Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-05-02
In the Shops.

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When one goes shopping, one does
not linger so long before the i'm
ported French frocks.S If truth mus,
! be told, as one does before the little
accessories of dress that spread them
I selves so alluringly on every side.
| For one thing, there are the new
| spring handbags. One kind is made
| of straw. braided or woven into a
compact fabric from which the bags
are fashioned. They come in bright
and attractive colors. and surely are
| got inappropriate adjuncts to the
summer frock.
, There is novelty as part of other
new handbags. and that is lining
washes. This is supposed to be the
last word in hygienic handbags.
When one remembers how dirty
money must usually be. one is glad
of this easily washed compartment.
Do you know that Queen Alexandria
of England never would carry money
just because it was dirty? Always
there Shopped with her lady in
waiting who had her purse. and this
purse contained specially washed and
cleaned notes and coins. Well. il
one washed ones coins and bills
and the banks do wash and iron their
bills. you know-and put them into
specially cleaned compartment in
the handbag. certainly the danger
from soiled money would be mimi
mixed.
One of the most gorgeous of the
new fans is made of ostrich-who
said ostrich fans were out of FASH
ion?-mounted on a carved and paint
ed bone or ivory handle. The colors
used on the handle are rich Egypt
ian green, blue and red. and the
feathers are in a matching shade of
green. The whole effect is quite de-
lightful.
Combs for the couture are mace of
feathers mounted on metal or shell
or composition. The feathers are
in brilliant colors and are so COM
bined as to give especially attractive
effects The tiny feathers are mount
ed almost like mosaics. almost as
cleverly as they were in those little
lockets and brooches of feathers that
first came out few seasons ago. The
combs look really distinguished by
artificial light. as the colors of the
feathers are vivid and lovely
Perhaps the smartest new handker-
chief is made with deep band
around the edge of color. with a rela-
lively small white center. The color
of the border is not a light. pastel
shade. but deep one. Rose, rasp-
berry, old blue. deep. soft green and
deep yellow are all used. but the
lighter sky blue. baby pink and pale
green and yellow are left to the mar
rover borders.
All sorts of dainty knickknacks to
carry in the handbag appear in the
shops. Our use of bag-shaped bags
those really large enough to hold
more than a tiny handkerchief and
coin for bus or car fare. Is per-
haps responsible for our growing use
of these little knickknacks. One type.
of course. is the vanity case. There
is vanity case in the shops now
made in imitation of some of the
loveliest of the old -nuff boxes from
France and Italy. of carved and
painted bone. of filigrec gold and
silver.
The shops are full of wonderful
sashes made of wide ribbons. finished
at the ends sometimes with long
silk fringe. and sometimes with
with the new and interesting uae OF
leather as a trimming fabric for the
spring and summer.
One OF the little Things. but
thing that means comfort and Sc
curity to many a neck fixing. is the
forming of lace and net neck frills
in a circular manner. to fit around
a round or oval necked frock. You
know how difficult it always is to
make a straight piece of lace go
smoothly and attractively around a
round-necked bodice. Well. you
don't have to now. The results are
much better.
A good many umbrellas for wom-
en- are made with almost fantastic
lna ndles-large handles. sometimes of
wood carved into grotesnue heads.
Perhaps these are reaction against
the handIeless umbrellas of the last
few years. when all our umbrellas
have hung by straps from our wrists.