Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13

lace section They are edged with a fold
of cloth. and the chiffon velvet is trim
med with fine cord braid tracing small
Ee1me,r!cal pattern. From under these
rcvc.s extend shoulder and sleeve capes of
the real lace. These start from about an
inch above the end points Of the revers in
the back and ABOUT an inch and a half
above the end Of the wide part of the
reyeys iii front, and each narrOws out to
rounded point that comes half way from
the shoulder to the elbow. The elbow
sleeves and the separate top under this lace
are OF finest brown chiffon cloth over silk.
There is a seam In the back and the mate
rial is carried around under the arms and
kUOIted in the center front, rising from the
sides 20 this point. where the chiffon cloth
is cut in long tab-like ends, that are tied
20 form q short dropping bow, with ends
of equal length, The fullness in the center
causes plated effect from the center
front two-thirds Of the way to the under
arm seams. Just above the sides of the
knot, close to the reeVrs and below the
lace Of The cape, are two small cabochons.
The sleeves have colonial cuffs of the
hrpadriOth Of the gown. which is to ex
acUy match the chiffon cloth in coloring,
turned hack ON the sleeves, Each cuff is
braided TO match the revers, and it is two
inches deep at the inner armseams by four
at tine outer, where the cuffs part and
shows the chiffon cloth From under these
cuffs fall three-inch rutfies of real lace.
From the bust line to below the hips the
cloth Of the princess section is fitted as
not too many seams. and closes invisibly
at one side, This tight top has yoke
tension over the hips to depth of seven
inches, and in both the front and the back
the Centers extend clear down to the bot
tom of the skirt i'm panel effects. In the
front the yoke uarrows, as II does in the
back. into "a panel ten inches wide at the
top TO twelve at a point fourteen inches
from the skirt s hem, from that point down
resolving itself into a huge. loose shallow
box p.ait. the top being stitched to the
skirt.
At each side OF the skirt are two shallow
box p,ails, four inches broad at the top
In ten at the point where the stitching
stops. These sides pialts match the front
and back panels In that they are stitched
20 within about fourteen inches Of the hem
and axe then released These box pats
and panels overlap the plain foundation
skirt, which has neither tucks nor gathers
1t the top but which is crossed by two
groups Of wide tuCks that 90 around the
skirt. The first group is some eighteen
inches below the waist line, and is COM
posed of three tucks each an inch wide.
The second group is twelve inches below
the upper, and Is also composed of three
tuCks. but they are an inch and a half
broad. The panels and box Dlaits cross
over these tucks and break their continuity.
separating them into short clusters,
A unique hat seen recently was a plateau
OF leaf green chip. A fold three-auarters
OF an inch high, stiffened, of course. out
lined an imaginary crown, and at the front
widened into a broad bow. from under
which there appeared in the front the ends
of stalks of wheat ears and from the back
these loose wheat ears radiated out over
che velvet rim, and even In some points be-
yond the wide brim of the hat The velvet
was OF another and paler shade of green
and the baudeau which raised the hat quite
q little at the back was covered with green
tulle and deep red poppy buds The rim
of the brim undulated gracefully. but was
turned neither up nor down decidedly.
THIS hat topped black foulard frock
having dark red diamond-shaped figures OF
very small size scattered sparsely over it.
The stock guimpe and the sleeves from ell
bow down were of yellow lace, and the
round-Iength skirt was laid in small grad
uated boX-plait
An exquisite pale pink organdle dinner
frock for young girl just out was shown
the writer. IL will be worn at Bar Har-
bor and carries out in this filmy material
the openwork English embroidery designs
usually seen in heavier goods.
There ia a transparent yoke, with Dutch.