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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
FASTIDIOUS ATTIRE
That Will Be Admired at Sum-
mer Hops.
FRAGILE MATERIALS USED
ali Simple Toilets and Of Medium
Cost.
THE GAUZE RIBBON TRIMMINGS
Marrow and Wide Dresden Effects
Are Also Very Popular
This Season. .=!,
FRAGILE MATERIALS USED
THE GAUzE RIBBON TRIMMINGS

Special Correspondence Of The Star
NEW YORK, June 10 1905.
Tho toilets now shown for summer hop
wear evidence many sirnplicities. The early
spIendors Of the season are also seen, but
II seems more the thing to have several
gowns OF medium cost than one very fine
one This is natural enough, considering
that the fragile materials in which dance
frocks are usually made are easily dam
aged, and once reduced to an untidy state
all the charm is gone In fact, so much is
well gToomed. bandbox appearance the
actual sign of the times that it may be
said that everything depends upon it.
The pace for this immaculat e freshness
is set by the French toilets which are
shown by the half dozens as a matter or
course to a single smart purchaser.
An essence which might almost be called
virginia. distinguishes these dainty import
cd frocks, which private importers wisely
refuse 10 copy to a T. Those brought over
by the shops. however, frequently serve as
models for hundreds of gowns, whereby,
something the worse for wear, the original
IS sometimes sold in the middle of the sea-
son far below the cost of importation. If
the gown Is of good material. though. soil
Is no great drawback, as all French frocks
are made with an eye to the cleaner The
superiority Of the original Of the copy is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
odd Arrangement of Ribbon sashes
written for The Sta,

Written for The Star.
Sashes are SO fashionable that ribbon
manufacturers say that soon all their looms
viii be pressed into service to make sashes.
The summer girl is endeavoring to get all
the pretty sashes she can, for well she
knows that they will be just as smart next
summer as this
Every girl tries to tie her sash In some
new manner and an infinite variety of
arrangements has been evolved to lend
additional attraction to the sash and it's
wearer.
One OF the smart ways in which to wear
. sash is 10 draw the wide ribbon in soft
folds over boned belt lining Ind at the
back twist the ribbon loosely on each side
the fastenings. The twists are brought to-
gether by ths fastenings, and the effect Ia
very attractive. The ends may be long and
straight or supplemented by loose or shorter
ends.
Short sashes are not In vogue The rib
bon either forms wide girdle at the waist
line or 8 softer one just under the bot
tom of the empire or princess blouse at
the top of the cerseiet skirt, or else IL
hangs In rel long sash ends that are the
delight of every young girl.
One fetching arrangements OF sash ends is
to fix the top loops into fan shapes, open q
bit down the middle over the corsHge In
front. Ribbon is laced across this opening
and long sash ends hang down the front Of
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also very patent. for Partisan makers have.
somehow the trick OF sending over textures
which cannot be duplicated and there are
always a dozen and one dainty touches
only French fingers can effect
In Evening Wear.
A charming Paris evening frock is some
how always easier 70 get than day styles,
the gay tastes OF this nation turning al
ways most spontaneously TO the prettler
modes. But the domestic models every
where shown are also extremely desirable,
and half made evening froeks are seen in
quantities IN box form. With all this, the
nnmade materials are In countless varieties,
and by taking careful note of the made-up
thing the girl accomplished with the needle
has many and charming changes at her
command
Assuming that there is to be more than
one dance fFock the more fragile textures
present first opportunities for beauty and
becorningness. These include all the organ
dies, plain and patterned, plain and en-
broldered Swiss, chiffon. mousseline, net.
-point d'esprit and tulle. The half made
box frocks of spangled and tinsel embroid-
cred tulle are very lovely. but as the pat
terms are sparse they need to be literally
mingled with other airy fabrics. Generally
complete undertakes OF net or chiffon
over one OF silk is necessary for one of
these frocks. and fiounce edges need to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16

