Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-14
HAND-PAINTED THINGS
BUTTONS, BUCKLES AND BEADS
ADoRN UP-To-DATE DRESSES.
Little Trinkets Which a Deft-Fingered
Girls Paints for the Only Chap
in the World.

Dame Fashion. in seeking out an unusual
by-path, has chosen this year that hand
painting shall come in for it's share of
honor among the accessories of the sum-
girls wardrobe. The girl who is deft
with her fine hair brush. especially If she
wishes to earn a bit of pin money. will
greet this vogue with little pleasure.
But she must be very careful that she
make use OF only the most delicate designs
aud the most harmonious blending of col
orings She will do well to study some
small piece OF Dresden china on which the
painting is done by the most skiilful minia-
ture artists. The one and only beauty of
hand-painted ornaments for costume lies
In the exquisite delicacy with which they
are colored.
One of the most popular little accessories
Is the shirt waist set of three china but
tons attached to pins. Particularly strik-
ing is a button the size of Il quarter paint
ed with background of deep sapphire
blue. A lacework design of gold surrounds
the edge. while smiling pansy of gold
CLEANS from the center of the button. An
oval plaque of china large as medium
sized belt buckle was decorated in the same
manner. with larger poppy at the center.
CherubS' heads in the subtle flesh tints are
painted occasionally on a background or
turquoise blue. tiny blossoms of various
pastel hues set off plain white shirt-waist
button. Where these buttons are backed
ployed to set OFF handsome linen coats.
Heart-shaped or circular buttons are at
taChed to long hat pins, and are decorated
with initials in gold colors. Charming
prohles of pretty girls or babies furnish
an excellent design for the cover of van
ity mirror The latter Is of china at
tached by a metal pin 10 the metal-back
mirror. Odd-shaped pendants. for wear
with fine gold chains some of them even
containing lockets. come in china to be
painted by hand and an exceedingly lovely
ornament for the neck Is a string of gradu-
ated beads in white china. One pretty
girl, whose skin was almost like a piece of
pink and white Dresden china. wears such
a string. and on each of the beads Is paint
ed. with infinite minuteness, a circle of pale
blue ribbon interviewed with pink forget
ne-nOtS.
The fad for hand-painted china access
series has invaded even a mans get-up.
and the girl who has mastered the art can
make prettier gift for the dearest chap
In the world. Wonderfully handsome is
cigarette case OF gun metal. with square
of china set in the top 81 the cover This
shows the half-length figure of Cuban
girl. with a wealth of jet black hair topped
by jaunty gray fedora hat. Another case
has only a tiny obong of china set in the
right-hand corner of the cover. and deco
rated with miniature automobile. Large
sized buttons for shirt cuffs attached
to strong round shanks and the design
which most pleases mans fancy is some
blossoms like woodland violet or a
spray of arbutus. very family coloTed and
fading into a cloud OF pink or blush gray.
While the vogue for china ornaments has
undoubtedly taken possession of the sum-
mer girl many other little elegancies of
her costume show delicate hand painting
Canvas. kid and satin slippers have the
toes decorated with sprays of sweet peas
or wistaria, or perhaps a graceful bunch
of VioletS. Satin saShes have the ends
painted with some vine and flower. and
daintier than all are the perky little bows
for the hair showing vines and wreaths of
f0rget-me-nots. Parasols are painted to
match patterns in 1lmy frocks.