The Washington times., 1907-07-28

hanging with an easy swing which suS-
gests London tailoring. II buttons in
single-breustcd fashion. the buttons in
visible under a flap.
The collar and cuffs are of black vel
vet. The note OF black is echoed in
bOyishly- tied black silk windsN he.
which Miss Yoakum wears With a
turned-down linen collar.
AS I said before, her hat is stun
ming. It's Of rough black straw and
almost the shape that Mrs. Alfred G..
Vanderbilt has made familiar. for II
bends away up in a curving sweep on
the left side and tilts down quite per
cepdbly on the right. only unlike Mrs.
Alfred Vanderbilt Miss Yoakum's hat
has no trimming except a black ribbon
band.
Mrs. oliver Gould Jennings is wearing
a hat with much the same lines. Hers
IS Of tan straw and has a smashing
bow OF broad black taffeta ribbon pc
culiarly placed at the left back
Vera Gilbert is a pretty general IA
vorite, although her own particular pals
are the Gerry girls, and 1 see young
I Victor Loew with them often.
I always meet Vera Gilbert when
4 ride in the park in town. She's an inde-
! fatiguable horsewoman, and rarely
misses her morning ride. But II
doesn't seem to bring much color to her
! cheeks She looks very delicate
! She sat near me at the Casino the
! other morning watching the tennis.
/ We are all most enthusiastic about ten
mis- this year II we don't play il, we
watch Il. and there are usually some
animated sets to make it worth while.
Vera Gilbert was wearing q suit much
Ike Miss Yoakum's. The girls Of the
| younger set seem to vie with one an
other in the simplicity Of their clothes
They are quite English in this respect
This suit was Of dead white Iinen-not
/ the unbleached kind. but n fine. firm
weave which looked as il il could pay
many visits to the laundry and still be
! presentable.
The skirt was quite shor-. and abso-
lutely plain-a circular model.
! The Jacket was also without orna-
ment. It was rather loose fitting and
fastened with medium sized pearl but
tons in double breasted fashion. 1t had
/ turned-back cuff of the same linen.
Her hat was picturesque-a round
straiRht-brimmed sailor shape II wa.
large, and OF black straw, ard wa:
I covered with a mass of bIuets with
stiff-petaled roses stuck in at regular
intervals.
\ Two girls much in evidence this year
are the Shermans. usually miscauet
twins For although they lock so mucI
alike, and always dress alike, down tC
the last pin, there really is quite
diffel ence in their ages.
This year they seem to nave take
the veil-literally 1 haven't seen then
once during the morning hours with
out floating wells Of brown chIfroT
draped around their hats and. truth
fully, / can't say 1 admire the effec
very much,
With these wells they usually weal
tan straw hats trimmed with field fow.
ers-yellow. red, and blue. These wild
flower trimmed hats are charming fol
country wear / think-so simple anC
unassuming.
These two girls throw to the wind.
the convention Of not appearing in pub
lie minus a coat. They quite often ap
pear wearing white linen skirts anC
lingerie waists without even a sem
bIance OF the tiniest bolero or Etc.
jacket I must say they have goo,
sense, II not fashion, on their side.
They have some waists which ar
built Oh quite unique model as 4
sleeves. These sleeves have deep cir
cular frills from shoulder to elbow
trimmed with pin tucks and lace in
sertions The frills sway out over
tight lawn under sleeve. which is caugh
into a lace ruffled band at the elbow.
The waists have square, shalloy
yokes OF lace. from which run three DO:
; plaits. ornamented with French EN-
broidery Insertions of Valencienne
lace run across the front OF the waists
disappearing under the box plaits.
Straight boned collars of lace finis
toe waists at the neck.
Blessed are girls with small feet thi