Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08
Special Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK. October I. 1906.
Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury and Mrs Henry
W. Bull were dining together some even
Ings ago at a 9Th avenue cafe and made
a charming contrast for Mrs. Waterbury.
who was Miss Maude Hall, is a tall, very
slight, pale blond, and Mrs. Bull, who was
Miss Maud Livingston, is a short, slight
and very dark brunette. Mrs. Waterbury
was in white with touches of turquoise blue.
and Mrs. Bull was in coral color with hat
to match
Mrs. waterbury's trailing white chiffon
gown was full and clinging and was COM
bined with the flower-igured chiffon, so
often termed hand painted"
The skirt trailed, was gathered full at
the waist line and had deep border some
ten inches broad of small flowers. chiefly
pink on white ground. 1t was a ribbon
border with tucks above and below.
The bodice had a girdle of the Powered
chiffon that formed nearly a third of its
depth. This bodice gathered in I'M
der the girdle and also rather full around
the shoulders. 1t was cut away slightly
at the top and stock of white lace and
chiffon with shallow guimpe attached Was
worn. Outlining the bodice where it out
lined the gutmpe was fold OF turquoise
blue that described a V in the front. II
memory serves Alright she also wore a short
string of turquoise beads about her neck
The moderately full. gathered and. puffed
sleeves ended at the elbows in frills and a
fold of blue went around each elbow.
The hat topping this frock was a small
Frenchy affair, pitched over the forehead
and rolling at the left, of white crinollne
with cluster of turquoise blue plumes at
the left.
Mrs Bulls coral-colored gauze wolfe was
cut out somewhat in the neck, style she
is fond of. and round or Dutch guimpe
of filmy lace inserted. 1t had elbow sleeves
and the skirt had double jupe effect
given to it by q three-inch fiat puff of the
material arranged in curved lines rising
from the back to the front Her large coral
colored hat dropped at the left and rose
at the right with ostrich plumes to match
under the brim and a plume rested on the
outside.
beautiful Partisan gown for house wear
only has recently arrived for young and
fashionable matron. The trailing skirt Is
formed Of three overlapping bias fiounces of
rose-colored chiffon. each bordered with
two-inch band OF liberty satin of a slightly
deeper shade, set on to a foundation slip of
a paler shade of rose pink liberty silk.
The two lower fiounces are each twelve
inches wide, while the upper one, which
forms the skirt proper, is really huge cir
Gle with section cut out in the center the
size OF the waist, and which closes down
the back under band of rose-colored satin
that is carried up from the bottom band to
the waist line.
Over this pink chiffon skirt is worn
long, ree-quarter-fitting coat of Irish
crochet lace. most of which is the so-called
baby" or fine variety. This coat has
epaulets of the lace that extend out some
five inches over the sleeves. The sleeves
are rose-colored chiffon, gathered in huge
puffs and ending at the elbows in 1ounces
of some sort of fine white lace. There are
six-inch lace ruffles dropping toward the
hands and two-inch ruffles rising toward
ha Ch ed n rfa wi
between the two, twists of pink satin
matching the bands the flounces are
twisted around and tied IN perky little
bows at the outside of the arm.
The coat fronts open down the center to
show long semi-fitted waistcoat of white
palest pink chiffon embroidered In small
pink roses, and closing with tiny rhinestone
buttons This waistcoat extends some
eight inches below the waist line. The side
tops of the coat separate from the
body, and swinging loose at the center bust
line and from under them droop single
hemstitched rufies Of pink chiffon yelled
with fine white lace a bit wider, matching
that on the sleeves. These loose lace
fronts come together at the bust line under
a spray of pink chiffon roses.
The top of the waistcuat ends Just below
the collarbones. fold Of pink liberty satin
forming the finish and ending in the CEN
ter in a little fat bow, the fronts hooking
that the design of the lace forms the finish
of the Dutch neck, and under the edges a
fold of palest pink chiffon extends all the
way around.
The Countess Festetics, granddaughter of
James b. Haggin. lunched the other day
with her step-grandmother, Mrs. Haggin,
and her aunt and niece, Mrs. Richard
Lounsbery and Miss Edith Lounsbery.
The countess was frocked in black wolfe
costume. with lace white stock. guimpe and
lower sleeves, topped by black hat
The hat was decidedly Partisan in effect,
and, unlike many of those having the ex-
aggerated forehead tip and the ultra-raised
back, was an especially effective chapeau
for It's wearer. It was narrow in the front
and tilted downward rising at the sides to