he ensnares them. But once they are mar
ried he turns his attention to fresher game
and concerns himself with them no fur
Their, SO sooner or later the spell Of his
enchantment Is broken.
It is when the inevitable moment of awaR-
ening comes that the measure of the awak-
ened is taken for all time. II love be strong
enough to stand the sharp test of disillu-
sion and stiu remain steadfast and true
there is little to fear for the future.
The world was. on the whole, a happier
world before II acquired the wedding trip
habit when the young people went straight
from the altar to the peaceful seclusion Of
their own roof tree and began their mar
ried life In the genial atmosphere Of home
and the sweet spirit OF mutual helpful
ness. There were not so many frllls about
getting married in those times, either.
Nowadays much of the sacred significance
of marriage is lost In the fuss and worry
of preparation. A vast amount OF money
and vital energy is frittered away in
meaningless display, and the newly welded
pair are hustled off Immediately after the
ceremony TO begin their life together amid
unfamiliar scenes and with nervous sys-
TENS quivering on the brink of absolute
wreck.
When they finally return to take up the
routine OF ordinary Hfe-fortunate IL they
have not meanwhile bored each other al
most to extinction-lt is generally TO find
themselves marooned on a desert ISLAND OF
brand-uew furniture and hope!essly useless
wedding presents. There is not redeem
ing faint of faultiness anywhere TO relieve
the deadly monotony of glossy veneer and
silken upholstery
During their brief absence the brides
overanxious mamma has thoughtfuily. IL
also unwisely. provided for all possible and
impossible contingencies in the way OF
housekeeping. The house or fat Is as
clean and fresh and dainty as expert hands
and loving thought could make It, Indeed,
its giaring fault Is that Il Is too fresh
and clean and dainty.
Moreover. its air Of absolute newness and
completeness Is distinctly irritating. for 1t
makes It perfectly manifest to the owners
that there is nothing whatever IN It for
them to do,
All Of which Is essentially and grievously
wrong, for idleness is inevitably breeder
of discomfort. siege of housekeeping
and getting TO rights" with the turtle
doves roughing it for a while like ordinary
mortals, Is just the thing to bridge over the
and the prosaic future.
There Is nothing like the mutual interest
In pals and scrubbing brushes, in the open
ing of packing cases and the hanging of
pictures, in the laying down OF carpets
and the putting up Of curtains for success
fully starting a lifelong comradeship Com
pared with the blissful period which pre-
ceded II, IL may seem somewhat unpoetic
but. Ike the cold spray after a warm
bath, it Is splendid bracer. Also, as ball
anced against the fiedgelfng housewives
culinary failures-which everybody ex-
pects-it possesses the rarer and more al
Turing charm of novelty
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rover over the top of the sleeves and
around the shoulder. Square drapery, like
little boleros, may also be fashioned out Of
this wide founcing around the blouse of
childs dress. In any case 1t Is always
pretty to have lace In the neck.
A simple and easy way IN which to make
a dress for child Of almost any age is
to run two or three rows of Valenciennes
inserting around the lower part of lawn
skirt above a deep hem. Run similar rows
around a plain blouse and make fiounce
of this sort for the shoulders. Gather the
top of the hounce several times so That II
win lie fiat, like round-cut yoke, low
around the neck The rest of the fiounce
should hang loosely, forming fancy fin
ish to the top of the dress Edge tine neck
with friIl of lace and finish short sleeves
with lace frill below an inserting of the
same sort of lace This style of dress is
very cool and may be worn without
guirnpe on hot days.
Need No Frills.
Pongee dresses are pretty and useful Tor
little folk and the skirts are seldom trim
med at all, unless by some fancy stitching
above the hem Tho blouses, on the con-
trary. are trimmed with drawnwork, lace
and little galoons, both inserted and applied,
and the sleeves and belt make up in elab-
Grafton for any plafnness in the skirts.
Shoes and stockings should match pongee
dresses, both IN the colored and white yar1e-
ties Pongees wash well and wear well,
but nothing ever looks quite sweet upon
child or feels as cool as q tub dress Of
some thin summer fabric.
Little coats of pique or linen, trimmed TO
match the lace on little white dresses. are
smart and useful for the child, and the
thicker white coats may be braided In some
attractive design. Pongee coats are smart
with pongee dresses and should always be
provided where the climate is as change
able as ours.
sashes have come into style for little folk.
but they are intended for evening wear.
Day belts are very simple, being mostly of
white or black glossy leather. while most
dresses merely have a narrow belt braided
or feather-stitched. or else q strip of en-
brofdery or lace beading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
The Meaning of Bridge
London SIS turday Review.

