Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
TIMELY HINTS FROM PARIS.
CHANGES IN SEASONS HATS

CANT young women who palpably emanate
from the decks of American liners. Their
hats of original device. their big button
holes OF flowers, tend to a certain dis
tinctive and exotic cachet that corresponds
with their undoubted good looks. Crowds
OF smart people make rendezvous at CO.
the stream of gay humanity that passes
and repasses before our eyes. This spec
tacle-ever renascent. ever varied-is one
that comes of Paris and Of Paris alone.
For Outing Wear.
Nowadays when people almost live in
motors, 1t Is absolutely essential that
every detail of the toilet should be studied
carefully. for nothing looks more in
congruous than trailing draperies for any
sort of country amusement. That Is really
the difference between the French Idea
of dress for racing and~the English one.
It is only on specially lovely days that
the long tailor made skirt looks well trail
ing over the ordinary paddock, which is
often more or less of a mud heap.
But today these practical and sporting
tailor mades can be very fascinating II
they are well carried out as regards de-
tail. To begin with, the material itself
can be lovely, and an embroidered waist
coat relieves the monotony Of either serge
or tweed. while some OF the new buttons
are In themselves things Of art. II the
skirt be practical and just clears the
ground and is plated in the new way, the
coat may be as deliberately trimmed as
you like. provided 1t Is In strict keeping
with the motive Of the tailor made Heavy
braidings and embrodefies are much used
and one of the smartest little dark blue
serge coats has a, collar and revers Of gold
en- tissue braided In dark blue. This shows
glimpse OF a blue embroidered waistcoat,
with some wonderful greeny blue buttons
and dainty tucked white muslin shirt
with folded collar Of soft black liberty
embroidery.
Essential Details.
All details. such as chemisettes and
construction Of the smart tailor-made
frock. which, as 1 say, can be practical
and sporting at the same time. Because
you have to wear embarrassing tweed
or serge there is no reason why you should
look dowdy in it. On the contrary, tailor
made costumes have reached the height
of perfection. and the French tailors
understand the art Of making the smart
tailor-made quite as well as the Viennese
tailors. After all, the man who can cut
the most difficult OF all things-namely, the
riding habit-to such perfection can surely
do motoring. fishing and sporting clothes In
general better than any one else and has
only to add delightful foreign touch In
the matter of trimmings to achieve success
in travelling and race gowns. French
women have realized that they can have
a coat and skirt of some other fabric than
blue serge. Enormously wide stripes,
which originally hailed from Vienna, have
become exceedingly popular. perhaps al
most too much so. The checks, ever be-
loved Of the French, have a certain vogue
of their own this season and are extreme
ly becoming to woman with a good fig
ure, giving great air Of smartness to plain
garments. These costumes are best made
with a waistcoat, and one of the most
delightful / have seen Is in white pique
hand embroidered In many colors. Some
of the Russian and Japanese embroideries
give an admirable touch Of color to- the
darker frocks