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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
THINGS OF INTEREST
I'm FEBRUARY SHOPS

gold. The shade is made of rose-coIored
silk. with gilt braid at the top and bot
tom Two little prints, copies OF old
French ones, are set in the sides of the
shade. in a little wreath of pulled and
shirred silk.
The parrot. ever since the advent OF
futurist fashions last spring. has been in
high favor. He is a brilliant COMPANION
able bird for winter, anyway. and his
vivid colors chime in with the plesrsan,
styles. He can be had in wood for prices
that range from 81 TO S15, according 10
his size. He is rather fat bird, shown
in profile. his two sides painted in bright
red. yellow. blue and green with enough
black TO give character. He has a long
curving tail. His wooden feet are 70
rounded that when he is placed on the
edge of table or shelf he will swing
gently backward and forward for a Ions
time on the impetus of one push.
delight to the fastidious woman il .
muff hanger of nickel wire, like thar or
which coat and skirt hangers are made
There is little hook to go over tbn
closet peg. and this hook supports in M
proper position long rod to run throuel,
the muff. This sort of holder is coyer.d
with shirred lavender ribbon, and scented
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What has that to do with a wrapped
tunc? Nothing. But every form of
fashion has to do with the health or
moral well being of women, and the in
terest in this new drapery lies in the fact
| that it allows them to go on the way
they have blaZed. and which will surely
go down into history-the history of dress
| as one of the most remarkable sartorial
, expeditions of modern times
The entirely fiat collar is worn only by
| the few. The majority employ one or
more of the varying shapes that go by
the name fAfglun or Cromwell. Medici
or Marie Stuart, Romney or Raeburn
Not to every one is the high flaring col
lar becoming: it takes a certain kind of
woman to wear the deliberately folded
fischu neck drapery that has come into
fash1on The large square of hemstitch-
ed bat1ste or chiffon cloth is more adapta-
BILE to the larger number of faces.
Possibly for all these reasons or for
none of them, there SO many collars
in fashion that one is bewlder by them
and Is apt to make many mistakes. After
all. the collar is the pivotal point of the
gown as the hat is of the costume.
X r
The woman who does not know her
limitations in this respect is marked for
trouble And how few women are com
potent judges in this respect.
There is that folded fichu collar, for
example, that has been brought out for
the artistic extremists: it is as much
trouble as was the starched handker-
chief of Beau Brummell. One can fancy
d heap of discarded ones. on the bed
room floor of the woman who was strug-
Cling with them. as Brummell's valet
found when his master was the sport of
king.
1t is made of fine muslin, or lace, this
folded f1chu, and may be attached to
any kind of gown. But don't go in for
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needed the length accumulated if one
would display the figure to its best adj
vantage
At the height of the fashion for the
tuilic she began to make a polonaise that
reached to the shoetops. A few of her
ardent followers wore this garment and
encouraged by this. she has launched the
long. ripping tunic that begins in belt,
or rather deep girdle made of the ma
terial on the bias and stretched lightly
over the lining
The garment on which this new style
of tunic is shown is made of dark blue
serge and black satin. the latter in a
short skirt that draws liz around the
ankles in the well known Cheruit way,
the former as tunic and bodice cut in a
deep Surplice effect Cheruit dearly likes
a surplcr line from the shoulder to the
waist. and she usually uses il despite the
prevailing fashion.
But back to the tunic, which is. after
all. the dominating part of the gown. 1t
begins in the deep girdle which outlines
the hips at the back and is crossed in
waist in front nearly to the shoetops at
the back. The ripples are caused by the
method of cutting, and not by gathers
AS one walks in II, it flows easily away
from the figure and shows a lining at the
hem of dull Roman striped silk. The
lower skirt has no slash One walks
we'll in it by virtue of the manipulation
of drapery.
The whole effect is something like the
l1aring tunic that Premet brought out for
the American buyers in November. The
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FEBRUARY offers many opportunities

