Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

pale tan whipcord, checkered or in
visibly striped worsted mixture or one
of the new silky chiffon-mohairs which
make up so gracefully. If Easter is to be
spent at Atlantic City, Lakewood. Wash
ington or some other place where spring
is further advanced than in the northern
cities, the Easter suit will perhaps De OF
taffeta. The Easter maid VIII also De
provided with a new spring hat. selected
to accompany the suit; but otherwise she
Will be quite unprepared to face the sun
shine of Easter morning.
In the first place she will require
smart new veil, for this season wells are
very fashionable owing doubtless to the
moderate size of hats. 1t Is difficult to
adjust a veil over very large hat, and
the hair is apt to blow loose beneath it
and stray across the eyes in the most
provoking manner after the veil has been
adjusted with painstaking precision. a
veil over the very small hat is also
rather hard to arrange. for the mesh
comes too near the face and interferes
with the lashes. and if the hat sets back
back over 1t spells its lines But with
the graceful, moderate hats Of this
spring, wells are Very chic and the
shadow patterns with threads OF black
in scroll design on the sheer white ground
are perhaps the prettiest and most be-
coming Scroll patterns are immensely
fashionable in veilings now, and the
shadow patterns come in both black and
white grounds. There are some very
striking shadow wells with a pattern
over only one side of the veil so that half
the face is clearly visible through the
fine mesh, and the other is almost COM
pletely disguised. Such wells suggest
such happy device for concealng a dis
fgurement that they are rather repulsive
than attractive, but a few women have
taken them up as novelties. Dotted veil
ings are worn, and these wells are be-
coming to women with brilliant eyes and
clear, blooming compilations, though they
are not as softerng and fattering as the
shadow meshes.- Smart dotted wells now
have the dots arranged in geometrical de-
signs rather than in scattered effect, the
patterns showing small squares. circles
and diamonds on very fine mesh.
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II the Easter maid desires to be ex-
tremely up-to-date, she will cover her
forehead with a soft little bang, or as
these fluffy bangs are called in Paris now,
a fringe Ia CHEN; or a chichi fringe.
Foreheads are as much out of fashion as
are ears, and the chichi fringe. though
very soft and light and fluffy. should
cover the forehead to the eyebrows.
Many very smartly dressed women wear
these little fringes, and in order that the
natural hair need not be cut to make the
fringe-which always seems a pity-halr-
tlressers are furnishing these fringes at
from half dollar to i've dollars each
according to the color and the quality OF
hair used. At the back the hair Is
usually covered by the hat. but If 1t were
visible one would see that it Is dressed
very simply and is held in place by large
fancy-topped pins cleverly placed. The
Easter maid will not wear earrings, I'M
less they are of the inconspicuous single
pearl style fiat against the ear-loDe. Inc
swinging earring is worn by the fashion
able woman now only with ceremonfouS
dress.
You will not encounter many Dutch
necks in an Easter stroll up 9TH avenue,
or along the Boardwalk at Atlantic CITY
Though low cut frocks and blouses will
come into their own later on when the
weather grows more settled, Easter al
ways brings out high, well lifting. trlmiy
boned stock collars. The reasons for this
arc the laying aside of furs, and the sug-
gestion of formality and conventional cor
,ectness in Easter street attire put
though the new spring neckwear Is hlgn'
1t is so thin in character that at llttie
distance it's wearer seems to have no
neckwear on at all, and the smart little
bow Of velvet at her throat seems 10 De
in some miraculous way pinned TO Aei
skin These very sheer stocks are made
of cream colored net whlch Goes no,
show over the skin. and the stock IS
so daintily attached to the shallow yoke
that the seam is scarcely visible either
At the top Of the stock is usually stay
of velvet or silk which keeps the 1lmsy
material in place and offers a foundation
TO which to sew the ends or the collar
stiffeners.
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Stocks and yokes of shadow lace are
quite as pretty as the transparent cream
net sort and are, one feels, a bit more re-
fined and ladylike in character than the
striking, bare neck effect achieved by the
transparency. There are rumors that
Paris is no longer favoring the little neck
bow Of black velvet, folded cravat fash
ion and pinned to the front of the stock
collar with long brooch: but this bow
and the brooch which usually accom-
panies it are still prime favorites over
here and there is no disputing the touch
of chic and style which the little neck
bow of dark velvet gives. poised against
lacy white neckwear. Tulle bows are be-
ginning to make an appearance as they
always do in early spring. for these bows
have the same spiritual, delicate sug-
gestion that spring flowers have and are
almost invariably becoming.
The woman who really dislikes tall
stock collars too much to done one as a