Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

upper part of the bust with bilowy folds.
the ends being carelessly knotted together
in the front in Il loose, twisted bow with
one group of short, doubled ends. OF
course. this bow once tackled remains I'M
touched till the tulle loses its freshness
when it may be renewed. The tulle does
not conceal the border of blossoms as
only the lower folds of the tulle touch its
top Below the floral shoulder bands and
attached to each one is a sleeve cap of
white chiffon and over this folds of tulie
are draped, like the fichu about the neck
to form sleeves six inches long and below
these folds, attached to the chiffon cap, is
a very full double ruffle of tulle six inches
long at the inside of the arm and twelve
inches long at the outside, the rutfle being
graduated
A simple dinner gown for a widow, or
dered by an American woman in Paris
is described in a private letter from
abroad follows: The frock is a black
chiffon over a supple and thin white silk
lining. The skirt of round length is
shirred around the waist line and the
bodice is also shirred in a that point: a
six-inch girdie-an inch or so of which
extends over the top of the skirt, the
other five tapping over the bodice-is of
black taffeta chiffon, fastened a bit to
the left of the front with a straight jet
buckle an inch wide The sleeves are
each formed of a single full puff that
droops from the shoulders; each is shirred
on cords four times just above the elbows.
and Is finished by short, double ruffie
of the chiffon, from under which droops
a single ruftie of white lace two inches
longer than the chiffon over the ruf1e.
The bodice is cut at the top and in both
the back and in front in VS., the depth of
which in the center is exactly eight inches
from the base of the neck. These are
sharp VS., and at the sides the distance
from the base of the neck to the bodice
top is but two inches A shaped bertha
of white lace and plated chiffon forms
the finish The tucked chiffon section is
three inches deep and the tucks flare suf-
iciently to have the section fit smoothly
to the bodice; this tucked piece is insert
ed at the top and back of the lace bertha
or deep overhangiDg collar, the tucked
portion ending in the front perhaps two
inches from the shoulder seams.
The lace collar forms deep point in the
back. and extends out over the shoulders
at the sides; the tops of the center fronts
meet at the base of the and then fall
apart each forming a deep V. and at
tached to the point of each of these VS. Is
white silk taSsel heavily jetted in fine
black crystals. Folds of white tulle are
laid under the top edges of the bodice. The
skirt is decorated with SiX-inch inSer-
items of white lace matching that on the
bodice. The upper one forms V in the
front and back. and is on d line above
the knees. rising much higher at the sides
and descending to form the VS.. The
lower insertion rises in the center front
to form an upward turning " the top of
which Just meets the downward turning
point of the upper V; the lace then slants
to form two rather short abrupt VS..
one turning downward a little TO the out
side of each side of the upward turning
V; the lace then rises a little and follows
the line up the upper row, but some ten
inches lower down. and in the back il
forms the same sort of downward pointed
as does the upper row. A white crino-
line hat trimmed with black ostrich tins
and dash of black velvet ribbon. long
black suede gloves, and. with black hose
and black suede slippers, complete the
toilets~~z,sss%
Mrs. Henry C. Potter, who with her hlis-