Evening star., 1901-02-09

Barbara will also have most frivolous
chiffon boa of mixed dark gray and laven-
der shades. This is crinkled and crumpied
in a most indescribable way, and here ana
there peep punches of most natural looking
violets. Then there is a little mufr. TOO,
purely for ornament, for it is entirely mace
of the violets with trailing loops OF narrow
pale green velvet ribbon and fun OF race
passing through heavy pearl DucKle. que
ought to look Ike a picture when she goes
out driving with Lilli.
The next thing was to get her cos
tune for rougher wear. wanted II 10
be pretty as well as practical. she mas
enough of those stiff English affairs.
insisted on something which would sug
gest youth, sunshine and the Riviera gen
orally. Well, what do you suppose we
bought-coarse. cream colored goods, some
thing between a homespun and hopsack-
ing! This is ultra swell and Just the thing
for a young girl. We found a costume
made of this, but as the alterations were
little complicated 1 am afraid 1t will have
to be sent down to Barbara after she ar
rives at Nice. 1t is made with Russian
blouse The collar is of cardinal panne
velvet embroidered with little white silk
feur-de-lis The cuffs and the belt are of
the velvet, and three narrow bands OF II
run down the front and around the bottom
Of the skirt. The latter is made without
lining, and the slip petticoat is OF cardi-
nal silk. With this Barbara will wear car
dinal red stockings and little black patent
leather shoes with red lacings. Her hat is
Of stitched white CLOTH and it is trimmed
with rosettes Of two shades of red Her
parasol will of course be red, and SO Will
be the stitching on her loose wash leather
gloves. She has several little blouSeS which
will go nicely with this costume, and l
made her add to her collection couple Of
white China silk ones. The prettiest Of
these is embroidered with little gold polka
dots, and the other Is covered with butter
colored insertions, through which narrow
red velvet ribbons are run.
For Casino Wear
The hardest thing was to get her a casino
gown. Her heart was set on buying one
suitable for a woman of fifty Isn't il
funny that very young girls always try to
look like grandmothers? Finally we came
to an agreement over a dainty blue Grape
made up with lots of soft lace and bits Of
black velvet here and there. The odd touch
to the gown was given by bunch Of au-
tumn leaves which were placed instead Of
a rosette over the breast The collar also
had a small cluster fastened to the left.
Real Beauty.
We came across the cutest little black
panne jacket l ever saw. 1t had a wide
collar and revers of Persian panne in the
faintest shades of pink, blue and yellow
The buttons were of gold and pearl, and it
fastened by means of a fluffy lace scarf
and pearl buckle Barbara spent the last
cent OF HeT allowance Oh tnlS, WHICH was
very foolish of her. She said she could go
without any new dinner gowns, but of
course, l knew better She is so hard on
her clothes that few of her evening things
are presentable.
SO 1 had to make her present Of three
gowns. One was of pink mousSeline de
SOLE with big Marie Antoinette fichu and
long ends; another was of white silk net
trimmed with white velvet ribbons of diff
ferents widths and the third was of very
delicate pale blue made over nile green taf-
feta and embroidered with ivy leaves. These
blue and green combinations all the
rage at present. and Barbara has just the
right complexion to wear them
Refreshed by Tea.
I never was so tired in my life as when
we finished our shopping. 1t was o'clock
in the afternoon, and 1 told Pierre to drive
to the little English teashop on the boule-
ward. We had just given our order for
some madeeines and pot Of "Heur des
Indes' when a stunning girl swept by. She
was all dressed in peculiar shade Of dull
red Her smart turban was tilted at CO.
quettish angle over her nose and her Jet
black hair fiuffed in most bewitching way.
Barbara clutched at my arm.
'It's Cecile Dubarroisp she exclaimed,
and so 1t was. But what on earth was she
doing with the old Duo de Maufrigneuse,
who was accompanying her? And where
was his wife, the cross and rheumatic
duchesse? These are things which l have
| not been able to find out yet in spite of