Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14

, below the waist. another on the bare
neck, two more on the bust, and there
| is an ornament of diamonds on the girdre
These with several diamond rings. dia-
mond earrings, diamond shoe buckles
and a glittering diamante band in the
| hair make quite binding effect, which
in conjunction with the daring effect of
the gown always draws breathless
"ahr' from the audience Another gown
worn by 1.-The enchantress" is of gold
tissue with buttons made of small dia-
monds and a coat OF gold lace to the
hins In one act the actress wears a
huge aigrette poised at the hack of her
head in the style affected by Gaby Des-
lys, the French vaudeville favorite star
ring this winter in New York. These eN-
aggerated bushes in the hair have a GER
tain chic, but it would be brave woman
who would wear one in her own drawing
ROOM Aigrettes in the hair are ex-
travagantly fashionable in Paris now.
but never is the aigrette seen standing
erect in trim. dignifed manner. 1t is
slanted off at all sorts of impossible
angles and even sticks straight out side
ways from the head over one ear, or
points directly backward, making its fair
wearer resemble nothing more nearly
than a weather vane pointing the direc-
ton of the .breezes.
x :.
In the street Mile. Gaby affects an ex-
aggerated simplicity and girlishness. and
in her modest little street costume of dark
mixed worsted material, with white collar
and cuffs of ratine, and a girlish hat
rolled back from the face and trimmed
with a white porpon. she looks scarcely
out of her teens. With this Ieune nile
costume, as soon the winter winds
began to blow bleal<ly down the Hudson
river she assumed a set of superb white
fox furs, the broad neckpiece of which
fell to the knee at front and back when
one end was tossed over the shoulder.
In contrast to the alluring Vet slightly
bizarre gowns OF these two enchantreSSes.
are the pleasing costumes OF number Of
actresses who, each season. are the sar-
torial inspiration for hundreds of women.
The charming frockS of Miss Angiin have
been held up to every dressmaker in New
York as desirable models for imitation.
and every one of these costumes might
be copied with safety by the ordinary
woman moving In conservative social
circle. Miss Blanch Bates also wears the
sort of gowns that any lady might wear
in her own home: and Miss Grace George
has set more fashions than any fashion
book Couturiers. of course. realize the
valuable aid to the expression of their
ideas lent by an actress personality, and
expend their noblest efforts on stage
frocks and wraps. Miss Illington's pretty
gown, illustrated today, is one which
would grace any evening function, yet
out the exquisite lines in the actress
lovely figure and to emphasize with its
rich, yet subdued, co,or harmonies the
| tones of her skin. hair and eyes.
Miss Frances Starts costumes always
| suit her particular personality and are.
of course, designed and built to this end,
and these gowns are a real boon to hun
dreds of women resembling her in gen.
eral type, yet not having the taste to
| dress artistically themselves, nor the
I'D l,,xy
expensive modistes. If women would but
| recognize the importance OF dressing up
| to type, and not follow stage fashions
blindly because some color. line or style
pleases the eye. the influence of stage
dress would have q much deeper Signifi-
| canoe than it has. and stage dressing
| would be Of infinitely greater value to the
modes and manners of the time. There
are, OF course, actresses of so obvious a
| type that one Immediately associates their
costume with that type; as, for example,
| in the case of Miss Billie Burke, whose
daintily young frocks always seem to ex-
press her girlishness and fyaway temper
Another actress liked by the younger
women is Miss Elsie Ferguson; still an.
| other. dainty little Elsie Janis: another
pretty Julia Sanderson, whose little white
frocks have been initiated by q host OF
debutantes. Nazimova's gowns are not
always youthful but in them she always
! looks like slip of a thing, and IL very
rich and elaborate they have a way OF
| making her appear overdressed. This /!
apparent in the gorgeous gown Of silver
and pearl brocade pictured. In it slim
vivid, little Mile NaZimova looks like 8
temperamental young schoolgirl dressed
up in an older sisters ball gown.
Three dress features, appearing agar
| and again on the stage this season, hav,
| influenced winter dress. One of these i!
the fad for brown. Every leading woman
and almost every leading man-has has
at least one costume in brown tones. O
these might be cited Donald Brian
brown cutaway suit in the. Siren" Bori
AndrovskyS brown costume in the Gar
den of Allah" Mary Mannering's brown
frock in the same play, Miss Anglin'
pretty taupe chiffon frock in ''Greel
Stockings" frock duplicated by dozen
Of dressmakers for insistent patrons; tn
brown travelling costume Of 1.-THE Won
an" Kitty Gordon's cloth Of gold gowl
I in "The Enchantress,'' Julia Dean,
brown velvet and fur suit In "Bough
and Paid For"-the list is almost end
les.
Another costume feature depicted O,
the stage has been the slashed skirt, ant
these skirts have been proved so graceful
| so artistic and, withal, SO modest, tina
many women who would have met tn,
suggestion with shocked indignation a
the seasons beginning are now adopting
these skirts.
The third costume feature is the high
buttoned boot. which has temperate!
ousted the slipper from favor. Every wei
coStumed chorus is provided with dainty
buttoned boots, and even the dancers ar
| wearing footwear of this sort, the boot.
being made of satin with thin soles anl
dainty French heels.