Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

waist. and is pointed in front. that Is.
meets in a point, 50 that the yoke and
shoulders are covered with these little ruff
hes, and the collar is OF lace and MAIN
sock. The ruffles usually fail over the
tops or the sleeves. which are made OF row
upon row OF insertions of naiusook and
lace. The result is dlaphanous dream Of
a gown. The time consumed in aking IL
Will never show, and a modste will have
TO charge good round sum to get ade-
quate compensation for her work II it's
wearer makes il she can leave her own
valuable time out of the bill.
Sometimes this model is made low necked
ana short sleeved for dinner gown. This
Is especially pretty, and no one looking
at the innocent combination OF lace ana
halnSook would dream of the cost in nerve
wear which ii represents. This makes me
sigh again for tha days Of Omar Khayyam.
An AII-Over Beauty.
The all-over lace is made in the same
way. that is. skirt or petticoat of the lace
coming out from under tunic. / saw one
the other day which was quite beautiful,
and Yet it might have been made from a
lace shawl, for it did not require such
quantities of the lovely material. 1t was
an evening gown. Ii it did not require such
great quantities of expensive lace it was
rch enough in all conscience. For tho
tuntc which covered at least three quar-
ters of the flowing lace petticoat was OF the
richest black velvet, edged with narrow
was held in place by bands of sable. The
tunlc parted in front and showed a lace
front OF course, If one We're constructing
this gown at hCme and using "A lace shawl
which kind Providence had left in ones
possession, one could have d tunic Of some
other material than silk velvet, anu Tor
summer something lighter would be far
preferable.
The gowns made OF lace insertion and
muslin are endless. Every one must be
rich, for every one seems TO have at least
one one of white muslin, with Insertions
OF black lace at intervals of about four
inches all he way up ths skirt. and inter-
NdlS OF about TWO inches or less on The bod
ice, haC a rather novel effect given 1t by
making the rows OF lace run higher on one
side than the other. one would wish 10 be
sur4 dat ones hips were exactly Of The
same height before trying thIs model but
II looked extremely well.
In Black aud White
The fad for black and white is making
many combinations which are very pretty,
in spite of the fact that in descriptions
they sound homogeneous. A white muslin
just completed had black piping or cord
trimming the uuderskirt and appearing
again on the tunic overskirt which were
also trimmed with three rows OF black lace
insertion. The same black cords appeared
on the sleeves at the wrist and about The
collar. 1t sounds startling, but IL is one
gowns.
Then there is chance for those of US
who have wide faces left from trimming
old gowns. Stoles OF lace outlining a mar
row front breadth of a skirt and coming
from the shoulders OF yoke. held in place al
the waist by belt of ribbon or soft silk
are most effective and pretty. This, of
course. gives the princess effect, and gives
II In way which makes it possible for wo-
men who so far have thought themselves
too scant Of inches TO try ii. one gown had
bands of the same lace which formed the
stules going across the shoulder, they look
ed ike a continuation of those on the skirt
and there We're also bands of the same lace
about the guimpe
But the combinations and possibilities of
lace are endless. one might 90 on describ-
ing what could be done with it forever
The difficult thing is to get the lace with
which To make the combinations when one
has tender conscience and not such a
lot of money 10 spend. MABEL. BOYD,