Evening star., 1898-11-05

Copyright 1895. by the International Literary and
News Se-Tice.b
Special Correspo n6ence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK. November 5, 1898.
clever girl who IS to be zone of the
Thanksgiving brides is displaying much in
genuity In the management of her trous-
seau.
In order to make little money pro-
vide TO- many social emergencies, every
one of her tailor dresses is made with
tight-ftting basque and a shirt waist, SO
that she may alternate between the close
and easy bodies. Her evening dresses
have three waists each; one decollete,
high in throat and with elbow sleeves for
receptions and small dinners. and one
dainty shirt for occasions even less formal.
This girls cloth costumes are almost
unique in their simplicity. The braid, the
embroidery, the applique of the winters
fashions are conspicuously absent. Why
asked a girl friend who had begged to ac-
company her to the dressmaker.
Well" said the Thanksgiving bride, Il
Go not quite subscribe to the doctrine that
"A fashion that is a fashion is no longer
a fashion,; but my friends who know tell
that from over-trimmtng we shall
swing back to little or no trimming, and
1 follow my own taste for simple
gowns"
THE finest costumes have made with
in the MONTH" said the dressmaker in cor
roboration. ARE very little trimmed
The brides travelling costume, which is
nearly finished, has a tweed skirt in large,
soft-toned plaids in dull blues and green's
AT the hem is a narrow band of black fur
broadtaiI. The smart, tight-it:ing coat of
dark green cloth has collar band covered
with the fur. "0ne touch more would
spoil it," said the dressmaker.
To the sleeves of this gown the dress
maker did not accord the same approval
They should be tighter" she maintained
dlSContentedly.
IN ren everybody it's not your fault
if my arms are not as crooked as other
peoples returned the bride with a touch
Of mischief DO you know l was in
fashionable private school in New York
the ether day when the teacher tried to
rest the girls in the middle of study
period by putting them through the sim
plest kind of gymnastic drill 1t was just
/ five minutes affair with rods not the
sort of thing for which gymnasium suits
are necessary: but out of twenty-four girls
three couldn't lift their arms for the up
Ind down movements The teacher-a man
didn't understand the trouble. but knew
In a minute; they were wearing the new
sieeyeS."
But l don't see" began the dress
maker.
Determined on Comfort.
"Oh. yes, you do" said the bride with
a laugh that was not contradictory; you
when 1 came who had to adjust her hat
at leaving before she put her waist;
could see her in the glass in the next
room You know the new tight sleeves
won't let you lift your arms more than
few inches from the sides. and they are
set into the waists in such a way that
there is a pull across the shoulders II
the sleeves are really what you call cor
rect. it is next to impossible to straighten
Isn't
why, yes, 1 suppose So" admitted the
dressnaker; but women, or girls Tor lhal
matter. are not expected to indulge IN gym
naStics IN fasniUIls.D-- .at-t.-.
''I like pretty things as Well as the next
woman" said the bride, whose father was
an athlete and who is going to marry
Yale foot ball man; but / don't propose
10 make a cripple of myself Just because
somebody of no consequence has decreed
that women shall wear skin-tight sleeves
Of such cut that the arms must be held
crooked all the time
Another OF the brides day dresses whichhas
a fur trimming is a gray cloth redtnS0te to
be worn with slightly darker gray veIVe(
Underskirt. which is finished with d broad
band of chinchilld. The redlngote mas re-
vers faced with a rose-pink brocaded silk;
1t fastens with large porcelain buttons The
roll collar at the back is of gray velvet
with tn merest edge OF chinchilla.
Fur Is the brides weakness in dress mat
ters; she introduces ii whenever excuse
offers. theater dress of dull rose corded
silk is trimmed with double frills of black
mOuSseliEe de sole. headed with bands of
sable. 1t has vest Of cream Euipure over
white satin and a belt and collar band of
black satin.
To Wear With Light Waists.
For the inevitable black satin skirt which
seems to be in every woman's possession
She has provided waist of cream lace
made over pale blue and trimmed with
sable, and another of a curious green vel
Vet embroidered with jet in a flower pat
tern and arranged with a lace yoke cut out