Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
DAINTY NECKwEAR.
What Best Becomes the Various
kinds of Femininity.

From Harpers Bazaar.
S An Unbecoming gown may often be re-
deemed and made possible by dainty ar
arrangement of fichu, scarf or tie at the neck.
For instance. TO women whose compilations
have lost heir first youthful freshness, and
Iwhose hair IS turning gray, a gray dress is
lsometimes very trying, giving the wearer
1.-THE effect of dry moss clinging to tree.
1--WE know that look of withered and DIM
med beauty which accentuates in middle
tagged cOuntenance the passing of the years.
Yet few women realize that the useful gray
COSTUME need not be abandoned if only it
be fully tened down or relieved at the neck
land wrists by dead-black or soft white
iof bright ribbon which will destroy the I'M
fortunate mOnotOny of tint
2 Lace IS 50 soft, so beautiful in itself and
50 enrichirg in its effect on wornan's tot
let that f. should be utilized in liberal
measure for house gowns and for all pretty
costumes 70 be worn at home. Abundant
use OF lace and ribbon will rob any gown
OF plainness and harmonic well with any
stuff, however uncostly 1t NAV be
2 OF course, real lace is a treasure for
queens, an heirloom to be handed from
grandmother tn granddaughter thing TO
DE handled lovingly, cared for judiciOusIy
and mentioned in ones will. But no one
need hesitate, except perhaps on a gorgeous
Gown OF satin. brocade or velvet, to wear
bAS ESdtiy eApulSllt anu elegant imitation
or machine-made laces, which are as in
expensive as they are dainty. These laces
answer every practical purpose, and are
Cespised y no one who likes to have a
Calntily appointed wardrobe.
Linen collars, always smart and jaunty,
are appropriate with shirt waists and cloth
costumes. and carry with them q certain
severity and stiffness. inseparable from
their texture and their laundering A girl
may always safely wear linen at her neck
and 50 inay Il woman who is neither scraw-
NJ HOr SE.-oS. But linen collars are not
quite comfortable always-there are mo-
1henis when one rebels against their UNI
compromising stiffness and their military
precision of shape and fit. Besides this
there are collars and collars. and the wo-
1ect a collar simply because il is cheap. OF
because IL Is Ike the one her nefghbor has
adopted Careful thought may well be-
given 10 the shape, size and general air OF
a hneH Collar, and 10 the tie which accom-
paEies 81.
When 4 young woman has a fastidious
brother. or a comrads sufficiently intimate
TO be allowed in friendly way to critic,se
he- good points In dress, it is not at all 8
bad icea TO ask his advice about the stvte
OF ncckvear she adopts. a man IS no. In.
different to the niceties of his sisters o,
his sHee theart's toilet, ard though MS ad-
vice Is often couched in somewhat off.
hand terms, il IS usually worth following
anu ms suggestions should at least be con
eidersI
4 tall girI with q long swanIike neck ma;
wear 10 advantage q scarf with a large
loose DOW. Her short ana Plump frient
With a 1ead set low on her shoulder mus
not E,uf3e herself Up till she seems to hay,
no Eeck TO speak of. For her the narrow
est band or cord Is sufficient to mark ths
iins where tie dress ends
a EeHilswonsaa never tolerates soiIei OF
finlsy or careless nsckwear.