The Washington herald., 1913-12-07

! lifted bodily from the sphere in which 1t
! is appropriate to a totally different set
| ting, a difference that an extreme fash
ion becomes a freak fashion. The lat
ter, vulgar; the former, graceful
Miss Margaret Britton, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs Alexander Britton. is
: sponsoring the lamp-shade tunic with
complete success in a gown of yellow
satin and chiffon.
Miss Britton, whose formal debut is
still several days of, wore this unmis-
/ taxable Paris creation at recent the
dansanT.
| The skirt. or rather the narrow founda-
| ton slip, is of the satin, a real canary
color, opened in front and untrimmed.
The Overdress of chiffon is the uncom-
promising lampshade variety, edged with
] an inch-wide band of fur, wired just as
stiffiy as a weIl-made lampshade, o. an
old-fashioned broad brimmed picture hat.
| The same fur that edges the tunic also
forms a trimming Of the surplice neck of
the perfectly plain chiffon and satin
! bodice.
On the same occasion that saw Miss
BrittOn in the lampshade pattern.
brought out another exclusive and very
charming gown worn by Miss Eleanor
Carroll Morgan. This was one of the
new silk crepes, in a plain color, and
totally untrimmed. The cachet of this
gown being entirely in its youthful grace
| full lines, its obviously French workman
ship, with the detail of the toilet car
! ried out in the same color from the chif-
fon ichu 10 the heels of the satin slip
pers.
The color was a locust, or willow green;
very dull green that our grandmoth-
| ers might have described as sage, our
mothers as olive, but which, in the pres
ent generation, is known as locust; al
though as a fact it does not resemble
either tree. fruit, or herb.
Miss Morgan's skirt escapes the ground
and is very narrow, slashed ever so
slightly at each side with the drapery
about the hips, which ends in a long.
loose panel at the back. There are no
wires IN this gown, which hangs in
straight lines from the normal waist line.
The bodice is surplice, finished as al
ready mentioned by a chiffon fchu
identically the same color as the crepe.
Miss Dorothy Aleshire, one of last
years buds, whose popularity shows no
indication of waning, is an attractive
figure at the fashionable afternoon
dances in a biscuit colored satin, show
inS the close, narrow skirt slashed
slightly at the front with a smart high
drapery that. like most of the gowns of
this season. has its greatest individu-
ality in the back.
Miss Mona McAdoo, daughter Of the Sec
retary of the Treasury. carries with her
on all occasions the unmistakable stamp
Of New York dressing.
Miss McAdOO inclines to the severe
tailored costume when that is in order
The plain. but very smart velour de Iaine
OF dull blue in which she made an in
formal visit TO the White House one
morning last week shows Just as dis
tinctly the style and grace OF this lead
ing maiden of the Cabinet as does her
more elaborate blue velvet afternoon
toilet.
The cloth gown Is narrow and un-
trimmed. but shows great individuality in
the dainty. delicate slashing, not only of
the skirt, but of the short, curveless
jacket. The slash OF the skirt at either
side of the front is less than two inches
deep. On the bottom of the jacket,
which stops short of the hips, the mick"
Is lne same e0lDGlliSuIIlelLy DuI not Quite
as deep.
Miss McAdoo wears a small black vel
vet hat with this utility suit, but a hat
severely plain with only tan, slender
ribbon bow as its trimming.
That brocade is no longer designed es-
pecially for matrons and dowagers is |
shown by the new colorings and patterns |
in which this richest of silks is being
made up for young girls of excellent |
taste. |
Miss Alexandrine Fitch's one-piece bro |
cade gown is made on youthful lines, |
new in every detail, and particularly be- |
coming to its handsome wearer. This |
is a dark blue, Kings blue of the pres
ent year, which is less intense than the |
same color as introduced four years ago. |
The ground work is entirely Of this rich |
hue, neither light nor dark, but a back
ground for a pattern Of sparsely scat
tered flowers; small, natural blossoms Of
size and coloring suggesting the old
fashioned garden. There is practically
no trimming on the gown which is draped
upon its wearer's slender, girlish figure
in rather long. than broad, lines. The
bodice is surplice. the tunic following
the same suggestion opens in front.
Miss Fitch topped this with becoming,