Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
Written for The Sunday Star.

Written for The Sunday Star.
The festival of Easter is as much honored
by Dame Fashion and her devotees as by
anybody or anything else and for the Fas-
ter showing there are the most charming
concets displayed in the smart shops that
traverse the shopping sections of Paris.
One thing strikes the eye of the observant
woman, who sees not only to admire. but
likewise to copy and to reproduce all of
those clever hints and nuances of style in
her own wardrobe later on.
Very delicate tints and colorngs are to be
quite a la mode for street wear. Where
for many seasons we have encouraged the
quiet and sober browns. the dark navy
blues, black and. for change, a demure
Quaker gray, there charming
frOCks in pale blue. in all of the rose pnks
and reds, the geranium tints, and the rasp-
berry and strawberry reds as well.
Soft and Supple.
These are so plainly and yet so daintily
made that there is not the hint of over
dressing or of loudness which at first i'm
preston one might imagine that a gera-
mum red frock for the street would or
might produce. And one reason for this
is that all of the new materials are so soft,
so supple in their qualities. that they cling
and drape in the softest and most unobtru-
sive manner. For the taior-made produc-
ions there are chiffon brOadcIOthS ana
siciliennes, mohars that are soft and shiny
as silks and in all of the fashionable color
ings
For the Shirt-waist suits that are to have
such a furOre in the spring gowns there are
silk-warp henriettas, as well as the mistral
voiles, the raw silk weaves and the pongees
that have been dyed to all the new color
ings in the fashionable catalogue. The nat
ural-tint pougee will still be used, but the
dyed ones are considered far newer and
much smarter.
Smart Tailor Mades.
For morning, and, indeed, for general
street wear, there are some delightful nov
elites in tailor-mades. These have little
blouse coats. the 'frocks and frills' jacket,
n most abbreviated garment, indeed, that
In it's newest phases is plated at the Shout
der seams and ends its short career not far
below the shoulder blades in the back, and
a trifle longer proportonately in the 'front.'
These are to be worn with dainty little
lingerie blouses. and the short, plated
sleeve-it seems half sleeve half cape-that
comes only below the bend of the elbow
will display the fine needlework of the
Clear the Ground.
The skirts of all these new productions,
when intended for street wear must be
cut to clear the ground all around, just
short enough to swing smartly and display
the smart shiny black kid shoe to advan-
tage.
And. apropos of shoes, the oxford tie is
the correct thing for everyday wear. The
dull black feathers are passe, and it is the
very shiny patent colt or glossy kid shoe
that is now considered the only correct
shoe for all wear. For the summer time,
of course. there will be some colored shoes
shown, but the well-dressed girl of good
taste will purchase but sparingly of the
colored shoes and place her main reliance
upon the smart shiny black ones. With
these the fine sheer gauze stocking has re-
placed the Openwork patterns, and just a
silken clock at the side is now all the deco
ration permissible.
Has Eight-Yard Flare.
The circular skirt holds the center of the
stage in the tailor-mades, for it best ac-
cords with the dictates of Madame La Mode
that smooth fit at the hips and an eight
yard flare at the foot mark the latest style.
Now, these circular skirts are somewhat
hard to hang correctly and in those de-
lightfully soft and sheer materials that even
the most severely tailor-made costumes are
developed in, require something to hold
them we'll out around the feet-something
more than the moral support of an ire
prOachaDle cut. To this end the Partisan
tailors are using feather-weight haircloth
as an interllning, for the newest skirts have
the lining scanned in with the cloth. In
the instances where a drop skirt must be
used the Paquin flounce is resorted to. This
is also of haircloth, woven in the correct
skirt curve, and for the woman who must
practice wise economy in dress it were
clever suggestion to have this fiounce in her
silk petticoat and thus make it do duty for
many gowns at the same time.
All-Absorbing Topic.
OF course. the Easter bonnet is one of the
all-absorbing subjects at this writing. Never