Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10

to the armpits or be merely the narrowest
of belts. 1t is style almost universally
slender figure. while the droop of the ma
tcrial in front gives the effect Of a point
and adds length to a short waist. To mar
row figures the full double frill carried
down the front, narrowing as it nears the
waist, or. as some frills do, terminating
midway. is exceedingly becoming. White
mousseine spriggcd or dotted Is extensive
ly made up over white or colored silk. and
the fashion of fastening the bodice
diagonaliy from the left shoulder to the
right side of the waist is universally ad-
mired and followed this season.
Never was the arm more becolningly
and comfortably dressed than now, and
never was fashion more moderate in her
dictations. No more baggy sleeves which
hang. in spite of the wearer. into butter
plate and soup tureen, and flop in breeze
like sail around the wearer's arm. The
full arm is now attired as smoothly as
comfort will permit, and where nature has
not been lavish in distributing fleshy It's
sue, the defects are covered by crinkled
and slightly fulled goods. The decorations
at the top vary constantly with the fancy
of the dressmakers, who endeavors ever to
excel herself In inventing becoming deco
rations for the shoulder and upper arm.
There are sleeves for every sort of fabric,
for every age and size, and for day and
evening wear.
A Novel Creation.
The spring has been so cool that wraps
are still in demand with toilets which do
not affect the jacket bodice. The cape is
fast sinking into oblivion, having the fash
ionable collet as a substitute. One very
novel creation is composed of putty oolored
cloth and black and silk gauze. The cloth
is used for the large round fichu collar,
which In front falls in draped ends and has
at the back a point which extends to the
waist line. From under this collar, adorned
with strips of black passementerie running
diagonally across, comes pieated black silk
gauze falling in shawl shape in the back
and continuing in front to the extremity
of the cloth points, so that the gGuZe reach
es nearly to the knees. A full vest of cream
colorod gauZe over satin of the same shade
nils out the opening between the points
In front and a full ruche of the same cream
colored gauze encircles the neck. This model
makes up equally we'll in other materials,
as black silk. for older matrons, or white
silk covered with black. passementerie and
black gauze f1ouCces or red silk equally
combined.
tIounces are very fashionable. A favor
lite design for the washable summer dress
shows the skirt consisting of three full
folrces to simulate three skirts one above
the other, each fioCnce edged with lace or
embroidery or insertion or hemstitching
Even wooden goods is made into fiounces
Barge is material which looks particu-
larry well founced. y figured green barege
dress has nine gathered founces edged with
narrow frill Of silk to match. They are
sewed Oh in slight curve in front and
cover the skirt within few inches of the
top. Fiounces may be wide or narrow. set
closely together or with a division between
ana they may cover the whole of the skirt
or merely a portion of 1t. For the border
ing, ribbon, lace, and narrow fringe are
all equally favored.