From the London Ss turday Review
The story goes that some twenty years
ago, long before bridge was known In Lon
don clubs, two families who played the
game under the name Of Russian whist
were living In neighboring houses at or
near Great Daily In Leicestershire.
The only road OF communication lay over
a somewhat dangerous bridge. 1t was a
frequent occurrence for the departing
guests to say to their hosts; THANK good
ness IT is your bridge tomorrow" meaning
tnat the other party would have to cross
the dangerous bridge the next night
Hence is said to have arisen the title of
bridge. We give this story for what It
Is worth. but in our own mind we have
nttie doubt that the modern name of
bridge" Is merely a very easy corrunttan
OF the old title of ''bfritch." The two
words biritch" and bridge have abso-
,ueely me same sound wien spoken quick
iy. so that 1t is easy to imagine how tha
change came to pass.
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the skirt. The same arrangement of rib
bon in front may terminate In a sash belt
with ends IN the back
Another smart method OF wearing sash
Is to knot the ribbon In loose knot above
double loops and ends, or Just single ends,
and wear the knot either on one side or at
the back. according to the style of gown.
The regulation loop bow Of the oId-fash-
toned sash has the bow hanging over the
sash ends instead OF sticking out on each
side. Some girls knot the sash In the mid
die or near the bottom, while others trim
them with inserted bands of lace or silk
embroidery and add frills OF lace or chif-
fon at the ends and across the lower por-
lions.
vieuxtemps. or tapestry shades. are par
ticufarly smart IN sash ribbons, and these
Introduce all manner Of quaint old effects
In baskets of flowers, large single roses and
foliage and lunches and sprays Of flowers
In rare old tintS upon softly tinted or
white ground. Some large flower designs
ground In splashes OF contrasting color
upon another ground shade
Brooches. brocades, double-faced warp
prints and shot failletine sash ribbons are
among those which show the most exGui-
site of the flower and pompadour designs.
Rich tinsei effects are shown In many now-
cred ribbons as well as in plain ones.
Many sash ribbons have borders of satin
or fancy stripes and checks. and others
have a broche center with wide MORE Dor
ders.
Roman stripes and Persian ribbons both
alone and mingled with other designs, are
among the summer sashes. while plain
satins and tafYetas appear In every possible
tint and in softer weave than ever before.
While sash ends may be fetchingiy trim
med, care should be taken to trim only
such sashes accompany dressy gowns
Simple gowns demand simple sashes-
Some OF the sweetest effects imaginable
are obtained by twisting the sash ribbon
into designs on each side of some dressy
bodice and bringing the ends down ON each
side the front to hang loose to the bottom
of the skirt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
How to Lift the Baby.

From Harper's Bazaar
Whiie the manner OF lifting young child
Is seemingly matter OF minor Importance
at the same time it is of enough conceru to
receive consideration
The bones of an infant are soft, not easiIy
broken, but very easily bent and shaped II
pressure Is constantly exerted on or near
the same locality. Pressure should never
DO exerted on the chest of a young infant,
the ribs are very small and frail, and finger
pressure such as would have to be exerted
ny placing the hands around the body and
nft1ng the baby is not to be desired. some
times marked depression is likely to occur
from this sort of handling thus fianperine
the free action of the lungs and interfer-
Ing with the breathing; cases OF chronic
coughs have been known to result from
such depression Handle the young infant
without pressure IL possible; this may be
accomplished by placing the hand under
the back. letting the head rest on wrist or
arm. Or extend two or three fingers ,ip-
ward for this purpose, and with the other
hand lift the child by the clothes at the
feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
To KEEP BABY COOL
Ready-Made Clothes Are the
Most Practical.
ARE CHEAP AND SIMPLE
Dimity and Hainsook Slips for Morn
ing Wear.
oNE-PIEcE FRocKs OF sATINE
Piqus Coats with Buttonhols sca1lop-
ing Have Great Popu-
Iarity.
written for The Star by Katharine Anderson.

