The Washington times., 1907-08-11
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Mrs. james B. Hoggin:S
Bathing Costume, Mrs Sfuy-
WeSOnt Fish in Motoring Dress
and Mrs. Charles Spencer Hall
Wearing a Braided Linen
Gown As | Saw Them at New
port on BdiICy'S Beach.
Bdthing Sun Bonnet Worn
bu Miss Katherine Lawrence.

bottom. Just above the hem was q
| stitched band. The sleeves were very
short puffs, pushed high UP on the arm.
They were edged with a stitched band
OF silks.
And as black next the face is not al
ways becoming a white embroidered coll
lar gave the needed relief.
Around the wai5t was a glrdIe OF silk
with long flowing ends. each one
adorned with a tasseI.
AS she emerged from the water and
! stood chatting for a minute or two with
some men on the beach she was a smart
little figure with her crisp short skirt
and rufJied hat
This summer a bulldog seems as
! necessary an accompaniment TO ones
morning costumes as a parasol. And
what Il good time the doggies havel
They are caressed and cooed over
talked TO and about. In fact, they are
an ever present topic OF conversation.
for We all have them, and their respect
i've merits are often our only theme for
s. mornings chat
Mrs. William Sands has a prIze-win-
ming Pomeranian, which she usually has
with her. but she is the one exception,
/ believe. in The fad for bulldogs.
Mrs. Charles Spencer Hall has a very
good-looklng brindle bull that Is her
devoted slave.
You Will recall that Mrs. Charles
Spencer Hall was formerly the wife Of
Charles A. Stevens. one OF the famous
Stevens family. OF Castle Point Hobo
ken. a grandson OF the Stevens who
founded the Stevens Institute
After his death. she married a good
looking Englishman. Maj. Charles Spen-
Ger Hall. a marriage which has proved
anything but a happy one.
l don't know whether matrimonial
worry has had anything to do with turn
ing her hair white. but It is prematurely
showed.
However. with her bright color. It's
not unbecoming, and only adds one more
to the number OF smart women who
recognize the piquancy OF snowy hair
above a youthful face
] Mrs. Charles Spencer Hall usually
wears strictly tailored gowns Of light
cOlOTed ClOth-gTay or cream color.
But. on hot morning last week, 1
/ saw her talking with Mrs. stuyvesant
Fish and some others on the vgfanda
at Bailey's Beach. clad in a suit Of
! braided linen.
How very charming fine soutache
/ braiding Is on these confectionsI II
gives an air OF distinction which en-
/ broideTy never. never bestowed.
/ The jacket was one of those short
! loose-hanging ones dubbed pony. II was
elaborately braided on back and front
! and sleeves. Two little slashes broke
/ the straight line Of the back and gave
character to the little coat.
The embroidered sleeves hung straight
! from the Grmhole to where they ended
just above the elbow.
The skirt was walking length under
which showed trim white canvas shoes
Above the stitched hem it was heavily
braided in a design which ran I'D in
/ points.
Her hat was not very large and was
| trimmed with rather vivid blue nv
! drangeas. She carried a salmon-pink
/ parasol-an odd combination OF colors
which 1 can't say I much admired
! To be entirely correct this year when
! you go a-motoring you must be attired
in white-spotless. speckless white. That
Is. the spotlessness and specklessness
are there at the beginning Of the trim.
What you look like at the end is another
matter entirely.
! Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's big motor car
was waiting outside the little bath