The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Hints for Evening Dress
and PettiCOatS and
GirdleS.
The Tendency Now Is
Toward Revival of the
HoopSkirt.
BY AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.
M RS. DANIEL MANNING, first
MI of her sex at st. Louis. has
Il set the STYLE In elnctric cnlnrs

4 Il set the style in electric colors
She wears all electric hues and
the world has taken up The fashion.
"Madam's gown should look exactly
like an electric lightr'
The speaker was a fashionable mo-
diste Of Fifth Avenue and the patron
millionairess. The gown was a shade Of
white. Threads OF silver were woven
through it until it shows like light. 1t
was trimmed with silvered paillettes. A
silver gtrdle with a great cut silver
buckle cleaned from the waist
Mrs. Manning wears a great deal a
gown Of electric pink. II is very bright,
so bright as to suggest red. but in its
depths there is a cold glow instead of q
warm red light. She chooses a wide CIR
lde of pink trimmed with silver braid.
The neck IS low, but is encircled with
cut silver passementerie. The gown Is
exceedingly brilliant in the light
The revival of pale blue has brought
the electric blues into vogue. They are
very bright, very light. blues reminding
one of blue white. In the day time this
shade of blue does not come out very
brilliantly but in the evening 1t is ex-
ceedingly lustrous.
A gown Of electric blue gauze has Just
been completed for one Of the women
managers Of the Worlds Fair 1t IS
made round, in the old-fashioned way.
II is called a wartime gown, modelled
after the gowns worn by the women OF
the Confederacy.
This wartime gown is made with
round skirt ruffied to the waist Each
little ruffie has its own little heading.
. The waist is also round and rufied. And
there is a wide sash tied in the back
and left 10 float wide and free
The modistes will tell you that there
are no hoop skirts worn. But, if you
look at some Of the new gowns, you
will be inclined TO doubt their word
These gowns are built TO set out in bal
loon fashion. and they certainly invite
the use OF a hoopslSirt.
On the hOopskirt question one might
quote from the private letter of a Paris
dressmaker 10 n patron. Writing in ,
French, this well-knOwn authority saws:
u send your gown, madame. and the !
hOopsNirt that goes with It. If madame
does not want 10 wear the hoopskirt
there is a stiff white taffeta petticoat,
all rufies, and another one Both are
RULED and trimmed with lace and will
act in place Of the hoopskirt"
Making the Skirts Flare.
It may be that we are coming to
hoops. The tendency is that way. over
! IN Paris where styles have the courage
q their convictions the mention OF
hoops is frequently heard. while as for
bustes, they certainly lie a foot deep
upon the counters. ready for sale.
The Sustle agitation is one that will
never quite die down AS long as there
are figures that are fat just so long
viii pustles be brought forth TO grace
- - - -
new round skirts they are certainly be-
coming unless one is too fat TO wear
them.
The dance gown OF the season IS the
gown simplex. And the more simplex
the better. II Is q very wise girl who
goes forth and buys enough net or bob
binette for a gown. She will need eight
yards She can get II IN any color, but
the prettiest Is the silver white or the
glossy black She will make up this
gown with ripe shirrings around the
hips, put on in circular shape And she
will trim IL around the foot with three
round ruffies.
The ruffles Will be very full and will
be gathered by hand They will be edged
with a border OF Valenciennes lace or
fof other edging lace. Then there will
be a little Valenciennes at the head OF
each Fuf1le-
For the waist the foxy girl OF the pc
,a1od VIII lose sight OF the old-fashioned
waists anH VIII cut out d waist after one
of her old shirt waist patterns She
VIII choose q model that buttons in the
back and she will see TO II that the
shoulders are built very low.
The shoulders can be lowered IN ef-
feet by applying a strip OF lace IN such
q manner that It extends down the arm
20 the elbow. OF course. there are wide
sleeve puffs opening IN a big balloon
shape with the inner part filled with
lace
The simple styles are really the most
effective, though not necessarily the
cheapest Many OF them are positively
sxtravagant, for the simple appearance
"a simple IN name only. Really. the cost
n heavy, for the material is elegant.
and the ct ceteras OF a kind that are not
picked up on every counter for little.
The ballroom effects will be fiowerlike.
That Is the only way 10 describe them.
Each dress viii be built after flower.
and will be complete in it's appearance.
There Will be no Earring note. One
grown jonquil gowns in pale yell
low taneta. trimmed with ruffles Of dyed
lace OF precisely the same tone. The
belt IS scarlet. with an embroidery OF
yellow, and there IS a little scarlet en-
broidery upon tne waist Scarlet and
yellow give a gown a very fower-like
effect.
Gowns Are Like Flowers.
The flower gowns are so numerous this
year that one dressmaking establish
ment has adopted the expedient Of nam
ing each gown before It goes out and the
gowns are billed Ia that manner. Each
dress as II is fitted and the trimmings
added receives its flower name. A gown
for a Washington woman is called
pond lily dress. II is in green and white |
and n great glossy green taffeta sash |
IS tied around the waist. All is cool in |
the green and white tones with a great |
string OF gold heads around the neck |
FOR relief.
And. speaking Of gold heads, one may