Show STYLES fa FOR K receptions styles suggested by preparations that have been making for a function copyright 1897 all rights reserved I 1 while the order ot of millionaires lias hag been di sporting itself in tho the 9 garb nr la of 0 sixteenth century bloods at the iho various costume part lis that have been epidemic demic for the lat last three meeks a few BW patriotic I 1 le old families among the sorts sona and daughters of oc the It revolution evolution mindful of the time of year and of the tribute due to the father of 0 our ur country have planned some colonial tea lea parties birthday it will not be attempted to carry them out sri in correct detail except for the charmin cb chai armin minar maltha blantha costumes NA worn orn by the hostess and her am esI stants and file tic silver tray with its handles at each end nd guests will not ila ho expected to comm in MAUI toshime tos nime nor w m 11 I 1 they bo be received in th the stiff anil and pompous style which prevailed at tile HIP white house during the regime of our illustrious first president tho the father of its his country who breakfasted in ili litun humble blet fashion upon coffee sliced tongue and dry ton toast received 1 his guests with hands rasped behind lien merely bowing balling to them as they made their own obeisance and I 1 then passed pa on oil in solemn pageant ilia hla lady stood placid beside him her gloved hinds resting lightly at her ter side ready to brush aside her petticoat as the she curtsied low oil to each deuly presented guest this as was in th days dai a when tile the S senators senatore anti I 1 of the nation were ansing their sleep a 0 nights over the burning lur question 1 on at an to whether I 1 lie for ident of the I 1 united tn it 1 I sill be spoken of nt as ills arenc ranc or hl 1 ilac I ajesta NJ and when honest bonest george himself pro ewed a desire tn be known its BS ills aleli adra washington a cap alth EL a frill around it and over her plainly made gown she cho wore vore a bolt of lichu fichu crossed at thi the throat in a very small V it was A fichu that marlit have live gone eone under tinder the name of marle antoinette it if it had bad linen been prettier or it if thero there had been more or of it the sleeves only reached to the tha elbow with nith a flounce at the bottom that Is if tit the first float lady of the land sometimes wore were this costume though it ia to be presumed that she had more than one dress I 1 I 1 mrs ohn john adams the first lady to preside in the white house Is said to have dressed rather more in keeping with nith her station than her immediate predecessor but as it la a il martha lartha washington tea that we fire are to have we must at least emulate the simplicity of her tire dress it if riot not the formality of her hospitality in doing honor to her memory tile the young youn ladles ladies arho he assist the hostess will be dressed in a somewhat earlier colonial style with it a 11 pleat starting start lne at the back of the neck and hanging loose to the bottom of tile the skirt ekert this stile Is extremely becoming to 10 very young women the more a re elegant dresses are made of th brocaded silk with ill large flowers ot at which there Is 11 so much on the market tel nowadays R those nho mho cannot afford silk milk hilll ill us cretonne or dolly varden goodr the sleeves are tight and havo lace flounces falling over the N wrists fists the modern street dresses worn vv bv the guests i will ITT contrast singularly alth ith these eowna thelt that were in the height of fashion something over a hundred years ago aco and though the old fash cloned costumes look rather quaint jt it must be admitted that from our point of blew lew u we e have consides consi considerably dei ably improved upon the old days in matters ot of dress take for instance the picture of a costume which one of the guests Is go ins ing inso to o wear IU it is elaborate enough for a wedding but it let Is not considered too fancy to do honor to washington birthday it Is a combination or at green taffita taffetas taff s A with lux cream colored luce hice ill back of thi the skirt it 14 accordo oll pleated silk the front Is a panel of on brohl ered trimming tight filling in ili thi the bodice and passing under a n velvet liand land at tho the wat walot into a binn the ranol panel la 14 barde led on the left elili a cascade of pleated milk labee klai ling in a rosette at tho rIght shoulder lot la draped across abo front of tile hie bodice to the left aid just aboe tin the n litre here it Is 1 caught A flit another r ro the are ar moderately gnall anil hare flare slightly silently at tl the liand into ft sol t ot of curt cuff the libl hat N aich la Is joilue shaped li 19 trimmed mith alth flowers foliage and aigrettes aurelis aigret tes a knot knol of afen velvet to bring it into mith th drans in spite of ills elaborateness of the costume just the formality of tile afi oc Is s to be fur far from froin it apo brive as be edged from the fact that ahat one of tile th young indies jn in I 1 tied Is if going skating kating fl afterward ari erward be rn cauce ragip abe hc Is q A college gh kill I 1 ond and toas lifts a and sho n ill bear the saine of on 1 bath alons it Is J a Ir oiin cloth I 1 mink fur runs chian n tin tile left mile tit of tile skirt and the bit il battin tin