The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
She Wears, and when.

Rogers and Miss Rogers, Mrs. Petei
Goelet Gerry, Miss Katherine Elkins
Mrs. H. E. G. Slater, Mrs. r. R. Hit
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, and Mrs. PER-!
J. Belmont are all well-known patrons OF
; the Paris ateliers, whose individual style
Is considered worthy Of study by such
artists as Worth, Dricot, and Pau
II Poiret.
4 There are, Of course, scores Of women
wearing Paris gowns and paying duty
for them through the Georgetown and
i New York custom house. but the above
named maids and matrons are regular
customers of the great Paris designers.
l To women of this favored class Easter
fashions have little significance. for one
Of the fads Of the moment appears to be
not to dress to public occasions, but t.
j reserve the choicest CONNECTIONS for high
lily specialized events, with the first view
of a new gown private view to ones
4 friends.
! Mrs. Wilson has again emphasized the
fact of her belief in simple dressing by
wearing on several informal occasions ir
the past week a plain velveteen coat suit
in which she made her first appearances
/ on March g. With this Mrs Wilson wore
on Wednesday morning, at the meeting
/ of the welfare department Of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, a tricope hat CT
black velvet trimmed in a not extrava-
CANT. Dut perfectly pTopOftlOHeu, alSEetle
of white and black.
| While no one can speak with authority
for the modest and unassuming First
Lady of the Land" regarding the detail
| Of her Easter toilet, il is perfectly safe
to assume from the signs We have had
| in the short time she has been among
us that there will be no marked display
i of either the tailors or milliners art in
the Presidents pew to-day.
1T. n
Wilson attended the inaugural ceremonies
at the Capital. with its conservative small
hat in the same golden brown tones. is an
ideal costume for early Easter, as well
as a model of good taste, for the average
American woman of refinement and COM
mon sense who wishes to avoid all ex-
tremes Of fashion.
While no one color can claim pre-
| eminence in the spring fashion. there is
no doubt that violet in many forms is
| enjoying fashionable favor by women
| with all the world of color to choose
from. Countess Won Bernstorn is wear
ing a coat and jacket suit of pure violet
sponge deliberately braided in the same
color. The skirt is close fitting, and un-
draped with its sides covered by Her
cules, or some similar braid applied in
close geometrical pattern. The coat is
CiOse HllllS- SNOW IIS d ueClutO curve a.
the waist line, which is normal. with
braided revers, also with trimming Of
braid on the close fitting hips.
At the National Theater on Tuesday
where the countess entertained a num-
ber of guests in her box, she removed
the coat, showing a return to the never
quite abandoned all white blouse. This
as a lingerie waist with insertion OF
Irish lace finished by Irish stock and
jabot. Countess Won Bernstorff wore =
small black hat trimmed in ostrich
plumage, also black.
While white blouses are undoubtedly
finding greater favor with fashionable
women than for several seasons they are
not the shirt waist blouses of former
years. Not only is Irish lace used to
give a long, well-defined line from col
lar to belt, as in Countess Won Bern
storff's bodice, but there are various
color tones introduced.
The separate waist to be acceptable
to Dame Fashion should be very hand
some or very plain. White crepe de
chine being given the preference for the
plain blouse. With this material the
tailored model may be followed without
putting its wearer into the summer-be-
fore-last period.
Nine Jusserand. wife of the French
Ambassador, is also favoring the violet
tones. She is wearing, for ceremonous
visiting. a coat and skirt of satin or a
satin-faced fabric of much deeper
shade than that of the German Am
hassadoress. The latter is violet merE-
ed in blue. Nine. Jusserand's violet is
of the pink tinted variety. The model
is a plain one, with coat coming to
the hips or lower. Nine. Jusserands
hat is of the same shade. with a round
i .,,.l
hrim, on which are laid soft self-colored
plumes.
According to one of those straws. in
dicating the direction OF the wind in
fashion land. dark blue is returning to
favor. The tailored suit OF
old-time navy blue. lined in howered silk
with brick red as its foundation. is. ac-
cording to one of her friends, the favor
ite walking gown in the trousseau Of
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. whose wedding
takes place on April 4. While made i'll
New York, this is distinctly a Paquin
model with ample length skirt. slightly
draped at the knee, and long wasted.
single breasted coat. This is very prob
ably the gown in which the popular little
bride will so away for the first stage
OF her honeymoon trip.
Inc most lnQlNlQudllZeO garment OIL lle
spring season, as viewed at the smart |
gatherings of the past week, is the new |
fashion wrap. 4 distinct departure from |
the coat or jacket, a luxury pure and
simple for the woman of large means, |
for there is no occasion that one of
these wraps graces which could not be |
met by a palmer coat and jacket if util |
ity alone were considered.
Mrs. A. n. Talbot. one of the several |
California hostesses now residing per-
in Washington, wore on Tues |
day afternoon a superb garment of this |
kind in two tones of blue brocade. |
This is a narrow garment longer in the |
back than in the front, drawn in at the |
knees with the sloping shoulders and |
sleeves in the loose Man. |
DARN effect.
With this, Mrs. Talbot wore a round |
hat with rather high crown and narrow |
brim covered in ostrich plumes, repeat
ing the blue tones of her brocade. |
There was also a cluster of small flow
ers nestled in the plumage, naturally |
showing the same colors with the addi-
ton of pink.
Mrs. Vincent Kerens. lately arrived in
Washington with a very smart up-to-
the-minute Partisan wardrobe, is an
other exponent of the long wrap of |
satin or brocade. Mrs. Kerens' wrap1
is a Chinese blue brocaded in gold, long |
enough to completely cover its wearer
in the back. while showing the gown
beneath to the knees in front.
Mrs. Ralph Mcdowell, one of the
brides of the past winter, is also a pos
SCISSOR of one OF these new and fetch
ing garments. Mrs. Mcdowell. who is
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