Evening star., 1905-11-05

engagement to w. Earl Dodge was recently
announced; Miss Sybil Douglas. Miss yio-
let cruger. Miss Virginia Murray. Miss
Twombly. and Miss Margaret Dix. the lat
ter daughter of DR.. Morgan Dix.
The brides gown was a trained robe Of
remarkably supple white satin; the train
was long. 1t had a point lace yoke, and
the body of the robe appeared to be gath
cred. at the top under the lace. which also
formed founce effect across the body.
Point lace was draped down the front of
the corsage and skirt In panel effect, but
swung loose at Its edges. so there was no
stiffness about 1t. The long point lace veil
was exceptionally handsome. and was ar
ranged in square effect across the low POM
padour of her coiffure. and caught with tiny
sprigs of orange blossoms. Instead of
bouquet she carried silver bound prayer
book. Her jewels were a string of pearls
and a diamond corsage ornament.
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The maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were frocked alike in Romney gowns of
white radium silk. material that has SO
high Iuster that it suggests silver, ana
has many times the sheen of the most orii-
liant taffetas. AS the attendants entered
the church these gowns looked as thoush
frosted with silver. There were touches OF
blue about the bodices to match the quaint
old-time hats.
The bodices had guimpe and hretelle eff
fects The yokeS were of white chl1on,
and the bretelles extended up from the belt,
over the shoulders, being, of course, wider
at the shoulders. The body of each Dod1ce
was gathered slightly around the top just
above the bust line and extended up over
the chiffon guimpes. The sleeves, attached
to the guimpes, ended above the elbows,
and were small puffs of chiffon shfrred sew
cral times at the bottom. Each sleeve was
finished by a very narrow ruff1e, and just
above this ruffie a narrow pale blue satin
ribbon was twisted around it and tied in
tiny fiat bow The pale blue belts were
moderately wide and cut in points.
The novelty of the bodices however, con-
sisted in the rose decorations Up each
bretelle from waist line to above the bust
small artificial pink roses in varying shades
were attached and formed graceful trails.
These roses matched those used on the cha
peaus and the natural blooms they carried
in baskets
The skirts of the gowns were straight
gathered affairs, with very wide hens and
were of round length.
Each girl wore around her neck three
quarter-inch band of pale blue satin tied
in a small bow little to one side of the
back, quaint old-time touch belonging to
the period in which Romney painted.
The hats were copied also from the Rom
ney period. They were somewhat bowl
shaped, were extremely pretty, with slight
ly irregular brims, the frregularity pro-
duced by curving the brim at the left in
an upturned indentation. They were pale
blue beaver with small round crowns, the
brims also being round. Twists of blue rib
bon were wound around the crowns, the
ribbon ends were slipped out across the
brims at the back and carried under the
chin, tying at one side in small bows with
short ends. The small, shaded pink roses
were laid on around the upper edge of the
brim at the outside. They carried long
handled gilt baskets with faring edges filled
with shaded pink roses. No description
could do justice to these gowns, which were
picturesque and fetching to remarkable
degree.
1t was noticeable at this Lord-Barker
wedding that comparatively few of the new
hats showed the hat with the narrow front
brim so much worn last summer, and which
was quite new in the spring. Hats showing
marked departure in shape from those hith-
erto noticed. no matter what their varia-
tion may be safely said to be new. Many
of the new shapes just beginning to be
seen in Paris are quite wide and almost
fiat Those projecting far out at the back
are, no matter how much they may be
worn, quite outre in effect all but nota-
bly, tall women, of five feet eight more
with grace of carriage and some consid-
cradle beauty of face.
A smart walking hat seen at Sherry's at
the luncheon hour was white felt faced
with gray. 1t rolled very much at the
sides, and slanted down over the forehead
and up at the back. but not excessively At
each shle long wings of spotted OWLS feath-
ers irt white and gray were fastened. the
long ends slanting far out at the back and
upward bit. MARIE WELDON.