Written Tor The Star by Katharine Anderson.
Never overload little ones with too many
clothes In summer" say doctors. Keep
them cool"
The shops offer every manner of fimsy
fabric for making up the little garments
with which to keep the children cool, and
all manner of ready-made garments are
shown In the same shops. all the way from
complete laYette, varying In price from a
trifie over fifty dollars to something over a
thousand each. to clothing worn by girls
and boys until they cast aside childish things
forever.
Clothing is so cheap that it hardly pays
to make uD the little frocks and underwear
for the babies unless one really has the time
When time Is no consideration it more than
pays TO make the things at home Better
materials can be had for the same amount
OF money-and often for 1ess-insuring bet
ter wear and better looks. Then, too, the
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Carnations.
From Garden Magazine.

hGnFuen MaEsSsht.
Now is the time to start In order TO Sc
cure good plants of carnations for your
window garden next winter. II your plants
are put out in the garden before all danger
of frost is over It will do no harm, for IL
the plants have been properly hardened
off. little frost will do them no harm.
Procure from your ueighboring florist some
OF this springs cuttings which have become
established In two or three-fnch pots. and
which have not become pot bound. During
the summer grow the plants out of doors.
Select well-drained portion of the garden.
spade it as deeply as possible with a shad-
ing fork, turning under at the same time a
dressing of welI-deccmDosed manure which
has been spread on tho ground about three
inches thick. After spading thoroughly
rake the soil until 1t Is fine and smooth
and all of the stones have been removed.
Set the plants eighteen inches apart. in
rows which are eighteen to twenty-four
inches apart. Cultivate the ground thor
oughly all summer long. I have found 10
an excellent scheme to go over the garden
about once in two weeks. loosening up the
soh With e spadinS fork to . depth OF about
three iuc130H
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PREMATURE sRAYNEss

moon should end only with life itself
It is not until the "ice cream and cake
and kisses part OF the matrimonial pro-
gram is over that the newly married pair
begin to see each other through clear I'M
preiudiced eyes For the furtherance OF
hts nefarious schemes Cupid throws
strange glamour over his victims when first
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y
garments made at home are fitted to the
child. and have the charm OF perfect fit
often. but not always. secured in ready
made clothing.
The babies will want number of simple
nainsook and dimty slips for morning wear,
with just bit of fine needlework around
the neck and sleeves and a handmade hem.
In the afternoon finer grades of the same
materials with sheer linen lawns, make up
charming infants dresses trimmed with
groups of tiny tucks and insertngs of deli
cate washable lace. Medallions OF very fine
Swiss or batiste embroidery set In the fronts
or down each side the fronts of Infants
dresses add much to their beauty. They
should be bordered with narrow insert
Ing or with fine featherstttching or herring
boning. Dresses made in this style and of
these materials may be worn by a child of
from three weeks to three years of age:
Another and more general style of dress
twelve years Is the attached waist and
skirt. 1t Is made very long wasted, the belt
of the dress coming to the hip in dresses
for very little children, and at the waist line
for older ones. This style Of dress Is very
easily made. I requires tuckS at the shout
ders, both in the back and front. or else a
yoke. II the dress is for best wear the tucks
should be narrow and interspersed with lace
or embroidery inserting.
No over-Dressing.
Simplicity is the keynote of smart dress
ing in children and even where the work
manShfp upon O. dress is very elaborate the
style and arrangement of trimmings is so
simple that one is not struck by any effect
of over-dress and merely admires the dainty
finish of the dress.
Many mothers make for children of from
six TO thirteen years OF age-aud sometimes
for older girls, as well-littie shirt waists
which have dainty yolxes and deep cuffs OF
lace, or lingerie or hHe embroidery. The
rest Of the waist is perfectly plain and
straight. Over these Is slipped little dress
cut low in the neck and made with short
sleeves The dress may be OF plain pique,
linen, pongee, voile or even calico. but the
dainty guimpe and neatly finished white
sleeves give pretty touch TO the dress
and save 1t many laundering. since q
child always soils the neck and sleeves Of
q dress first. Tho little white guimpe may
be worn with any sort OF dress. Sometimes
Il has no trimming beyond few tucks and
an edge OF lace in the neck and cuffs.
Wash Goods Best.
Fer morning and school wear little ging-
hams ana linens are the incest things pos
sihla. Pfque is good. except for really hot
days. and simple muslins are excellent all
summer.
It Is smart to make a deep hem upon
tia little skirts and sometimes to finish
the hem with fancy stitches. the mate
rial IL of nice quality and the drcss Is
Whiks or light In color.
For vfaitfng and aftaxncon wear the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16
summering Forced Azaleas.
From Garden Magazine.

