Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10
Special Correspondence Of The star.
NEW YORK. June 0. I.

tune, simple ana even severe
vi for morning general wear. or
Il nate and rich in embroidery or
lace, or both. for more "dressy"
occasions. the heavy linens being used for
the former and either the thin. medium or
heavy grades for the latter.
For the former, the short or long coat
the former coming well below the waist
line, and for the latter the Elton. bolero. or
princess. are the approved models.
POngees of all sorts, raJahs of the i'm
ported variety. and other sorts OF these
shantung or pongee weaves are also much
in evidence, and are made up In all sorts
Of ways, as the case may seem to require.
Many of them are made up in Elton and
bOleros. with much trimming. and others,
especially the rajahs, are made up In a coat
suits that are as cool and as light In weight
as possible for travelling. shopping, and
hackabout wear These can be Numbered
like a linen pocket handkerchief, and day
of wet or dirt followed by visit to the
tub brings them out the same as before.
They are much lighter in weight than the
heavy linens. and also much cooler. they
have no dressing" The linens however,
launder lighter In weight, have more open
work and therefore are much cooler when
the dressing is washed out of them.
IN the silk materials for the tub the nat
ural hue, the ecru is by long odds the best,
indeed ! am not at all sure about the wash
ing qualities of the others
In linens the same rule holds the natural
linen or white being superior to all others
as tub gowns. White looks cooler, but 1t
is by no means so suitable for wear In the
city as the natural or ecru linens whether
In cream or brown tones. but in the country.
on greensward. nothing looks so cool and
smart as the pure white.
Innumerable princess or one-piece frocks
in figured organdie and other forms of mus
lin appear, lace trimmed and showing IN
sertions. Beautiful chiffon muls that look
like chiffon, but possess sturdier qualities
are fashionable and in these latter the
frOcks worn by the attendants at the Van
Beuren- Mohlman wedding are good exam
pies Of elaborate princess robes.
Miss Jessica Mohlman. now Mrs Fred
erlck /. van Beuren, and who is abroad
on her bridal tour, wore a white satin we'd
ding gown, an empire robe, very plain, but
crowned with an unusually exquisite veil OF
point lace. The attendants, however were
in very ilmy frocks The color scheme of
the gowns for the maid of honor and the
bridesmaids was white and yellow. and bril-
liant indeed were the bright golden yellow
controversial least they would have been
cornfiowers had they been blue-tied with
many showers Of extremely narrow yellow
satin ribbon, carried by the attendants.
The brides robe was a genuine empire eff
feet, even to the scanty skirt and short
train, also scant and almost pointed. The
round neck was filed in with unlined point
lace, and the sleeves were short, high puffs
Of satin finished with point and met by
long gloves
In the back of the robe there was the
short-waisted. cross-over empire effect the
waist line answering to the usual waist
band going just under the armpits. The
skirt was finished by a deep hem. The
point lace veil had a net background with
bouquets OF large sprays of flowers over its
surface, and draped to cover the sides
OF tho brides blonde couture and ruched
bit at the top. Her flowers were lilies OF
the valley.
Miss Louise Van Beuren, a sister OF the
bridegroom. was the maid OF honor. and an
uncommonly pretty one, too. She wore
princess robe, with empire touches, OF white
cotted net over yellow silk, and her huge
white Neapolitan picture hat had it's crown
and wide brim shaded and laden with yell
low ostrich plumes. White tulle was also
fivffed around the base OF the crown like
fpesh snowdrifts, and was used in the back
as eachepeigne
The hats of the bridesmaids which were
on the sailor order. only with very wide
bfims and crowns just a shade over an
inch high, had masses of yellow tulle
under the brtms at the back. Around the
crowns We're inch-wide bands of yellow vel
vet ribbon. At the right side several fiat
yellow roses. with dark green foliage were
pressed fatty in against the crown. and on
the brlm, and at the left side were two
smaller ones. No plumes at all appeared on
the bridesmaids hats
The princess robe of the maid of honor
had a bertha effect below the unlined lace
yoke and the full puffs forming the sleeves
were also finished with lace hounces. From
the yoke the robe fiowed plainly without
folds, tUcks or other modification to the
floor where It swept out In a short train.
The silk slip fitted almost closely and.
while the net forming the robe was loose,
Il followed the lines Of the foundation
slip
The bridesmaids. the Misses Pauline
Wightman. Louise Pugh. Helen Fitch.
Florence Stevenson. Ethel Willard and
Clarice Hale. wore white NULL the soft
variety nowadays sometimes termed chif-
fon null. The robes had round necks.
rather lower than Dutch necks. outlined
with bands of Irish crochet that formed
Jokes three inches wide. Then came the
null having near the lace top a group of