Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24
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fronts had bit Of the brown picked out In
red and trimmed with red braid or passe-
menterie
Starting from the side fronts, rising and
going over the shoulders midway between
neck and sleeves. crossing In the center
back and spreading out at either side. Ike a
letter X. were two two-inch-wtde bands of
material faced with red, and whore these
turned back tab. showing the red fac
ing, and was caught to the belt with a
large covered button mold.
With this Mrs. Childs wore tan hat with
were fastened at the left where the hat a
boat shape, rolled higher than on the right.
Mrs. Philip Lydig, who was dining the
other evening before going on to the Vir-
sfnia Hot Springs. wore most unusual
gown-unusual not in It's color, but in its
decoration of dull gold lace. The hat that
topped 1t was Of huge proportions, running
up, out and over at the back in @ quiet,
wonderful way. The front was short
gradually widening as 1t reached the sides,
and then at the right side rising like a
bellying sail. black, not white. On the
other side there was black plume.
The gown was also black. The bodice
had nigh stock and deep yoke of white
lace, and outlining this yoke was enor-
mously wide band of gold lace. or rather
two Joined at the center back and front
and falling rather loosely over the Shout
ders to below the elbows. The sleeves
were rather small, elbow-length affairs of
the black material, which shimmered like
crepe de chine. The lower part of the bod
ice was gathered in tightly at the waist
line and the girdle effect was perfectly
round, emphasizing the smallness of the
waist
The skirt trailed considerably and was
formed of several plated founces thu
three lower ones varied from perhaps ten
to fourteen inches and the upper one ex-
tended from the waist line nearly to the
knees in round tunic, which fiared only
at the lower edge.
Mrs. Frederic Edey. who was Miss Otis
and a daughter OF the famous cotillion
leader Of former Jimmy Otis, as
his intimates termed him-wore a simple
gray silk of soft clinging weave. The skirt
was laid in plaits from the waist line near
~ to the knees and stitched down. There
was a four-inch hem at the bottom-the
skirt Just escaped the Goor-and above
this, at ten-inch intervals were two three
inch tucks
There was a stock and guimpe OF white
lace. The bodice was gathered in at the
waist line under a shaped girdle of the
gray. decorated with lines OF gray chenille.
The top of the bodice was finished by a
wide, shaped piece Of the silk set on over
the gathers OF the top and overlapping the
gumpe. This was outlined with lines of
fine gray chenille, two rows, In simple
design and about an inch apart, appearing
on each side From the front Of this sec
ton two narrow. shaped sections, also en-
broidered in chenille, extended half way
down the bodice. A narrow band of the
material crossed the bodice several inches
below the first. holding the gathers in.
The sleeves We're pufYs of the silk. fol-
lowed by puffs of white lace, ending in ell
bow ruffles of lace, band of the gray silk
separating the rufties from the puff.
Mrs. William Payne Thompson wore re-
Gently one Of her Frenchy frocks. Mrs
Thompson is a younger sister of Miss Alice
Atherton Blight. who married Gerald Low
Their, British minister at TangIer and a
granddaughter of Richard Greenough. the
sculptor She Is tall. slight young wo-
man and her gowns always have an air all
their own. no matter how simple.
Mrs. Thompson's hat was one of the