Evening star., 1906-02-04

of the V's. These sleeves were exactly like
almost straight capes, the long way of the
cape going over the shoulder and hanging
down some distance at. the sides in both the
front and the back-down, in fact, as far
as the middle line of the bust and then SIDE
ways down the arms to perhaps bit be-
low the elbows In her coiffure was an ats
most V-shaped tiara of diamonds.
Mrs Robert Goelet Miss Whelen) wore
remarkable display of jewels. including her
very wide and high diamond tiara, and long
chains of diamonds. Her corsage was cut
quite low and the sleeves were small. mar
row puffs. The gown itself was some sort
of pastel shade, heavily spangled and en-
broidered in spangles. The skirt had WIDE
bands of heavier material heavily laden
with metallic scales 4
Mrs Ralph Pulitzer, who was Miss Frede-
rica Vanderbilt Webb, and whose wedding,
at the Webb country place, Shelburne
Farms VT, was one of the events OF the
autumn, was at the opera the other eVen@
ing in charming frock of white lace. with
a foundation of ciel blue velvet. Little of
the velvet-or was it satin?-could be seen
as she sat but it showed in the center OF
the front of the bodice in an almost sheid-
shaped section above it narrow white lace
rufftes went around, forming the top. longer
ruffes were puffed into sleeves and frills.
and lace arranged very full covered the
rest of the bodice. 1t was a quaint frock
and suited TO the deilcate prettlhesS Oh it9
wearer.
In another box was Mrs. Philip Lydig
She was in pale blue, an odd shade, evil
IDENTIFY of velvet, pailletted or brocaded. Ii
was rather higher In the neck thah the
gowns Mrs. Lydig usually wears and
straight across the top. 1t had shoulder
straps some two inches wide, apparently
puffed, and from them at the back fell
clouds of blue chiffon that fell far below
the waist line. 1t was a beautiful gown,
and quite simple in it's fashioning, if not in
material.
One of the latest brides has in her trous-
seau a princess robe of Point Venise, deco
rated with Irish crochet roses. The robe is
tightfitting and has border at the bottom
of white chiffon broadcloth. AS the skirt
sweeps out longer in the back and the lace
section is the same length all the way
around the cloth border is much deeper in
the back than the front, sloping up from
width of eight inches in the front to about
eighteen in the rear. The robe is really a
princess skirt, as it comes about eight
inches above the waist line under the arms
and is cut out in in the front, so that
in the center front it is only six inches deep
TO the waist line. Little revers of Irish
crochet less than two inches wide outline
this V. The top is lighter. thinner lace over
chiffon, and is a simple corsage, rather
loose. with high stock edged with folds
of silver gauZe.
There is a bolero of Peking striped white
silk, the alternated stripes being satin
This has it's fronts gathered in slightly TO a
shaped band of the same silk that forms
downward turning points at each side of
and below the Irish lace revers at the top
of the princess part. Two cascade rufffeS
of lace like the bodice are turned back like
revers on the bolero; at the side they end
close to the armholes, and at the fronts
turn over under the bolero. At the top of
each upper ruffie is an ornament in silver
passementerie that conceals the gathered
section, and from this a narrow collar of
silver gauze over black panne velvet goes
around the sides and back OF the bolero.
The boero slants up In the back in an In
verted V, and from this point hang two long
ends of six-inch silver gauze ribbon from
short-wnged bow.
The sleeves are large. high pufYs OF the
Peking silk that end above the elbows in
turned-back double cuffs, the inner cuff
OF the silk and the outer one OF black
velvet covered with silver gauze This
velvet cuff is only an inch wide at the
inner seam by three at the outer. where 1t
forms fiaring point, and Is lined with
the silk. Two lace ruffies like those form
ing the cascade revers on the bolero finish
the sleeve. The wider ruffie Is some eight
inches broad and the other six and a half
inches deep.
The hat to wear with this is on sailor
lines the brim bent slightly and irregu-
Iarly and Is wider at the back than the
front II is of white Irish crochet on wires
covered with black satin. The brfn Is low
and round. Silver gauze ribbon two inches
wide il folded and wound around the crown
and tied in a little bow directly In the front
Under the brim at the back are punches
OF shaded pink geraniuns of the variety
usually termed the Martha Washington.
A4me. Nordica wore one of the most
beautiful gowns seen at j. Henry Smiths
m, Stcale. II was a pale pink brocaded
velvet, the design being large leaves 1t
was en- princesse with a short train. The
deconetage was very low, and across the