Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11

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| Many of the new models just arrived
/ from Paris show small sleeves many of
i them being plain and almost tight. but
most of them Of elbow length. Tho rather
small sleeves is the ideal one. When the
| arm Is too thin or too large and fat. the
/ large sleeve Is blessing. but for the round,
plump arm. tapering from the shoulder to
| the wrist, the latter plump but small, and
| the forearm rounded by tapering, the sleeve
| coming triife below and tight enough or
thin enough to show the arm above the ell
bow. is the most artistic possible. 1t is q
| curious fact that the arms of most women
| are as large and often larger just below the
elbows than above. When such defect ex-
! lists the two should never be exposed to-
| gether. The ideal arm is much larger above
the elbow than below; 1t is round, white
and plump. from top to hand, with no ugly
muscles showing anywhere-as every one
| should know-but the rage for athletics
among women has in many cases override
| veloped the lower arm. However. the mus
| cular forearm is not so bad as the skinny
| one showing no flesh. The girl woman
| with beautifully shaped arms should by all
| means adopt the nearly tight sleeve-the
| perfectly tight Is too uncomfortable for any
| one, besides being harmful, as 1t iInpedes
| the circulation.
| With the tighter sleeves ether changes
| will come, and unfortunately In Paris, at
/ least, the longer skirt Is more than creep
| ing in, even for street wear 1t is safe to
/ predict that on this side of the water wo-
| men will not go back to. skirts that trail ,
| or even touch for walking. The skirt that
| clears the ground by at least an inch or
| two three is better. The latter length is
the ideal one for walking and informal
| caSlonS- The woman of moderate purse
| may have to compromise and wear the skirt
| that just clears, but the woman of wealth
can have her really short skirts for walk
| ing in the morning and her slightly longer
| skirts still short enough to clear the street
| for the afternoon promenade or informal
| call In some instances the new short
gowns just made for young girls and tho
| younger matrons are extremely short-six
and even eight inches from the pavement.
Those are, of course, for morning wear,
shopping and to wear out in the train to
where one COLTS or skates, as the weather
permits, and the weather, with it's sudden
changes, permits almost everything now.
Miss Roosevelt made perhaps her last
appearance at the opera as Miss Roosevelt
as the guest of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
She did not, however, go to the cotilion for
Miss Dorothy Whitney. it being another
Miss Roosevelt. and one of her cousins.
who was there.
At the performance of Faust" MISS
Roosevelt wore an almost close-fitting
gown of paiest pink satin, pailletted very
Spar1ngly, but in large pailletteS with Sill
yer spangles. The top of the bodice was
cut straight across, and narrow shoulder
straps of Spangled satin held 1t in place.
Spangles also formed band around the
bodice top. The sleeves were scarfs of
white tulles wound around the top of each
arm and tied in bows, the ends OF the
loops standing out at right angles to the
arms and the ends falling, but the bows
also standing out crisply from the arms to
below the elbows. Her hair, done low in
the back and with wide, loose pompadour,
showed no ornament whatever When she
entered the box enormous sheaf Of
mauve orchids was fastened to her corsage.
and this she removed after seating herself,
placing it on the railing between the X. L.
Wilson box, in which she sat- and the ad-
joining box of Mrs. Ogden Goelet.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt jr., Miss Roose-
velt's hostess, wore princess robe of en-
eraId green velvet, cut square across the
| top, and having narrow velvet straps over
| the shoulders. From these straps tufts of
| white lace tulle formed full puffs and
| short founces. Her necklace was wide
| one of diamonds, set with large square en-
eralds. and diamonds were used in her high
couture.
| Mrs. Robert Goelet Miss Whelen), and
| who was in Mrs. Ogden Goelet's box, wore
| a robe of blue velvet of an exquisite, SOFT
| dull shade, having the effect of uncut vel
| vet. The bodice, cut straight across, was
| filled IN with point Iace and tulle. the lace
| dropping a bit over the top. The sleeves
| were narrow, irregular puffs of velvet
| Across their tops like CLASP was some
| sort of an ornament, that may have been
| either pearl embroidery or silver The lower
center of the sleeves was raised over an
| under puff of white tulle or lace. In her
| much-waved couture Mrs. Goelet wore two
| feathers, shaped like long quilts. but feath-
| cry instead of stiff. These were placed
|
| ward. These were far more becoming to
| her than her diamond tiara.
| Mrs Edmund l.. Baylies, in the same
| box, was in pink satin, spangled, and wore
Mrs. Astor. for the first time since the
| death of her son-in-law, Ogtlvie Haig, was
| in her box. She wore black velvet, the top
| cut down in a semicircle, the sides OIL ire
| robe going up over the shoulders A two
| inch band of some sort of silver white
| embroidery bordered the neck and the s;des,
Gle .I1.a6 Tnr
go through, and extended over the Shoui-
ders. White lace showed at the tops of the
| arms She wore a wide dog collar OF plack
| velvet, on which a row OF large diamond
| stars was arranged, and also othef ola-
mondS.
| Mrs John Jacob Astor, who with her
| mother-in-law, made an exquisite picture
| In her princess robe of black velvet cut
| straight across the top and having narrow
shoulder straps of the velvet The sleeves
| were white chiffon scarfs tied around the
| arms, with short Topped bows at the back,
from which swung long, double loops OF
the chiffon, each end drawn into point,
suspended from which and holding 1t
straight was pendant ornament ike
| pearl These ends came below the elbows
| Fastened to the top and center of the bodice
| and swinging quite loose, same at the top
| when she leaned, was triangle of large
| diamonds with swinging pendants. rms
| triangle was not a true triangle, being
much wider across the top, while the sides
| running down to the center point were
|
along the sides, forming glittering fringe.
| She also wore a diamond and pearl tiara
| with large pearls at the top.
| Mrs Pembroke Jones, in the Jones box.
wore a cloth of gold brocade princess robe.
| The top crossed surplice fashion and the
sleeves were almost fiat puffs of the gold
| Miss Sadie Jones, her debutante daughter,
! was in the most girlish possible dancing
| frock of white chiffon: she went on from
| the opera to the dance for Miss Dorothy
| Whitney The skirt shirred and full,
/ and the short and fluffy bodice was cut
| modestly high, with the shoulders partially
| covered, the sleeves having a knotted effect
| at the top and back, from which hung two
dropping wing-like sections Of the white
chiffon Her loosely arranged hair, with
| its soft pompadour, had not even flower
| in it. nor were there any flowers or other
| ornament on her gown, and no jewels were
| worn, she being the embodiment of the
| French idea of how jeune file should be
| frocked
| The Misses Irene and Mildred Sherman,
| who had a very large ball given for them
/ several weeks since were also at the opera
| in gowns exactly alike, at least so far as