Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

with haIf-inch ruff1e of plain pink organ
die, and the two-inch knife plating. mar
rowing from two inches in width at the
center back to one at the ends of the fichu.
finished the lower or outer edge. Plain pink
organdie lined 1t and showed through the
openwork. The gown was plain pink or
candle over a white China silk slip The
bodice was laid IN quarter-inch tucks from
| the shoulder seams and neck to below the
bust, with deep girdle made of folds OF
| pale pink liberty satin made deep gfrdfe.
| This girdle extended a trife below the waist
| line In slight dip in the center front, and
| In the back there was a single fiat knot
| and ends ten inches wide extended to with
! In twelve inches of the floor. There was
| no stock, the flchu outlining round-necked
| yoke of Vaieaciennes insertions arranged In
| points.
The sleeves were full puffs to the elbows
| and were there finished by turned back cuffs
| four inches broad of openwork embroidery,
| finished by two-inch knife-blade plaitings
| falling over the arms and having pink bows
! at the back Inside ruffies of Valenciennes
three inches wide were placed inside the
| pink plaftfngs.
The skirt had a gathered overdress cut
| in very deep, rounded battlements. A two
| inch band of bias tuckings a half-inch wide
| edged with inch wire Valenciennes inser
| lions, the lower insertion edged in turn with
| an inch-wide ruffie of the lace, finished this
overskirt The underskirt a slightly
trailing skirt of the pink. having half-inch
| tucks half inch apart. showing between
!
| The lower edge OF the skirt was finished
| with two wide ruffes OF equal length pink
| organdie, embroidered in white. the deep
| and deeply pointed edges also are embroid-
| cred.
| This gown was topped by black Nea-
| politan hat trimmed with large bows of pale
| pink ribbon and sprays of pink wild roses
| and their foliage. Black gloves were worn
and black and pink parasol was carried
~
| perfectly plain, dark blue serge co.,
| tune seen on 9Th avenue was ideal for
travelling and shopping. The skirt was
round length, perfectly plain and glove fit
| ting, the side plaits were some distance
apart and not laid on to any depth, so the
| skirt was light in weight. The coat was
| semi-ftted one. perfectly plain. with coat
sleeves, the skirts coming well below the
| hip line. 1t had q double breasted effect
| owing to the arrangement or the pain put
1 tons. but was left open, and was the right
| size to look though it were Intended TO
| be left open. There were two pockets, each
| at the lower front The sleeves were plain,
| without cuffs. and had two rows of stitch
| ing half an inch apart at the distance from
! the wrist that cuff would naturally termi-
| nate The plain coat collar was also stitch
| ed. Stitching and the buttons were the
| only trimming. The blouse worn. 80 much
| as could be seen. was a plain white one
| with tiny tucks down the front and hem
| stitched tucked collar-no embroidery or
| lace being visible.
| The hat was of moderate size, of yellow
! bamboo that curved slightly over the face
| and also down the back and was rolled
| slightly at both sides. It was trimmed by
| in under the brim at the back, and clus-
| tiers of bluets rose; at one side. The blues
| were all very dark, especially that or the
| serge. The gloves were mesh silk much
|
A cute little French coat worn at the
| Kirby-Clafin wedding was in black taffeta.
The fronts and upper sleeves were really
formed of three overlapping. shaped
founces with scaIloped edges edged with
| half-inch plaitings of the silk These
formed achu that left deep y-shaped
| section of the bodice exposed at the top.
| They extended out over the sleeves nearly
to the elbows. and the ends came IN the
front to and slightly below the bust line,
closing, each one. with a large jet button.
In the back the ichu effect extended well
down the center over little position ex-
tension that had two huge jet cabouchons
at the waist line. The almost square tab
extension was some twelve inches long by
ten wide, and was formed of two double
box plaits below the waist line. From the
sides of the lower back the silk was car
ried around In soft crush folds and brought
up to the center bust. These folds were ap-
parently fitted over some sort of a very
light foundation that set In to the figure.
| IniS HttiS coalee Was worn over an All
white robe of finest muslin. exquisitely en-
broidered In Greek key designs, each square
outlined by the Greek key pattern having a
spray of hand-embroidered leaves or flowers
in its center. At each side of this skirt.
which was a circular shape and perfectly
plain and tight at the top and over the hip,
| was immense cluster of roses and
leaves that separated the top row of Greek
embroidery from the lower.
The bodice had deep round neck aud q
baby Irish crochet guinnpe with stock. The
girdie was white liberty silk ribbon, and
so much as could be seen OF the elbow
| sleeves were founces of c1uny lace.
| For midsummer no prettier model for q
young girls bridal gown-uniess chiffon b