|
r for the hostess, since it contains st.
Valentines day. Washington S
birthday and Lincoln's birthday. Wheth-
er hostess wishes to decorate with
roses. hearts and cupids or with patriotic
or colonial colors, she can give her table
and rooms festal appearance at small
cost
A unique and pretty decoration for a
room at Valentine party is to stick red
paper hearts to passepartout paper rib
bon and festoon gracefully around In
the center of the table place a large red
paper heart and on the top of this place
smaller open lace paper heart. In the
center of this mat place a tall vase of
red carnations Suspend strings of small
red paper hearts from the chandelier to
reach to heart-shaped baskets or boxes
at each corner of the table. These should
be filled with heart-shaped candies or
small cakes.
Dining room and table decorations for
Washingtons birthday party may be
either In the colonial colors of blue and
gold or the patriotic colors of red, white
and blue. Cherries and hatchets are so
associated with this day that very pretty
table schemes can be carried out with
these alone. Red cranberries will simu-
late cherries nicely. For a centerpiece
use these artificial cherries and leaves.
and scatter cherries over the tablecloth
Flags could be used. and the table light
ed with red. white and blue candles A
pretty souvenir is small gilt Ratchet
tied with red, white and blue ribbon
Cards decorated with cherries in water
color may be used for place cards, or
they may be cut out of red crepe papes
and appliqued on the cards.
For Lincoln birthday celebration
decorate the dining room with white and
blue liberty bells and bunting Suspend a
bunch of the bells from the chandelier. In
the center of the table build a little fort
of twigs and have a silk flag floating over
1t. Inside of this fort place small gifts
wrapped up in red, white and blue paper,
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it unless you have valet like the one
Brummel had, or a knack for such work
that passes the understanding of your
sex
The high wired collar made of lace or
net that flares out from the ears has
stood the test of time very WELL and,
by the use of the word time. one means. in
these days. a period of two years. Its
newest guise is in linen starched to stand
erect without the aid of boning. and
finished off with a quarter inch hem.
Goltine is one of the new fabrics for
summer and all kinds of embroidered
nets play dominant part. One of the
smart frocks made for one who goes to
the Florida coast is of white scrim with
a ragged pink dot worked on the sur
face. 1t is effectively trimmed with a
sash of black ribbon finished at the back
with ends that hang to the knees: this
Is fashion that survives without a
strong rival.
There is a new kind of cotton crepe
that has been received with favor, and
the claim is made for it that it does not
shrink did its predecessor. which was
liable TO so to the wash as a gown and
come home a handkerchief. Many of
the new frocks shown by the smart
dressmakers who have imported models
this early in the season are of net usu-
ally embroidered. sometimes in color,
sometimes in white. The latter is much
the prettier.
Cotton velours is new. but it may be
warm for our dry. hot climate in sum
mer The materials that are usa BILE in
the south have now been adopted in the
east and west, for women have gained
in the wisdom of suiting the fabric to
the thermometer. Don't you remember
the days when tradition compelled us to
put on warm underwear and wooden
frock merely because it was October
and compelled US to remove them because
1t was May? How We suffered.
There is much talk going to and fro
about the new weave of duvetyn which
is more silk than wool, l believe. and
for that reason is said to wear better.
It will take work and persuasion to
launch it with any marked degree of
popularity after the disastrous experience
we had with the wooden duvetyn this
winter 1t raveled as one walked.
The newest use to which this material
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

