Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
sailor hat has the instinct of the nttest to

sailor hat has the instinct of the fittest to
survive.
1t is notion of mine that the brightest
butterflies are shortest lived, and on the
same principle casino Dress which has a
father longer season than beach Dress is
often daintier and more artistic but never
so boldly and frankly gay. The casino
gown at Newport just now or the gown
for Bellevue avenue is a very soft gray
muslin over pale pink or a silky grass
lawn in fawn color OF delicate green EN-
hroloered IN ecru or cream color and with
open applique designs in Renaissance lace
or IN black lace touched with gold tinseI
There is nothing radically new about any
OF these dresses. Fashion is enjoying its
MIDSUMMER slumber. But there are touch
es OF individuality, even of originality, to
distinguish good dresses from COMMONPLACE
ones.
Sketched nj Newport.
Here are the best sketches of the last
three or four days. A slight girl of for
eign look, with dark Hue, almost violet
eyes, wore at the casino a pale pink fou-
lard, the one material favored abroad
though not SO exclusively domino Mt here.
The skirt which was figured with a vague,
cobWebby design in white, was trimmed
With three ruches of silver gray chiffon.
set on after the popular model Of a tilted
noopsklrt, low in front and high behind.
Inese ruches were round and full like a
ooa, instead of patterning after ruff1e or
1riil, and they divided the skirt into four
parts approximately square On the LETT
slde ian panel of pleated chiffon had the
erect OF being laid over the ruches. The
podice was close-fitting and decorated with
plastron of cream lace edged with a
gray chiffon ruche and cut like a broad
collar and vest combined On tn. shoulders
IL lay over small, ruche-bordered epauettes.
as IL to double them. The sleeves were a
very close fit and the belt a swathing OF
brilliant red A red turban-shaped hat was
worn. wound with white chiffon and trim
med with pink roses
AT lawn fete given a day or two ago
IN pehait OF a Newport charity the most
striking dress exhibit was a pale rose
tinted taifeta skirt trimmed with lace in
the new grass lawn tint; said lace being
topped across the front in three festoons.
coming nigh upon the sides and falling
stralsnt thence to the ground. The bodice
OF this costume was a slightly pouched
front of lace belted with pink silk and
worn under very novel jacket of deep
embroidery in gold. This jacket was a
cross between ZOuave and a tailed coat
with pointed fronts cut away in deep
curves under the arms to the long basques
med with pink and yellow roses and turned
up on the left side with roses under the
brim.
Cream-COlOred Foulnrd.
A second foulard dress was in the car
riage procession this afternoon 1t was
cream-coloie ed. with designs in green and
pale blue, and it had side panels of ecru
lawn, hanging little full and embroidered
with green and cream. The bodice was
almost Covered with fichu of mousseline
de sole, dainty thing of many scaIloped
frills. knctted on the breast with a bunch
OF roses and falling below the waist line
The gathered yoke and the close, ruffiing
sleeves were of lawn, as was the big friIled
and embroidered parasol.
Looking On at golf but far from being
OF 1t was summary dress of grass lawn
or pretty, peachy shade. Its skirt was
nearly GOV red with three deep f1ounces
edged with tiny lawn frills. these again be-
ing edged with lace of the same shade
Down the r1icdle of the front came a panel
OF silk lawn, bordered with wider lace and
stiffened a little by half a dozen lace points
set across 1t at intervals from the waist
down The blouse bodice of lawn lace. in
sertlon and tuckS was wonder of work.
1T was very pretty. The sleeves. barred
with lace. had not even epaulettes to widen
them at the shoulders. Everything looks
now as II autumn would bring us back to
the perfectly plain close sleeve
A pale yellow taffeta was the most in
terest1ng hess item at a morning concert,
with Its skirt trimming of bands of lace
strapped across with narrow, pale blue
ribbons. The bodice had a lace vest with
jacket fronts of the taffeta, lace edged
and drawn under the belt of blue satin A
lace ruff1e let out about the hips and simu-
lated jacket baSques. 1t, like the fronts
was strapped with ribbon.
White gloves for out of door wear have
seen their best days. Ecru shades and
bamboo tints are correct now. Very light,
ELLEN OSBORN.