The Washington herald., 1913-06-15
Copyright by HarriSEwins.

The blue stripes are not more than hall
an inch wide and three times that far
| apart. The flowers are detached roses
| pink with green foliage, very natural
and pretty. There is evidently a deer
| border of the roses, as the bottom OF
| the skirt, which escaped the ground by
an inch or more, shows this effect Over
| this was draped white shadow lace. The
| lace also formed a fichu decoration on
the bodice. A deep girdle of blue satin
| and Panama hat with Powered chiffon
| crown and facings OF blue completed
| Miss Eleanor Wilson's costume.
| Miss Dorothy Aleshire also wore a
real June gown OF blue and white, but
along more severe lines. Miss Aleshre.
who is a debutante of last winter, Is one
| of the adherents of the Russian blouse.
Her skirt was white, bordered in French
blue. The blouse is a very smart one.
with no unnecessary fullness. but a
gracefully cut skirt entirely OF the blue
| embroidery or delicately woven decora-
/ ton that finished the bottom OF the
skirt. With this she wore a smart little
hat. also in French blue.
Miss Marjorie AIeshire wore an equal
ly chic gown of white and black fou-
lard along youthful lines with touches
or cerise.
Mrs. Nathaniel Francis wore one of
the new smart wraps, which the falling
temperature made highly acceptable This
is pink eponSe and is literally a wrap.
There. are. presumably. seams some
where in the garment. but no naked eve
can discern them. II falls in close, but
not tight, lines from throat to ankles,
to be gathered up into loose kimono
sleeves banded with velvet and hand
some embroidery. The sleeves end mid
way between elbow and wrist This
smart wrap covered lingerie gown. and
in turn was topped by a fascinating piece
OF millinery in the shape of a garden
party hat of white leghorn. trimmed in
black velvet and pink roses.
With the center of fashion shifted for
the time being to the Meadowbrook Club
ana adjacent territory, Washington So
clety takes an immense interest in the
new outdoor summer fashions, as in the
ponies or their riders. Here the costume
suit had several notable illustrations. with
Washington quite equal to New York
or Boston in the matter of smart attire
Miss Katharine Elkins wore a fasci-
mating dark blue wolfe over a silk foun
dation of the same shade that was one
of the notable gowns of the week The
skirt was narrow, as Miss Elkins' skirts
usually are, but also was SO well cut
its wearer had no difficulty in walking
in her ever-graceful fashion, which Is
an advantage the average narrow skirt
lacks. Narrow skirts, be it remarked.
are not invariably tight skirts, and need
never be vulgar If well made As Miss
Elkins' suit is right from Paris il nat
urally is well made, and being from a
world famous maker who has catered
to this particular Washingtonian from
her school days, it is, above all else, |
suited to her individual style.
A broad facing of dark blue satin goes
about the bottom of the skirt and is |
supplemented still further by tiny quill |
ings of satin, that encircle the skirt at |
short intervals from knee to waist The
jacket effect was a bolero, somewhat
longer than bolero of old, as this ex-
tends in point slightly below the waist |
line in the back, while the front is only
slightly cut away and finished in the |
new draped revers of dark blue silk.
The hat worn with this was a round. |
fiat black hat of shape and size this
Washington belle loves and wears in |
many forms.
Mrs. Charles A. Mum. jr., who was
Miss Mary Paul, of Philadelphia, retains
all the conservatisms of her native city,
in spite of her long absence abroad and |
present residence in Washington. She
wore suit Of French blue, in the new
character that takes on all the utilities
of the severe tailor-made, but is much
more feminine.
Young Mrs. Munn's gown was draped |
high over a close-fitting foundation Of
taffeta. The skirt showed !
no sign of the disfiguring slash which /
we hear about, but seldom see on the
best dressed women of smart society in
any city. There was a suspicion of
a waistcoat of white lace showing under
the draped reveres Of plain blue satin,
while the back Of the collar was also of
heavy cream lace The sleeves were to
the wrist, and like the waist line, were
marked between wrist and elbow by tiny
of blue satin. This was topped
by a rather large hat, with blue crown
and transparent brim.
Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean wore one
Of the handsomest of demi-toilets in an
mustard color and much
1raped skirt without any trimming, but
laid in ripping folds from belt to ankle.
The short coat fastened at the waist fol-
lowed the cutaway lines of the past sea-
son. but was much shorter than the
French coat of the winter This, too,
had the folded reveres which are the