The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20
GLANCE. AT FASHIONS I'M CAPITAL
Expert TELLS Of the Wesoned Woman Of Smart Society. What
She Wears, and When

I Mrs. Belmonts hat is as fetching az
the. gown, being round brim. round
crowned affair with its facing of black
or dark blue velvet, and its crown also
round, of white plumage. There are two
tufts of the white plumage at the left
side.
Miss Alma Ruggles. who wore one OF
the exceptionally smart gowns at the
Williams wedding on Tuesday. showed
| therein the latest tone of light blue. The
material was silk damasse in spring
weight. This was a semi-draped, one
piece costume. with low cut bodice OPEN
| ing over q very smart chemisett of tulle
and lace.
Miss Ruggles' hat was in the same
| shade, which is nearer the old fashion
-getme-not than anything else in ma
ture and quite as soft as that dainty lit
tie flower. AS regards the shape of this
particular hat it was very smart tur-
ban with d coronet of black straw, and
its only trimming blue ostrich plume
in the skeletonized form OF the season,
also in the new blue.
Another gown Of this same character
worn on the same occasion. was Mrs.
Clarke Waggamans pink damasse.
This. too, shows a new and distinctive
is a product of 1913 and consequently
comes in the latest colors.
Mrs. Waggaman's gown is made with
the fiat draped overdress opening over
narrow skirt. She. too wears the
deep chemisette which seems to be one
Of the favorite modes, and with the
properly draped revere. or collar, gives
smart jacket effect that is particu-
larry desirable for any gown worn
with hat and gloves.
Tine color is dull old pink, not
an old rose. which is something quite
different and not half so smart.
Mrs. Waggaman also wore small
hat in hemp with a Numidi of taupe
placed at the left side and allowed to
slant downward
The contrasting coat and skirt
which made its appearance in Paris
only in the last winter has at least
one supporter in Washington, as was
shown at the large farewell reception
of Mrs. Bryce at the British Embassy
This departure, which promises q
pleasing variety in dress. was sponsor
ed by one of Mrs. Bryce's own coun-
try women, Mrs. Phillip Henry, now
resident of Washington, and a dis
tinct acquisition TO our permanent win
ter colony.
the coat of this extremely smart toilet
is Of biscuit color. the skirt of black.
The material in both cases is again
one of the new satin faced fabrics
which has all the appearance Of old
time satin with the pliabiIity of the
finest cloth.
Mrs. Henry's coat is close hitting and
short longer in the back than in front,
but still emphatically short jacket.
such as has been worn in Paris in
the past season and will be worn
much more generally in Washington
next season. II is untrimmed except
for the several sets Of black jet but
tons of different sizes. the large ones
taste ming the double breasted front
the small ones appearing on the self
colored cuffs that finish the sleeve in
a way suggestive of the directoire
which some designers are promising or
threatening. according to the point of
view, to revive.
While some fashionable women are
still carrying muffs side by side with
others carrying parasols, there is a uni
versal adoption of real spring millinery.
The satin-draped hat of the befwetn-
season has blazed the way for the new
creations of straw of braid and of tulle-
all showing a marked departure in shape
and treatment from year ago.
AS one economical matron remarks
Nothing looks worse than last years
hat looks this year" The spirit of that
observation, rather than its language. |
fully describes the millinery situation
In Fashionland.
Here as in every other department of
dress there is right and wrong way |
of approaching the subject. with an as
sortment of shapes and trimmings. The !
former are small, the latter scant. The |
price, however, remains stationary, il I
not higher than year ago.
For the woman who will not accent |
the smallest of the small turban shapes. |
there is round hat of perfect proper !
tons which is a lineal descendent Of the |
sailor of old. but so cleverly reproduced !
that it is filling an honored place in the |
Of scores of women who would |
scorn to be seen in sailor hat
Mrs. Arthur Lee and Mrs Victor !
are two of the modish young
women who have accepted this revived |
shape in new coloring as well as new
lines. to top semi-tailored suits for
afternoon visiting.
Mrs Lees hat is a biege colored straw
Of medium coarse weave as compared t.
the hemp and finest Milan, but is still
u
circled about its entire crown by won
1erful garland of flowers, foliage, and
Of wheat heads. all in har-
nony with the straw. The round. stiff
orim is faced In dark velvet. black or a
'tete de negre," a new shade almost
black, but capable Of taking on red or
brown lights.
Mrs. Kauffmann's hat, in this same
shape, is of q deep warm purple and a
much coarser straw. Its crown is slight
Y rounded. with the same straight brim.
rhe trimming here is also garland OF
lowers, but in more brilliant colorings
@ suit the purple straw. Old-fa shioned
garden flowers are reproduced in red,
,lue, and purple, with exquisitely blend ID
oliage. all in perfect harmony, despite
heir different shades
Mrs. Woodbury. Blair wears this same
hape in all black and even more severe
outlines. Hers is an out-and-out sailor
rown with fiat top and three-inch brim
hat is unfaced or even unbound by a
inc Of softening velvet. A two-inch rib |
ION band goes about the base of the
rown and directly in the back rises a