Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14

skirt is made with a deep Spanish hounce
put on with ten rows of fine shirring. The
lace bars it in two rows at the front-one of
which points in a deep Wand three at
the back At the top of the skirt which
is here gathered full at the sides and back,
is novel hip yoke of the lace, piece on
the lower part of the bodice suggesting
with this a corset look.
The baby waist is also gathered full and
cut out at the neck to produce an almost
straight line. 1t Is bordered with the close
ly massed shtrring, which likewise shares
band cuff for the puffed elbow sleeves.
White taffeta silk. cut bias and folded in
shape, forms the belt.
Another delicious little evening frock is
or shimmer-green silk muslin and brown
iSh-yellow lace. Wide ShirringS achieve the
hip yoke of the skirt single row appear
ing half way down. Below this runs a
threading of black velvet, slipped through
button-holed openings in the skirt, which a
lace Hounce, put on with a gathered head
lng finishes. The gathered bodice Is also
trimmed with the shirrings and velvet and
is less cut out than the other. The TRIM
mlngs form straight bertha band, which
becoming line is repeated at the tops of the
pured sleeves. Lace cuffs draw these in
also Just below the elbow
Inc prettieSt feature of this costume is
Wlsp OF black tule used only on the waist.
II is folded in light roll. which surrounds
the neck below a narrow lace CAMP, an
other roll appearing between the shrrings
of the sleeves
The effect is highly artistic and "Frenchy"
IN the extreme, for with all their fondness
Tor CONNECTIONS in one tone the French are
still given to touches of black.
The American Neck.
Curious to relate, the French are attribut-
Ing many Of their styles to our country
The decolletage which brings the cut of the
bodice in straight line about the Shout
ders, without a support of any Sort is
called q erin
now much admired in Paris, as well as
numerous other little wrinkles supposed to
have been originated by American beauty
For those who must have the support,
there are chains and straps Of various sorts
which suspend the bodice from the Shout
ders and do away with the danger of it's
slipping off entirely. These preserve the
straight neck line, which has been found
so enhancing to beautiful shoulders and
If chains are employed, they afford addi-
tional opportunity for the gems now worn
in such profusion.
A stunning little dinner bodice IS held
on the shoulders by chains of coral and
gold beads Similar strings are looped In a
decorative way at the front Of the waist,
which is of dead white chiffon and lace.
The lace is put on in a straight shoulder
band, with fiounces of deep edging at the
top of the sleeves An edge Of bias coral
velvet. with four pretty bows at the front,
iS the neck finish.
Childish Effects.
Even for the maid in her first teens the
cut of the evening bodice is much consid-
cred matter. She, like her older sisters.
may have ali of her little shoulders on
view, but cuts more childish in effect are
more admired
A dress Of plain and embroidered yellow
batiste displays the neck cut approved for
young school girls. This decolletage Is ex-
tremely shallow, showing more of tho
shoulders than the neck. A band Of fine
shirring, extending at the shoulders to the
sleeve tops. outlines it. Below this, back
and front of the blouse bodice are bertha
strips of embroidery, between whose points
are more shrring. The figured batiste