Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Special Correspondence of The star.

NEW YORK. September 10. 1905.
The appearance of cool weather by no
means means the disappearance OF not
weather gowns, and even the muslin gown
Is seen during the day at informal restaur-
ant luncheons, for while the mornings and
evenings are cool the sun at midday rem
ders the wearing of between-season ma
terials burdensome. especially If woman
walks and all women who make any ef-
fort to keep "in trim walk more or less.
Even the filmy materials worn in mid
summer never look so well then as on
cooler days for extreme heat willis every
thing: even the crispest frock shows signs
of il about the throat and wrists. Then,
too, with thin gowns the September days
afford al excuse for the donnlng of feathery
tulle marabout and other boas. and these
usually set off the wearer's face and frock
10 the best advantage.
The fashionable restaurants are now filled
at the dinner and luncheon hours with
women who are coming In to town to look
over their town houses, or who, closing
their Newport cottages, are passing through
New York TO their other country piaces
OF course. there Is always a small con-
tingent that remains on at Newport until
late as late as the Bar Harbor, Lenox and
Southampton cottagers stay at their places,
but most of the smart Newport crowd leave
early.
Unlike Newport the Bar Harbor cot
te gers remain la ter In that most delectable
OF climates and perfect scenery. where,
should II chance to be foggy at the shore,
one may in half an hour drive up in the
mountains in the brightest of sunshine.
Lenox is always gay and later even in its
season than Bar Harbor, for October. when
the foliage turns and the air Is crisp and
bracing, Is it's best month of all. So the
Lenox cottagers do not make their reap
pearance in town until long after the others
may be said to have opened their city resi-
denCes.
AS for Tuxedo. its cottagers go there early
and return late. and in many instances
they keep their villas open all the year
round.
Mrs Harry G. Redmond, who was Miss
Julie Parsons. who most wisely wears a
great deal of brown, was in from Tuxedo,
where she went from Newport. in a grace
bul brown chiffon wolfe over cream white.
Its smooth surface was broken with small
brown satin polka dots.
The bodice had a deep stock and vest
of cream lace: the wolfe was laid in a
sort Of surplce effect in the back. while
the side fronts were very loose and droop-
ing and showed a large expanse of the
creamy lace; these side fronts met in the
center perhaps four inches above the girdle.
II the back the of lace seen was
much smaller than that in the front and
the side back crossed the other. Each
side had a simple hem about inch wide
as IT'S finish.
The sleeves were rather scant puffs end
ing above the elbows over narrow pufrs OF
lace. these in turn ending in full. short ruff
fles at the elbow; between each OF the lace
ruffies al the bottom and the lace pun above
twist of brown was placed. At the
back seam "A narrow lace ruffie ran hair
way to the armhole.
The skirt had the appearance of being
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wide at the top and an inch or so apart,
and these were released above the knees
The skirt swept the floor and was trimmed
below the knees with fve-inch-wide knife
blade plaitings of the chhIon wolfe: the low
est was at the edge OF the skirt and the
others We're arranged some three inches
apart.
a scarlet straw toque topped this brown
frock. 1t was trimmed with dark green
leaves at the top of the crown and the
brlm on the right side and at the back.
At the left front was a dash of dark red
flowers and from these extending down the
left side and back was a dash of brighter
red, that in the subdued light in which 1t
was seen looked like scarlet breast. but
which might more easily have been tulle
Another red toque was worn by Mrs
Frederic Edey, also lunchlng in a smart
5th avenue restaurant. This toque was
a bright red and had modified Maltese
cross effects in lighter red at the sides.
At the left front there was a bit OF scarlet,
and from this soft scarlet feathers curved
over the left side to the back and down
also at the side over the hair; they were
Coque feathers arranged to form a soft,
wide feather.
Mrs. Edey's frock was a simple. pretty
muslin. white, with few scarlet dots
IL. The skirt, plated, or gathered at the
top to give a plated effect.
Wound length finished with a three-inch hem