Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26


custom Mrs. Astor wore her diamond and
pearl tiara in her prematurely gray hair,
now almost white, and a long string OF
pearls, and also some diamonds
Mrs. James b. Haggin was in mauve satin
embroidered in crystals, and having sleeves
almost to the elbow in mauve satin and
tulle, also heavily embroidered. She wore
her wonderful string of pearls. y
Another of the wearers of pink omitted in
the opening paragraph was Mrs William K.
Vanderbilt, jr. The gown had baby waist
of rose pink chiffon over satin. with short,
pulled sleeves Bands of silver spangles
crossed the corsage Just below the top, and
also banded the sleeves Her hair was
done rather low and inch-wide band set
with diamonds confined it
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, ST., was in
darkest blue. a dull soft, rich fabric, ap-
parently velvet The skirt was long and
plain and had the princess-skirt effect. the
and flowing sleeves of lace, the material of
the gown not showing in the corsage save
for three or four inches above the waist
line. The corsage was very low. In her
couture was a white aigrette, fastened with
jeweled ornament to her gray hair A
string of pearls was worn around her neck.
Miss Grace Chaplin. who was often at the
horse show, wore one of the most effective
gowns seen. Miss Chaplin has brown hair
and delicate features and coloring The
the bodice-one never sees the skirts of
gowns at the show unless the wearer stands
was formed, of fiat ruffies of gcerise lace
from three to four inches wide, going round
the figure, being slightly gathered and fas-
tened to tight-ftting silk foundation of
the same color. The elbow sleeves were
similarly made, and on each sleeve at the
outside was knot of cerise liberty satin
ribbon The bodice had plain round yoke
of the ceriSe lace, cut round, and a single
short string of pearls was worn. In the
center of the lace ruff1es, caught at the bust
line of the bodice, was loose knot of CO.
rise ribbon, with looped ends.
VITA this frock Miss Chaplin daringly wore
nat hat of cloth of gold, tilted we'll to
the right and banked with pale mustard
yellow tulle Similar tulle was used around
the low, round crown. A feather made of
bird of paradise plumes started from the
right front, swept up and then down toward
the left, just where it began little to the
right, and nesting in tulle We're two tiny
oranges attached to stems, and also a sin
gle spray of orange blossoms. Miss Chapin's
gloves, also of pale mustard yellow ex-
tended to above the elbows, the cerise
sleeves being merely short, ruff1ed puffs
Another most effective gown seen in the
evening at the horse show was worn by
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who was Miss
Gertrude Vanderbilt. The hat was really
the prettiest part of the toilet, being fiat
and round with a low round crown. It was
pale blue and was wreathed with tufts of
pale blue and lavender tulle and had at the
left side where 1t was raised to form the
right side slant, number of short, full
ostrich tips shading from pale blue to Law
ender.
The top of the gown was Of rich white
lace that formed a deep yoke; in fact, the
bodice was nearly all yoke for the lace
terminated only a little above the waist
line and formed irregular tablike ends
where 1t Tapped over the blue panne vel
vet of the robe. The sleeves, also nearly
all lace, were large and dropping.
Mrs. Thomas Hastings several times wore
a fetching costume of bright reu cloth with
a fancy coat and skirt topped once by
white and silver hat with white. plumes
and metallic roses and another time by a
black hat with bird of paradise plumes
Mrs w. K. Vanderbilt, jr.. on Wednesday
afternoon was In one of the quietest cos
tunes seen black chiffon broadcloth with
Elton coat over white blouse, topped by
a large round black hat with a wide brim
From large rosette placed at the left front
rose sweeping aigrette of black bird of
paradise feathers.
Miss Angelica Gerry one evening wore a
white lace gown with two strips of sable
fur going over each shoulder, each strip
arranged so as to form loop effect as
far as the bust line
A pink cloth costume noticed on a youns
blond girl had a plain skirt four inches
from the promenade. 1t had no plaits and
was not circular skirt. Inch-wide plain
of the skirt. and at twelve-inch intervals
curled up to outline ovals and then de-
scended, to form more straight sections.
These straight sections of this braid were
five inches from the skirts edge.
The little coat was one of the new box
Etons: that is, it was cut like a box coat
to the waist line, and from that point the
side seams slanted in little to produce
tapering effect. The coat came perhaps
three inches below the waist line, and hung
in straight lines. 1t had no collar, and the
pink silk braid was applied around the bot
tom, up the sides, around the neck, and
also around the bottom of the large coat
sleeves exactly as on the skirt, save that
the loops were smaller. A small pink hat
with pink ostrich tips topped it, and white
fox furS were worn.
One of the most effective hats was worn
by Mrs Henry Clews, ST., one of our few
April grandmothers." 1t was pale blue
velvet, moderately large, round and rather
fiat.
It was filed in at the back under the
brim with blue tulle and the front of
the brim close to the edge and little to
the left were several crushed blue roses,
from under which pale blue ostrich plumes
started and extending fatty across the
side and the top dropped over at the back
The blues matched exactly. Her gown, the
little that showed under her white wrap
was a pompadour effect in pale pastel
shades in folds of gauze that extended
downward from the white lace yoke
Mrs Thomas Hitchcock, jr., wore at one
session an odd, fiat, little hat of black vel
vet, something on the order of mans
derby, but with an almost fiat crown. White
ostrich tips We're fastened in under the
brim at each side of the back. so that a
full fluff was formed at each side, suggest
ing a Geisha girl effect.
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One of the. new modified derby hats with
a fat crown in cerise-colored satin had a
plain fold of lighter satin going around the
crown, and at the left back two fat,
shaded pink ostrich tips tumbled half way
to the high lace stock of the gown
Some of the gowns worn at the ball
aboard the Drake, at which Prince Louis
was the host, We're strikingIy handsome,
despite the fact that dancing aboard ship
is disastrous to ball costumes The prince
danced with several of his guests, includ-
ing Lady Townley Mrs. Drexel and others,
Lady Susan Townley who Is a sister of
George Keppei and the author of most
interesting book on China, helped the prince
In receiving his guests. She Is the wife
of Walter Beaupre Townley, who Is at
tached to the British legation at Washing
ton.
Her frock at this ball was a, cream-coi-
Ored chiffon fi0tJneed with Rr,1ssa1c 1aca