The Washington times., 1908-12-19
AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE STARS MODEL
Miss Marion Terry, in Obi
vorce, Has Clothes
Made Here.
GLAD SHE WAITED;
LIKES HER FROCKS
Saws All She Has Heard of Good
Dressing in United States
Is Verified.

"AIl the accounts Of good dressing
in America that have heard In my life
abroad have been verified by the APP
pearance Of the women that I have
seen in Philadelphia and New York"
1t was in this way that Miss Marion
Terry justified her belief that the best
plan in the selection and making OF the
costumes worn by her in Divorce
would be to defer all thoughts OF gowns
until she reached this country And
now the star feels perfectly delighted
that she adhered TO this plan, even the
fact that all the gowns had TO be rush
ed in two and half weeks having de-
traoted nothing from their beauty and
style.
You see this is my first visit 70
America" said she when reached her
dressing room at the South Broad Street
Theater. I had been told that Ameri-
can women were the best dressed in the
world. and wore the most artistic gowns
OF any women the length and breadth
Of the land.
so decided to wait for my gowns
and certainly am pleased that did
because I think my frocks are lovely"
One of Her Gowns
And indeed they are. the one worn
in the second act being especially odd
and beautiful in its artistic conception
il is Of sky blue eOlienne partially con-
ceaIed beneath "A cOat-nke OverdTess OF
black net embroidered and spangled IN
gold. The slightly empire gown is ut
terlv devoid Of trimming except for the
swathing OF white tulle that raises the
decolletage to the conventional height,
and the pendant cluster Of roses Of
gold tissue and black silk that is pinned
at the left of the square cOrsage.
The overdress is slightly fitted, lust
enough 20 keep the garment away from
the kirnono effect, and is entirely COW
cred by the elaborate embroidery that
is in a design or wheat heads and cos
mos done in heavy gold and bronze
thread, the petals effectively padded un-
til the flowers are raIseu 10 a great
height. Tho overdress is bordered all
around with an inch-wide sold sraneled
braid. the lattice design of which is
worked out in the tiniest spangles mag
Unable.
The sleeves of the embroidered net
FLASHED the whole length of the arm,
are held together with a lattice OF mar
.-ow black velvet ribbon and finished at
the elbows with cloux Of black maline.
Miss Terry designs all her own clothes
but likes 10 have suggestions from her
nCdistes concerning them Not that the
suggestions are ever followed exactly,
for the actress invariably says that a
certain style would do very nicely with
the elimination or the addition OF Ger
tain features, until the suggested gown
has the stamp Of the charming wOman's
personality upon il.
Is a Thoroughbred.
For she is charming, a thoroughbred
English gentlewoman, and she has a
strong personality that pervades even
her clothes. 1 felt 1t as soon as [ got
inside the dressing room door, for, de-
spite the fact that she had but one
shoe on when I rushed in, half her
gown. and had in addition part Of her
pompadour wrapped around a hairpin
for the two minutes that are necessary
10 make It curl, you would have called
her we'll dressed
In fact, I should have called her well
dressed had she been even more negli-
gee. for she was a WondrOus dignity
and a commanding presence that pre-
cludes any possibility Of n negiigee Of
mind, no matter what her attire may be-
At her neck when dressed she pinned
her pretty gems, a large gem surround
ed by smaller stones, the whole secured
10y safety chain upon which hung sew
cral charms, each one of which is sup
which have been presented 10 the star
at various times.
Miss Terry, even though she Is
great actress, has not lost her inter
est and desire for pretty clothes In
fact, she takes as much interest in
them as any schoolgirl preparing for
her debut.
Her First Frock.
T remember the first gown 1 ever
wore on the stage" she said. 1T was
little white knee-length gown, and
was trimmed with lace. and I had
on blonde wig, and had my face all
fixed just so. Dear me, didn't / feel
fine"
Although she likes character gowns
a little, the star much prefers to wear
clothes Of the modern day. She likes
all the fashions as they come out, and
adopts the best OF them with rnodi-
ncauons 10 suit her individual style /
one or the gowns in the play Is an
adaptation Of the sheath gown show
ing the slashing at the side, but IN
TINS opening Miss Terry has had in
serted a beautiful panel OF the mate
ilal entirely Overrun with a design in
hand embroidery.