Evening star., 1900-10-27

startling features. display both grace and
taste. Such a gown, or gowns, rather, are
the group of two evening frocks in the
double-column sketch. These are especially
designed for the fresh and youthful ele-
ment in society, for the buds after the debu-
tante dance is over. The one to the left
is a moss rose pink taffeta brilliante.
The body is quantity shirred all about.
scured by bands of baby velvet ribbon, in
color a green, that matches very fresh
spring woodland moss. The shirrings and
the stripings of green velvet ribbon con-
tinue down upon the skirt to form a long,
pointed apron effect. The edges of this
apron are afiutter with chiffon frills of
opalescent hue, changing through pink to
white and tender green. A deep frill of the
chiffon borders the skirt all around.
Not bit less pleasing is the companion
gown of pale yellow Pekin crepe, decked
with narrow bands of mink's fur. buckle
of filagree gilt and pale blue .apphireS
holds the points of the short zouave jack
cts together over the bust, and below the
furred edges of the zouaves falls a vest OF
pale blue liberty tissue, spotted yellow. A
blue silk dancing pettcoat is worn under
the skirt of yellow crepe.
Smart and Simple Gowns.
Hardly a word of anything but praise
should accompany the two discreet walking
gowns that illustrate the best type of out
door suit now being made for adults and
juveniles. The young girls dress is
wiry haired tweed in warm shade of red,
and stroked irregularly with fine, close set
black lines. A band of solid red ladies'
cloth borders the skirt, collar and yoke of
waist and forms the belt. and this is sensi-
bly, toned down by applications of narrow
black soutache.
The costume for the older woman is a
Wotau blue homeSpun of delightfully."- soft
quality, the coat and skirt edged with
smooth, lighter blue cloth and braided in
black while the lower half of the body and
top of the skirt is arranged in blue silk that
matches the cloth edges.
Some very interesting striped cashmeres
have been brought out this season. Inc
stripes run the length of the goods, are
half an inch wide and alternate in black
and white, tabac brown and yellow, red and
black, etc. They are extensively used IN
the makeup of smart house skirts, the tops
Of which have the lighter stripes tucked
out This leaves the lower half Of such
skirt very full and the stripes conspicuous.
A fancy shirt waist and narrow, flexible
gold belt completes quite an Ideal morning
dress.
Leather and TyviIIed Ribbon Belts.
Apropos of belts, We are In danger OF do
ing the flexible gold ribbon to death with
overmuch patronage. Black satin girdles
braided in gold are also pretty but rapidly
Fastening to destruction through too great
popularity A group of really smart belts
leather and twilled ribbon are most taste
fully used. Tire belt of black satin sprin-
kled with tiny steel beads and clasped in
frcnt by a handsome Strass buckle is
carefully shaped to fit the waist, as a col
lar band is cut and skillfully adjusted to
the neck. This is a French invention.
The leather grdle is a straight strap of
white calfs hide, with the fine. bleached
hair clinging to the skin. This plant hide
is taken from the body of a stillborn calf,
b. h.1t hat Il
not soil, since the fine. close-lying hair ac-
cepts little grease dust. and that which
it does take can be easily wiped off with
cloth.
The third strap is of white silk, dlago-
nally striped with black velvet line and,
clasped with a gold disk buckle on white
three eaglets are outlined in brilliants. Near
ly all the good gowns this season are fin
ished with small crush stitched belts
that exploit buckles of intrinsic artistic
value. From Paris they sending us
beautiful buckles in the form of comic and
tragic Mosques, grinning satyr faces or
shaped and worked in imitation of Japa-
nese sword guards and mandarin buttons.
Neck Gear Fancies.
The most du moment idea in collars is
the high, straight satin band, about the
base of which a soft ribbon is drawn and
tied in bow in front that shows as many
as six ends of uneven lengths in front, but
no loops. Every end is pinched together
and finished with an ornamental golden
tag, and the result of this trifiing device is
extremely pretty. Sometimes the tags are
Of true gold. charmingly wrought and set