Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

through the green Of the horsechestruts
ard the magnificent plane trees, all the
world Is a-wheel, and most of the fem
mine world is enormously f1eshy. The fem
mime world shows its flesh to great disai.
vantage in "kinckerbookers" or even in
"culottes," the usual French variants uponi
the bloomera model. The 2.kinekerbookers'
system is tires cavalier.r Short tight
breeches ,fasten above the knee with a
straight band, over which the long golf
stockings turn down. A young girl who
was riding on the Avenue de 1-opera this
morning. as nonchalantly as If 1t were not a.
babel OF sEapping whips and screaming
drivers, rearing horses and top-heavy
buses, was in kinckerboosers of q light
grayish blue, with not an inch of fullEess
to spare. Long pocket welts of white cloth
bordered with black silk ran down the
hlpS on either side. Her stockings were
checkerboards of black and light blue, and
her close-f1tting bodice, of the same ma
terial as her kinckerbookers, had a white
vest with black silk finishings under
bciero edged with a broad. triple band OF
black, white and black Black and white
cuffs and collar and a blue straw hat trim
med with white quilts dipped in black at
the top, gave the last touches to a costume
sufnciently striking when worn, as this
was, by a slim, straight, handsome girl,
but more outre than agreeable when but
slightly masking 800 to $50 pounds of quite
too solid flesh. Three heavy women IN
tt cir bicycles side by side in the Bots. make
one feel as II the fat women of a dime
show had got out Of their cages and were
fleeing across the border.
Akin to Bloomers. a.
"Culottes" differ not at all from bloom
ers as worn In America. They are longer
or shorter, fuller or less full as fancy die
tates, but are usually Of neutral colors re-
lieved by bright belt or gay ribbon, and
are coupled with blouse and jacket, u
fiat hat and high, dark stockings. BY one
of those little ironies of fate from which
French taste has been supposed to offer
some considerable protection, the fieshiest
women seem driven by Nemesis into knick-
erbockers, while the middle-sized women
wear culottes, and the smallest women,
about the only ones who weaG skirts, which
are not yet very usual In this part of the
world. The same fatality mikes the
knickerbockers the loudest id color and the
bicyclette suits worn; SO RIat While the
most suitable and becominE costumes in
existence are to be seen in. Paris. those are
not the ones you look at as aprule:
It is the fashion in Paris at present to
keep early hours. What is called q matt
nee begins at about half past in the after
noon. 1t may differ from tea In nothing
but name, but on the other hand your
card is very apt to say dancing" in which
case you are expected to wear full even
ing dress-low neck, light colors, flowers
and jewels. Some balls have been given
lately at which dancing began at 7:90 and
supper was served at $50. Greek evenings
are the fad Of certain hysterically SYM
pathetic ladies. at which Greek songs are
sung with pronunciation that neither
Homer nor the bards of the present beau
tiful belted battalions" would recognize
Though for that matter neither would a
Frenchman recognize without roars OF
Homerie laughter the 'Marseiilaise" as
heard 1t sung at Athens a few weeks ago.
OF White TulIe.
One OF the prettiest and most novel even.
ing costumes have seen OF late had a
full skirt Of white tuile over q separate
skirt OF white satin. The bodice was
white tulle blouse with cuirass Of gold
and pearls covering the bosom and held
IN place by bracelets Of gold and pearls
about the upper arm and By bretslles cross