Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
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mings-these would doubtless be considered
inappropriate-but folds of the material,
rather than velvet or fancy braidng. Ell
bow sleeves. in keeping with the fad Of the
moment, seem quite in accord with the
general style of the costume, while most
homogeneous seems the English or Ameri-
can idea of the rainy day gown.
A small hat, rather than an eXagger-
atedly large one, may be a concession to
the attempted severity of the model, as
is the fact that the material used in the
costume is of such sort that it cannot be
seriously injured by rain or snow. Plain
clothes and serges are preferred to the
rough tweeds and cheviots, which in truth
would look anything but smart made on
these lines. A small pattern of the blue
and green plaid is allowed, but with trim
mings Of braid and bright buttons with
bias folds of cloth, either blue or green.
Apparently the idea to be carried out is
that all trimmings shall be fiat, for there
are no gathered skirts or flounces, and the
lines are all long and fiat.
Any style is chosen that shows to great
| est advantage the good points OF the figure.
| The gown must fit to perfection, the skirt
| hang exactly right and everything about
| the costume be exceedingly neat ana trim,
| although scarcely spOrtsm3nlike. It is con-
| tended that the materials chosen have all
| been made waterproof and are like era
| venette. so that there is no chance of Their
| being injured by any dampness, nor will
| any dampness penetrate through them.
| This would seem to be some excuse for the
apparent incongruousness Of SO elaborate
| an effect.
| As a rule the dark coloys are chosen. but
French women are fond of light clothes.
| and so it is not uncommon to see light
| tans and grayS The smarteSt gowns are
! in dark red, prune, green and black, and
| blue must not be omitted either, as there
| are many exceedingly smart gowns made
| of that color, but in the new shades rather
| than ordinary dark blue. in which serge
| especially has had such a long roPu,a. :Cy.
| Most useful, but alas! most unbecOEninG,
| is a gray cloth. It must needs b. mem
| toned for it IS smart in appearance The
| woman who looks well in it must be in
| deed a beauty and, in truth, It needs most
! careful handling even under those cIrcum-
| stances not to make the Wearer thereon look
| twice her age and overwhelmed with the
| worlds sorrow.
! Red has been so much worn the last three
! or four seasons that it might be thought to
| be somewhat old fashioned. For a wet
| weather gown. it is, however, extremely at
| tractive and If treated by the waterproof
| process already spoken of. a red cloth gown
| is ideal to wear on dreary, wet day. Car
| rying a red umbrella and wearing a hat
| to match the gown, a woman Will look her
| best and appear to the greatest possible ad-
| vantage in contrast with her less calculat-
| ing sisters who consider themselves appro-
priately and suitably clad in dreary gray
| or brown A smart black gown, serge or
| rough cloth with a touch OF bright cclor in
| waistcoat and hat is always effective ana
most generally becoming, so 1t Is not re-