Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25

| these We're noticeabiy plain. For exam
pie, Mrs Lewis Iseln, who was the hand
(, some Miss Marie de Neufvile, wore a
| panne velvet of so dark shade of gray as
| to be almost black. Its only decorations
We're sleeve caps of .,eGvy white lace
| These caps did not begin at the armaoles,
| but little below, SO far as the outside of
| the sleeves went. she wore small toque
| with it.
Many of these vevets have little rib tucks
| or silk braid worked on the velvet in set
| designs. Velvet needs SO little, if anything
at all. to set it OFF that the heavy braiding
| looks the best.
| this wedding was large. broad-brimmed
| gray affair, topping gray velvet costume.
The crown was sWathed with gray vel
vet folds. and at each side near the front
was large dandelion or two in gray.
with yellow icenters. AT the back, also at
the sides. were pure yellow dandelions.
These flowers were. very lifeike, and were
so arranged as to give q square effect to
the soft velvet crown. From under the
brim at the back. which extended far out,
wide, full ostrich tips. changing from pale
gray to soft yellow. were fastened The
bases of the tips were fastened to the
brim or bandeau so that the tips followed
the brim two-thirds of its depth and then
dropped over the back hair.
A handsome fur coat. plain and coming
nearly to the ankles and having long but
not wide sleeves to match. was of white
fur, possibly ermine-without the tails. it
| looked like 1t. 1t was a half-fitting coat
and mad q roll collar OF Wnlte 1OX Iur.
The sleeves had turned-back cuffs Of the
same fur as the body of the coat.
Very few fur wraps were seen at the
Weekes-Peters nuptials, perhaps because
the day was not cold. although usually that
makes little difference, for those who have
handsome furs delight in wearing them.
Almost no ermine was visible. Ermine is
properly an evening fur only, and perhaps
this fact Is becoming more generally appre-
ciated than in former years. If one Is de-
voted to white fur there is white fox for the
day wear.
handsome woman driving down 9Th ave-
nue. the other day wore wide-brimmed felt
hat wreathed with shaded brown autumn
leaves. and having brown ostrich tips at one
side. Her costume was a beautiful dark
golden brown, quite plain in effect. and her
furs were a superb boa and an enormous
pillow mun of white fox. The effect was
charming.
A small hat in black velvet, with soft
crown, tilted well over the nose, had its
crown wreathed with snowy camelias, with
just a hint of green leaves. At the right
side one or two long black ostrich tips rose
from the front of the hat high at the side.
and then dropped abruptly over the right
ear.
Mrs John Mccullough is one of soeiety's
young beauties who Is also wearing a rather
small. fat black hat, wreathed with white
flowers, but hers are small pond lilies.
Rich-lOoking white flowers against back
ground Of black velvet are an effective
combination. and the softness of the velvet
does away with any possible crudeness in
the combination of such contrasting colors.
One of the new styles in street gowns
seen at the Weekes-Peters nuptials was in
mouse-gray broadcloth The skirt cleared
the floor by an inch and had deep hem
say, six inches wide-stitched twice at the
top The swirt was laid In clusters Of three
side plaits, each stitched in to point sew
eral inches below the hips and then released.
The plaits were two inches wide, and the
groups were ten inches apart. In the
front of the skirt was a plain panel with
the plaits coming from each side. and In
the back there were three plaits On each
side, meeting in the center Here the plaits
were much narrower, but had the same
amount of cloth. as the plaits at the front
and sides were laid over about an inch
only.
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The coat was the distinguishing feature
Of the costume This came to within six
teen inches Of the floor and was loose the
back having. however. seam in the CEN
ter that curved In at the waist line, and
ing lines kept the coat from looking baggy
and ungraceful The center seam of the
back was not only slashed up for twelve
Inches. but was cut out SO that an open
| ing an inch wide. terminating in q picket
pointed space at the top. was left. and
there were two more Of these one at each
side in the under-arm seams, that extended
| to the bottom of the coat The coat was
collarless; the fronts hung straight and
full and closed with three huge plain SILVER
buttons and loops of gray cord Edging the
slashings at the bottom, was a band OF
heavy gray silk braid an inch aid al.r-
| ter wide and Of much darker color. The
coat had little cape that came a little
more than half way to the elbows, hut
not half way to the waist line In the back
This cape did not cross the 'front.' as It
, stee--lsI at each side where the outside The
OF the coat changed from the neck to the
body. The upper part Of the cape ended on
each side In two semi-circuiar tab ends.
each made fast to the coat by q large