Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

emily silk, being finer in quality than the
costume material A three-quarter-inch
strapping of the silk with two narrower
ones above it go around the coat and
sleeves and similar strappngs are used on
the skirt. This costume was topped the
other day by a wide-brmmed, low-crowned
chip hat, blue, and matching the mohair
with a wreath of shaded blue cornfiowers
around the crown. and a wide silk dotted
thin blue chiffon veil over 1t. The veil was
a wide one and just long enough to go
around the hat, the upper part of the ends
being pinned at the base of the crown and
the others flying free. Miss Peters had
come into town by train
Mrs. William Dixon, whose matrimonial
troubles have recently appeared in the
newspapers, and who is a charming and
handsome young woman. lunched recently
at Delmonicos with Miss Janet Fish. She
wore a simple black chiffon wolfe frock Miss
Fish wore black foulard figured In white
and fat black hat with half wreath of
white flowers across the front.
Mrs. Dixon's frock was a bodice and
skirt of black chiffon wolfe over white silk
with a disappointed girdle of mauve silk.
Her very wide brimmed black hat was
tilted up at the left and mauve flowers
were fastened there. The skirt of the frock
cleared the floor by five inches and was
gathered at the top all around. Two deep
tucks that showed plainly against the white
foundation slip appeared in the skirt. The
bodice was gathered into the deep girdle,
was cut out in V at the back as well as
the from, and white stock and guimpe
were inserted. The sleeves were simple.
dropping puffs from the shoulders to the
elbows.
Mrs Henry w Bull, who was Miss Maude
Livingston, and one of societys beauties,
Iunched lately In a simple lavender linen
frock. Mrs. Bull is petite and dark. She
wore a white null and lace blouse. over
which was slipped a body of the lavender
linen, cut out deep and round at the top and
having a front and back, but no under
arm sections; this was embroidered all
around its edges In small scallops with
lavender linen floss. This slip had shaped
extensions at the center back and front
of the linen; these extended over the belt,
and were about five inches wide at the
top by seven inches at the bottom. and
were about eight inches deep. The skirt,
short. OF course, was g0red or plated,
and the plaits then cut away to fit about
the hips. while at the same time 1t was
gracefully loose about her slight figure. The
skirt was in two sections of about equal
depth, the upper overlapping the lower and
each being embroidered at its lower edges
to match the body.
Mrs. Bulls hat was large one of creamy
straw. having bandeau that tilted 1t down
at the right and up at the left. where
shaded lavender ostrich tips were caught.
This chapeau was worn that 1t rather
tilted down over the forehead.
An odd and very Frenchy hat seen on
the avenue was a dark red straw Of chip.
with low crown that narrowed In to the
brim of equal width all the way around.
! This was tilted way UP at the back. down
slightly in the front. and well over to the
left side A wreath of shaded red and pink
roses and buds. with notified foliage, also
red. went across the front OF the hat
close to the crown and along the sides and
up in straight lines over the turned-forwarl
back brim. where at the brim's rim they
ended. The cachepeigne at the back was
formed of red tulle and a little narrow red
velvet ribbon arranged In loops and q very
few of the rosebuds. The red tullo covered