TAVE you seen the blue hot-water
n bags? There is no especial virtue.
= = of course, in a blue hot-water bag.
But it is attractive because it is unusual.
There is an innovation in this bag worth
noticing There is a little rubber handle.
like the handle of a jug. near the neck of
the bottle This suggests handling the
bag comfortably without burning the fin
gers with steam. 4 small size. especially
for the face, is made in addition to the
larger sizes in these blue bags.
Small celluloid boxes of dominoes are
sold for 30 cents. These would be a de-
light to the domino player. for they
measure. some Of them, not more than
two by three inches. and so can be easily
carried in the pocket.
useful to the man who travels is a shaw
ing mirror, set in the nickel cover of a
pad of shaving paper
A nest of very small stands the tallest
not more than ten inches high. in carved
dark wood. is convenience. They might
be used to hold jars of flowers or pots of
ferns and palms and other greenery.
large photograph frame made of
SHoeu "oou Iesol'es III dHolner frame.
and there is a space for Photograph on
each side. 1t measures eight by ten
inches.
A set of clothes brushes to hang on the
wall or inside of the door of the coat
closet are three heavy brushes. mounted
in wood. and they all stand snusIy in
compartments of a little leather box, fit
ted with two brass rings by means of
which it is hung on pegs or brass nails.
A gold and gun metal parasol set CON
sists of handle ard eight little points
for the ends of the ribs 1t can be used
on an umbrella as well as on a parasol.
A very attractive electric candlestick.
suitable for a bedroom boudo;r. is
made of carved wood painted in drli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
To Hide a Trunk.

MANY girls use their trunks as win
AvA dow seats, or coy corners in a dark
hall, but when they need anything from
them they find it very inconvenient to
have to remove the cover and pillows
There is better way of disposing of the
trunk, which one girl has discovered. She
had shelf as large as the top of a
dressing table fastened to the wall just
high enough to admit her trunk being
placed beneath it with, the lid raised. She
hung pretty curtains around the shelf,
and evolved a very attractive dressing
table as well as a hidden trunk
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ished with a seant ruf1ie of silk edged
with lace.
BY the way, the makers of golfine. the
new fabric-that is to say. one of the
new fabrics-say that its name was given
IT because it is an admirable fabric for
golf clothes. It is made on gauze
foundation and shows stripes of cotton
velvet II is admirable for street suits of
many kinds. and viii doubtless be used
for tennis and canoeing And other out
door sports.
Gloves are the subject of a good deal
of comment. In Paris # is said that
white gloves are not worn In the even
ing no gloves are worn. In the afternoon
suede or other colored gloves hold sway.
AlouSuuetaire gloves are the predicted IA
vorites of the spring
Point d'esprit is daintily used in lin
Sei1e and negligeS. 1t is used like net.
Tor the yokes of nightgowns and COM
binationS sometimes. Charming little
matinees are made all of point d esprit
trimmed with many festoons of ribbon
and little chiffon flowers A really beau
tiful botidoir cap is made of the point
d esprit. mounted over coiored silk. and
edged with friii of baby Irish-wide in
the back and narrow in the front A
band of brown fur covers the joining of
non is wound about the cap. sometimes
above and sometimes below the fur Some
ribbon flowers. III loose. hanging bunch,
are fastened on one side of the cap.
some of the smart coat suits for the
half-grown girl show skirts made with
a wide box pleat in front and side pieats
all around The skirts are scant despite
| the pleats. but they are full enough to
enable every pleat to lie fat so the skirt
shows no flare at the bottom.
The little girls hat is either very small
or Very large. The very large hat is a
| plain one. with a band of Roman-striped
or plain ribbon about the crown. The
brim curves upward from the face A
black velvet or plush tailored hat is the
smartest thing for the little girl to wear
for her walk out-of- doors These hats
are plain. usually decorated with a fold
ed silk ornament on the side or front or
back.
Wooden rep will probably be one of the
popular fabrics for the spring suit. and
1t is good choice especially for the
young girls suit. 1t is comfortable and
can be nicely handled in coats and skirts.
a light weight quality ID called gabar-
dine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
FRlLLS OF FASHION
FOR WOMEN WHO CARE


