The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

the top, shows the body gathered quite
full around the neck, except across the
center back, where a plastron of en-
broidery is set and it is also gathered
quite as fun into the arms eye seam,
the edges being finished with half inch
cord covered with satin
The skirt is also gathered full and
hangs in straight folds with the over
drapery carried from the left side
across the back to the right, where the
folds are tucked up under and the wide
end falls in sash effect over the foun
dation. The girdle is a sash knotted
loosely at one side with fringed ends.
There is another word anent the win
ter gown. A very lovely and graceful
model is of white chiffon over white
silk barred twice as to the skirt part
and again in the bodice and sleeves
with dull pink and blue fowered silk.
having part of the flowers outlined
with glittering gold or silver beads
The chiffon overdress. with graceful
and not very full drapery, reveals and
row streamers of dull old time dark
blue velvet ribbon are fastened to the
bodice, after partially outlining the
neck opening, and are then carried to
the left, where they are caught in
loops at the bust, continuing on down
toward the hem of the skirt where
they end several inches from the floor
in loops and a dull blue velvet flower.
The chiffon drapery in this dress,
drops in a point at one side, where a
star shaped shirred ornament In silk
and chiffon holds 1t.
Miss Avis Sherwood, whose portrait
is reproduced on the society page to-
day, is the attractive daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Sherwood and grand
daughter of Mrs. Robert Sherwood of
this city. Miss Sherwood was hostess
at a recent tea with her mother at
their new home in Claremont, when
she announced her engagement inform
ally to Arthur Doremus of New York.
She has recently returned from the east
and was one of the most popular of
last winters debutantes. Miss Sher-
wood made her formal bow to society
with her cousin, Miss Dorothy Chap
man, at a tea given by her grand
mother, Mrs Robert Sherwood, and has
had delightful social career since that
event. There has been no date men
toned for the wedding,
Mrs. Eleanor Creason, whose picture
is shown on the society page today, is
one of the popular members of the
army set She was frequently the
guest of Mrs Paul Peck at the Presidio
and her wedding with DR.. William A.
Duncan of the medical corps will be
an event of this season.
The Vanderbilt neutrality-suspicious.
their affairs of the heart--furnish a
sprightly theme for Peggy Shippen,
writing in the Public Ledger of Phila-
deIphia We read about the eastern
cousins: "The Vanderbilt family in the
last two generations-you know, Polly,
the family now counts three genera
tions from nowhere matrimonially
speaking, seems somewhat deficient in
the staying quality does it not? The
old commodore was so busy with arith-
metic-he did wonders with figures,
and with his plus made $4,000, 900
that he had no time to become con-
scious of his affinities, you know, and
his generation is not in it with the
present one for romance. But of his
descendants, the men have been more
volatile than the sal which evaporates
under that name, and in this generation
the women with whom these men have
sought alliance have taken leaf out
of the male Vanderbilts' book in as
serting their freedom. This time it is
the William K. Vanderbilts. who are on
the divorce .tapis.' AS madame was a
Miss Fair and is well provided with
Nevada millions, alimony-that last
drop in the empty cup of conjugal bit
terness-has not played too conspic-
uous a part in their little deal. Now,
monsieur is free to motor the world
over and to take as many headers as
he lists in his own Lakeview pond.
Success lake., without causing a pang