Evening star., 1898-06-04

than ever soldier wore gallant conduct
medals, he struts up and down covered By
Wnite helmet, Under which half of his
yellow curls are caught up. shouting his
ofoers 10 Il color sergeant and two drum
mers. The same difficulty in procuring uni
forms that has delayed the movements of
other troops seems to have affected this
small squad, for no two of them are SINH
iarly accoutered.
me color sergeant is got up as an Indian
scout OF rough rider with frnced deerskip
shirt worked in gay colors, sumbrern and
pistol belt. One of the dIummers wears a
white drill sailor suit with long trousers
turnover collar of dark blue, loose red tie
and cap which remembers the Maine"
The other drummer is Il girl whose reuui-
sition for khaki has been honored with A
short skirt held up by shoulder straps over
blouse of blue linen. Her red white and
blue tie and sailor hat with its band of
tricolor ribbon, proclaim her ready to start
for the front soon as the regiments of
her years are called.
A whole street feels safe under the pro-
lection Of this detachment, which has an
armory under a maple trees where guns,
naSs and a Weather-beaten transparency,
whose colors run into one another but
which originally said ''On to Cuba" ana
some other things more forcible than ele-
CANT, are occasionally stored Discipline is
far from perfect. The volunteers disband
and reorganize bicycle squad on short
notice. But the martial spirit is rampant
just the same.
In Patriotic Attire.
School festival suits, gala dresses for the
last day of school, graduation dresses and
summer outfits of all sorts for children re-
fleet the spirit of the times even more WV
idly than does the attire of older people
La private school in Brooklyn a chorus of
girls has been organized to lead the singing
OF patriotic airs during the weekly elocu-
uohary exercises throughout the month of
June The members, who are girls of a
ueZeh 10 fourteen years, appear on Fridays
in blue serge frocks whose short skirts are
Grlghte led by rows of red piping about hips
or hem. The blouse waists are finished with
turnover collars bound with red, and dis
playing white guin.pes. Broad ties of tri-
color ribbon are worn. The costumes are at
once picturesque and serviceable; they are
not too conspicuous for general wear, and
are being copied by many of their class
mates.
The graduation dresses of a group of older
girls from the same school have been plan
neg with reference to the same principle of
evolving costumes which have a special ap-
preparedness and yet can be worn on all
sorts of occasions. 9The material agreed
upon IN class meeting was white yelling,
with White canvas as alternative. The
mothers interested imposesl certain reStric-
t:ons, ana between the enthusiasm of the
graduates and the 9eonaerva tism of the
grown-ups there has been worked out de-
sign with 5ayadere, stripes of iasartion,
around the skirt; this is talbe mounted over
red or blue silk at pleasure. The blouse
-oodlces are managedfia the same manner,
ara the accessory ribbon trimmings, sash,
etc, can be of the c6Far not represented in
;the underskirt. or OF theI threa coiors, as
preferred. The girl Who told ME about the
dresses reported also!9hat the class had pc
ltioned to have their gsa6uatiUn certifl-
Gates tied up with the school colors. at one
end and the tricoler at the other.
Fer Faia, Graduates.
Another set of g7aduation dresses of
which have heard is to be- of blue-figured
muslin on white ground, made up over
red lawn; tricolor decorations go without
saying. The number OF such combinations
worked out this summer will be limited by
nothing except the ingenuity of mothers
END dressmakers. Ono Of the prettiest
end airiest arrangements have seen was
worn a week or two ago by a. young girl at
her mothers silver wedding. White accor-
d,cn-piaited muslin was draped over red
SILK TO form the skirt The low-eut bodice
was aecordion-plaited also and filled In at
the neck with white glace lightly figured
with blue. Triple frills of muslin were
ciosssd, hehu fashion,, on the bosDm and
cascaded down the sides of the skirt. The
Deit and sash eLdS at the hack were blue
ins enecf OF the accordion-pl plating was to