Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01

arrangement of the hair produces by SYM
pathetic action, a richtr and more SNOWY
bodice and more brilliant display Of
jewels. The time is not yet near when the
orchestra chairs of any New York theater
Will offer the dazzling parade of a high
class London show, where full evening
dress of the costly and. magnificent sort
here considered appropriate only for box
wear at the grand opera Is required by
custom on The floor Of the house and I'm the
choicer seats of the balcony; but the dis
cre'iit!ng of the hat has set the trend of
fashion that way.
On the other hand, the fact that at the
theater one produces ones effect seated is
leading the economically minded section of
the public to do away to a considerable
extent with the playhouse dress as a COM
pete costume and to substitute the theater
blouse, which can be worn with a skirt not
fresh enough to fear dusty aislcs and
crowded passages.
Both these departures tend to the embel-
lishment of the theater. IT one affords
nothing. new but II blouse. nobesse obIige
that 1t be 4 beautiful blouse of fairy-like
stuffs and radiant in color. So that, after
all. the two notifications contradict each
other with less violence than might have
been supposed. The people who are spend
ing more money and the people who are
wearing more brilliant evening colors and
they group, as seated, into more effective
pictures.
AbntlnH n Nuisance.
l do not mean to say that the hat ques-
ton Is settled; but at the best New York
theatcrs the nuisance has been so consid-
erably abated that the big hat joke needs
revamping it should be brought out in a
new and up-to-date edition.
good houses retain their hats until the
curtain rises; it is customary then to re-
TCve the hat and place 1t on the lap this
Is inconvcnient. the women who wear the
biggest hats are, unfortunately, the most
apt to keep them On; but public sentiment
against the hat has gained so much ground
that the woman who, being requested to
bare her head, refuses to do must be an
exceptionally bold and stcadfast spirit.
Women who wish to keep both self-re-
Srect and headgear are wearing this win
ter very pretty wreaths of flowers or
course there is always the theater bonnet,
but the flower wreath Is at once newer
and smaller. To arrange the hair for this
SORT or decoration, bring the knot up to the
very top of the head, then twist about it Il
spray of blossoms Of the most becoming
color and fasten Il few extra ones in the
most telling spot at the side. If flowers
are worn on the corsage they must be Of
the same kind.
JeweIed Dresses.
The theater dress is jeweled. Beads, tin
sci. mock and real gems are worn every
where, but show to especial advantage in
the glare of the play house. For full
dress, box wear, net gowns, glittering from
neck to heel with beads, are much used
I noticed two last evening. One was black
net, covered with trailing vines in let and
gold; the other was white net, draped over
white silk and incrusted with gold in scroll
designs on skirt and bodice Pink-tpped
white roses were fastened to corsage and
hair. ~
For orchestra wear the dress must be
cut high. but must be smart enough to
match the fashions and passions, the satire
and attire the wit Worth and women
that make up the modernn society play
Some of the most dressy froeks are OF deli
cate silks or handsome, broeades embroid-
cred with chenille in 5ewelea flower pat
terms. Others are trimmed With fine, fiat
silk braid in white or gold, put on in elab.
borato embroidery patterns n and studded
with jewels. Velvet dresses are treated
with heavy embroderlss in floral scallops
The handsoInest cloth idresses for theater
wear have gulimpes and sleeves in heavy
lace outlined with chenille, Tor they have
insertions of yellow or cream white silk TO
form enc side of the wsaist,n with decora-
tions Of jeweled braid. u if
In Light Gray.
A very light gray suede cloth dress was
worn on a recent occasion by a woman
we'll known in New York society. It was
crossed from bust to hips with trellis of
sray and silver braid. and had coat with
square revers showing a tucked front of
fuchsia-colOred velvet
The theater blouse as I have limited al
ready, Is one Of the most important items
In tho wardrobe of woman who has to
look smart on comparatively little money.
With one skirt OF good cut and in decent
condition, two or three blouses give a
variety of attractive theater toilets. The
newest styles for a comparatively simple
with groups Of fine box plaits up and down
the front: In the spaces between the plaits
are set frills or puffs of chiffon. Another
notion Is to cover the front Of the blouse
with a check or trellis pattern, carried out
either in lace insertion edged with baby
ribbon or in groups of tucks.
The blouse which keeps up with the ex-
neck decoration. 1t 10 finished with Q severe