Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

whole COLUMN OF the same kind when
simple country girls read the amazing items
Of the toilets worn by some notorious DENT
mondaiue they begin TO wonder how Il Is
she has such things. and to speculate as
TO whether they will ever be able to obtain
similar giorihed apparel for themselves
And so the evil grows. I'LL by and ~ it be-
comes pernieious disease, and women look
stfpercliously at one another. not for what
they are, but merely to estimate TIE quail
ity and style of what they put on their
backs. Virtue goes TO the wall n &c does
not wear fashionable frock. Vice IS wei
coined everywhere II Il Is clothed in a Paris
creation Nevertheless, Ben JansUns
lines stin hold good:
stin to be neat stnu to be drest.
Stin &C be powdered. stu perfumed-
Lacy. Il Is 10 he presumed.
l ,,1 arts bid causes are not found.
All IS not sweet. all IL not sound when
women think Attic nothing OF ordering
eNtraYagant costumes which they well
know they will never be able 70 paw for
such as gambling AT bridge for exsuuie
Mime. Modiste is quite prepared for such an
exigency. for she does not forget To show
creations In clothes which she softly
purrs. are suitable for bridge parties =
They may possibly be called "the tricky
trump" or the dazzling OF a glapce too
long or "the def impress OF finger nni,''
One never knows Any amount Of fashion
papers fsud their way into the average
British household. containing rabld non
sense such as the following:
There were wonderful stories anoat
about Miss B. g dresses Rumor has fl that
dressmaker came over specially from New
York to requisltton tho services of The most
important artistes in Paris and gold laro
ana hand embroidery were used with no
frugal Sand. yet, despite this and the warm
welcome accorded to her by an English
audience, Miss b. does not seem 10 have
made up her mind to stay with US long.
ror II Is said the end OF June VIII see tho
end of her season. We have sketched her
tn her pink chiffon wrap. which is made IN
the empire shape covered with chiffon and
decorated with punches OF chiffon flowers
and green leaves held with bows OF pink
eetin-a most dainty affair full of delicate
aetai and pre-eminently becoming
Despite this IL rich indeed Despite
me fact that gold lace and hand emhrold-
cry were used with no frugal hand, Miss
3. Is determined to leave the gay, the gay
and gllttering scene and deprive as of her
pink chiffon wrap in the empire shape"'
a positively disastrous conclusion Nay.
Put hearken to the maudlin murumrs Of
the crazed worshipers OF Mumho Jumbo
Fashion:
10 Yon yearn for a gray muslin dress?
Half my smart girl acquaintance are buy
ing gray muslins as though their lives de-
pended on 1t. / fell In love with one OF
them that was In bouilione gathers all
round the skirt to within eight inches OF
the hem, while the yoke had similar but
StnaiieT bohlfones run through well below
the shoulder line. with a wide chine ribbon
knotted low in front Beneath this encir-
cling ribbon the bodice pouched IN blouse
fashion over a chine waist ribbon to match.
with long pendant ends one side The
sleeves were a distinct novelty. being set In
a number of small puffs below one big one,
chine ribbon being knotted around the
arm between each puff.''
DO you vearn for gray muslin drassy''
Oh. We godsl One is reminded of comic
passage in the Artemus Ward papers where
1t is related how a lady of the free love
persuasion rushed at the American humOr-
ist brandshing a cotton umbrella and cry
ing out: "Dost thou not yearn for meG" to
which adjuration Artemus replied while he
lodged the umbrella. Not a yearu,'
Il should Ike" says one of the poor i'm
beetle dress devotees. the skirt finished
off with a wadded hem or perhaps few
folds of satin. but otherwise g. should be
left severely plain. These satin, brocade or
velvet dresses should stand or fall by their
own merits and never be over-elaborated."
Truei And II IS "a wadded hem or I
padded room that should finish or these
people who spread the madness OF clothes
far and wide till 1t becomes a positively
dangerous and immoral Infection, one
wonders! For there Is no more mischievous
wickedness in society today than the fam
boyant exuberant. wlllful extravagance OF
women's dress. 1t has far exceeded the
natural and pretty vanity of permissible
charm, good taste and elegance. 1t has be-
come riotous waste, an ugly disease Of
moral principle ending at last IN the dis
grace and death of many a woman'5 good
name. MARIE CORELLL