Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

William c. Demorest, for whom small
dance was given on Wednesday evening,
Was plain. The square-cut top had band
| Of white, lace. below which there Was .
boieruiiks bard. swinging loose at It's lower
| In silver roses. The sleeves were pufrs OF
lace, banded with the silver embroidered
bands.
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/ Mrs Burke-Roche and her daughter, Miss
Cynthia Roche, were at one of the Bern
hardt matinees. Miss Roche wore black
caracul, half length. seni-itting coat and a
soft gray felt hat. trimmed with gray velvet
and a gray bird of paradise feathers. Mrs.
Roche wore dark cloth skirt and white
lace and chiffon blouse; a three-quarts
,ength loose coat Of chinchilla. fur-rned
| scarf and large hat, also of the fur. The
latter had a fold of pink liberty satin ribbon
twisted around the crown, and two pink os-
| frfch plumes fell from the left side and
! back over her hair.
a frock recently purchased in Paris by
mrs. George Law, who has taken house
in London. is described in a letter from
abroad 1t is of white net Brussels with
a small pattern, a leaf design embroid-
cred on it in white. and portions of the
scallops. The top of the gown is a deep
! ruffie of the net that extends under the
arms and downward some five OF six inches
| under the arm seams This ruff1e has its
! top cut In small scallops and it is also
slashed; the edges of the slashes are bound
| IN with narrow white satin ribbon. and
embroidered on the satin are tiny white
| vines. Through these slashes cloth of sill
yer ribbon is slipped, this draws up the
| bodice into folds around the tops. The
sleeves are eight-inch puffs of the enbroid-
cred net gathered very full, the lower edge
is scalloped and embroidered, and through
tiny slashs are drawn silver ribbons match
ing those of the bodice, drawing the sleeves
into the arms The net ruff1e forming the
top of the bodice droops over the body of
the robe to a little below the bust line at
the sides and considerably below In the
middle From under this ruffle the robe
falls in straight folds over a tight slip of
cloth of silver, the outlines of the figure
being plainly seen through the net. There
are three ten-fnch ruffies of net, seal
and gathered on silver ribbons tied at in
tervals in bows. Down the front of the
gown, from under the top ruffie and form
ing panel from top to bottom. are two
stole pieces of rather heavy white lace.
These caught at intervals to the net.
Silver ribbon is fashioned in short stiff
bow from which a white aigrette rises, the
ends frosted In silver for the couture
The black satin forms tight-htting
sheathe from the bust to the floor, where
1t trails. Over this is semi-fitting slip
of heavy white net embroidery in jet stars,
stme an inch across and some only half
that; these are outlined single lines of
fine Jet beads, and at the bottom there is
a deep border of large. jet stars. These
ara five inches from tip to tip, but, of
course, the centers only are solid the rays
being exceedingly thin and tapering; these
hold the net in place at the bottom. The
top of the gown Is cut quite low, and where
the net and satin join several folds of
white chiffon are placed. and over these
are curling ferns of jet. The bodice points
downward in the center little In both the
front and the back. and the fern leaves.
with their serrated sides, extend from the
armholes along the edge of the bodfcetop.
eurving with the bodice and tapering to
their tips on each side of and below these
center openings Shorter fern leaves ex-
tend from under arm seams just below
the bust and clasp the net. holding it into
the black slip these stop, In tauering tips,
sufficiently far from the center line to
allow some eight inches In width of the
embroidered net to- hang In a straight line
from the top leaves to the hem of the slip.
The sleeves are short, high puffs of the
net, having few of the small jet stars
the heavier ones would interfere with their
Standing up over very much smaller puHs
of the satin. From each of the upper fern
leaves on che bodice-that Is, starting from
both the front and the back two smaller
fern leaves extend over a part of the
sleeves. the upper ones meet on the top OF
the sleeves. resting partially on the white
chiffon folds, going over the shoulders ana
partially on the sleeve pufs. The other
leaves are longer, and slant down the
sleeves to the bottom, the tips meeting on
the bands of black lace, over white chif-
fon, that finish the sleeves.
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An unusually pretty and new frock was
worn at a recent ceTningout reception by
a young woman unknown TO the writer.
1t was rich shade Of brown crepe de
chine. The skirt was shirred four times
around the top and more than touched the
floor. Around the bottom were two bias
bands of different shades of brown panne
velvet, the upper ones overlapping the
other and loose at its lower edge. Extend
ing out over this upper velvet band and
also up on the crepe de chine was four
inch band of Irish crochet.
The bodice had a girde six or seven
inches deep of the lighter panne velvet
laid in folds over a pointed foundation
There stock and deeply pointed
V-Shaped waistcoat of Irish crochet over
white chiffon having creamy tone. The
crepe de chine of the frock was laid
in folds at the shoulder seams and draned
in Iengthwise folds over the tight fouraa-
ton. the ends being brought together In q
point at the termination of the V-shaped
lace vest. Over these folds Tapped another
sort of lace in points, the points turned
over the folds were not caught down. This
lace had a straight edge outer edge, and
| from under 1t inch-wide ruff1e of light
brown satin ribbon formed of Irish crochet.
From under this crochet lace another of the
box-plaited ruchings extended out over the
bodice. At the point of the vest coming
| to the top of the deep girdle where these
| bands of lace and ruchings met was
| four-looped bow of panne velvet ribbon
| slipped through large square gold buckle.
| The sleeves were large puffs ending at
| the elbows in bands of a panne velvet
| with two lace rufffes matching the points
| on the bodice. Three lengthwise bands
| of lace pointed both sides, extended
| from the shoulders to the seevebands.
| The hat worn with this was an Amazon
| in brown velvet. with a eachepeigne of light
brown tuIle at the back and two fat, brown
tips of medium length but different shades
| hanging off the left side and hack, they
| being held to the hat by small, square
| gold buckle. much Ike that on the bodice
| of the costume, but smaller. Cream-eoIored
| suede gloves were also worn
| MARIE WELDON.
| Curiosities Of the Couture.