Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20

las but to sit. pen primed and pencil sharp
ened at her window in Newport. when the
green is at it's freshest and fullest along
the avenue. and let the mode come to her.
from New York. from Paris and a little
later from London. with the seasons stamp
upon them all. She shall await her willing
quarry 10y the cliff walk OF cool forenoons
when the surf dashes dazzlingly white on
the rocks to the eastward of the shore or
on the te, mis- grounds at the Casino, or
where the golf ball flies merrily upward
when the blow falls with a thud that is
neither dull nor sickenng.
And she shall see:
/ think there is as much to interest her
in the summer millinery as in anything.
The substantial tulle trimming of the
spring is giving way to or developing into
the use of the so-called transparent eff
fects- Where the yelling had once some
substance il has become the f1lmiest gauZe
Malines tulle, horse hair lace or other f1lmy
stuff instinct with color not yet concealing
what it covers The favorfte color for
N orniDg walks or lawn use-for general all
round purposes. 1 should say-is green.
One can DO no better than a hat in leaf
green braid with teef-eater crown about
two incnes high. a fairly wide brim and
fedeckments of lustrous green gauze with
huge plumeS.
Yet # one is to have many hats. for
piazza wear or later summer use when the
heat has grown, some of them will be
white, black or straw color, both in sub
stance ard in trimming AS the leaders in
fashion strive rather to have many hats
appropriate to many occasions than to
sGuander much money on any one. 1t is
made easier for the women Of moderate
means to have general purpose hat or
two as good as any ones.
We might Gull examples from the gar
den of gay headgear In the waking New
port We sfall find ali the French designs
tpl briu1mei a
ish specimen. bread of brm. black in color,
piled high with plumes, held down by a
dotted veil and decked with a bunch of
tiny red roses, lead the way There are
prettier shapes TO follow.
Such. for instance, as French design.
cornflower blue straw, trimmed with a
of sheer leaf-green tulle. at the left en-
bracing bunch Of lilies of the valley; at
the back cache-peigne of more tulle and
lilies
whose quilted brim is adorned on the side
with yellow peoples and lilies of the valley,
whose odd, tam-shaped low crown is sur
mounted by two peacock blue wings clasp
Ell with a Jet ornament behind which peer
high bows of green and blue gauZe.
Or a bonnet made all of nightshade
tlooms. white. pink and velvet. with light
foliage and bows of cream Valenciennes,
one of which on the left rises above its
fellows. proud in its eminence.
Simpler and not less pretty Is a shade
of daisies the brim. two big peoples in
front and spray of narcissus behind; or
a toqLe of plated red straw. of a grenadier
shape. with red satin bow, a rhinestone
buckle and a few daisies.
Another simple shade hat Is In black
straw trimmed with red and purple pop
pies. a Hack paradise aigrette and muslin
in pale blue, cream and water green.
These paradise aigrettes. by the way.
are sparingly employed in Paris millinery.
Similar effects in curved feathers are dis
played on London hats in frightful pro-
fusion. Take wide straw hat. nearly
fiat of brim, and let two huge plumes
curve outward either side. scimitar
fashion, and droop like weeping willow
boughs below the ears, and you have a
hat less beautiful than grotesque.
1t is the custom to, rail at the follies OF
fashion. but into all her foliies women will
no longer be lured. else the simple gown Of
skirt, blouse and coat would be less COM
mon These combinations made In
every kind of material now. and in linen.
canvas sacking are cool and summary.
The sacking gowns are very pretty when
made up in green or blue and trimmed
with white braid. The all-white outing
gown is perhaps tie prettiest Of all. but is
hardly to be recommended to the woman of
limited means, as it Is too liable to stains
and accidents. Some of the prettiest out
ing gowns 1 have seen have been made of
mixed wool goods in cream tints generally.
but with blotches of red showing at inter-
walls This is peculiarly adapted to bru-
There is a wilderness to choose from of
thin. summary materials. like organizes
with lace trimmings, mulls, batistes and
linens. The batistes are usually embroid-
cred. AS for the grass linens, pride goeth
before a fall: their universal use today
threatens dsuse soon. Still. they cannot
help lasting through the summer, with all
their popularity of today.
Somehow. when woman has swathed
herself in thin grass linen, through which
CLEANS the silken lining, and has muffied
her hat In even more flimsy gauze. she
looks like statue IN a deserted house in
summer. wrapped in netting to keep the
flies off.
The woman who wears "dickey." a
high starched collar and mans tie is still
in evidence, but she is beginning to wilt in
the summer heat and to wonder II such
ardor is worthy of celestial minds. This
year is very dangerous for the woman with
dickey. The sudden popularity Of ex-
tremely thin and soft material is bowling
her out. And may she be unregretted!
For If the object of clothing be comfort
apd beauty, the name of star is anath-
edna.
Yet I have seen bicycle costumes made
quite in the starchy way-not many, to be