Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
THE XMAS CHECK
Its Possibilities in Post-Holi-
day Shopping.
USING TO ADVANTAGE
STYLISH EVENING HATS THAT
ARE NOT TOO STRIKING.
Freshening Up a Wardrobe and Select
ing All Necessary
Trifes.
USING TO ADVANTAGE
Written for The Evening Star.

| Written for The Evening Star.
Happy the young girl who. armed with a
Christmas check from some loving relative,
| sallies forth these days to join the throngs
| OF shoppers. If bewildered bachelor uncles
| only knew the possibilities of checks after
| the great holiday they would never worry
| their heads about selecting other Christmas
| gifts for with the first of the year comes a
] general slashing Of prices in the big shops
| and strictly up-to-date goods can be pur-
chased for one-third less than was asked
| for them a week or earlier. Moreover,
| VINO can measure the joy of woman who
| folds In her purse snug little sum which,
with free conscience and no thought of
| that great damper-economy-she may spend
| just to please herself?
The larger the check the greater the care
should be exercised in spending it, for with
! feminine trinkets of all sorts overflowing
show cases and counters one is apt to dissi-
| pate ones cash and have nothing really
| good to show for it In the end. On the
other hand, there is an indefinable pleasure
In owning one or two really handsome ac-
| cessorles of the toilet which will lend dis
tinction to costume
Bags should come first under this classifi-
| cation. There is no one thing which indi-
! Gates the up-to-dateness Of woman like
| TINS small but eloquent trinket. Small, be-
| cause no well-bred woman allows an acces-
sorry OF this stort to stand out too strikingly
IN her general scheme Of dressing; eloquent
| because to the initiated it speaks clearly of
| dollars and cents
| by her bag shall you know her." is a
| tip not to be despised. We have had the
| run on chatelaines and wrist bags and now
| the opera bag is the thing In it Won NAV
carry your handkerchief your change purse
| anything, in fact, save your opera glasses
stu you must call it opera bag. Natur-
| ally 1t follows that silk is the prevailing
| fabric for these receptables and the richer
| and heavier it is the better Flimsy silk Is
worse than useless for this purpose Both
| oblong and square bags are shown, and the
| most popular patterns are the pompadour
| and Persian silks and the cleaning bro
| cades that our great-grandmothers de-
lighted in.
woman who is handy with her needle
can have several Of these bags for the
amount of money she would spend for ono
secured in a shop, for ore pays dearly for,
| the cunning workmanship displayed on the
| bags in windows and SHOW cases. They are
| beautifully tailored, so to speak, and cord
| ing and lining give the real finishing
| touches.
| Among the beautiful patterns which can
| be reproduced is pale blue satin, en-
| broidered In silver thread and tiny jeweled
! spangles This is made up with silver
mountfngs. A brocade Of yellow roses on
| a white ground is finished with a heavily
chased mounting Of gold and yellow rib
| bons.
| The bags, which combine perfectly with the
frock are very correct, and the woman who
| has really handsome velvet suit should
have a bag made of exactly the same ma
| terial. The mountings can be purchased at
| prices varying from 81 to $40, with prices
| much higher If one desires gold or jeweled
| effects. One Of the newest mountings is a
curtain-pole effect. tiny rings being at
| tached to the bag and then run on rods to
| match. These come In exquisite woods and
metals.
If one still yearns for chatelaine bag for
street wear. either steel beading or the
chain mesh in dull silver with oriental jew
eled finishings is the best. Here the pen
dant effect gives a real oriental scheme,
and draws the line between the bargain
| counter bag and the real article.
In purses, snake-skin, which holds it's
own, goes well with almost any frock
She Needs One More.
Another trifie which will add greatly to
any woman's wardrobe just now Is a new
theater hat If, in a moment Of enthu-
siasm at the opening of the season. she in
vested in white evening hat, a new hat is
probably a necessity by this time. Here
the Christmas check works like a charm
for distinctive theater hat is regarded
by the average woman as a luxury.
While the picturesque hat still holds it's
own for evening wear and pale plumes are
masters of the situation, a woman will
look about for something more simple in
head wear unless she has delicate evening
frocks and cloaks. This may also be said
of elaborate decorations in fruit, which
flashed upon our vision at the beginning of
the season. 1t takes a stunning girl to
carry off this style of trimming, and for fire.
quent wear 1t actually becomes tiresome
Much wiser is the selection of hat in
which good lines and dainty flowers join to
give an air of smartness and dressiness
Here, too, one may throw a sop to Cerbe-
rus-in other words. coquette with the
question Of tails or no tails. If it's wearer
is afraid Of the long, very pronounced
drapery at the back in velvet or lace she
may cut the Gordian knot by selecting a
hat with a bow almost Alsa tan in its SIM
plicity, yet dropping enough to cover the
hair
Two toques on such lines were displayed
by a 9Th avenue importer, and one now
graces the head Of a popular actress. The
first is in light blue of the forget-me-not
shade, and is built on rather broad lines
fitting snugly to the ok of the hair The
foundation is folds Of satin taffeta which
also forms the bow In the back held in
place by a long, narrow steel buckle. The
rest of the hat is encircled by forget-me-
nots.
The other hat was of rich cardinal velvet
in the same shape, the fiat crown being
OVERLAND with autumn leaves in richest
tints, and the bow being of liberty taffeta
held with a large rhinestone buckle It's
beauty consisted of the perfect blending of
the crimson tones in velvet, ribbon and fol-
iage.
For Cold Mornings.