The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-25

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of your fashion chronicler,
.-and don't tell us how to
buy furs that cost thousand
Better to tell US how to make over
our old dresses or how TO get new
dress at a modest cost" said a second
And SO, from reading how magnifi-
cent dresses are fashioned and by ascer-
tanning the new materials and colors.
styles and tendencies, the woman of
moderate pretensionS can gain some
idea on the fashions of her wardrobe
for the season of 1905
Her first gown must be a gown for
ladies' day, calling costume, some
thing in which to start out the new
year.
In the good old Holland Dutch days
no woman stayed home the second day
of the year. It was ladies' day. and
from morning until night the ladies
went back and forth making calls
The hostesses. those who remained in
the house, were the elderly members of
the household and the very young ones.
There is story told of how the aristo-
cratic women of Tarrytown decorated
their homes for ladies' day, and how
Washington Irving on that day was in
Guided in the list of stay-at-homes
w lile were making their
round Of calls they dropped in upon the
literary recluse, who was allowed to
rank with the elderly matrons on Ia
dies day.
Young matrons with young babies
were the hostesses on ladies' day as
well as the old ladies, and so it han
pened that goodly number remained
at home, while a goodly number also
went abroad
In these days ladies' day has disap-
peared to a great extent, but ladies'
week has taken its pace During the
first week of the New Year all women
who want TO be included in the fashion
able set must get out and call upon
their neighbors. From house to house
they must &c, stopping in a minute.
then trott1ng on to make the next call
Twenty calls of an afternoon is too few
Washington keeps up the old custom
10 nicely and the elderly members of
Washington society throw open the
house TO receive their younger friends.
OF course. on these occasions very
handsome dresses can be worn and the
more elaborate the gown the better
This year shere will be the heavy silks
old-fashloned brocaded gowns that rus
tleo for the society of Washington one
hundred years ago will rustic for Wash
ington society again today
Handsome Calling Costumes.
In the brocades one must mention The
handsome effects that are produced by
shading the silks a little There is tht.
new yellow brocade which is sometimes
called garish yellow. The yellow shades
into gold. and, looking across it, there is
a silvered light. It is a costly material
and it makes up magnifeently into CALI
Ing costumes and reception gowns.
Winter costumes which are made
OF one material-skirt, coat, and waist
OF handsome three-piece suits-are FASH
ionable. but women arc fond of wear
ing furs, and 1t has, therefore, come to
pass that. just for a little while, the
two-piece suit is less sought after ard
the fur coat Is worn
And who can wonder, for the fur coat
is so beautifully planned It is long or
short, as you and your pocketbook may
decide. and ii is trimmed almost any
way you please 1t is decorated upon
the sleeves with lace, or It IS trimmed
with fringe. or even with ruffies or cbif-
fon. You would be amazed! were yo,,
10 study critically the handsomer of
the trimmed fur coats. to note how
deliberately they are decorated with
delicate fur
In a handsome window on Fifth Ave
lamb. fine in quality. 1t is cut like the
jacket of q pajama suit and IL is
straight precisely like a pa jana coat
even to the sleeves, which are wide, bur
not belled.
The curious part of this coat lies in
outside there is heavy trimming of