Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

| the latter purpose a large gold hook set
| with tiny amethysts and gold eye are
| placed at the neck. The wrap is a cream
| color. and it is heavily embroidered around
/ the neck and down the fronts in shaded
/ pansies in all shades of purple, and is lined
| with lavender liberty satin The wide
| sleeves are set in at the top in wedge
| shaped extensions, there being no shoulder
| seams to the garment and these wedge
| shaped sections are embroidered to match
| the border The sleeves proper are set in in
| double box plaits and widen out to a
T breadth of fully eighteen inches at the bot
| tom, where they are embroidered in pansies
| and have inside fiounces of lavender tulle
| chiffon. At each side of each sleeve just
! at the elbow swings a long tassel of laven-
| der silk and purple cystals that weight the
sleeves down and hold them In place over
| the upper arms. This wrap is so arranged
| at the side seams that it falls in full folds.
Mrs. William H. Dixon. who Miss
Josephine Williams wore at the Peters
! Wells wedding one of the most artistic
| gowns seen 1t was pale green. very light
| weight cloth, cut in a princess robe that
| opened at the top and showed In the front
| a deep. V-shaped guimpe of white lace; it
| had elbow sleeves of modified medieval
| cut, over white lace undersleeves. The
| gown, which was glove-fltting, was given a
| coat effect by opening down the left side,
| appearing to. The right side of the robe
was carried over to the left at the waist
| line, and lightly draped effect was given
| by several scant plaits. Embroidery in Ro-
| man key pattern formed a border some
| three inches deep that extended around the
neck and down the lapped-over side of the
robe. The sleeves and hem also showed the
same design. A large, almost fiat. green
crinoline hat, with halo brim faced with
green tulle. was worn, and long, pale
green bird of paradise plume, starting from
1 f-ltTr of dor
slightly to the left of the center front
fioated out against the left underbrim the
plumes being invisibly held fiat against the
brim. Mrs. Dixon is tall, slight and dark.
and the costume suited her dark hair and
eyes and roseleaf coloring admirably.
Mrs. Henry Seligman. lunching en- route
for EIberon. wore a pale brown wolfe gown,
with tiny diamonds in sold brown breaking
the surface. The round length skirt was
glove-ftting at the hips in firmly pressed
in plaits, and was plain. The bodice, also
fitting closely had a guimpe of cream lace,
with a piping of brown between the wolfe
bodice and the lace. and the moderately
full sleeves were finished at the elbows
with lace extensions. Her hat was
Partisan creation of dark brown straw
knocked up at the back and sides, but not
in the exaggerated style and brown wings
dentatioEs. Her daughter. Miss Rhoda
Selgman. was in short -skrtsd costume, a
black and white shepherds plaid in plain
skirt and Elton coat topped by rather
small black sailor hat
A pretty and simple evening frock for a
young girl not yet out, and recently
| brought from Paris by a wel-known wo-
| man for her daughter, is light green chif-
| fon cloth. The ankle-length Skirt is laid in
| box plaits at the top. and has a six-inch
| hem Above the hem is a group of five
| half-inch tucks, each half an inch from the
next one and then comes tive-inch inser-
! tion of white lace in rose des gns; then an
other row of tucks and another row of
| lace, until there are four groups of tucks
and three of insertions. The top group of
! tucks is some little distance below the hip
| lines. The bodice has a pointed peasant
girdle of green chiffon taffeta and a round
| neck. Semi-clrcular sections of chiffon are
| cut out in the center to permit their pass
| ing under tie arms and the ends are
| draped in plaits to the bodice top. forming
| sort OF loose bolero over the girdle The
| cages are turned under and pressed in The
cage OF the plaits and the bodice is finished
/ by fold of chiffon and over the bare.
| neck IS placed the separate lace woke or
collar. This yoke has no stock, but a round
| or Dutch finish. and is cut in four deem
scallops, one over each shoulder and ona
| each In the back and the front A uft'e
quiling OF green taffeta finishes the edges
OF the yoke. and from under tbs quilting
/ falls four-inch ruffie of white lace TINY
/ butterfly bows in taffeta are fastened at
the inner curve of each scaliop. The sleeves
are large single puffs of chiffon over
| slightly stiffened white net. and end above
| the elbows. They are gathered into bands
| OF green tafYeta with large butterfly bows
| at the back. Frills of lace two inches wide
at the inside and FIVE inches wide at the