Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

pin ball or cube holding gins heal ed with
various eolorsss. In fact, these coiored pins
girl as modern fashians REQUIRE a liberal
use of pins despite the efforts of the most
| clever dressmafers tol provide the requisite
number of loops and buttons.
For instance, the new silk and linen
stocks show ON the ander side tidy little
| tabs OF the lining material with button
/ holes worked to fit over collar buttons.
Nevertheless aswoman does not feel safe
| unless she guards the union of the waist
i and stock, or at least the joining of the
| stock In the BACK With fancy pins. For this
use the silver gilt safety pins so much in
/ vogue last yeaE have been supplanted by
/ more eiegant-lsoking9 little bars In silver
or gold, plain or studded with tiny jewels.
These come In sets, two for the stock and
! two for the cuffs. In the same or varying
lengths, at most reasonable figures.
| Very popular are the little bars set solidly
| with pearls, but more Important than the
/ setting Is the catch. Care must be taken
| that the pin possesses good point and the
| bar stout catch. For $50 the tidy girl
| can find these sets with pearls. turquoise,
coral or peacock eyes. They also come In
the form of fraternity and college pins,
and girls who can afford 1t select plain
pins on which their monographs are en-
graved-
The making Of stocks is always an inter-
esting occupation for the tidy girl. and she
will find very convenient the new lengths
of whalebone covered with silk which can
be bought In sizes to suit any neck. These
do away with the annoyance OF cutting the
bone into lengths and covering the ends.
"A feature of the toilet which gives the tidy
girl much annoyance is the adjustment OF
vents and skirt bands Plain hooks and
snap clasps are not always reliable, but the
new safety hook that has two overlapping
prongs is the very best thing for keeping
the vent Of the skirt fastened tight.
Still Straight Fronts.
Among the different articles offered on
notion counters is a broad rubber band for
holding down shirt waists, while for the
front OF the corset there comes triple
set of big hooks for keeping skirts from
hitching UP in the front. for the straight
front effects have by no means disappear
ed. The lower hook Is to hold down the
band of the shirt waist and the other two
hooks, ranged above this, are to hold down
the band of the dress skirt.
One device for keeping shirt waist and
skirt together shows tight mohair band,
which is fastened with buckle in the
front and held down by the above men-
toned hook. On the shack of this band is a
metal slot and each skirt is provided with
two big fiat hooks which fit into the slot.
But even the best devices fail, and the tidy
girl always has at hand goodly number
Of safety pins, white and black, for making
certain this union between shirt waist, and
skirt, a problem which confronts her more
than ever in summer, when the shirs waist
is inevitable and the jacket is laid aside.
Nothing will bring a. flush to the tidy
girls face more quickly and surely than a
whispered word that her skirt band shows
beneath the fancy belt or that her shirt
waist is wrinkling around the waist lire.
The junction of shirt waist and skirt Is as
important an item in her well-groomed
makeup as the unfrayed velveteen binding
at the bottom of her skirt. New that the
street costume calls for a skirt which clears
the ground all the way round, frayed or
bedraggled finish on a dress skirt is en-
fnently impracticable.
These trim-looking skirts bring footwear
into greater prominence. therefore the tidy
girl is particularly careful about the con-
dition of her shoe laces, for, next to- run
down heels, nothing mars the appearance Of
a foot more than knotted or frayed laces.
For walking boots the best lace is of mo-
hair, and 1t comes In two widths. an eighth
Of an inch and half an inch. 1t takes more
pains to use the wider laces, and the girl
who must dress I'm haste should give the
preference to the narrower.
Matches III Color.
A simple device for fastening laces at the
top is to draw the loops the same length as
the ends and then knot them tightly.
The smart lace for low shoe is Of silk
and matches the leather exactly in color.
The ready-made laces show metal tips, but
many girls buy surah ribbon by the yard
and finish the ends diagonally. Or, If they
prefer more fancy finish for white or col
ored ties, taSsef made of beads Is some
times fastened to the end of the ribbon.
Clasps for fitting tightly over, the knots of
these silk ties to hold them firmly in place
come in silver and gun metal, and the girl
who can afford to- do SO has her monogram
engraved on the clasp.
The tidy girl who is experienced in the
graceful art of dressing always lays aside
a certain proportion of her allowance for
Just such little trifles as have been men
toned in this article, for the most elegant
costume is marred by some neglect in the
small appointments, and the most beautiful
of hand-embroidered shirt waists lose their
attraction if ungainly safety pin shows
above or below the belt. In this day of
good grooming white china hatpin will
detract five or ten dollars from the cost
of black velvet picture hat.