Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
Special Correspondence of The Star.

NEW YORK. July II. 1925.
HE fashions for midsummer and
early autumn having been settled,
the fashiouabi are now ordering
late autumn frociSs and early winter
gowns from Paris and Vienna.
while I'm the manufacturing world pat
terms and ma terIais for the fabrics to be
made up In the summer and autumn of
1905 re already designed, and many are I'm
process of weaving, Tor the goods for the
winter and spring have most of them been
made There Is but little of novelty in
these materials. and designs for those now
the vogue have been faithfully tried and
not found wanting and voles, mohairs,
chiffon taffetas foulards chiffons. crepe de
chimes. chiffon veivets chiffon broadcloths.
twecds and a dozen others are being manu-
facturcd in quantities and shepherds plaids.
which began their fashionable vogue two
summers ago will remain fashionable. for
although seen in cheap goods. even novice
can see the difference between the eXpen-
stve woods and the cheap limitations.
Powered musins or organdies and fine
dotted batistes trimmed with laCes of all
sorts are among the most fashionable OF
the midsummer gown materials for after
noon and evening wear at Newport, Bar
Harbor ana the smaller but fashionable
summer resorts
In town all sorts of gowns are seen, rang
ing from linen to- beautiful batistes for day
wear and from short travelling dresses to
traiiiuE lace frocks in the evening q the
smart restaurants. The former is rather
more likely To- be worn than the latter by
the fashioua BILE woman who is passing
through town. and who may be merely
waiting for her train hour.
Mrs Robert Goelrt. with her sister Mrs.
Craig Eiddl" and her mother. Mrs. Henry
Wh,lru. WeTr seen together the other day.
Mrs Goelet wore "a very short skirt and
In ..Vrtsa -Ff I'm q
coat Of rough blush gray cloth that closed
down the front with large bone buttons. 1t
had t. white collar and white rcVers en-
broidored in pale blue. The plain coat
sIecvrs were finished like mans coat. The
sllrl was skin tight o. bout the knees. and
from there down fuilUess was given by box
plaits plated under and pressed fiat. A
white null undcrbluuse Was fastened at the
neck by a large turquoise. set with dia-
moUGs. Her small turDdn was a black ana
white straw. the black forming the base of
the round crown and the lower half of the
rolled-up brim the top of the crown and
about an inch and a quarter of the top of
the brim being crea m-white straw. At each
side small wings in black and pale blue
were fastened well toward the front the
tips slanting upward at the sides. as they
We're not long enough to extend to the
back.
Mrs craig Biddle wore a dark-blue voile
costume trimmed with many gra duatcd
srrIppiugs of blue taffeta outlining battle
meut effects. These straPpiDgs were placed
very near together and filled the outlined
batt.emenrs to the very center. The trail
ing skirt had these battlement ELECTS
around the hJriug bottom. and many more
outlining long panels from the waistline to
the lower row Of battlements.
The coat was a short Elton, also elaborate
Is trimmed with the silk Strappiugs, and
having ralher SCant puffs of the wolfe as
sleeves. These puffS ended above the elbow.
being gathered in under stra pping finished
la % "a q we'd Af. maj