Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
FOR EASTER F|NERY
Latest Ideas at Home and
Abroad.
HENRIETTAS REAPPEAR
SKIRTS ARE VERY WIDE AND
WAISTS DRAPED.
Hair Nets for the New Coiffures-other
Things That Are Worth
Noting.
HENRIETTAS REAPPEAR
Written for The Sunday Star.

Written for The Sunday Star.
OF the large variety of fabrics shown this
season it cannot be said that any one is
really the leader. A half hundred might be
named. all with equal claim to popular
favor, but there is no doubt that silks do
and will play a most important part in
the wardrobes for spring and summer.
White and delicate colors in chiffon taffetas
are made up in simple shirt waist suits for
ordinary afternoon wear and the cleaning
satin foulards. in plain and fancy effects,
are developed into the loveliest of afternoon.
reception and restaurant gowns. One of
the smartest of the new importat1ons In
this delightful fabric shows large brown
dot on a deep cream ground. The skirt
Is fitted over the hips with numerous tucks
widening out to extreme fullneSS at the
hem. Three deep hounces, cut In wide,
circular form, are set on with fine tucks
to a third of their depth, headed and bound
with brown satin. Huge pines of cream
filet guipure set into the skirt and
f1ounces, crossing and holding them down,
the silk being cut away and plain brown
satin laid under The corsage is extremely
ornate, being draped over a closely fitted
lining kept supple with featherbone. The
silk is drawn tightly about the waist, in
girdle fashion. blousing slightly above. A
deep shoulder yoke of lace is applied over
brown satin. with a couple of quarter
circles set in low over the bust Above
are bound with brown velvet. showing a
high featherboned chemisette of fine white
lace. The big sleeve puffs are drawn In
above the elbow with folded cream ribbon,
and below two ruffles of fine lace fall over
a short band cuff of the guipure over brown
satin the long wrinkled gloves being slip
ped under The hat worn with such
costume must of course, harmonize. In
this case 1t is of cream horSehair braid set
on the frame in ruffles, with brown tulle
folds on the underbrim, long plume shad-
ing from cream to brown laid around the
brim. An invisible net adjusted over mi
ladys well-arranged coffure keeps each
hair in perfect order, face veil being out
of the question with a hat of large size
How things have changed a short while
ago milady covered her face with two
wells to protect her complexion, but now
she disdains even one, preferring to pro-
tect her couture instead with coiffure
net, fine as a spiders thread.
Made of Taffeta.
In taffeta frocks, besides the plain lit
tie shirt waist suits before mentioned, there
are Partisan costumes showing more elabo-
ration than ever, yet simplicity of idea
obtains in all. There are some charming
models in the new blue, a cross between the
real true blue and the cornflower, the
latter being very trying to some COM
pleXions. The color artists have so blended
this that the new color has a wider range
of possibilities. But one must be sure of
getting just the right shade, for there are
very many similar, lacking the soft pastel
like tone of this new shade. Brunettes
with brown or gray eyes can wear 1t; and
to blondes with blue and even dark gray
eyes 1t gives a soft. transparent glow. A
pretty silk warp henrietta in this color had
a bloused waist gathered in under a deep
folded girdle Of matched silk. Fancy taft
feta, shaded in several tones of the same
color and fine bars of black, was closely
gathered into a square sort of breast plate
on the bust, deep Jokes going over the
shoulders done in the me way, the square
front resulting, being filled with chemis-
cite of white lace. very deep stock of the
fancy silk tucked and a band of lace let
in in points around the throat. The sleeves
were very full puffs to the elbow, with two
bands of the shirred silk let in to the