Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
Recent Fashion Dongs in the Paris Ateliers

conditions, for some inexplicable cause are
approved and worn by the exclusives. In
the case of the opal its beauty has con-
quered the superstition so long connected
with this imprisoned bit of fire. Now that
the battle is won fashion is tumbling over
itself to buy opals. In the smaller jeweled
novelties necklaces, belts and dog collars
of plain black silk ribbon velvet with
clasps and slides of diamonds set In plati-
mum are the smartest.
The Nimble Pin.
To return for a minute to the pin SUBJ
jeCt have you ever thought how some of
us are possessed of the pin habit mean of
using the nimble, small, sharp, black or
white pin In and out of season to put our
selves together? Invaluable as 1t undoubt-
eddy is ii can become a distressing habit
and the vice Is far more difficult to
break a woman of than are many others
less innocuous al first sight. There is some
thing worse than having 1t oneself too. l
knew a dressmaker who had IT. All her
clothes came home full OF pins Sometimes
the thing pinned to be sewed had been
sewed; sometimes 1t had not and dsin-
tegrated upon the pin being removed In a
way calulated to arouse ones worst pas
sions. l suffer from the pin habit myself
intermittently. and when the At is on l
always proportionately annoyed with other
sufferers. Here is a bad case of q pin vic
tim. I know a girl who is pretty and at
tractive and dances like nymph or fairy,
but she is dead failure at dances It took
her years to find out that her partners were
afraid of her pins. She had unfortunately
established record among them for always
having an i'll adjusted pin in her sash or
belt at the back of her waist. Man is a
brave creature. He will lead a forlorn hope
and face the arduous mental or physical
strained situation without thinking twice
about It, but he will not be scratched, and
there's end of 1t. And to have his hands
savagely torn through new pair of white
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Of creation. So she did not dance much,
this pretty girl. and she never found out I'M
til too late Besides, reputation Of that
sort is difficult to lose. You cannot go
around a ball room saying you have given
up pins and that 1t will be quite safe to
dance with you.
Smart Color for Evening Frocks.
Speaking of dancing reminds of a
mighty fetching little ball frock of Doucets
in yellow chiffon over white satin very
prettiy carried out with a strikingfy whim-
steal note of black taffeta bordering the bot
tom of the full, long skirt. This taffeta
made the deep girdle on the waist. which
was cut low and outlined with passemen-
terie of airy design in beads of Jet and
, pearl Where the bodice crossed in front
was a bunch OF black. white and yellow
roses. This new yellow is in fascinating
shade of sulphur. and it Is really charm
| ing color when carried out in the right
spirit. A necklace Of opal beads or an opal
pendant would blend delightfully."- with yell
low frock, the yellow fire Of the opal cor
responding to the yellow film of the chiffon.
This new tone in topaz. which is really the
old champagne with a dash of apricot in
stead of pink Is also to shine conspicuously
in millinery this season.
Hats Not Extreme in Shape.
Although the autumn hats that are being
tried out tentatively now very like those
we have been wearing all summer. they are
not nearly so extreme in contour. There are
about many OF the new shapes distinctive
features of the mushroom combined with
round, fiat and straight brimmed varieties
| On the whole the hats for practical use dis
| play no eccentrcities in size or shape. 1t
| has been reserved for the picture types to
exploit these characteristics, and they take
every advantage held out to them. There Is
| a very young looking hat which Partisan
milliners call the 'debutante chapeau'' in
| the shape of an inverted bowl with a mob
| crown made Of silk. and in many models
| this entire hat Is Of silk These silk confec-
| tons are very good style and prove most
| satisfactory in q limited wardrobe. for they
| may be worn with almost any kind of street
suit and at almost any season OF the year.
It Is plainly to be seen that hat trimmings
are taking on more cheerful aspect. In