Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21

shades and designs held its own with the
newer styles Of material.
Euialie's Pretty Dress.
Paris is desolated over the news that the
Infanta Eulalie must leave her. The in
fanta herself shares In the feeling, for she
has always loved Paris. and hates Madrid,
where her straitiaced Austrian sister-in-
law. the Queen Of Spain, has summoned her
subsequent to the granting of the formal
decree of separation from her husband.
Eulalie is not a conventional Individual, and
she is fond Of admiration and society to a
degree that a subordinate position at the
court OF spain viii not crafty. In Paris
she receives royal honors and the need OF
fiattery and imitation that is always ac-
corded TO a beautiful princess. In honor of
the infanta an afternoon reception was re-
Gently given at the Ceylon pavilion of the
exposition. The general public was ex-
cluded and a limited number of the haut
ton hidden to meet the royal lady. She ar
rived promptly with her dame d'honneur
and was a picture of handsome womanhood
in her modish gown of biege wolfe with
tucked and stitched skirt and corsage orna-
mented with pastel silk embroidered in
black.
Handsome petticoats to be worn with the
beautiful airy gowns of the summer are a
necessity in the wardrobe OF every fashions
able woman The light fabrics and faring
skirts that expose this portion OF the lin
gerfe more than ever to the public gaze
make 1t impossible to wear a plain little
handsome
shown in the Bon Marche was of tucks and
Valenciennes lace, the tucks being applied
vertically and horizontally A deep fiounce
OF horizontal tucks and lace gave the nee
essary Hare to the lower part of the skirt.
BiIIOwy Lace Rumes.
Imitation overskirt effects are Unmarried
to some of the newer petticoats by means of
trimmings of lace or deep points of the ma
terial combined with lace. One skirt of this
Snrtu +rirn
with three comparatively narrow ruffies of
lace. over which fell deep points of lace
edged with chiffon ruchings. Pointed inser-
lions of lace forming an all over trimming
TOR the petticoat are much used. the lower
part of the skirt being then founced with
lace or lace-trirnmed frflls of the skirt
ia brio. Sometimes the eXtremities of the
skirt will be trimmed with rows of frills
or knife plating and then a compare lively
plain space, above which will be draped
lace or chiffon or muslin founce.
Nine. ReJane has so long occupied atten-
ton one of the queens of fashion that
very few people are aware of the fact that
she possesses very pretty grown daughter.
a tall. slim girl, with singularly graceful
figure. At a recent afternoon entertain
ment Mile. Rejane was pointed out to me.
She wore empire gown of Powered mus
lin trimmed with Irish guipure. The gown
was cut in narrow plaits in front and was
quite close-htting behind. broad band OF
satin ribbon passed under the loose front
and was clasped by large steel buckle In
the back The skirt was laid In plaits,
trimmed below with a fanciful arrange
ment of plaits. On the right shoulder was
placed a black flower, from which depended
q spray of velvet blossoms.
Back to the Classic.
Once again is the hair dressed low on the
nape of the neck in the style so admirably
suited to classic styles Of beauty. but very
i'll adapted to the features of ordinary wo-
men. The hair Is brushed low. waved and
knotted low on the neck or laid in few
graceful ringiets on the forehead and then
dressed with soft. waving coils near the
back of the head and loose knot fairly
low on the back.
Linen frocks are trimmed with increasing
elaborateness. Plain linen skirts came to us
! a season or two ago to be followed by
skirts ornamented with braid and embroid-
cry, but still severely tailor made. and TO
be worn with the blouse waist Now entire
dresses are shown of linen and constructed
as deliberately a. any summer outdoor cos
TUNES. The bodices are cut with tucked
and stitched yokes or with cordings arrang-
ed in ornamental patterns. The skirts are
beautified with insertions OF linen embroid-
cry, with tueks, stitchings and even ap-
pliques Of lace.
Colored Piques Again.
Very few white piques are worn: the COL
ored piques seem to have quite taken their
place, the dark blues. black with black silk
insertions and the reds being the most pop
heavy embroideries or narrow white braids
are used for trimming. The piques make
especially satisfactory frocks for children
CATHERINE TALBOT.