Evening star., 1897-02-13

nationality / cannot guess, sat next a little
French woman, who chartered to him vol
ubly. Ee looked gravely polite. but puz-
zled, when she told him she had been Bit
ing off little pieces of her heart all around
because 1t jumped into her mouth at q
fright she had in the afternoon. The hero
Inc of this gastronomic feat was very
pretty in a blouse Of old rose velvet, with
high collar fastened with old rose ribbons.
The sleeves had puffs of old rose cloth at
the shoulders. but were of velvet below and
tight to the arms. The waist finish was q
corselet of cloth opening in In front
down to the waist line. this corselet being
one with the skirt, or else one might say
that the dress was cut with blouse and
polonaise. the polonaise top being so low
cut as to make nothing more than a corSe-
let. opening down to the waist in v. The
corselet was edged with thread of fur.
Knots of ribbon caught it to the blouse,
their streamers falling nearly to the ground.
The skirt had ruffie of velvet at the hem,
with a narrow band of fur above.
With a System.
There was a man with a system to break
the bank at Monte Carlo, which he ex-
pounded with such single-mindedness that
the waiter carried away his soup before he
had lifted spoon. With him was his wife,
woman not of pleasing countenance but
gloriously arrayed in a waist of yellow
silk. with a blouse front, finished at the
waist with innumerable rows of tiny puff
lngs, forming corselet, below which the
silk f1ared again like the full skirts of a
basque or a waist ruffle More rows of
putting gave the semblance of a bolero
about the armholes. The sleeves made little
balloons on the shoulders, were gathered In
to fit the arms by bands of putting, were
then laid In plaits to the wrists, and there
allowed TO flare over the hands. The pret-
tiest feature of this waist was it's neck ar
rangernent. A folded band of black velvet
ribbon was drawn about the throat and
crossed in front, forming a cravat. whose
ends fell down upon the skirt draperies
With this bodice black brocade skirt was
worn.
And n Bride.
There was a bride, too, who looked q
little frightened as the line of walters bore
down upon her with their great silver plat
ters and sauce boats. 1t is an art to learn
to help oneself nicely. and especially to re.
place properly the fork and spoon. The lit.
tie bride felt 1t an ordeal. She was English
L believe, though l didn't hear her speak
and quite simply dressed in water greer
silk, with blouse cut out on either side
in front of g. Greek fret pattern, bordered
with rows of narrow black "eivet ribbon
The blouse opened On a chemisette Of white
mousseline de sole, and was gathered under
a folded belt of velvet. The fret patterns
in ribbon were carried under the belt and
to the figure. The TX finish was black
velvet collar with rosette on the left side
from which fell lace iabot.
There are many ways to eat an orange
The American girl halves hers crosswise
and proceeds with a spoon. The English
woman or French woman takes the pee
on in quarters and breaks the fruit into
sections The Italian pares it like an apple
The American way is least familiar a.
table dhote, and representatives of tn,
land of the free usually give up the effor
after two or three attempts to educate tht
walters to bring them small spoons. TIL,
one American girl at table tonight looked
comically dismayed at the dessert spoor
blandly Droffered in answer to her in
quiries. Shes not at all a bad sample o.
an American. and she has excellent tast,
in clothes. She wore tonight dress o.
fawn-colored cloth. with a. high corselet O.
the same material coming up in a poin
both in front and behind and embroidered
daintily in old rose. A fiat collar lay ovel
the shoulders. with garniture of the sam,
embroidery There was a high standing
collar of old velvet. and there were doubl,
epaulets to head the sleeves.
Men wear evening dress at table d'hot,
usually. though this is far from being obi
gatory. From soup to coffee takes an hOul
and a half, and unless / skip some of tn,
costumes this tale will be equally long
winded. ELLEN OSBORN.