The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
GLANCE AT FASHIONS I'm CAPITAL
Expert Tells OF the Wealowned Woman OF Smart Society What
She Wears and When.
BY MARGARET WADE.

10 uon 1tS smart attire as In tndt period
of Washington social history between
high noon at St Johns Church on April
2s and the opening of the Capital City
Horse Show yesterday afternoon on the
banks Of the Potomac.
Between these two events, each the
most important of its kind, came the
most brilliant, as well as the largest
evening reception the Wilson and Mar
shall administration has yet known. a
second fashionable wedding. with dinner
parties of nightly occurrence, and half a
dozen smart afternoon receptions, and
second horse show at Fort Myer.
The wedding Of Lieut.. Raymond
Rodgers and Miss Alys, or, as her mar
riage license and her baptismal certificate
describe her, Miss Alice Meyer, realized
all the expectations of society in the
matter of smart dressing.
Not only was the brides gown an up
to-the-minute creation of the heaviest
of white satin with a train two and
half yards long on the ground, but every
one else connected with the ceremony,
from the mother of the bride to the
small trainbearers cousins of the bride
groom, showed every detail of costume
as carefully worked out as were the gold
trimmed uniforms of the handsome young
bridegroom and his brother officers In
the full dress of their rank and service.
Mrs. Meyer, who in her six years resi-
dence in Washington has played many
parts looked extremely well in the role
of the mother of the BRIDE with a
figure the envy of her own daughters
Mrs. Meyer follows in a marked degree
her own particular style of dressing.
at the same time keeping in the mode.
Her gown was a close-fitting, round tube
skirt of white satin, covered by deep
fiounce of delicately run black lace.
over this was draped blue chiffon, the
latter following the outline of the figure
closely, opened in front, where II fell
apart from the waist line like an I'M
draped pannier. This was topped by a
small round hat of black tulle and
black satin.
The bridegroom's mother. who. as Miss
Virginia Cameron. daughter and grand
daughter of a United States Senator,
was married from the same house in
Scott Circle in which her son found his
bride, was one of the distinguished fig
ures at the church and at the breakfast,
escorted by her husband and her dis
tinguished father, former Senator James
Donald Cameron. of Pennsylvania, who
came to Washington for this occasion.
Mrs. Rodgers wore a black and white
combination that was extremely smart.
The. white crepe and lace employed was
all on the bodice. The skirt was very
well draped, coming above the waist
line. Mrs. Rodgers wore with this a
black hat, trimmed in ostrich plumes of
black and white.
Mrs. Chandler Hale, sister of Mrs. |
Eodgers, wore what was practically a |
tailor suit of white cloth--but a tailored |
suit of ceremony. not utility. This fol- |
lowed the new line of cut and drapery |
hofh Eirt TO- 81
the hat topping il was white Panama, |
also in a tailored model. The rather
broad brim showed curves and turns to |
suit the clear cut handsome features of |
its wearer, who is one of the most dis 1
tinguished young matrons to be found |
in any smart company, yet preserved |
a severe line. Its trimming was. a |
loosely folded band of mustard color
velvet, and a cluster Of blade feathers
in natural color OSTRICH.
The fact that crepe is enjoying greater
popularity than ever was shown in vari- |
Gus other gowns. as well as those of
the bridesmaids at the Meyer wedding. |
Miss Isabelle May wore gown of
white and brocade crepe that was one
of the smartest. of the occasion, show
ing as it did its Paris hallmark in every
detail. The skirt of what is probably
a one-piece gown, was entirely of white
crepe. very UdIlo" anu
also slashed. The top was a bolero
jacket of the brocade crepe, the latter
small cut flowers on a white background.
a sash of the brocade hung in two
united ends down the back of the white
skirt.
Miss May wore with this a round chip
hat garlanded in roses reproducing col
ors of her gown. /,
particularly handsome demi-tolet
was that of Mrs. Robert Mccormick,
which showed the new yellow tone that
is between gold and mustard color.
There is presumably a name for it in
Paris, but thus far Washingtonians
have not been able to describe this
speciality as anything but yellow.
Mrs. McCormicks skirt. which was satin
like Mrs Meyers, was covered by lace ,
flounce but This time the flounce was
white. quite half a yard deep. Over this
was black chiffon, tunic with the sug-
Cestion of the old time polonaise, in as
much ii Rugged the figure, opened in ;
front and fell long in the back.
The sleeves were three-fourth length of
black chiffon finished by little sleeves of
ecru net, the same ecru net formed the
fat chemisette and high stock collar re-
vealed by the opening Of the black over
dress.
Mrs. McCormick's hat, like a great
II
in black.
The black hat as evolved from tulle.
or the finest of erin, or hemp trimmed
in numdis or in the more desirable para
disc. or gourra feathers, appears to be
a part of every smart wardrobe regard {
less of the gown with which it is worn.
Mrs Perry Belmont wore not only an
all black hat, but black gown. the lat
ter of satin, in one Of the new satin I
finished crepe. something very light in
texture as ii gave a distinct suggestion OF
summer also of being especially suited to /
the occasion. This was a draped crea-
ion with the surplus neck in bretelle, II
rather than fchu effect a new model for q
! smart bodice. The Y thus formed by G
he black fabric was filled with cream !
let The sleeves were the latest cry being Z
of net or chiffon interlined
% match the V shaped under bodice.
FOR 1913 was shown in one of the pref
test forms in the gown worn at the
wedding breakfast of Miss Meyer !
and Lieut.. Rodgers by Mrs. Wal
,ott Tuckerman. This is very
pattern of medium-sized
flowers on neutral ground that J
might be a light pink, or one of the {
oinkish yellows. 1t is made with con- a
siderable drapery between the waist and
knee. but preserves the narrow modish
Inc at the ankle. Like most smart