Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18
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| there are large amber shell pins TO fasten
1t to the couture.
Speaking of hats. one just arrived from
Paris should prove desirable driving or
automobile hat. 1t is tan chip, bent down
| In both the back and the front. trimmed
with a scarf of corn -colored silk crepe,
| forming loose folds around the crown and
1 a wide soft bow at the front Under the
! right brfm Is a big, conventional bow OF
| Drown tulte with a cluster of brown and
corn colored roses, under the left side
| From these flowers a scarf effect in folds
| OF brown tulIs goes loosely around and
| ends at the right in shirred end. This
| has hook in the shirring, and there Is
! loop under the separate tulle bow. the idea
| BEING to bling the tulle scarf down frcm
| the LEFT under the coiffure at the back
| and UP at the right side. fastening 1t to
the loop by the hook, and thus securing
| the hat to the head. There are also a set
| Of two tortoise shell pins going with 1T. 1t
| Is an odd sort Of chapeau. but with more
! OF novelty than beauty.
| Among the decorations of empire robes
| are folds of silk or ribbon arranged in
| short bands with the ends drawn through
! buckles. One such robe has it's sleeves
| ending at the elbows, decorated with three
| bands of liberty satin ribbon. The rib
! bons are an inch and 1uarter wide ana
| an inch apart, the lowest coming at the
| edge of the sleeve. The ends coming from
! the inside are each drawn through small
| buckle that gathers them hit, and the
| ends stick pertly out toward the back OF
! the arm In the front of the bodice, large
| ~ of lace, two nine-inch straps OF the
| ribbon form q letter X. The ends are
pulled through buckles and produce the
| same effect as those on the sleeves. m
! the back there is a double X The body
| OF the robe of crepe de chine, is perfectly
| plain.
| Another empire robe is cut very low, and
| the part that clasps the bust comes down
| In a point in the center front almost to
| the waist line. The material used is chff-
| fon cloth. and the skirt is plain. only for
| three -inchwide tucks above the four-inch
! hem. The sleeves. like the bust girdle.
also form deep points almost to the ell
bows. Both sleeves and the top of the
robe are formed of lace motifs in deep
scallops set on to a thin silk foundation.
| and overlap each other here and there.
| The scallops are of different sizes. and
| several sorts of lace used. Outlining
the lower edge of each scallop and also the
top line of the bodice are artificial pearls.
or rather good quality of pearl beads.
These are first strung, and then the string
between the beads is caught to the edges
of the scallops, the effect being much bet
Ter than the application IF the beads one
by one direct to the lace. or course other
than pearl beads can be used. but this robe
is white crepe de chine. With good
dressmaker at ones house many of these
simple robes may be copied and variation
10 suit ones individual style adopted 1t
takes taste and skill, though. and some
time ard thought should be given to the
lines of the garments. The foundation slip
In particular should be perfect in hang and
sweep then The clnging materials OF the
robe cannot well hang. wrong.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. who has been
In New York most of the winter, and who
abroad, as here. is considered very hand
some woman. has appeared often at the
opera in beautiful gowns. One night she
was in Mrs. Ogden Goelet's box. another
she was with Mrs. Aston. and two or three
evenings age she appeared in Mrs. James w.
Gerards box. Mrs Townsend Is large
blonde with light brown hair and full,
beautifully modelled figure.
One evening she wore dull pink velvet
robe. the color of wild red raspberries. 1t
was a princess robe, cut straight across the
top, having sleeves that fell away from the
shoulders ard stood out from the arms at
their tops as though stiffened. There prob
| ably was some sort of Stiffening, either fine
! wire or fabric that held the velvet away
| from the arms. for at their tops the sleeves
| were fully two inches distant from the
! arms. These sleeves were soft, moderately
| full puffs that ended above the elbows. and
| were close fitting at the bottom. A network
| of crystals and net covered the shoulder
| curves, clasping them tightly. The only
| decoration of this robe was three four
rather small, pink roses. matching the color
| OF the velvet crushed against the top of the
! bodice a little to the left
| The evening she was with Mrs. Gerard
| Mrs. Townsend wore a princess robe of
| black velvet, also cut straight across the
| top and having very short velvet sleeves.
! Across the top OF the bodice fiat
| founce of point lace perhaps FIVE inches
| deep IN the center by three and a half at
| the sides, where 1t touched the sleeves. A
| wide dog collar of pink coral was worn, and
| also one long string that fell below the
| waist line; or possibly. it was a very long
| chain wound eight or ten times around the
! neck before the end was released to hang
| over the bodice.
Mrs. Gerard was in a light emerald-green
| velvet and point lace, one of the most beau
| tiful and brilliant green robes ever seen in
| the parterre row. It was most simply made.
| *
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt ir. in the par
terre box of her sister. Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
wore one night odd gown of blue COW
| cred with q network OF silver and steel on
heavy net-at least that was the effect The
bodice was loose cuirass effect in gleam-
Ing crystals. and was cut square, with mar
| row bands to match over the shoulders
from which fell transparent sleeves of wide
meshed silver net fringed with silver and
crystals and fecked here and there with
/, them These hlmy sleeves came to the
| hands. but showed the arms so perfectly
| that in certain lights the sleeves could
| scarcely be discerned. Scarf-lke ends of
! brilliant cell blue panne velvet or satin also
| GAttisded over tie SuoubSIS ana down the
| bodice for little way each side of the bust
| line, each ending in loose tab-like point.
| In her blonde coiffure were several snrays
| Of cell blue gauze flowers laid on fatty from
| near the front to point well back of the
| crown.
* ::
Miss Elizabeth Cutting daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting, at the opera
with Miss Trevor, who was in pale blue
| satin, wore a charming frock OF bright
| vet soFt rhfPfnp Aoa;o.