Evening star., 1908-01-25

great wide sleeves and faced the loose
front. Lone folds of copper brown SILK
fell down the front.
The whole effect was wonderfully beau
tiful.
A Trousseau Tea Gown.
In a recent bridal trousseau there
was included an exquisite neglige in
orange-colored silk, having insertions
OF white lace. to be worn over any sort
of filmy white skirt. 1t was unlined
and of messaline. Fashioned in en-
pire style in the back. in the front two
sash ends Of the folded silk crossed
from each shoulder over the front and
were each fastened at the waist line
under silk rosette
Around the bottom of the gown was
deep founce having saw-teeth In
sertions of white lace. These laces
gave fullness to the f1ounce's edge, the
wide part being at the bottom and
forming a border At the top a lace
insertion Joined the f1ounce to the body
of the garment The lengtnWise in
sertions of lace Joined the silk cores
forming the garment from top to bot
tom. The side fronts of the garment
opened and had narrower, shorter saw
teeth points of the lace inserted, and
the elbow length flowing sleeves had
lace insertions and were finished. IKE
the fronts and edge of the robe. with
Serrated lace
A Smart Blouse.
A fayorite waist is fashioned from
ecru lace. 1t is made with very full
sleeves that come just below the elbow.
The stock is high and is made of lace
lined with a delicate color. There are
rows of insertion running from the
neck to the waist line, and some hand
some lace medallionS are introduced in
the front. The effect is decidedly
dressy though the waist is not of ne
cessity an expensive one.
New Kinds of Embroidery.
Another interesting departure in
styles is the change in embroidery. We
have had a great deal of it fo- The last
five years, and, it has added consider
ably to the cost of our clothes. There
is no chance of it's leaving us at pres
ent but it's character has changed.
This probably means a new lease of
life.
We have had dots and scailops and
floral designs. especially the latter. All
these were natural, and the majority
of women liked to make them. The
new designs are unnatural and bar
barrie, but they are easier TO make
than the others.
The lines are taken bodily from rugs
and often stained glass windows: SO is
the coloring. Instead of pastel shades
we have vivid byzantine coloring. In
terlacing wheels are very popular: so
are solid cones and the Greek key de-
sign. which is simpler than the wall of
Troy.
All of these are taken from tie east
ern embroideries. and they ara very
handsome and effective.
Most of them are added to coarse
flet net. which is used in its natural
color or dyed to match or harmcnize
with the gown. Gold and silver f1let.
which are so much in style, have this
embroidery in gobelin green persian
blue. the new and wonderful rile blue.
with bright yellow and touches of
black.
Fur and Velvet Coat.
One of the seasons novelties in fur
is an evening coat formed of wide
bands of cerise velvet with strips of
ermine between. or, to speak lruly, the
garment is of velvet striped with err
three quarter length coat, loose and
shapeless, with mandarin sleeves,
style allowing the free use of bands of
ermine Under the mandarin sleeves
are others of velvet. terminating in
ermine cuffs. A fringe of ermine tails
borders the coat, and to wear with it
when going to the play there is a little
ermine toque with fanlike wired bow
of cerise velvet matching the coat.
This is set al the front and slants
sharply up and down with "a sort of
open winged butterfly effect
This coat is lined throughout. over