Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
THREE GOWNS FROM PARIS.

Orln8 was quite SlVlC piUk, din1oSt d
fame pink, and the chenille in the same
shade exactly and mounted over one of
those new soft wool-backed satins. About
its low bodice this interesting frock had
to give a suspicion of sparkle. 1 was busy
imagining this frock In gray or In black
1t would have been charming in either
and might Just as we'll be mounted over
satin to match as over the white. 1t Is a
question on which there is every freedom of
choice, this of mounting transparencies. l.
for instance. saw an afternoon frock Of
mole-coored wolfe mounted over sake blue
the other day that had some silver lace
about the bodice. And mentioning this
froek reminds me Of the vogue for blending
sake blue with mole color or gray. A mole
colored frock. for instance, would have
sake blue hat, with just touch of mole
color in it. and perhaps the bodice of the
frock might have very slight note of the
blue along with silver. The mfllfner nearly
always adds the touch of blue to the hat of
mole or gray. and blue, too, looks very well
on the softer dull shades of wine color.
admired the other day tailor suit of this
shade of face cloth that had pretty little
fac,ngs and details of embroidered sake
blue cloth. and that was worn with a hat
of black crinoline straw. very prettily
twisted with sake blue faille ribbons, sup
plemented by a plume, one of those mys-
terious plumes sauvages in the same blue.
1t Is Interesting to note lust now how,
while the colored frock will be kept mainly
in the one tone. black frock Is always re-
lieved by color or mounted over white, or
IN some way absolved from its blackness.
The Seasons Headgear.
Black hats. all black, are now as de mode
as they were delightful few years ago.
The black hat VIII perhaps have on 1t. as
had a pretty instance 1 saw recently. Brus
sells applique or blond laces. sake blue rib
bon and pink roses. A black hat may be
massed with blending of color, roses, pink,
and blue and white. and black and green.
and paHsies of purple and mauve with their
characteristic splashes of yellow, and other
flowers. the color scheme may be car
ried out IN wild flowers. although these,
think, I rather prefer on hat white, not
black. or else on the colored LeShorns or
Panamas that are just now being dyed the
popular shades and which will look very
smart massed with field flowers.
Some Hair Ornaments.
We are firing of the spangied leaves and
Louis XIV knots and have adopted almost
Neutrality-suspicious. the moment-silver and
gold cloth a headdress. band of this
glistening material about four inches
WIDE Is doubled in halves and placed in
coronet shape upon the hair IN front, dis
appears beneath the French" curls so
fashionable and appears again in it's entire
width at the back of the head ike a comb.
II we'll arranged this style of hairdressing
is very becoming, in either silver or gold.
for preference in silver on dark hair.
Cay and light tinted fabrics will pre-
dominate for visiting wear. Within the
last three or four years we have INDUCED
in faded and esthetic tints of the pastel
or dTaSeeS family, and now currant red,
prairie green or hussard blue of quite shrill
complexion are 10 have their innings. The
first appearance of these loud intruders
shocks us-we repulse their bold advances
but second glance appeases US: the con-
fectons from which evolve these daring COL
or schemes cunningly contrived and
so alluringly devised that, malgre tout, we
capituiate. Fashion has been thus con-
troiled since the beginning of the world.
and SO will continue to be. Short waists
are a decisive pronouncement, and one
against which no woman may rebel. With
| the most unpretentious, with the most
/ elaborate. of skirts the waist has to be
| fixed up In proximity to the arm holes and
| though the contrary might be anticfpa ed
| this mode tends to diminish in appearance
! an inclination to embonpo;nt to which the
female form divine is SO often liable. In
| dGb!tably. therefore. its adoption will be
| carried unanimously. As well. we have to
\ acCuStom ourselves to another variation.
| Our skirts are TO be generously trimmed
| they to be laden with passementerie
and braiding, but their length and width are
to continue on the moderate lines of here
| tofore. A pretty notion is the soft swathed
sash with long ends of mousseline de soie
| in contrasting tints to the gown. On a dead
leaf wolfe an almond green sash and
a gray sash with bright blue dress is an
| infinitely original experiment in tonality.
| If whisper of linen frocas now. when dog
! days and their diaphanous personalities are
| yet somewhat remote, / do not commit an
indscretion. / already preparing de-
| lightful models in linen. incrusted with val
| encIennes and hIet lace, such as We use
! for window blinds. Very effective will
be these gowns in every variety of color
| iEgs, but more particularly in the new
CATHERINE TALBOT.