Evening star., 1914-11-29

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Mrs. Marion P. Maus, wife of Gen.
winter with her
A Blue Velvet Dress mother. Mrs.
rra Charles Poor,
smart gown she got while in London.
It is an afternoon frock Of dark blue
velvet and is quite short. It is made
with a tunic drapery in the back, the
tunic extending in long straight lines
almost to the bottom Of the underskirt.
The bodice opens over a vest of en-
broidered blue velvet, the tones of the
embroidery being mauve and pale blue,
this vest in turn opening over a vestee
OF silver embroidery. Below the girdle
In front feature Of the gown is q tiny
apron as 1t were, which is also em-
Droldered In mauve and blue. as are the
stoes $40 & OF the bodice on either side of
MRS. Maus looks stunning in an even
ing gown OF emerald green satin, also
q London frock, which Is made on sim
Ins,oh PIE lines e; with embroidery of silver,
W. WntGn zen ls introduced on the upper part
OF the bodice and again low down on
tne front OF the skirt. The pattern. a
ssoaGerni so@srnts running % design. resembles
1ecos1e9s 9e%Kn4ss: The the tufle draped about the
ing IN streamers down the back. SO
popular as q finish to gowns this WIN
Ter. Is also seen on this particular
A smart black satin gown was worn
by Mrs. Wiley, wife Of Commander
Henry A. WI
Worn at Debut ley. o. s. N.
Party Last Week. ernoon @ ,ne ~ I ha-
comfng-out tea for her daughter. III
was draped model, the soft folds of
SATIN being caught up in front at about
the knees, where they were confined
py a Jet ornament, which had suspend
eo from 1t strings of jet beads. A
similar ornament caught up the skirt
again in drapery folds on the left side
toward the back. and strands of Jet
beads festooned across the front of the
corsage gave the finishing touch to this
elegant gown, which was sleeveless.
ihe debutante, Miss Elizabeth Wiley.
looked the veritable bud in the dain-
TEST OF dainty frocks Of white
chiffon. The full skirt of chiffon
10 festooned about the bottom with
pink rosebuds. and falling over
this is full overskirt Of real val
enciennes lace, the flowers underneath
giving Just a suggestion Of color The
same idea Is carried out in the bodice,
which Is also draped with lace over
festoons OF roses on chiffon founda-
tion. The round neck and the sleeve
less armholes are edged with white
tulle.
The vogue for black and white re-
mains popular. and the other evening
Nine. Pezet, wife of the Peruvian min
lister, wore an attractive gown of black
striped satin, the white striped en-
broidered in dots OF black.
The open neck was finished with a
Medici collar Of rare lace. and q tiny
vestee. a mere suggestion of color. was
introduced with bit of violet silk in
Dresden design.
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At theater benefit number
OF black and white gowns were seen.
Mime. Jusserand. wife
Black and White of the French am
a. bassador, was one
are U1ten Seen. of the ladies wear
ing black lace over white. It had
q Medici collar of white thread lace,
and opened over vest Of white lace.
A wide gird1e Of black velvet defined
the waist line.
Mrs. Burrows, wife Of former Senator
Burrows, also wore black lace over
white satin, with a generous quantity
Of beautiful white lace about the open
neck. and over her shoulders a white
thread lace scarf.
The most popular evening coat is the
white fur, which completely covers the
gown. and is as comfortable as it is
pretty. Mrs. Walter Tuckerman looked
particularly well the other evening in
such a coat, a glimpse OF her gown Of
panne velvet in q soft shade of old
blue giving hint Of color, and con-
trasting artistically with the cluster of
mauve orchids she wore pinned on her
coat at the belt line.
Miss Gillett also wears a white fur
evening coat, and 1t covered, the other
evening, handsome gown later
glimpsed, and seen to be of white bro
cade trimmed with silver and bands of
fox fur.
Mrs. Gist Blair is wearing a striking
gown of black crepe meteor, almost
completely covered with tunic of