Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
IN THE STORES

For the woman whose heart goes out to
sDring openings there are days OF joy at
hand One leading house has already had
its formal gown display and others will
follow this week
The laurels for supremacy must be award
ed to the princess gown, which, with its
accompanying jacket, elbow sleeves, and as
dressy a jacket as you please, is acknowl-
edged to be the most elegant style Of the
new season. This effect is at its best in the
lightweight cloths that are now so fashion
able, but there will be princess gowns of
linen and other wash weaves, the half
bodice enabling the wearer to satisfy her
most lavish fancy for filmy materials and
Celebrations Of embroideries and lace.
There is one drawback to the new gown.
Every woman will want to wear It, and as
il outlines the curve of the hguTe from hip
to bust, it requires no very vivid tmagina-
ton to picture the show a chunky person
will make of herself when she attempts the
style Already the dressnakers are on hand
with simulated princess effects, the most
successful being the high belt, that Wheh
worn with an ordinary skirt will give a fair
suggestion of the princess. These are com
ing in of silk shaped with corset bones and
made generally for tapping folds of the ma
terial. hooked, preferably at the back.
This is not a comfortable season for the
woman who is too helpless to fasten herself
in the back, except. of course, she has a
maid. Indeed, the woman who insists upon
retaining her front hooks and eyes will
soon be limited to the tailored gown, with
its severe simplicity and mannsh buttons,
as dressrnake1s have discovered that they
cannot do justice to a dressy costume I'M
less it is fastened in the back. AS the
princess can be worn only by tall and SYM
metr.caly formed women, II is, of course,
only one Of many pretty modes in the stores
today.
An effect that makes strong bid for
general popularity is the graceful round
skirt and natty jacket, collarless and with
elbow sleeves. showing the long glove OF
grays, gUn-me-al English and twilight gray,
all of soft, lightweight weaves, are the
most serviceable and elegant.
At one of our stores nearly the entire
exhibit of street and church gowns is COM
pTised of these colors in all their varying
shades.
Another house shows an attractive line of
ready-to-wear mohairs in black and fancy
colors. particularly pretty model is of
white check with hair stripes in black, the
jacket and sleeves trimmed with narrow
black velvet. With the suit should be worn
a white chip toque with rosettes of black
velvet, and long black gloves.
Palm Beach gowns have about had their
day, it is stated, and must soon make room
for summer resort fashions, which are now
arriving.
That Representative Longworth is begin
ming to bear the penalty of being distin-
guished is evidenced by the appearance in
Washington of the LOngWorth tie. This
new neck scarf Is of bridal white silk plain
or Powered, and to the eyes of the uniniti-
ated looks very like the ordinary four-in-
hand Another novelty Is the Alice fan-a
pretty trhe with a long handle that, when
folded is reminiscent of the short cane the
former Miss Roosevelt carried several years
ago. Neither idea is startling, but serves
to show what's in a name
THE PALAIS ROYAL page today is
headed with this announcement: The
years best bargains and the reason why"
The reason why is quite ably presented,
and then follow pictures verbal descrip-
forcibly. Ii a spring suit, a lingerie waist
or separate skirt are in milady's mind, the
Palais Royal page will mirror her thoughts
and tell her of prices surprisingly little,
especially when market reports show that
raw materials are getting prohibitively
dear.
The pictures and surprise price list of
shirt waists on the Palais Royal page are
accompanied with the following eXplana-
tory paragraph:
THE makers of shirt waists find them
selves unable to secure further supplies of
materials at anything like the prices they
paid earlier. The consequence is they can
not reproduce the garments at the prices
asked until now. Their predicament, and
ours, is this: The waists you have learned
TO know cannot be raised In price without
a storm Of protest but others can be made
with less elaboration and sold profitably
and so two of the leading makers dispose
of their entire present stock TO the Palais
Royal representative-and the years best
bargains are to be distributed, beginning
tomorrow"
ments. and Illustrations of attractively
elaborate lingerie are associated with prices
that cannot be quoted again.
Man-talored cloth suits have their his
tory and help make today's Palais Royal
announcement an ideal womans" page.
Now that the new spring suit has to be
considered, ones corsets are an important
factor, especially as Dame Fashion orders
the contraction of the waist line and ele-
walton of the bust. It's tie Jay of the
French corset and corsetiere, and the Pa
lais Royal is extremely fortunate in Sc
curing the services of Nine. Lacrosse for
the benefit OF the stores patrons
The Palais Royal page seems to have a
paragraph for every prospective need
Dressmakers and the summer girl" of
1906 have not been forgotten, being given
best of advice and rarest of bargains.
IANsBURGH & BRO, bearing in mind
that April showers viii soon be at hand
have provided against the spring storms
by securing large and varied stock of
rainproof garments, which will be placed on
proved material and are of the latest cut
The firm also announces a showing of new
silks the freshest ana prettiest of the new
seasons weaves which vary from the
daintiest color and weight to the rich
heavy fabrics fit for a dowager queen.
Other newly arrived features include
every wanted sha9e of india pongee, rough
shantung and gan metal pongees navy
blue dotted fou1aIds, tafretas and the love-
" shades in JaIanese radium. The i'm
nortations of the house embrace many de-
signs in Swiss muslin, lowered and dotted
white madras and every variety of colored
wash goods the seasons market affords
S. KAHN, SONS & Goa feature OF
Monday is wide gray suiting. at a fun fourth
less than regular price; also oress goods
of various other sorts nnderpriee. In lin
ings, mercerzed moreen Is offered for less
than half New suits for spring are Of