Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

handsome buttons do duty in the Same
case on other suits.
Samuel Johnson. when encouraging Bos-
well to keep diary. impressed upon him
never to set down trifes. Never, for in
stance, to note that the day was rainy or
the dinner badly cooked. Johnson had risen
from obscurtty to fame by his own earnest
endeavor. and in spite OF Indifferent health
he would not own himself a slave to trines,
and professed almost to the end OF his life
a complete indifference to the weather. But
Johnson was not a woman-not woman
who knows that the whole success of smart
dressing Is to be attributed to well-consid
cred trlfies. And 1t Is just here that the
spring styles score. for there is really moth
ing new in line or color.
A Never-Ending Theme.
We seem always discussing tho subject
OF sleeves. and undoubtedly 1t is one OF i'm
mense Importance. In this respect we are
still unanimously kimono. In fact, so XII
mono are we that are quickly doing to
death this fashion which appeals to our
better feelings. The kmono sleeve is
doomed to early death-strangled by its
ardent admirers Already the establish
ments that boast show windows-a thing
not countenanced by the best firms here I'm
Paris-are displaying the japanese sleeve"
and this is inevitably the beginning of the
end. We shall remain kimono while the
spring lasts. but when summer takes pos
session OF her kingdom we shall have
ceased 10 ne Japanese so rar as our sleeves
are concerned. AS a matter of fact. one OF
the most important sleeves of tomorrow
will be that of the day before yesterday
the graceful puff from shoulder to elbow
and down below the tight-fttng mitten
sleeve curving over the wrist in a point.
We shall continue to wear short sleeves on
afternoon gowns. but not so short as those
of last year. but for ordinary occasions and
for wash blouses the mitten sleeve, with a
large puff on the upper portion of the arm,
will be in great favor. My own impression
is that there will be a revival of the loose
bishop" sleeve. but It will. as a rule, be
worn under a sleeve OF lego mutton per-
suasion. The bishop mode is very fiattering
to a white. small hand. but it looks rather
made at home" when permitted to appear
without an oversleeve of lace or embroidery.
The Reason Why.
An authority dress recently made a
comforting statement. Women wear new
clothes" she declared. that men may make
money The reason that we have new fash
ions in dress is because men who have bill
lions invested in the manufactures and dry
goods stores of the world insist upon earn
ing Just as big dividends one year as an
other If they waited for women to wear
out clothes they bought last year dividends
would be passed this year. If new clothes
were not worn for six months there would
be a financial crisis that would be world
wide" 1t Is such a lovely thought that In
wearing fashions early and late We are
helping to dispel financial clouds and at the
same time are giving the worker and capi-
talist their due. l have such an excess of
philanthropic feeling that 1t Is necessary for
me instantly to pay a visit to the atelier OF
q queen of millinery and help along the
cause by purchasing one of her 500 cha
peaux CATHERINE TALBOT.