The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02
GOWNS IN WASHINGTON
soFIE OF THE PRETTIEsT ONES
SEEN ON A SABBATH
MORNING
WHAT THE OPERA DISCLOSED
Description of Some of the Partic-
ularly Attractive Costumes and
who Wore Them Plenty
OF White.
WHAT THE OPERA DISCLOSED

Washington Correspondence of the Gin
cinnati Inquirer.
The first of the pretty gowns that
caught and held my attention last Sab
bath morning was a black broadcIoth
very, very much stitched with coarse
white silk As the Wearer approached me
saw that she was the tall, stylish Miss
Ruby, who always wears such odd things
drawing most of the designs for them her
self. The vest in this black suit was of
| white broadcloth, otherwise she was in
soma black, stitched with the white-re-
Yers collar, skirt seams, cuffs. parasol
hat, gloves and even patent leather boots
were treated with the neat, white stitch
ing. Then there were kid strings in the
boots. Miss Ruby has a very charming
carriage, she's so erect and is one of the
few who know how to lift a long skirt and
hit 1t gracefully. She invariably wears
violets.
Then 1 saw Miss Barber walking with
some friends on Jackson place, In a new
gown of English whipcord. 1t was a Jack
ct suit, quite tight in fit and simple in
style. Her hat was of tan horse hair the
snaoe or her gown, and very odd, being
undetermined at the sides, and dipping
down back and front, with stiff bows of
plack velvet ribbon. On the side there
was one of the new String rosettes in
|
Nile, azure and old rose
When Miss Wilson entertained the other
evening she was really dazzling in a
Frncess Of pearl sequin, all In one piece
even to the collar and train. so thar there
was Just one lovely succession of curves
IN describing this gown it is almost i'm
Posslole 10 do 1t justice, as one has to
see thing of this kind to fully appre-
Clate It's 1ridescence, for in the candle
lisht each sequin looked like a gem. be-
tween an opal and a pearl. With this
uFess' winch admits of but little iewelrv
MISS wilson Wore only two pearl and
ruby rings.
The first of the week at the~opera there
were lot of pretty light silks, such as
Ioulards and Cyranos in fact, [ saw uttIa
else. '1''IS
Mrs Henderson wore a lovely ono ne
bapy blue. plated from the neck tn the
waist IN little narrow box pIaits The
sleeves were twisted affairs of crepe-liha
mousseline that gave the bodice the nee
essary touch of softness, and the skirt
was plated in the same tiny box plaits
Dut as they went down from the waiet
instead OF being perfectly even, thew
widened out until they were cutie fail
at the foot. and ruffied out There was
ia great chou of black panne veIvet
| caught at the left Of the waist with iet
/ circle - " JS1
MISS Sands has very sweet sage-green
gown OF soft wooden material lined with
pale plue tafetas and trimmed around
win gathered baby blue satin ribbon In
| DOW knots The skirt is clinsine. with
plated cores set in at the foot to give
that very desirable fullness. and ON el,ie
there are RULES edged with the shtrred
ribbon This IS only house gown. b1,t
MISS Sands wears green nearly ali the
tlme and it is wonderfully becoming
one OF her outing shirt waists is of b ie-ht
velvet = ~ii
The charming girl who is visiting Miss
|. Root wore a very "summery' gown If
Wllte null on the occasion of the Easter.
Monday ball at the Roots home. If was
made in simple, girish fashion wIrh
an endless quantity of White satin ribbon.
/ very narrow
/ Miss Root, too, wore white. but her
gown looked more like French orga,,d,y
T over white taffetas, and trimmed iii
accordion plating and lace A net fchu
| dfaped' her shoulders and fell in accordion
plated ends to the floor.
MISS Casseis has very artistic frocI,
with three shades well combined Tn
dress proper is of gray crepe de chine
over slip of taffetas the same color and
mas riShu drapery of cream color Hber v
linen there is plating of the cream IN
serted in the cores of the gray skirt. TIA
ce44ar is a crush one with standing points
ana is made of rose pink panne svaI,,n+
and there is chou of the pink NJ the left
hip to hold side effect sash Of the crea ~
ootted stuff. Gray suede slippers COM
pleted It,
Mrs. H., with the extremely elegant
ngure that Worth delighted to design for
mas a new evening gown that is perfect
II is canary-color crepe over an unda-
garment of the yellow taffeta with tan
gathered ruffies close together on tha foot
OF the skirt. The bodice is cut all the
way or the shoulders. and the cut steel
ornaments that cover the darts gradua to
at the top TO single strand, and form
the only shoulder straps, meeting From,
the back and front Then there is . uide
glrdle Of cut steel passamenterie fbot
points up high in the back Broad noinT,
OF heaVy cream lace start at the foot 20
the SKIRT and cover the geams IN ~ a.
waist In floral pattern, glists1ino vuito
a mixture of the steel baSags
mere mere IS a tiny yt1ie of steel creeping
oe,iu me ruineS that gltters beautifully
n T,ora rs The other evening Mrs.
- o3S her hair pulled across at the
~ and quite low in the neck, when she
mad some of the steel vine arranged ar
tlstlcaiiy IN among the puffs
A very popular and sweet young ladv a
great favorite in army circles. is Miss
Marie Weston. She is a little New York
girl and at first was very much grfeved
TO leave there, but she seems to have
become acclimated now as she's always
"on the 60" She wears so much plaid
and in whole suits, too, without 1t look
Ing too much" Indeed, one day this
week at the Art .GaIery many persons
admired her Elton suit of shaggy, rough
goods, in true Scotch plaid, with a
bright green vest with brass buttons and
large black straight hat covered with
poppies and plumes.
l stopped at BIS the other day. and
they showed me a gorgeous white gown
that is being made for a June bride OF
course, had to promise not to tell who
had ordered it, as she wants to surprise
everybody q bit. 1t Is a white organdy
over slip Of taffetas, and has so many
beribbened ruffies that 600 yards of white
satin bebe ribbon are used. There is a
tiny yoke, back and front of Swiss en-
broidery that was made In convent in
Ireland century ago, and has been IN
the family number of years, and the
sleeves are to be entirely OF It. The main
part of the bodice Is draped like a sur
plice and the back tucked with strips of