The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
meath The lining was orchid-colored
Copyright BY Harris Ewing

satin.
While this is distinctly season of
color. with a dozen new names disILis-
ing the seven primary COlors. several OF
| the handsomest gowns brought out last
week were in white satin, either plain
| or combined with color. Miss Isabelle
May wore one OF the latter at Mr. JC I'm
r. McLean's smart hall on Thursday.
| The skirt was narrow as ever with
narrow train and slight boulTont
drapery at the hips. The distinctive fea-
| ture of the gown was ten-inch band Of
embroidery in the dark but brilliant blue
paillettes that are taking the place Of
/ beads in this modish trimming. The line
of blue was spiral, much in the fashion
| of the corkscrew ruifics, but being Of
unusual width. and its handsome wearer
unusually slender. it did not describe 81
many curves as the friils and ruffies of
this new order.
Mrs Peter GOelet Gerry. who acted as
hostess at the Chevy Chase ball OF FRI
| day night, has one of the smartest Of
| brOcade gowns. as well suited to April
as to December This is a pure-gold tone
OF soft. rich satin. with a small geo
metrical figure thrown into relief without
Gny change in color. This is made like
many OF Mrs. Gerry's gowns along the
severe. well-cut lines of the Worth
models most familiar to Washington
patrons of the Paris master. and is with
out any establishment whatever. The
slight slash at the bottom of the skirt
shows a gold-colored petticoat of chiffon
finished in knife-pleated frill
Mrs. Judah Sears. Of Boston. the for
mer Miss Kitty Cameron, of Washington
and New York. who is passing a part of
| the spring season here. is one of the
advocates of the bright evening gown.
Mr.. Sears, who is being cordially well
coined by her old friends, attended sew
eral of the weeks balls in a vivid gown
on rather severe lines with its trimming
delicate and modish line of gold on
the cOrsage and loose half-sleeves-
Another attractive young matron.
showing her faith in the new deep dyes
| that mark the season, is Mrs. James W.
Wadsworth, jr., the former Miss Alice
| Hay. who is wearing a hall gown of
Cerice satin with its corsage veiled in
gold lace.
A significant feature of several smart
| companies of the past week was tho
| marked difference in the dressing of the
maids and the matrons. or at least the
| distinction between the dowagers and
| their very obvious juniors whether maids
| or matrons. The handsome jewels very
properly adorned the persons of such
leaders as Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs
Richard Townsend. Mrs. Robert Patter-
son. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. and Mrs
Robert Mccormick. who were respIendent
in tiaras and necklaces Of diamonds and
pearls that would do credit to any court
J function. while few or the younger
women wore jewels of any kind. In the
former class should be included Mrs
! Elbert Gary, of New York, who was
among the guests at the Mclean ball on
Thursday night. wearing a very modish
gown of mauve embroidered crepe and
string of pearls famous throughout two
! continents as the most valuable in
America. This necklace is not SO long
as some seen in Washington bathrooms.
but is unusually large, round per-
fectly matched pearls collected from all
parts of the world, and worthy of a
place in the jewel casket of a Queen.
Mrs Marshall Field wore what is prob
ably the handsomest tiara in Washing
ton at the present time. A very tall
| coronet of pure white diamonds.
|
| Mrs. Elisha Dyers' at home on Monday
afternoon and the tea dansant at the
Playhouse were occasions for showing
all sorts of new millinery that did not
see the light of Easter Sunday even at
| the several at-nOnes Oh afternoon.
One conclusion arrived at even thus early
in the season is that the widely adver-
tised Shepardess hat is not for grand
mothers, however early in life some
women may have had this honor thrust
upon them. Another straw showing the
way the wind blows in fashion land, is
the growing vogue of the uncompromis-
ing sailor This old friend may vary by
many degrees in the height Of the crown
or the width of the brim. but 1t is here
to stay all summer long. and the woman
who cannot afford many hats will do we'll
to return TO this reliable shape particular
ly II trimmed in the ash or the Dare
atelier.
| Mrs. Preston Gibson wore a much en-
bellished white sailor on Monday aft
ernoon when she poured tea at the Play
house for one of the smartest of oom-
panies This hat is chalk white with a
two-inch brim. Its crown of possibly
four inches is heightened by a frilI Of
ostrich plummage in green touched with
both black and white; an outstanding