Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

| skirts hang with an effect as loose as 1t
was lately tight.
Whole sermons could be written upon the
| hang and fall of these skirts, but perhaps
! 1t is enough to say that they only reach
the highest form of excellence when i'll
French shape. However, the artistic pat
| tern houses are putting forth fiat models,
| which brilliantly achieve the French effects
| So with soft and adaptable materials grow
| ing daily more and more numerous, the
woman of needle knack may follow the
most intricate of them. The made-up mod
| els suggesting also color combinations and
| trimming effects, to the clever sewer the
| toilet Is almost done once patterns and
Stuffs are bought.
Costumes which only master hands may
effect are among the imported Louis styles.
These run to satin and silk and velvet coats
with stiffened tails, high buckled belts and
| lace jabots. The skirt may be In an en-
tirely different material-lace, net or chiffon
but it has in line the same courtly sugges-
ton as the jacket, and the little three
corned hat shown with the costume may
sport lace rosettes embroidered with gold or
silver.
Feronese green velvet, declares a foreign
correspondent, forms the coat for such
get-up which has been composed for spring
salon wear. Contrasting wildly with this
green is a vest of robins egg blue satin
embroidered in silver. The flounced skirt
is of black net, shirred at the hips, but
without other trimming.
Fof FINE dressing.
/ The opening of the Paris salon is always
the occasion for much fine dressing, and
effort is made to get designs as picturesque
as possible. But the Louis coats are sup
piled for any dressy service, and with the
intention to push such styles here i'm
porters are bringing over the embroidered
kid vests and cuffs which will begay many
Of them
Notwithstanding 1t is woman herself who
snail decide whether or not tailed coats will
be worn. and there is no doubt but that
the popular vote will be for the loose bolero
trNled and hounced skirts. for which there
Is just now furore go charmingly with
these and hats of the simplest line complete
the gtrlish get-up
The 'gunboat" and the torpedo" are the
warlike titles of two of the new turban
models. which are shown in rough straw.
trimmings OF narrow velvet and steel buck
les deck the neatest of these. but if the
shape is of tulle and ribbon a paradise
plume may be put at the front or left side
Some of the round sailor shapes, and es-
pecially those covered with silk. show small
low crowns. over which the trimming Is
put, often hiding it entirely.
Flounces of lace compose the wide brirns
or some dressier hats. whose crowns are not
infrequently of Vatican ribbons, punched
ana puHed In numberless ways. Indeed. the
new hat models are too many to be counted
and If there are close hats there are f1aring
ones. and if modest styles extravagant
styles. Still. what might be called a studied
restraint marks the best designs; as little
trimming as possible being everywhere
used, and that Invariably following the lines
Of the headpiece.
Strings and Ribbons.
With some garden party headgear wide
strings are seen, giving a pretty wearer
both childish and milkmaid look. They
may tie under the chin. or hang straight
under the wide brim of the hat, the favorite
garnishing for which are wide. soft ribbons.
Ribbons never were more favored. and
some of the wash petticoats are SO beauti-
full as to incline women toward the hone
that some day petticoats will be worn out
side.
For instance. upon a handmade jupon
OF Parls lawn. with fiounces of French lace
Loulsine ribbon in Vatican colors is en-
ployed. Quite eight inches wide. this is
1rllled under the lace fiounces, creating a
tender blur of color, though of course the
RIBBON frills come off with washing
Looping garlands of narrower Vatican
RIBBONS are used upon other petticoats.
which are in tinted lawns and batistes.
lhese dainty CONNECTIONS are adorable
tnough, from their very nature, they must
pc confined to house use. Sometimes com
olnlng with killed Jacket, also ribbon
trimmed, they are exploited by the shons
Whlch make fine underwear specially.
IN TINS shape they are intended for any
neglige service that would call for a
shiartish get-up. MARY DEAN.