Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-27

are gray silvory green. The skirts are II
white satin, embroidered with yellow tn DE
worn with the green coats and with green
to be worn with the yellow coats The
gown of the maid Of honor Is of pale yell
low silk, with collar and girdls Of panue
in green. The four bridesmaids and the
maid OF honor all wear black hats. with
black plumes. And the vest in each case
is Of cream lace, very full, pouched slightly.
The same lace falls over the hand coming
from thu inside of the long pointed sleeve.
Although the future Of these picturesque
coats and their adaptablity to widely diff
terent occasions is troubling one practical
girl who looks well to the ways Of her
~Grdrobe, some attendants at weddings are
more lucky. one tall. stately woman. who
would have delighted Du Maurier has Just
been the only attendant at home wedding.
A May wedding, for this year many girls
have braved the i'll luck which is said to
follow a May bride. Her gown was of point
d'esprit over white silk Three fiouncos
OF kntfe-plaited point d'esprtt came part
way up the skirt have said she was tall
and the bodice was simply made. with a
slightly bloUSed front. tail ribbon collar
and little knife plated caps over the
sleeves. The yoke and sleeves were made
without lining This was a delightful inno-
walton for the wearer. Not only was II
most soft and becoming, hut 1t made the
gown available for small dinners and like
affairs without any change at all.
lokes and Guimpes suu Hold.
Yokes and guimpes are so popular now
that they are used on gowns for All occa-
sicns Recently l saw a bridal gown OF
white silk. with yoke and sleeves Of lace.
which were. 1t is hardly necessary 10 say.
lined with silk. And when guimpes are
used. as in the bridesmaids gowns in the
illustration, their utility is a feature. For
n yoke can always he made detachable,
and this solves the problem OF various and
diverse changes of front.
Bridesmaids gowns, if the wedding is a
dress affair. are nearly always an item OF
expense. yet one wedding which took place
last week will always Ue a charming menu
CRY to the spectators. 1t was in an old,
small, yet unusually pretty. church in
suburb Of the town, which years ago was
fashionable ana which still has an air OF
leisure and aloofness very different from
newer and more popular suburbs where
low upon row Of wooden houses OF the
same pattern, with trim green lawns all
alike attest the presence Of numerous sub
urbanites
Handy with Their Needles.
The girl who planned the pretty wedding
had put her shoulder to the wheel at an
early day in her girlhood on a sudden fail
ure of the family fortune and the conse-
qvent Generalization of those who had
been her prop. So when she could leave
her duties to share the life Of a man v no
had yet 10 make MS mark her ingenuity
planned a wedding which was pretty and
yet In keeping with small means. Her own
gown was OF null. trimmed with Naleu-
ciennes lace. and hand made, as is consider
ed de rigeur for the most ornamental and
dainty wash gowns. Two by two the eight
bridesmaids came in. Two blondes IN
palest yellow. two brunettes in brighter
yellow, two brunettes in palest pink, two
blondes in pink of q brighter shade. The
gowns had plain understands OVerskirts
pointed back and front. trimmed with three
rows of Naleucienues lace insertion. Round
bodiCcs. with white ribbon belts with rib
bon ends hanging down in the back;
sleeves in which the lace and muslin form
ed alternate rows. and wide. deep sailor
collars OF the muslin. with alternate rows
of lace insertion The brides gown was
made in quite the same way. Those OF us
in the secret knew that nine happy, whole
some girls had gathered together on Sat
urdays during Lent and had regular sew
ing bees over these gowns. There seems so
little time nowadays for simplicity and real
friendship that II was a great pleasure to
see these becoming and simple gowns and
think of the comradeship put into every
stitch. MABEL BOYD.