''e newest iafasois Tor
southern use are made Of silk crepe
that looks much like creme r,an.r
One u,ad, az r-;,-t, .,r.,,.,,, =. -
,,s..;,,i,- ,,r...t5 =. -
pe'aii4 "'''a''iNe- ~ is hnisned at the
OF the parasols So far shown arr. il,
rather sirnnIe sb.,,.e ~, 60 - ,1a-
.,,ao. ~. -, -,
"'e ana Pasods- siiaped
parasois carried last year.
~. 49,, a.. . ,-;,,, -
On " - i',-i'ii TUCK. IS fisade
OF oiach Drocaded Eelvet The leaves Of
the flower big. Toirtcd like a poin-
settia and tho center j. ,,.-,,.I -, -.
,na
comfortable hea'it overius Ia YEA! in
veil. shirred into :, zap N the center.
The cap is covered with a loos. little
outside cap Of knitted Shetland yarn.
This is very light, but at the same. time
warm.
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Spring Styles at a Glance

nOIFFANT draperies at the hips with
n narEowness at the ankles is pre-
dominant feature of spring STYLES.
SUIT coats flare and reach to the waist
line or slightly below. Separate coats
are half and three-quarter lengths and
hare al the bottom. Cape and cape eff
fects will be fashionable
Skirts with ripple fiounces, short draped
tunes and narrow pleated skirts with
tie-hacks are prominent. with a few hustle
effects
Waists are very Transparent. much
bloused and easy fitting. There are many
simulated boleroS. The outside forms in
clude peplums, coatta:ls and girdles.
Sleeves Of coats bodices and waists
have the seton, raglan and modif XII
mono forms with wide arrnholes
The japanese. medic. outstanding neck
frills and various styles of fiat arrange
ments will be worn Collars stand away
from the back of the neck and are either
high or low in back, but low in front.
Suits are very fancy. with bolero.
loose in front. and attached at the waist
line in back Novelty sashes and wide,
draped sirdles are prominent
The prevailing colors are yellows blues,
mesh tints. reds. greens and puppies. with
Increased use of black. Coats evening
gowns and waists are in vivid colors
Dresses. negliges and petticoats are in
softer tones
Among materials are worsteds. crepe
effects. gabardnes and crepe poplins
Among silks are chiffon taffetas moires,
crepes. tussahs and fancy cottons in an
enormous variety
NegliSes are in Turkish trouser forms,
classic draped models and hustle ar
engagements.
Hats are small and include eccentric
turbans high at side or back, short
fronted shapes with high fiaring sides.
odd tricornes and oblong sailors. Promi-
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An Interesting GirdIe.

Al interesting girdle on one OF the new
lingerie frocks is made from folds
OF chiron-narow bias strips folds, ar
ranged SO that about half an inch of each
shows Violet pale yellow, pink and
blue. were arranged in the order named
with the violet at the top and the hl,,a a.
the bottom. The effect was very good
and the means to attain it could be easil,,
copied
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nent trimmings are ribbons, very small
flowers and clipped ostrich pompons.
Handbags are made of various rich
ia brics.
Parasols are in novel shapes. made of
brocaded silks with ribbon trimmings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

