The Washington times., 1903-05-10
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and which she will wear tomorrow night
in the second act Of "The Frisly Mrs
johnson" is the sapphire" The ma
/ terial is heavy satin crepe de chine Of
pale sapphire tint. cut in q long
clinging princess robe. Beginning at
/ the square-cut decollete and extending
/ 10 within fifteen inches of the bottom
/ of this wonderful gown are seen lines
| composed of French jewels in regular
stone settings, and shading from pale
to the deepest blue of sapphire. The
jewels are small where they begin at
the neck. then gradually grow larger as
the shaded sun rays increase in width on
the skirJ OF the princess gown and
burst out into designs of fully perfected
beauty around its lower portion The
Jewels are here blended with exquisite
" embroidered leaves and large French
bowknots worked in gold and silver
threads in a manner marvellous TO see,
even in a season made notable by most
beautifully executed hand embroidery
The square decoIettage is bordered with
designs of the silver and gold embroid-
cry studded with the shaded French
Jewels. The long. graceful angel
sleeves are OF pale blue. transparent
chiffon. cIinging TO her arms with the
weight of the sapphires arranged in
star fashion here and there upon them.
An Opal Negligee.
In the last act Miss Bingham is seen
in the opal negligee, for which Mrs
Osborn deserves unstinted praise. 1t
is of white gauze, hand painted with
delicate pink roses interviewer with
the gauze are silver threads, so that
in some lights the robe appears to be
pure white and in others shades TO all
the faint bewildering rainbow colors
to which the opal is known to change
It is of empire design, over slip OF
white chiffon. and this is arranged over
a tight-fitting lining of white crepe de
chine The negligee opens in an inYis-
ible fashion. for neither the front nor
the back shows a means of entering 1t.
Opal trimming in fat bands composed
of .nnumerabIe opal tinted pailIettes
borcer the divided fronts. also the long
sIashes under the arms extending to the
edge of the gown The entire lower
pc: ton Of the negIigee is an intricate
study of cross bands OF these exquisite
ly fragile opal strips of trimming, and
even through all of this there are stud
ded opals of all sizes, making it one of
the mysteries of the dressmaker's art
how the fairy-like embroidered gauze
ever holds the weight of lavish beauty
IA rIy showared T10oO II
Butterflies of Changing Stones.
The neck is cut square. bordered with
opal bands, and at either side OF the
front Of the corsage. are large winged
butterflies, made entirely of the changing
stones. The butterfly sleeves hang per-
fectIy loose from the armholes. where
more OF the jeweIed butterflies form an
effective cap to them, and countless long
strings OF pearls and opals hanging
from the neck OF the negligee move and
gIimmer with every movement Of. the
wearer Imagine under this mass of bill
Lowry, ivory-tinted chiffon, accordion
pleated RIFLES and glimpses of chiffon
slip, ornamented with French bowknots
of shirred chiffon, and then when the
gown is seen. one Will realize the i'm
possibility OF yenturing an attempt To
describe it. even approximately.
Simpler in design is the coral dress.
The foundation is of faint yellow crepe
de chine, trimmed with lace of the same
color, heavily outlined in an elaborate
design of coral The bodice is a solid
mass of the embroidery, as is the hem
OF the loosely flowing skirt. Touches
of coral velvet outline the TOD OF the
and confne. at the wrist loose
OF coral embroidered chif-
fon a long chain OF coral and Jade
beads are the only jewels worn with
this toilette, which is peculiarly becom-
ing TO Miss Bingham's blonde lowell
ness There can be little doubt that
her forthcoming appearances at the
National viii set the millinery end OF
town ages.