Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
For Deep Mourning.

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and a pointed girdle of the taffeta finished
the waist.
For Deep Mourning.
A very effective frock for deep mourning
was of the thinnest nuns yelling, with tucks
two inches wide for ornaments. These, in
a closely massed band of seven, bordered a
deep circular skirt founce, and made band
around the middle of the bodice and at the
.. top of the sleeves second band of tucks
was at the bottom of the sleeves, which
hung open over unlined puffs of a coarse
dull net. At the throat of the simple waist
there was a tucked cravat of the same.
Hats covered entirely with dull silk are
considered the proper thing for deep mourn
ing headgear; both widows and maids wear
with these short wells of plain net, Dor
dered lin the newest inStances) with mourn
ing. or pipings of the same.
For first black, the little Marie Stuart
bonnet, which points down so becomingly
at the front of the head, is still the APP
proved widows headpiece With this after
the first three weeks, when 1t is generally
worn over the face, the long veil is draped
at the back of the bonnet, the short net
veil alone covering the face. Brown top
coats, with a wide band of black at the left
arm, are the badge of bereaved school girls,
and tiny children may dress entirely in
white.
A band of little ones seen at Newport
showed what Is considered good form in
children's mourning. Two girls of four and
six were in white from head to toe; more
sorrowful looking lassie of perhaps eight,
wearing a black sash and black hat with
her snowy cloth gown. A boy of ten was
in the deepest black, relieved by tan over
coat with the wide bombazine sleeve band.
Altogether they presented a spectacle more
cheering than otherwise, for surely to re-
lieve children of the hideous garments
which were once their portion is a matter
for rejoicing. The infantile heart was only
too long bowed down by the sad trappings
of woe.
The New German Sable.
Among the new furs is a very ineXpen-
| sive dyed-skin which goes under the name
| of German sable. This quite neatly initiates
| the more precious pelts, with little more
red perhaps, and the markings little more
pronounced. Nevertheless for night wear
| the long German sable coats are admirable
| purchases. producing look of Splendor that
deceiVes any but the connoisseur. Short
capes and big roll muffs are likewise seen
| in this cleverly dyed fur, with deception
abetted by the most ravishng silk Innings.
Brocaded doublings in the most delicate
hues are used some of the coat Innings run
to pompadour stripes, and those of the
capes to Wreaths and bouquets. AS to price
SO will buy a German sable cape that
rea ches to the waist, with a pale blue silk
lining covered with raised rosebuds. One
tiCketed at this price had even a rich jabot
effect of the fur at the front. When hoist
ed the wide collar mounted high above the
ears.
A more precious fur IS Siberian gray
squirrel in which are seen fetching box
coats and pelerne shoulder capes daintily
old time in suggestion. White pieces Ca
racule) put in in long ovals between Dor
ders of the gray. line the squirrel coats.
the same effective treatment facing the
long stole ends of the capes.
But more beautiful than all the other
furs of the season is minerva, the baby
ernine which is so delicately spotted with
the black tail tips, and which was used
for the coronation. The princely fur more
nearly approaches the look of raw cotton
than anything else, and something in it's
fairy quality makes it especially suited to
children.
The minerva sets for both grown. ups and