inc materials chosen for boudo,r
garments are crepe de chine crena
meteors. chiffons. mousselines ~
caded and broche crepes, taffet.s
satins. tulles. all-over laces. i.ren,.,
ch"ihs, aihatross and nuns veilin1
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strongl: avowed intention to be econom:-
cal throughout the season. one may al
ways watch for astounding bills Pos
sibly the resistance is too great and
something snaps.
Whatever the psychological reason for
the performance. the same thing happens
TO so many women that II is ranked
among the common experiences like the
dream that one is falling from a great
height, or walking the streets in a state
of undress.
So beware of Il full grown intention
to ignore the new fashions. or to save
money on the spring, wardrobe. You
may find yourself swansped in bills before
the first of April.
One looks to only few artists in
Paris to create something new each sea
son. Yet il often happens that a new star
viii rise over the horizon. as Nine Ar
mold did last summer: and the buyer.
therefore, always has to be in the watch
tower to see if single promise of popu-
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is put is a hat. The color used 10
always white. and the trimming simple.
There is no argument against il in mill
linery, but there is no argument for il.
Satin is much better looking. and even
taffeta. especially the watered kind, ie
far more attractive.
BY the way, that new weave of MORE
taffeta has been charmingly used in a
season in the south. as well as the north.
A silvered blue frock of it, made with
looped pannier edged with ruffie Of
lace over a narrow skirt that has its
hem turned up like the hem on a mans
trousers. and a full japanese bodice with
a faring collar ruffled lace. and a pink
rose at the belt, is one of the successful
early models.
This weave. in black trimmed with fur
has been worn in the form of house coat
suits during the winter afternoons. and
it will be repeated during the spring.
The woman in doubt about jacket and
skirt for occasional wear soon as the
moderate weather sets in, should try
her luck with this fabric. 1t looks i'm
mensely Well. and is change from plain
satin. and far superior to plain taffeta
Cotton material with awning stripes in
color will be strongly advocated for
country and seaside use as soon as the
hot weather sets in.
One notices on every side a growing
fondness for apparel especially designed
for the country. The reason is evident
The demand is strong. More and more
as transportation of the modern kind
opens up the land away from the citv
the people desire to live there. or at
least. pass much of their time there
as work permits
1t is good business to provide clothes
for this growing tendencv And it is
eXpedient to wear different apparel in the
country from the kind usually adopted
for the city. Women like freedom in
their country clothes and they have fol-
lowed the lead of men in adopting more
vivid colors than are allowable in town.
Such fabrics as awning striped cotton
could not be worn in any town but
small one, where the clothes are prac-
tically what they in the country.
The broadly striped ginghams which will
be worn in one-piece frocks not for
the town amy more than the awning
cottoas. The Sutherland tweeds, also the
expensive silk golf jackets, are among
the uitra-smart things brought over for
American country life.
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larity is made by an unknown dress
maker who launches a creation on a
woman Of fashion
No matter how important may he the
gown or the hat that some one creates il
is of no avail If il is not worn to Il smart
gathering of women by Il smart woman,
or what certain women wear in Paris be
comes the property of the civilized world.
Arnold could not have had a following
the f1aring, scalloped tunic if it had not
been worn by Mile. Forzanne. In this
episode rested its success
To-day We are looking for the gowns
worn by the fashionable women i'll Paris
for the cue to what will be worn later by
all of us. Possibly there is Il dearth of
originality, possibly We are not getting
the right line on new Clothes but the
truth is that there are few. if any. veri-
table novelties slipping into view.
The abolition of the short tunic. and
the retention of the same idea with dis
tinct notifications. are phases of dress
persons.
!.
Nine Cheruit has heightened her tunics
so much that they appear something like
the polonaise. This artist has been an
advocate of the long line in everything
since she began her career She even
chung to the slightly heightened waist
line when the world had gone quite mad
about the short one. She would not ac-
cept the low armhole that shortened the
arm even when the other dressmakers
used it. To her mind it gave an ugly APP
pearance to that part of the body which
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vance tales of defeat for one kind of
gown, and success for another. Cables
and special articles from the seat of war
Will be plentiful Great names in the
dressmaking world will be on the lips of
those who study or even observe the
STYLES of day But now We are quiet
This is the day and hour when We are
given to saving that nothing can MAKE.
US change our clothing before tie summer
comes. II. Is the time wiicn we make
fatuouS promises To ourselves which
all experience teaches us Will not be
kept
We will end by looking at everything
In the way of new styles with desire
and envy II they are attractive. and pos
sibly end by buying more than we need
That is the usual way
Whenever women start out with a
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,MORS of fashion are more
plentiful than fashions this
week. Soon the air will be
filled with the noise Of combat
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-23
BRIDGE BURNED
Train Laid Up Almost All Day
Because of Fire

There was no train up Friday morn
ing, because of the burning of bridge
about miles this side of Shoshone.
The train got up that far, to find the
bridge, four-bent structure across a
dry coulee, in flames and more than half
destroyed Nothing could be done to
save the rest of it, or to cross it as it
was, so the train went back to Sho-
shone, to wait for a bridge crew to put
up new structure. Half dozen Rich
field people were aboard. The Record
er editor was foolish enough to walk
the rest of the way up to Richfield, to
get back to mis- work, but the rest Of
the boys went back to the county seat
to take it easy until the disaster was
repaired.