Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-02

herself is as fresh and blooming as ever
ore 50. indeed. for she has been giving
more attention to physical culture and de-
yelopment than ever before.
1t was funny to see shirt waists and straw
hats when one carried an umbrella every
day in preparation for the expected April
shower. A great many of the waists worn
during the hot week have been speaking
of were those left over from last summer.
Among the new ones. those Persian waists
seemed to be the favorites. Nearly all the
new waists are made with removable white
collars. hence the other waists are cheaper.
1t is quite correct to wear a ribbon around
the neck in place of the white collar, but
there is nothing to replace the cuffs, unless
one ties narrow ribbons around the wrist
band. which. by the way. is almost elbow
band. owing to the shortness OF the sleeve.
An inch ribbon tied in fetching little bow
at the back of the arm is rather effective,
and comedies with the general tendency to
make shirt waists more elaborate.
Some very dainty waists are shown made
of white dotted Swiss over green silk and
trimmed with butter lace.
In regard to waists in general, l have
noticed that II stripes bands of lace in
sertion are used as trimming, the stripes are
made to run up and down ordinary
garment, and round and round for an elab-
crate evening dress.
Sleeves of thin materials are very eIab-
OTdIely trimmed Zlg-Zag trimming on the
Puffs is a great favorite. An embroidered
ecru net gown was furnished with sleeves
that almost lost their identity in the mass
OF Hounces and puffs that composed them.
Another popularity about this gown was
the trimming of the skirt. Flounces, ac-
cordeon pleated, were made to curve down
in front and up in the back. and they COW
cred the entire length of the skirt.
Use of Trimming.
1t Is hardly possible to make skirts of thin
rfaTs-
out using some trimming. Ribbon and lace
in alternate diagonal strips of eight or ten
inches are set on around the bottom of the
skirt Eandyked iounces of lace are also in
favor
y great many waists are made of a
plain material with figured sleeves and
skirts \ figured organdy has white
Swiss and lace waist with sleeves like the
skirt.
a beautiful dress worn by a beautiful
woman while driving was made of dark
blue SILK with a fine, pale yellow stripe.
The jacket was made coat fashion in the
pack with tabs that were lined with yell
low In front the whole waist was yellow
chifCn. The sleeves were of silk. tight 20
the elDow' with little band OF yellow SIM
ulating a cuff. The beautiful lady wore a
yellow straw hat with pink rosebuds and
yellow gloves, and she was just the style
OF blonde that looks we'll in yellow A dark
SILK like the one described with light trim
mings IS the safest kind of dress to buy
Y one cannot afford many. 1t is cool on
not days, and never looks out of place
on a COOL day. 1t also admits of wearing
a Jacket with it. which is a great adyan-
taSe' for nothing looks so forlorn on
cool summer day a white or light COL
ored dress dangling below a dark Jacket
~ Is interesting to follow the summer
girl about when she Is doing her shopping
ior the coming campaign. There is no diff
ncuIty In spottins her. for the first place
TO which sha rushes is ALWAYS the sbirt
waist counter. There she buys a connie of
checked percale beauties for morning wear
For these she buys a white butterfly tie
gre also purchases at this counter a cou-
PIE or Persian dimity waists, and If sha
can AFFORD 1t she gets one made of grass
linen These admit of either white or
PACK satin butterfly tbs, or any pretty
four-in-handS. f''
Belts and Hats.
she does not buy a narrow gilt belt. she
mas already done that and she is sorry for
IT, she gets a narrow leather one. or
tolerabiy wide spangled belt, or wears the
siA ana SILVER one left over from last
year Spangled belts need not nacass.r-
lily match any tint in the waist. A male
green spangled affair. that reminded one
OF mermaids and seaweed and the like
Iooked very pretty with the blue dotted
grass linen with which it was worn
Next in the route of the summer oir1
comes the millinery department Hare She
Eas already bought the hat she is wear
ing with its holding blossoms and flufsv
tulle, but she wants a hat To uear Of ~
eeacn' and she comes back to her old
irlend, the sailor. The newest sailors have
pei crowns, and they are not the kind thai
SurYs gently In at the middle but they
nave sharp angle between tine miner 81
ioMer sections of the crown. A very fine
straw Is used in hats of this kind. ofter
n nns Lasnion OF the Panama sailors that are
SnH1as their way up from the tropics
some OF the daintiest things thar the fair
stopper puys are the pale pink and bIua
anu green dfmity night dresses and petti
1855 trimmed with lace. The skirts ere
mer dresses. ''-h SUM-
About Parnsols.
The last thing, but far from the least i'm
portant that the summer girl buys is nov