Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18

women are so fond. and which we dignity
with the name of tea gowns. are shown i'm
many new and beWildering designs They
do not have The long, loose lines for which
tea gowns have been noted, some Of them
being fitted fairly close to the figure and
looking more like dinner dresses than the
ordinary house garment.
Nothing can exceed the daintiness Of the
small auxilarics TO the toilets Of the sea-
son. Every one has been embarrassed to
know what to do with the pocket handker-
chief in these days Of pUcketless skirts and
tight sleeves. To UbViatc the necessity of
carrying the kerchcf in the hand dainty
little bags of silk and velvet or silver are
made, and these now form Il part Of the
costume Of every smartly dressed woman.
The silk bags are very often worked with
cut jet beads or trimmed with knots of
lace or ribbon embroidery. The silver bags
are made Of links of fine metal. The bags
OF silk can be easily fashioned at home.
They are in shape and general cOnstruc-
ton just like the bags in which opera
glasses are carried and are drawn together
at the top by narrow ribbons or Silkcn
cords. 1t is considered particularly smart
to have ones monogram or initials en-
brOiGercd on the silk or velvet bags. A
very cdd one carried by a lady at the thea
ter not many evenings ago attracted my
attention. It was of black silk, apparently
made of a silk handkerchief, for the cor
ners of the turned over top plainly showed
a hemstitChed border. In each corner of
the hem initials were worked in black and
white silk.
Winter Blouse Waists.
The winter blouse waists promise to be
very handsome and almost infinite in va
riety of patterns. That they will be worn
during the coming season goes without
saying, for they are too convenient to- be
lightly dispensed with. That they will not
he as much worn as they were is also
plainly to be seen, for the very Fashionable
folk neglect them, and they are less seen
in the shops. y great deal of glace will be
used in making bouseS, and the silk will
Zontally. The sleeves are. many of them,
supplied with cpaulets cape epaulets often
head the sleeves as well as diagonally cut
cpauiets. Sleeves are made tight and long
with fancy pieces to fail well over the
hands. Collarcttcs are always extremely
elaborate. BluuseS are ali worn with de
tacha5le collar pieces. Some of these are
made Of chiffon, gathered to stiff collar
band and then closely shirTed. The Shir-
ring, in its turn, is trimmed by appliques
Of guipurc lace. Such collar is generally
finished with iabot of the chiffon, which
Is trimmed around the edge with applica-
ions OF the guipure lace.
Steel Read Neckbands.
Useful ncckbands are simply made of
bands of velvet embroidered with steel and
turquoise beads, with pendent fringes hang
ing from the neck. The greater number of
the jabots are finished off with a knotted
silk fringe two or three inches long. Black
chiffon and white or cream guipure make
handsome cOlarettes, the chiffon being laid
over a background of white silk or satin
Black lace is so applied to white satin
Detachable Jokes and collars of white lace
over ivory satin worn with dark
dresses. The yokes are softened by q ruch-
ing of chiffon outlining the edges of the
satin.
Paillettes play a conspicuous part in the
making of the collarettes. Many of them
are made of spangled tule or chiffon. Of
ten, too, the Jokes are made of spangled
chiffon, lace, net or tule with straight
stripes of silk, or satin worked with silver
beads CATHERINE TALBOT.