Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-05

| deep mauve, for these colors are all smart
and also do not become readily soiIed
The same rules hold good for a stripe or
| fancy wolfe as for the plain surface II the
| color Is naturally rather pale and indefinite
| then the only way to save It and give char
| acter to the dress is 10 make II up over its
! own color. When. however, a dark blue
check or a striped green and white or
brown and white is selected because 1t is
to be more useful gown. then the somber
tones will be relieved by a lining OF a light
er shade Of the same color or by white.
With check or plaid OF two or moro
colors as green and blue, the color OF
the lining should be in one of the shades
| most becoming to the wearer and the trim
ming of the gown must bear out the same
scheme. Frequently dark blue check or
plaid will be made up over a changeable
green and blue silk tafreta. and this makes
a most artistic and smart effect
Effective embroidery is every bit as fash
ionable as ever. and there are conspicuous
ly few OF the more expensive costumes,
whether for afternoo nor evening wear,
that have not more or less elaborate hand
work In their construction. Sometimes a
sharp note OF contrast Will he introduced in
the embroidered bodice or the revers Dor
cate yellow wolfe will have considerable
embroidery worked in some way upon
the bodice. and all will be done in two
or. at most. three shades Of the same
yellow. Gold and silver thread work Is
used on many of the newest models this
spring. but unless used with exceeding
cleverness is too heavy for the more dell
cate materials. There Is seldom any en-
broidery used upon the skirts and. in fact
the skirts are none of them deliberately
trimmed this spring-that Is. Of course, for
the day time, as evening gowns all require
certain amount of trimming and es-
pecially the soft materials suitable for the
spring and summer.
Gold Lace Effective.
Gold lace is always effective and used
sparingly gives an attractive touch to a
silk or wolfe and, in fact 1t is now being
used on numberless both thin and heavy
materials. For cloth, Of course, the gold
and silver lace is sure to be effective but
recently 1t has become the fad to make use
of 1t to large extent on both silk and
yelling gowns. Any sort of lace used must
be Of fairly good quality and may be
combined with the gold lace and 1t is COM
paratively rare to see a bodice trimmed
only Win the gold. While there are many
advantages which a wolfe gown possesses
over silk dress. there is also much to be
said in favor Of the latter so that year
after year the same controversy goes on
and Is never satisfactorily decided, nor is
It ever likely to be decided for all time
From an economical standpoint perhaps
the silk Is cheaper in the end. that is. IL
one IL willing to have the dress made up
over cotton lining with the necessary
silk rufi1e on the skirt. But then the silk
10 not likely to give as good wear as wolfe,
30 that that question cannot really be con-
sidered 1t is generally granted. however.
that any sort Of silk gown looks better
the following antumn than a yelling dress
unless 1t happens 10 he on the order Of
poplinette or some such departure from the
regulation yelling. which is really not wolfe
at all