Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-27

and the ensemble was alluring. These lin
Gerie mushrooms, let me say in passing. are
the most attractive developments of the
summer season. You know that the or
binary Charlotte" made of lace and muslin
had an embarrassing fashion of making
woman on the wrong side of twenty look
just a trifie too Juvenile. but the enfant eff
feet is done away with entirely in the crea-
tons of 1901, which are of fine straw erin,
chip in the best quality or of leghorn with
dainty frills of muslin or lace about the
face. This discreet mixture Of straw and
lingerie frills is bewtching worn with a
charming frock OF a diaphanous fabric.
Now It Is the Halo.
We are seldom satisfed-we. the capri
cous members of the feminine sex. 1t is
not enough for us that in this year of grace
the fashions should permit us to look like
young girls. but we want to go step
further-we want to look like saints. The
quaint mushroom hats lend wonderful
youtifulness to their wearers, but what can
say of the very latest novelty the
halo evening head dress?
In no other way can one describe this
hair ornament, for it is really and truly
halo. This celestial adornment was first
Greffulhe. The special point about the
halo headdress is that it has every ap-
pearanCe of the pictured effect asSo-
Ciates with religious subjects. Although it
ity firmly held in place at the back of the
head in mysterious fairylike fashion. To
wear one of these ''glories" the hair must
be dressed high and rather full in front and
In semi-Greek style at the back. When
viewed in the hand the halo is merely
a large. thin ring firmly fastened at the
back to Il comb. This comb is fixed in the
Grecian knot and the ring then hovers
lightly above the hair at the sides and
front
It is tremendously becoming to women
who own classical features and stately fig
ures. but one shudders at the thought of IL
dear little pocket Venus in 4 halo"
The Popular Linen Frock.
Nothing could be more lovely than the
pure white linen frocks of the present sea-
son with their wealth of hand embroidery
and their marvellous insertions of laces so
CleVerly arranged on some of these gowns
that it is only close inspection that one
recognizes the line which divides enibroi-
derry from lace motifs and Insertions Irish
lace Is not now much in evidence in connec-
ton with linen dresses. but there is new
make of guipure which has most satIsfac-
toriiy taken the place of the lovely Irish
handiwork. lrelandc is still very smart
but this summer il is more used on dinner
frocks and elaborate wraps than as a dec
Grafton for linen confections or muslin
blouscs.
L rejoice to perceive that fllet laces are
getting atime of repose. Indeed 1t IS quite
true that We have overdone the fllet oues-
ton, and with so many other attractive
laces at hand we need no longer give Won
dering world the idea that We have pressed
our drawing room curtains into service
| But where the filiet idea does f. in most
beautifully is q trimming for an ac-
! Gordon plated pale blue silk ncelige with
! bands and yoke of the net darncd in a
! Greek key pattern with pastel silks in light
| blue pink. yellow mauve. Such a crca :
! ton is being made for the trousscau chest
! OF a fall bride The originality and ex-
! quisite daintness Of the notion may appeal!
/ to the sartorially bored.
! At a famous charity fete q Partisan
| beauty presided at one Of the booths
| frocked in chic costume of mauye linen
l trimmed with ipterlaced bands OF ma
| chine-stitched material. These n.erlaccd
| bands were used chiefly sor the upper por-