Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16

of these Is fascinating hood composed of
the filmiest OF chiffon, frills and ruifles.
beneath which almost any face will look
charming. prominent leading woman
wore such hood in forget-me-not blue in
one of the spring productions at a New
York theater. and since then firms who
cater to women of wealth have received
many orders for the pompadour hood and
loose coat en- suite. The coat hangs loosely
from the shoulders and may be made from
silk or mousseline with very full pun
sleeves finished in long nounces of lace
over accodiOn- plea ted chiffon. No trim
ming is used on the collar or down the
front of these coats, because the hood has
much-trimmed shoulder cape and long
stole ends. Rose pink chiffon combined
with white mousseline, the latter showing
a shower of hail. in embroidered dots is
a fetching combination. The fiounces are
all edged with shirred velvet ribbon IN pale
pink. and inside the facing of the hood is a
band or pink rosebuds. Long streamers Of
the dotted mousseline complete The pic
turesque effect.
Fluffy Fichus
OF the making of fichus which can be adj
justed over both head and shoulders there
seems practically no end. Only the softest
and most fluffy materials will drape well,
and these include plain and figured nets,
lace. chiffon and null. The fichus must he
rather broad in the center and taper 20
long. rounded ends. which may be tied In a
simple knot Such a fichu is edged with
thickly shirred ruffies or with rose plating
very pretty design in figured net, show
ing yellow roses splattered all over it, was
edged with rose plating of the net. finished
with lnnumerable little loops of soft yellow
RIBBON the shade Of the roses. 4 fichu of
plain pale blue silk null was practically
covered with narrow shrred rufies. into
the center of which were set at intervals
very small artificial rosebuds. Coquettish
Il a
mousSelfne, trimmed with double ruffies
through the center OF which was run a
vine and wee leaves made from shirred
ribbon. with here and there a rosebud built
from palest pink chiffon. One fshu draped
over the hair and crossed under the chin,
one long, beruffied end hanging down and
the other tossed over the shoulder make
pretty frame for a pretty face small
embroidered crepe shawl can be worked
into most becoming summer wrap IL
treated on the lines of a Red Riding Hood
cape and hood. One corner Of the shawl Is
shirred into a hood shape. one corner falls
straight in the back and one over each
shoulder, with ties of chiffon or dotted net
at the throat. The fringe should not be
too deep and white Is the most satisfactory
color Tor wrap of this sort.
In Soft Fabrics.
All evening shoulder wraps may be d.
vided into capes and pelerines, and they are
composed of lace chiffon silk and creme
A very smart little shoulder cape was
evolved from champagne-colored silk.
crepe shirred back and front the upper
part of the cape composed of two broad
shirrings. separated and edged by lace gall
looms In self-tone guipure. From the lower
lace bands fell graduated fiounce of the
crepe, very short in the front and very deep
in the back, with under f1ounces of accor-
dion-plaiting in the same color. edged with
ruching. The fichu was knotted over the
aI,a Nit 1nr,v dc ~ lin,, ,%IA t.,l
chiffon, held in place with a circular gold
buckle set in jewels. Such a wrap can be
worn with any summer gown of elaborate
design. All sorts of lace scarfs are in
vogue, and some very pretty scarf effects
are shown in plain and dotted net, edged
with lace.