the jacket N v isleb has lia a birli collar edged v N illi 1111 fur fastens on 0 il alic t 1 loft I 1 0 1 t calp 1 11 1 1 four anink bends t aej 1 n a I 1 lia A R i a i 1 11 I 1 i of fur around the A fur murf hillh till lace flounces at each end and 0 a round trat trimmed mith velvet and I 1 vines airry or stylish costume co A dress e at t to h the lie real martha washington would have held up her hands eanls in holy horror because of 0 it its manni mannish h cut la Is made of blue cloth and trimmed with braid in a 0 scroll pattern the skirt has a panel panet ot of lie cloth striped across balth braid the bodice ailts tight around tile the waist but flares open 0 a to diw ingles 11 above into a jacket that Is made of 0 braided mallte material ana an immense scarf Iti iott under th ahr chin into a boft bow what rel relieves leves tile tho military nir air of VIC tio oa 00 costume coB tume but the hat uhichi is 13 a jooa I 1 and stovepipe continues the original scheme ill hi mure muff mith its loro lace and violets slid and its ita bow bu ot of lib ban in cry feminine the muff starr tra ird in 11 a bif p how I 1 hns 1 ng returned to popularity ind 1 used A i ill all sorts orl of that 11 a softening touch it lo 10 ibern beci oming in southern cities catle it lii 14 urd ud u rd d to in in inac ice the place of a fur bira on MU in days no lien one boio not lint coed a alap A X costume roH lum i the tied boda boll aisle 1 brichto ned byrhe addition or of puri a irh a searf marf the of ling to donn A anro re caught up on each side with fancy pins met et just in front of tho the sleeves bodices fastening at the side bide are tw be oc somewhat Rome what popular one that will le be worn at ac tho the tea has haa a cascade of lace down the left jeff tilde clde velch aich herth borth derm the fastening thin boulch la Is tucked around the top lop art of yoke and tucked epaulets cun con finite tile effect across the top topa of the mireyes mi reves panels panda in front and deml let in the balk bak wem to b 4 a feature of thi th more lore elaborate fren A beem malth lt Is tr in be worn at a weding liy by the married sister of the HIP hrlic bield la s no 0 o cd in ili this respect that it liaa 1 as t iho ac suggestion of a tea gon n about it T the e entire front franc in if pleated mull starting st at tho the net neck k rind find belt lu in place with A pointed belt of jeweled trimming late falls falla front from the knout drs ders in loose reveres revere the fronts of the th dreda pieper are somewhat pome what loco locore irmise re and III un I irk ark rk has a domi train there Is if A bonnet of lat and now flocos era ps vh hichi tell UPS tiesa under tile chin N villi iab narrow velvet rib ow doom the wholesale alft dialer d al 11 have ve in 10 a felt tpring he haag begin boxt 0 alip thee fire aro the licely bialo ely branded straws in golden brown an ani I green slid and violet they are arc not at all ali eccentric in aldape though some of them have quite crowns satin ribbon bowa boaya a and d bunches of flo floars will be correct trin trim i tiling summer dress materials lire are more I 1 in evidence however than alian a and nd they a arc r 0 F HO a temp tempting ling that ninny many have already begun to buy tit the odd patterns dimit I 1 es and bartges ak will ill toe te trimmed w nw new ribbon which is t an old f agillon come buth bark but h to us ua Ther the dizes seem beem to lie be ot of milk but the center li in thin like mull A ribbon of about five alv irem in width aill have an inch edge of f plain red with th ili centor center crof cr barred barrad on a ehte ground another a creamy mull center has haa in ft black edge with it a annet ting tine hand band of Valen denneS tact lac others aro are striped alternately in led and r deam and italo az the ribbons ilko other come in ill food straight coloret torn that are arc cagily name by life lliott c ignorant man silk skirts are arc made mad of the hea healam lat of material ratin bir corade leing thu the favorite favor llo ordinary taff taffetas havo lio lie come tron too common for those thoc lebn aho vho can afford to bf be different from their net 1 11 bors bor stockings are arc woven in most I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 17 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 T se I 1 I 1 0 0 rl r 11 I 1 I 1 r 11 6 A kv I 11 biz r r cir I 1 1 ill r lf I 1 14 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 V ica I 1 n fa WV W II 11 1 1 t 16 I 1 I 1 oil 4 1 CS I 1 I 1 4 1 IOU k i va n 4 0 D V 1 I 1 0 1 to ia 0 Y a L T il 1 til 1 li I 1 U y I 1 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 7 1 I 07 ae W ai 1 1 91 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 a 0 I 1 1 P a I 1 L I 1 1 rc 4 1411 v I 1 S i I 1 11 f I 1 I 1 b ii I 1 11 JIL i I 1 y I 1 CK 6 C f 1 I 11 I 1 6 W I 1 5 d I 1 I 1 9 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 it L I 1 P 2 A jle a 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 0 I 1 0 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 47 I 1 I 1 0 P ashiotis at a washington tea I 1 1 able ahl do designs sIgns A mack black pair was provided with yellow rings that m aracil to shake nhak fike alk ili the banit lea of a bra bracelet all hate part of the ali pattern in orlon work moat of them have the appearance nl a quilt LAURIE WOODS |