Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
Variety of Fabrics, But Velvet Most Popular

I relation with a friend in New York for
4 the output Of the famous Sutherland
of the Sutherland estate, who weave the
/ fabrics by hand. The industry is one
of several that the great ladies OF Europe
have undertaken to promote for the peas
| antry on their estates, and as all London
| has approved of these closely woven
| tweeds it is probable that America will
do the same.
That well known lover Of horses. Mrs.
Beach, introduced this tweed at the
fashionable Piping Rock Club on Long
| IslalY in a daring suit of canary yellow
| The skirt was short, quite plain and very
well cut. which one cannot always say of
the tweed skirts made in England.
| The coat had a position back, but was
not sharply cut away In front. 1t had a
| long collar rolled back at the sides. made
| OF black satin, and there were pockets
over the hips. The sleeves were long and
mannish. She wore with this small
| black hat with a canary colored brush
The blouse was of soft white null.
| Such a costume is decidedly fitting for
our American life during the day hours
Velvet ana duveny are not the proper
| fabrics for 10 o'clock in the morning. One
| notices a strong division here in the way
! women dress Those who have few Sc
cial opportunities are very apt to wear
velvet at 10 o'clock in the morning. and
those who have many clothes are quite
willing to save velvet for the formal
hours and adopt heavy street suitings
for the busy hours.
1t is the woman who knows how to
wear the proper fabric in the proper cut
at the right hour who proves herself a
well dressed woman
1t is not only in a city like New York
that women err along this line. 1t is
possible that the woman in small town
does the same thing from different rea-
sons. She wishes to get tho use of 4
gown that is no longer fresh and SO she
puts it on i'll the morning when shopping,
although il is not suitable for the open.
Ii women could only learn the system of
discarding and limit the system of ac-
curing, many Wardrobes would be bere-
appearance.
These new hand-woven fabrics which
the Duchess of Sutherland has sent to
New York have been dyed in good wear
able colorsi under her supervision. There
is strong durable green, a dark ador
able purple, rich marine blue and this
bright canary yellow which is not advo-
Gated for city wear.
We are becoming such nation of
countryfolk, and We think it so much
finer to be a farmer than TO live in
brown stone frons that 1t is only natural
our dressmakers should appeal 20 the new
mode of life with a new kind Of costume.
The smart thing worn at the races at
the Piping Rock Club OH Long Island,
where one sees the world of fashion In
its best outdoor garb. is short skirt
of colored Scotch tweed with silk
sweater to match. This sweater hangs
in loose lines from the shoulders and has
a new kind of accessory called cache
nez. There is nothing more nor less than
All old-fashioned muller which every
New England farmer has worn off and
on the stage since the Puritans landed.
Probably that wonderful boat. the May
flower, had some of these muffiers aboard
along with the several thousand persons
and pieces of furniture that claim it for
their origin.
The first time that this cache-nez be-
came popular among Americans was on
the Inperator, coming home from Eu-
rope. There were more social celebrities
on it's decks than one could count, and
the dressing was amazingly good. The
first day out Mrs. William X Vanderbilt,
jr.. appeared in short skirt Of white
tweed with a sweater of turquoise blue
knitted silk with cache-nez to match
wrapped around the neck and chin. The
next day out she wore a canary yellow
one which not only had a cache-nez but
hat to match. About the third day out
one realized that this was evidently the