The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
-Copright by Edmonston,

terless kind that is rich. elegant. and
never giittering.
Baroness Zwiedinek. who Is tall. slen-
der and of distinguished mien, dresses
her dark hair in a simple and becoming
fashion that is never old or never new,
being parted in the middle and coiled
close TO her shapely head directly in
the back. For a woman of less regular
features or fewer well-kept tresses. this
near-to-nature coiffure might have great
disadvantages, but as shown by the gift
ed Austrian Is exceedingly smart as well
az becoming.
Mrs. Walter Field McLallan. OF CoIum-
bia, Ind, one OF the weIl-dressed visitors
row in Washington, has done much TO
correct the impression made by another
Indiana matron less than two years aga
when a lady from Muncie startled Wash
ingtOn with 4 wardrOb, that its possessOr
hravely asser' had got together
with a view to suTpass anything prev
iously seen at the National Capital
The present day visitor Is the guest
of the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall.
That really good dressing is now uni
versal is shown by Mrs. McLallan's
many and varied gowns She accom-
panied the Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall to the British Embassy on Satur-
day evening wearing a gold brocade in
the most conventional Of Paul Poiret
designs with bronze and gold as the con-
trasting or harmoniZing cOlOrs. Being
dress of ceremony this had a train
that lay some eighteen inches on the
ground. the drapery, such as there was.
was largely about the hips, leaving the
lower part of the skirt entirely plain
except as regarded a band Of brown fur
which outlined the entire skirt, including
the square train. The bodice showed n
shaped decoration Of gold lace mel
lowed by bronze and brown chiffon.
Mrs BENJAMIN F. Shiyeley. wife of the
Senator from Indiana, who arrived in
Washington for the fag end Of the official
season. is a smartly attired young matron
who is effecting one Of the new taupe
shades, both for evening and afternoon
wear Mrs. Shiveley. who began her
Washington career as a girl from Penn
syIvania, when her father was Attorney
General, in the Cabinet of President
Cleveland, is naturally one of the most
gracious and popular women of the
present Congressional circle. Incidentl'
she has no fault TO find with Washington
customs or people.
The visiting toilet in which she renewed
many old friendships and makes new ones
is striped satin in one tone taupe that
shades TO natural mOleskin. This latter
fur was introduced in banding on the
narrow satin shirt and also formed into
one of the large loose unlined muffs that
gives a real winter tone to Mrs. Shive-
iey's smart toilet. IT. the matter of line
the satin gown is mOdish in the extreme.
showing the continued favor of the tube
skirt with the stripes, which are of equal
width in perpendicular. while the drapeTy
which is a modified pannier tunic, is cut
on a diagonal line. The bodice shows the
new Eton effect, opening over a waist
coat OF lace under or within which ap-
pears a lire Of deep shrimp pink. The
round hat of taupe velvet also has this
suggestion of pink in tiny tapestry
flowers, while the skyward line of trim
ming, feature of nine out Of ten smart
hats, is supplied by an numadie Of
clipped paradise in taupe color.
Another smartly dressed visitor receiv-
ing much attention in Washington is Miss
Virginia Mott. of Leesburg. Va. Miss
Mott. who retains the slender. graceful
figure of her girIhood. has had wide
experience in many capitals of Europe,
which may account for the skill in which
she dresses her prematurely white hair,
WI 'ch is invariably arranged in the mode
of the French woman of today
Miss Mott was almost entirely of Jet of
great brilliancy, with its particles rang
ing in size from tiny pin point to the
ordinary old fashion spangle. This ex-
tended in close lines from decolletage to
her knees, being mounted on a soft cling
ing trained foundation of black satin.
The Jet top was sleeveless with bands
two inches wide across the shoulders.
Under this was worn a shallow chemisette
with half length sleeves of white tulle.
Another aIl-black gown ON more youth
ful Lines is that worn by Miss Marie
Merrill, Il guest OF the former Ambassa-
dor to Germany and Mrs. David j. Hill.
This is of satin souple. the foundation
several inches from the ground with the
brand new corkscrew fiounces In a coarse
meshed fish net. the latter forming three
tiers with its lower edge finished in a
half inch Of plain satin. The top of the
gown shows little net except in close, fat
folds outlining the surplice neck. The
sleeves arc half length and of the satin.
With this Miss Merrill wore an ex-