Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-06

shows herself pulled up with unseemly
pride. She is conscious to herself of know
ing everything; worse, she distributes her
knowledge. a
One item to which I have been forced
to listen relates to her name Tabitha
was christened Beatrice, with the second
name, which she never recognized by so
much as a middle initial, tucked in by
way Of compliment to an aunt from whom
there might be money But Beatrice T.
has found out at Hampstead that old
fashioned names are the most new-fash-
Toned and desirable, and SO she has shut
fled off the Beatrice and insists that we
struggle to call her Tabitha She never
tires of telling us that the smart set are
building long, low, farm house-like houses
at Hampstead and iotherwere, and that
only old names sound right in the old halls
Tabitha talks blue streak about dresses
and Is fnstructing Us as to afternoon tea
She says that from now until Christmas
the novelty Will be to offer coffee la
Grecque to callers instead of tea la
Russo or a rAnglais. 70 serve this re-
freshment as the society lights are prepar-
Ing tc handle 1t, now that they are getting
back to town, Tabitha says that you pre-
sent to each guest little tray with tiny
cup of black coffee. a glass of water and
some sweet CONNECTION of figs or oranges
The test of your social wisdom is the
us from any break by explaining that the
sweets come first then the coffee and that
the water Is to wind up with.
Newly Acquired Knowledge.
AS to clothes. this hitherto discreet young
person must have been poking about in
other peoples closets, for she has told us
what to do with the bustles that began to
take up so much room in shop windows.
Her recipe is simple; let them alone. The
Hampstead way, she informs us with trri-
tating superiority, is to have your dress
maker cover two-minute rolls of stiffen-
ing with stuff to match your dress and
fasten them where they will do the most
good, .on the waiStband.
Another piece of her newly acquired
knowledge concerns the Russian blouse,
which just at present smart people, like
other people, have to wear. Tabitha says
that the smartest people wear it, the
Russian mcuiiks wear it; their blouse is
the blouse as it was in the beginning, be-
fore it was launched on it's much copied
career. Tabitha is getting blouse Of
which she approves ready for the horse
show, and it appears to me that this Ata-
vistic blouse of hers, which boasts that it
reverts to it's forefathers, differs from
other blouses, chiefly in one most unbe-
coming particular-the bodice has long
skirts that stop at the level of the knee.
An overdress or wrap of this three-quar-
tiers length suits scarcely anybody. But
III questions of smartness this is a minor
consideration.
The Genuine House.
Tabitha's true form of the Russian
blouse is being clothed with blue cloth
and fastens on the left side with a band
of Russian trimming in rose-red and gold;
parallel with this galcn runs line of sable
fur. Fur and gallon start at the neck and
run down to the knees. The bodice pouches
little in front and has a narrow belt of
gallon. The bodice skirts are rather scant,
as is the dress skirt under them The
dress skirt is edged with gallon and fur.
Tabitha looks well in her true FORM" but
she would look we'll in anything.
Tabitha ccmmends black velvet new
market coats that reach the heels. They
were fashionable in 1880 and Tabitha con-
fesses that the lapse of seventeen years
has not made them less awkward and try
ing. The newmarket is well TO the front
tunately.
To Tic "A Bow.
The subject on which this valuable girl