Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

vHE hotels in large cities offer an
attractive ground for the tea
drinking members of society.
and the tea rooms are packed
at this season with people all
coyly slipping their Chinese drink and
chatting away the time. The topic of
conversation at the o'clock tea usually
turns toward dress, for how can SO many
swomen meet and chat without venturing
into the realm of fashions wonders? Il
get nv fashion at the 3 o'clock teas.
said one woman who is seen each after
noon. "And / have come to regard the
tea as a sort of club where women can
meet. chat and learn q great DEAL l get
many economical dress lessons. woman
told me today that for several years she
had made 1t a custom to buy one new
dress each February. choosing tihs
month in preference to any other. 1t is an
imported dress or copy from an importa-
ton, and 1t is made in very new style
Her very handsome gown might well
serve for model 1t is of black chiffon
over white. and the skirt is trimmed with
velvet bands. and jetted passementeries
are used on both skirt and waist. Now.
are YOU going to buy a blue frock in
the spring? 1t is going to be mighty
smart color. but don't, by everything That
is fashionable go into shop and ask for
this color by the old-time names of light.
dark or medium blue. These are impos-
sible distinctions this season. and one
must ask for pale blue. azure. hydrangea
or mirage. If none of these tones pleas S
YOUR fancy. il is within the range of color
etiquette to inquire for EDEN, delft, ja-
cinth sappho. Should dark blue be
your choice neptune must be ordered.
Equally puzzling names are chosen by the
shops and modistes for the popular colors
of the coming season.
The new shirt waists are unusually be-
coming. for they have sleeves which
broaden the shoulders. while they make
the waist look smaller and the figure
more slender. One of the smartest of the
new waists Is built of a medium shade
of rose-colored satin. Its white stock and
white yoke are deep and of a shade of
cream. There are short sleeves terminal
ing in bands of gilt at the elbow. And
over these lace sleeves fall very WIDE
Japanese sleeves eInbroiuered with gold
thread. The front of the vest is mass
of gilt embroidery all done by hand and
picked out, SO to speak. with tiny lines OF
black.
The Getaway.
In striped materials no end of good eff
fects may be obtained in the cutaway
models, and with straps and pockets or
simulated pockets and the use Of waist
coat effects smart, deliberately tailored
costumes for dressy wear may be en-
tirely different in detail while alike in
Waistcoats will be used, but less than
last spring.
Skirts to Be Short.
Skirts are to be exceedingly short for
walking, and this means that they must
be very elegant as to cut and fit. AS the
skirt grows shorter 1t grows more refined
: in cut. and one Of the new plated skirts
in violet cloth was most elegantly fin
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violet soutache. There was half-fitted
little coat. single breasted and uuttoning
with buttons Of violet enamel The hat
was a brown one. with a perfect garden
of violets at the side.
{ Smart Dress Accessories.
Once upon a time it was possible to
add a new dress to ones wardrobe, only
the gown and nothing more. But now one
must add a handsomely rolled, thin silk
umbrella with stick which initiates an
i animal or a flower. And one must get
pair of glossy leather shoes with tops
+. dyed to match the gown or with white
tops If the gown be of gray. pale green or
: tan-colored cloth. The shoes are running
little lighter than the dress, and the
black shoes with white tops are very
fashionable.
: Restoring Turquoises.
There is no doubt that many Of the tur-
quoises which have changed from blue
+. to green have done so through an accu-
mutation Of grease. for they are very
porous. But this can often be rectified
by placing them In a solution Of equal
quantities Of ammonia and spirits Of wine
or covering them with paste made of
fuller's earth and alcohol and water. |
Petroline, II judiciously applied, will also
, often answer the purpose. In the corona
ton chair at the kremlin in Moscow
both blue and green turquoises are i'm |
bedded, SO that we may take 1t that green |
turquoises are not altogether unwearable. |
Silks for Spring.
= Rough weaves in silks are to be used |
the coming season. These simulate the |