Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-08
STYLE SHOW DRAWS
Gown Exhibit Delights Hun
dreds of Women Visitors.
HOLD BUSINESS SESSIONS
United Tailors' Association to Elect
Their Officers Tonight.
SIGHTSEEING TOUR TODAY
Visiting Delegates Being Entertain
ed This Afternoon by Committees
Of the Washington Association.
HOLD BUSINESS SESSIONS
SIGHTSEEING TOUR TODAY

of the Washington Association.
| With an election tonight of officers, who
will serve for the ensuing year. the
United Ladies' Tailors' Association Of
| America, assembled in convention at the
Arlington Hotel will enter upon a series
of business sessions. during which formal
affiliations of the organizations in the diff
ferent cities which are represented at the
gathering will be accomplished by the
adoption of g. constitution. Today the WIS.,
| iting tailors are being entertained by the
committees Of the Washington association
in Sightseeing trips to the principal points
Of interest in the capital.
All Of the exhibits at the style show are
| now in order, and hundreds of Washing
| ton women are flocking to the Arlington to
inspect the expansion of the American
| idea in the designing of costumes. The
show has been open only a little more
| than twenty-four hours. but already the
tailors who have exhibits there are pro-
| nouncing it one of the most successful af-
| fairs of its kind ever attempted by their
| association.
The convention and the style show
opened yesterday. Delegates to the num-
Der of $50, accompanied by their wives
and the members of their families. and
by coterie of pretty models, whose duty
| it is to demonstrate how modish Gre
ations should be worn. reached the
city Sunday on special train, most OF
them coming from New York and Phila-
delphia. They were taken to the head
quarters in the Arlington by a committee
| from the local branch Of the association
Received by the President.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
delegates went In a body to the White
House, where they were received by
President Taft
The business sessions Of the convention
began at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Samuel PAUL, president of the associa-
ton, welded the gavel at the meeting.
and an address of welcome was delivered
by Commissioner Cuno III. Rudolph. The
purpose of the gathering was epitomized
| in the opening remarks CT Robert Pluym,
| president Of the local branch.
For the national style show the double
ballroom at the Arlington has been taste
| fully decorated, and score of booths
have been constructed around the walls
| The exhibitions will be open to the pubic
| from to and to IL p. m. today, tomor-
| row and Thursday. Music Is being fur
nished for the show by the Greater
| director.
The patronesses of the show are Mrs
]. M. Dickinson, Mrs Larz Anderson,
| Mrs. LIE Droit Barber. Mrs Myron NJ.
Parker, Mrs. w. Murray Crane, Mrs. j.
p. Story. Mrs. Clarence Edwards, Mrs.
William p. Potter, Mrs. f. D: White,
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson of New York,
Mrs. George Howard, Mrs. w. s. Schley
and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
Paradise for Women.
The style show is eclipsing all other
interests dear to woman's heart. Suf-
frage, food Investigations and other
important movements must stand aside
for the present. and even the spirit of
Lent. in her old-fashioned sackcloth and
ashes, must give way te Fashions
latest decree in gowns. Women of
every phase of society official and resi-
| dent, military and civil, crowded the
showrooms Yesterday. and every pur-
| chaser of ticket, whether she lived
on the royal highway of Vanity Fair
| or subsisted on it's outskirts. neld tena-
ciously to the coupon that entitled her
| to chance in the suit that was to be
given to the holder Of q lucky number
The vast rooms, opened ensuite, were
as sylvan as forest with palm foliage
| and patriotic with flags. A string orches-
| ira contributed the inspiration of music
and tea table AIDED another attractive
note.
The Living Models.
Central platforms in each room were
filed with suits displayed on wire forms,
but the greenest laurels of the afternoon
were worn by living models. In one group
were five beautifully graceful young wom-
en- in costumes that elected rapturous
comment.
One was a mermaid" robe of steel
cloth, the sheath princess flashing like
! fish scales and the train of sea coral
satin. Loops of pink coral chains hung
from shoulders to short sleeves, and the
low bodice was arabesqued with semi
| precious stones of coral and aqua blue
| An etherially dainty gown of apricot
and green chiffon had for its special
novelty long soft scarf Of the apricot
draped over the left arm to initiate
| tucked sleeves. and which could be thrown
over the shoulders as a misty covering
for the long sleeves and yoke of apricot
| lace.
THE Declaration of independence"
gown. in another exhibit, had it's group
| of admirers every minute of the after
noon. The continental coat suit was of
| mahogany-tinted cloth, with vest and
| cuffs of palest tan, embroidered in
of solid silver and on each was a head
of George Washington in solid gold.
Beautiful Riding Habit.
A life-size horse Of wood. painted a
| dapple gray. had for its rider dashing
| young woman in a scarlet cloth habit
| fastened with brass buttons and with the
black velvet collar rolled to show a touch
| of white at the throat.
A nearby model was equally modish in
an automobile coat of light and shadow
gray, with belt and buttons of artistically
| contrasting red silk, and with veil of
nun-like gray.
Around the walls of the ba uu,let ha n