it. For years and
years she wore the dog collar" of black
velvet. which bade fair to strangle woman
kind before it died out little, and now
comes the crush collar. and the collar cf
Jewels, worn first by the princess. At the
same time court etiquette requires that
her shoulders show. The result as seen
over here is appalling, 1t is now the thing
to let your gown slip just far off your
shoulders as you dare, but you must muftie
up your throat.
Popularity of Neck Bands.
At some of the recent receptions in otfi-
cIal life the bands of red velvet twisted
about fair necks would have suggested in
Vulnerable sore throats and kerosene and
flannel. if il had not been that the velvet
was sewn with precious stones. 1t is not
pretty fashion, and Ii will soon go out,
for all but the dowagerS with double chinS
ana the wrinkle about the neck thlt comes
one for every ten years of ones age after
twenty-five. If the neck is fit to be barred
at all. it needs no banding of jewels or
harness of velvet to enhance its beauty.
These is something inconSruouS about a
toilet where the shoulders are barred and
the throat has yard of dry goods tied
about il. The debutante SenSbly refuses
to adopt the muffier but wears instead u
slender, thread-like gold chain, with a
dainty pendant, such a panSy with a
diamond heart, or a ruby heart with a
golden arrow piercing it. Another pretty
pendant is a cluster of forget-ine-notS in
blue enamel or dead gold set with tur-
cUoises, to represent the lovers flower. |
AS a gage d'amour these forget-me-nots are |
quite the favorites, and come in lockets, |
pendants, rings and pins.
Rhincstones and silver.
Just now there is perfect craze for |
rhinestone ornaments. The tops of side |
combs are set with them, and the knot al |
the top of beautys head has a dagger |
with hilt incrusted with them. From |
there down to the tee of the pointed slip |
per every buckle and pin. in sight and |
out. is set with the imitation diamond. |
Even the hook on the bit of a satin girdle. |
called by courtesy corset, has gem set |
or its top. and the silk stockings that ac- |
company elaborate tea gowns have rare |
lace Insertion set in the instep and this |
lace is spangled with jewels, They are |
'only imitation" but they cost lot.
Silver grows in favor in my lady'S esti-
nation, as we'll as in Congress. In fact,
IL looks as though the women might be |
able to solve the question of utilizing the
silver output of the world, if they are only
stimulated little. The woman who van
not afford to carry around three or four
pounds Of silver is not doing her duty. 1t
enters into her hairpins. buckles, card
case, pocket book, lorgnette. opera glasses,
the dangling chains and bon bon boxes |
umbrella handles, bag and bundle mark
ers-in fact, there is scarcely article of |
attire INTO which woman does not intro
duce some silver. IL isn't an extravagant |
idea, either. Silver never wears out and
never goes entirely out of fashion, and
gathers beauty and value with age If it's
workmanship is of a high order. Mrs.
Cleveland has given new impetus to the
scent bottle fever. She carries with her
at all her receptions the silver and crystal
scent bottle that was given her in Phila- |
delphla when she went to christen the big
warshfp; il is set with beautiful diamond |
of pureSt water. and is a thing of beauty |
Now il is quite the thing to carry one of |
the tiny bottles showed up the palm of the
glove.
Violet Craze.
"Voylets," as the vendors term them, are
fairly making the air purple from reflect
Ing the Napoleonic favorite. Sweet vio-
let's are as omnipresent as rhinestones
Whole bonnetS are made of the French
confectionS by sewing the single flowers
thickly over a shape. and a bride of sin
gly twisted violets passes under the chin.
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affixed over each temple to slender band
of velvet much after the fashion in which
the wife of the Chinese minister wears her |
curious collection of artificials and the
back of the frivol is fastened by a big bow |
of ribbon. The bow Is not quite as big as
a Gainesborough hat, but as it comes ex- |
actly in the range of vision of the one just |
ehtnd this bow might just as well be a |
for it shuts Off the stage effect |
ually. Another use of the violet is to |
fasten punches of them close together
as possible ribbon, and wear them |
about the neck, with both high and de-
collete corsages. At the diplomatic recep-
ton at the White House one of the guests
wore a black velvet frock, with the low |
rorsdge outlined with rope of violets |
and another edged the foot of the short |
skirt Another wore q white satin, and the
seams were outlined from waist to hem
With a double row OF violets. If you would
be quite swell you must display somewhere
about you a bunch of violets-and they !
need not always be fresh onesI In other ,
words. artificial viOlets at 10 cents for six
lOzen are considerably cheaper than 6D .
rents for one dozen of frail earth grown /
DncS, and the fad will soon