Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

were so set on as to describe serrated or
to i the waist line s White tuiie 7ormsd the
very short puffs of the sleeves, q band go.
Ing through the center OF each little pun.
Mrs " Aliston Flagg, who has the g, Ge e,
duh, soft gown. cut square at the top
and having small sleeves almost to the el-
bow and long. black gloves. Her only or.
nament was q collar OF diamonds ana
pearls
Miss Josephine Flagg was In ciel blue
satin. The pointed bodice was spangled
arranged in puffs over the top Of the bodice
and formed the sleeves, sprays OF fower4
In pale blue being laid careiessly here and
to the elbow. and also slagtingly across the
corsage. Her hair also showed tinted fow-
eIS.
Mrs Henry Parish, jr.. guest OF Mrs.
round neck and short sleeves. From the
top of these sleeves hung to below the
waist line other draped sleeves OF chiffon
drapery sleeves reminded one OF half
shawl draped at its pointed end. They
were exceedingly graceful and the costume
was notably artistic She wore a collar
arranged on the front of the tight cor
sage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones occupied
first time They have taken the box for
Monday evenings from Mrs, Richard Gam.
brill Mrs Jones was In mauve satin; the
gown had plain skirt and the swathed
or draped bodice, with tulle in the top,
had silver paiIletted in the center front.
The elbow sleeves were lace tulle, also
spangled In silver. Miss Sadie Jones, de-
butante of the winter and great-grand-
daughter of Thomas Jefferson Green, Tor
whom Tom Green county" Of Texas was
named, wore a simple white satin robe haV-
ing plain skirt and draped bodice, trim
med with fuffs of tulle. and baby sleeves
of the tulle. Flowers were caught In the
center of the bodice.
Miss Martha Prentice Strong, whose en-
gagement to Harold E. Turner was an
nounced the other day, was walking on
the avenue Wednesday in a tailored cos
tune of medium, dull blue, an invisfbiy
checked pattern. The skirt, short, Of
course was plain at the bottom, but hung
In plaits. The three-quarter fitting coat
was perfectly plain. single breasted ana
the center with blue bone buttons. The
cuffs were three-inch bias folds of blue
velvet exactly matching the goods. and
the coat collar was of blue velvet also.
With this she wore a draped toque or
dark but bright blue velvet, having at the
left front steel buckle, from which two
blush quilts slanted out toward the back.
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An odd empire coat recently seen at
hotel dinner hour was of chinchilla. 1t had
a round neck, from which a round collar,
some five inches deep. of Irish point ex-
tended out over the fur. and to match this
the huge sleeves, widening at the bottom,
were there laid in plaits and had four
inch bands of the lace laid back over them
as cuffs. The yoke Of this coat had the
stripes going lengthwise, but in the body OF
the coat they went around the figure. 1t
was lined with pale gray satin brocaded In
silver, over which silver gray chiffon was
hung in accordion plaitings.
Two tailored gowns just arrived from
Paris for a woman who is noted for her
good dressing show the long skirts that the
Parisians are welded to, but as this woman
will wear them for morning driving only
their length doesn't really matter.
One has a simulated tunic skirt and a
plain, tight coat. This coat, while tight
fitting in effect, is really not exactly SO,
being so cut and stiffened as to preserve
its apparently tight fit 1t is a rich, deep
colored broadcloth Of particularly lustrous
surface.
The coat has skirts that come some ten
inches below the waist line. 1t is single
breasted, the front rounding UP from the
bottom and the first button coming an
inch or so below the waist line so that
five bone buttons an inch across are used
Two long darts fit each side 'front.' and at
the left, just above the bust line, tiny
slanting pocket, two inches across the TOP
Is inserted. The collar Is a. very narrow
one of the approved masculine coat collar
order, and the back section Is velvet several
shades darker than the cloth, but the revers
are cloth, stitched twice near the edge
The coat sleeves are laid in little plaits at
the tops, the plaits tapering out to sharp
points at the sleeves tops, causing the
breadth to tho figure. They taper down
to very small size at the bottom. Two
inch bands of pastel-tinted cloth are set
on at the bottom, and over this on each
sleeve are set two velvet bands, each three
quarters of an inch wide, with the pastel
| tinted cloth showing in the center and at
the upper edge. These bands go around
the sleeves, crossing at the inside a seton
portion of the cloth some five inches deep,
stitched twice at the edges. The bands end
an inch from the outside edge of this cloth
application in sharp points. each caught by
a single button.
The skirt Is cut in a farlng circular,
having full folds at the bottom. The tunio
effect is given by the skirt being cut in
two sections, the shorter section being set
on over the longer and stitched to 1t twice
an inch from the lower edge of~this upper
section. This upper or tunic section opens
In the front and outlines a panel six inches
tom, whese 1t Is rounded-to match the
coat, over the longer trailing section. Both
are absolutely plain save where the upper
is stitched.
The hat to go with this costume is a
pastel colored lustrous felt with cut edge
Its inch-high crown is encircled by three
quarter-inch pand of velvet matching the
costume, and none of the ever-present lit
tie fat bows is to be seen. At the left
where the brim rolls little are three fat,
dark ostrich tips curling in three different
directions. 1t is worthy of remark that
this latest of French creations is placed
almost straight on the head, that the brim
has sudden slants and turns, but rolls
gracefully at the left and back, and that
there is no cachepeigne. and that the band
eau Is invisible.
The other tailored robe Is a prune-colored
chiffon broadcloth. The skirt has round
tight yoke that comes well below the hip
line; this yoke has a seam down the center
front and closes invisibly at the back under
another. To this yoke Is stitched the
plated skirt. There is box plat In the
center front tapering from five inches at
the top to nine at the bottom, and this
plait is stitched down g. third of the way
from its top to Its bottom There are no
more plaits till one comes to the sides; at
each side, however. there are three wide