Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29

their edges and peeping out in the slashes
and also below the bottom of the linen
sleeves.
A rather elaborate and Oddly trimmed
gray vofie over paler gray taffeta, was
seen Monday. The circular ckirt has sew
eral fine piafts, almost tucks, at the center
front and also at the back. The skirt just
escaped the floor and had a folIr-inch hem.
Five inches above this hem ovals OF gray
faille on silk were inserted. These were
perhaps seven or eight inches long and were
set in frames of Irish crochet roses, these
roses being edged on each side by fine
narrow plating not over third of an inch
wide in picot-edged ribbon. Running
through these ovals. passing under these
floral frames at one side and passing up
over the other side to form sharp point
before 1t descended to go under the next
edge of the succeeding oval frame, was
band of smaller. fatter crochet roses set
on band OF the faille edged with the picot
ribbon plating. The top q. coat bodice
with vest and stock of Irish crochet and
waistcoat OF pale yellow silk, partially
concealed by knotted scarf of cream-col-
ored lace ending just below the Bust line In
a knot with full ruffie ends that extended
to the girdIe. This girdle was gray faiIle
drawn through hollow oval-shaped buckle
in Etruscan-finished gold. The. coat itself
was plain on the shoulders. the ends
being plated in at the bust line and dou-
bled up. making double ruffle three inches
deep. over which WIS set a downward
pointing ornament in gray passementerie
l.
the arms and over the bust. darts extend
ing from the fullest part of the bust to
the bottom. and below the bust the coat
fiared out little and formed a blue v
coming Just below the girdle. A band of
Irish crochet roses set in the ribbon plait-
ing outlined each side point and slanting
up toward the under arm seams went on
up the center back. where the two met
and formed an upward-turning V. The
coat was cut away from below this back
and the in the back was three inches
above the waist line. Attached to this band
and deepest in the back-en6Iing at the
points of the side front In sharp points and
making straight line across the back-was
fine accordion plating of gray taffeta
merely hemmed at tho lower edge
The sleeves were large. rather melon
shaped puffs set in the shoulder seams with
small box plaits Midway between Shout
ders and elbows were inserted straight
pands OF the crochet roses set In bands of
pieot ribbon plaitings. The sleeves ended
little below the elbows In quite wide cuffs
made or two rows of the heavier roses and
piaitings with a narrow ruffie of yellow lace
dropping from them.
The hat to go with this was small gray
emp. pointed over the face, the brim faced
with gray velvet, which also banded the
crown and trimmed with shaded yellow plu-
mage and long yellow aigrette plume
X
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July and August bring out nothing new
In women's wear for summer The frocks
for these Notwithstanding, of course. Of
the fashionable coryingent-were purchased
weeks and months ago, and the next new
Developments win be in frocks for autumn
and for these many a woman has her or
ders already placed.
This IS the season when the woman with
the fat pocketbook win be repaid for Wis
idug the smart shops in pursuit of bar
gains in reduced gowns. including French
models, and also the dry goods stores.
where she may purchase thin materials
that have been greatly lowered In price.
When even the woman of the niodish
world wears gowns two seasons her poorer
sister need not fear to invest in the offer
iilgs Of the smart shops that are of stand
ard design or the latest fad BY standard