Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-27
Old-Fashioned Trimmings for Brides
maids Dresses.
DRESDEN SILKS AND NULL FICHUS
Shepherdess Hats and Staff Handles
on ParasoIs.
LACE AND NULL IN FAVOR


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. May -, 1899.
The bridesmaids gowns which are to be
worn at the coming wedding in the month
Of roses have not very much to offer in
the way of novelty, with the exception Of
| wide lace collars, graceful fchus, which DO
| away with the high collar. and the small
| elbow sleeves, which are associated with
the fichu era. And with this small slew
ending at the elbow with a lace ruffie. We
| have our picturesque, but long-banished
mitts. 1t needs only a modification of the
| poke bonnet TO get up a pretty picture Of
| an old-time scene.
| And this is what one June bride is doing
| Her six bridesmaids are to wear white silk
| skirts and overdresseS or tunics of white
! silk Powered in Dresden patterns in pale
| cClOrs These overdresses are not draped.
| yet as much as is possible with the slender
! flowing lines of the present day they viii
resemble the polonaise of old. The sleeves
come just to the elbow fit tightly about
| the arm, are fulled slightly at the shoulder
and end in ruffie of the silk edged with
| lace, and are met by white silk mitts
There is large null fchu edged with lace,
| to be worn over the shoulders. The point
of this fichu comes down quite far in the
back and in front the fichu parts slightly
| at the throat. With thesa gowns white chip
| hats. shepherdess shape trimmed with
| white and pink flowers. will be worn ard
| IN place of bouquets the maids will carry
| tall white parasols with handles crooked
like shepherds staff. The bride has been
urged to put white plumes instead of flow
| ers on the hats of her attendants. but this
| she fatty refuses to do. averring that
| trich feathers bridesmaids hats are no
| novelty and that the plumes would quite
destroy her pastoral symphony. One thing
| is certain, The gowns and hats she has
| chosen he Incoming Ia he oyirI= x1hn
are to wear them, and in that they may
count themselves lucky. for many brides in
| their search for novel and picturesque
effects manage to hit upon A manner of
! gowning which. however. 1t may fall in
| with the page mt of the wedding. makes
| each individual attendant look far from
pretty.
Pink for Youth and Hope.
| 1t Is on this account that many girls do
| not hold to the old idea of asking their
| nearest and dearest friends to be brides
! maids. but pick out the girls who can best
| stand the particular color scheme which
has been decided upon. Pink, for example,
| is a delightful and symbolcaI color for
edding. Pink is the color of youth and
| hope. But 1t is a trying shade, and at a
recent wedding where the gowns Of the six
attendants shaded in twos from the paIest
| To the darkest shade of the color and little
wells were worn well, the effect was try
ing to each individual maid. although at a
| snort distance the erect was delightful. II
| you must be part of the pageant at your
dearest friends wedding, and she will ask
| you to wear a pink gown, although YOU
have never yentured the color all your life
| throw your ideas on the impropriety of
decorating your skin to the winds and hunt
up your grandmother's rouge pot 1t is
| safe to say she had one If she was a So
ciety girl. And If it is a pink gown which
| falls to your lot, and it is not becoming
consider its future. The only color il can
! be successfully dyed is black. And at best
| dyeing a gown is an uncertain arrange
ment. I have seen smart new gowns sent
| to a reliable dyers, when a family went
| into black, come back quite limp. with all
the fresh, crisp look, which has so much to
| do with style, gone forever.
No, there are only two courses in such a
case. Either resolutely decline to be a
| bridesmaid. If it is a pink wedding or else
| resign yourself to rouging every time you
den the gown. And We all know from the
sermons preached us by the wrinkled vet
| highly colored. cheek of some acquaintance
who was beauty twenty years ago where
| that insidious practice leads Let MS think
tenderly of these misguided seekers after
eternal youth hereafter. Perhaps in every
| instance the habit was formed by pink
wedding. which was trying even to a fresh
complexion.
Practical Ideas Evolved.
From bridesmaid standpoint It would be
| delightful if the bride would consider the
future adaptability of a gown to her brides
maids uses. There are many gowns made
| for garden parties. which would do very
well for the brides attendants But, un-
| fortunately. the bride is seldom looking for
ward. AS rule. her own gown is sent to
| be made over after she has been photo
| graphed in 1t. And all gowns which are
adapted for spectacular weddings have TO
| be treated in the same way. 1t is hard
however, TO wear a gown once and then
send 1t, still fresh and dainty and full of
wearing possibilities, to the modesto or
| struggle over it at home with the aid of a
seamstress.
wedding occurs next month, at which
| the picture fue Louis XIV coats will be
utilized in much the same manner as the
tunic which resembles a polonaise is to be
used in the bridesmaids gowns described
above. Just after this wedding one of the
attendants, whose mind is busy adjusting
conditions to events, is invited to a dinner
and still few days later to a garden party
| She thinks the gown might pass muster as ,
| 1t is at the garden party, but she feels IL is
somewhat too much Of an afternoon gown
for the dinner Yet If she has il made over
| for the dinner 1t will not do for the after
noon affair. Called in at this juncture,
| suggested having two bodices made at
ma demurred, saying this extra expense
could easily have been avoided IL only the
dates of the invitations had been reversed
yet she will doubtless succumb to the in
| evitable.
Late JonqnfI Wedding.
This wedding is a yellow jonquil wedding
The Louis XIV coats are of panns, the
shaggy, beautiful velvet so popular 1ust
now. Two of the coats are yellow and two