Keep your axaieas In q Light place, until
ell danger OF frost Is past. when they may
be put out OF doors They are easily injured
by too much or too little water: therefore
see that the soil Is always moist. never let
1t get dry. nor watsr-logEed Put the plants
out OF doors, when danger OF frost is past.
Better plunge them to tho rim OF the pot
In weii-drained soil or coal ashes. This
viii keep the pots cool. preventing evap-
grafton OF water from them. Put them
where they can have the early morning
and late afternoon sun. but are shaded dur
ing the midday. Syringe the foliage late
each afternoon. and see that the under sides
OF the leaves are hit by the water, In order
to dislodge the red spiders and thrips which
VIII do . great deal OF harm II not checked.
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made more generous with under ruffies of
lace or chiffon. But this done, a supeTbly
rich effect may be gained, and one of fairy
like beauty If the gown Is all white or
white and gold. With such scheme no
colored ribbons are used. The deep folded
girdle is of white satin silver or gold
may elegantly crown the couture. Silver
or gold shoes likewise often go with such
frocks
Pretty Garnitures.
With ribbon. net point d'esprit, Swiss,
etc. the Dresden ribbons showing delicate
ly colored flowers on a white background
are charming and inexpensive garnitures
Several organdle frocks seen were beautt-
fully decorated with gauze ribbons in the
gown color, with a sharply contrasting Dor
der. One lovely fr0ck of white organdy
showed these ribbons In turquoise blue
with white borders in a narrow, solid line
edged again with blue.
happy disposition of the narrow ribbons
is 10 have them edge the fiounces of skirts,
or be put on In innumerable rows above
wide tucks. Wider ribbon In the same
sort again being used for sleeves and ber-
thas.
For organizes in solid color or pure white
no more lovely a trimming Is offered than
plain footing. Put on as fiounce edges, as
insertions or in ruchings OF various sorts,
this dainty net lace effects a look of great
distinction. Crisp taffeta ribbons In the
frock color also add to this, and II the
figure Is slim the wide belt may end in g.
floating sash. Anything which contributes
to gIrlish look Is desired this season,
especially for evening wear, and so common
and open is this intention that many of
the garments for middle age are quite
Juvenile. For Swiss, narrow French or
German Valenciennes Is the lace most pro-
ductive of stylish results; but IL elaborate
effects are desired. quantities of the lace
should be bought.
Marrow Ribbons.
There are many lovely ways of putting
on the narrower sorts. Sometimes q skirt
has innumerable little frills edged with
single, double or triple ruches Of the lace.
the frills forming V panels between others
OF some decorative sort. Again, fine quill
ings of the lace will be looped garland
fashion over some airy jupe, together with
handsome Swiss medallions. perhaps, out
lined and richly set with the lace.
There seems to be always room for en-
broidered Swiss on all the new frocks, for
the worked medallions may appear on any
thing but tulle. The Swiss gives a finer,
more exquisite look than the batiste mo-
tifs elsewhere used, and framed with ribbon
and lace, many of these beautiful trim
rnings have all the aristocratic quality of
miniatures. Ornaments of the embroidered
silk and chiffon. with the setting described,
are also used in this miniature way.
AS to form, the gowns supplied for sum-
mer hop use have rarely the distinctively