The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-08
ashiorls at the Capital
The Well Dressed Woman OF Smart Society What She Wears
The Time and Place.
Dr.

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men assembling in solemn convention
in Washington, and opening their de-
alterations with prayer, the feminine
portion of the well-dressed world may
well look to its laurels. And this APP
plies not only to Washington. but 70
every large city from Portland, Me-
to Los Angeles, Cal
The $500 custom cutters comoining
business and pleasure. at the New VIII
lard came from every part of the
country, and went to their respective
homes with the motto, In union there
is strength" q part of their trade.
They are quoted as having decided
upon such radical departures in mems
apparel that plain John Henry may
appear only a little less striking IN
attire than a colonel in command OF
a regiment, an admiral on the deck OF
a warship, or a gold-embroidered dip.
lomat at a White House reception. All
of which sustains the orfnion this col
umn has maintained for years-tnat
men would be Just rs vain as women
IL given the chance. and this II not
suffrage opinion, either.
According to the fashion prophets OF
and for both sexes. the spring modes are
10 be distinctly different" Just how
this difference Will be established de-
ponds entirely on the will Of the people
not only the well-to-do and the wealthy
people, both masculine and feminine. but
ON the will of the multitude a. wen. Tor
no style, however exclusive and high
priced, can be regarded as a success by
its originators unless 1t Is copied ana
multiplied, not by tens, but by hundreds
and thousands. OF course, when lash
ion accepted by the woman OF wealth
and position finds itself repeated in lower
terms and less beautiful material II
ceases to be exclusive 1t is, however,
still fashionable. and SO remains for one
season. at least. 1t may even reach the
popular stage in large cities without
quite losing its claim as sometning
smart By that time there VIII be an
other creation for what We might call
the lady of the first degree" thus al
WAYS supplying the newest and most ex-
nensiye gowns for the women with the
largest hank account. which, after all.
Is inst as II should be. What should not
be but is, Is the blind devotion OF wom-
en- of smaller means to the most expen-
sive fashions.
II is. however, this devotion which
makes the prosperity Of the dry gooos
trade, both wholesale and RETAIL anu
supplies hundreds Of working women al
over the country with lucrative employ
nan, in turning out thousands Of gowns
in imitation of the original creations sent
10 America by Worth, Paul Poiret, Beer
Drecole, Premet, or the Cabot sisterA
Smart feminine Washington is giving
,;ttIe attention to spring modes, largely
because the lateness of the present season
has rendered the wearing OF many wlhtel
wardrobes impossible until the last ie~
weeks.
,,onular diplornat calls rampant all
women of the dinner going set are orins-
inc ont their smartest and best costumes
many of which have been in silver paper
since early in the winter
No better example of smart dressing,
according to the accepted standards OF
1914 could be found anywhere IN me
world than at some Of the Washington
dinners of the last week. both as REGARDS
gowns and Jewels A cable from Rome
describing Mrs. John Hays Hammond OF
this city, and Mrs. Ira Morris, OF chicago, |
as wearing 100000 worth OF jewels al
a recent court ball is not at all SURPRISING
TO Washington or Chicago's inner circle
where the extravaganza OF these iaNoreo
matrons is well known.
Even without a court ball or even a
state reception of the kind that made
diamond tiaras popular. Washington can
collect Jewels of fabulous value ABOUT |
a private dinner table almost any even |
ing in the week.
At the home OF the FORMER SecTetdiS /
of the Treasury and Mrs. McVeagh, on |
Tuesday evening when the newly ar
rived Minister from Austria and Nine. |
Dumba were entertained, diamonds and |
pearls running well into the hundreds OF |
thousands of dollars adorned the necks
and heads of this American company.
Mrs Marshall Field, like the hostess,
late a leader of the smart set OF Chicago,
wore a crown of diamonds which lacked
only the royal insignia to make 1t equal
TO the crown worn on state occasions by
the late Queen Victoria. Mrs. Fields
fayorite ornament is a perfectly round
crown of pure white diamonds in num-
Der and size sufficient to construct at
least half a dozen tiaras OF the KIND
usually worn by women below the rank
of duchess.
Mrs. William F. Draper, one Of the
guests Of this same occasion, wore pearls
which it is commonly reported were the
envy Of the Queen of Italy when Mrs:
Draper's husband represented the United
states as Ambassador to the Quirinal.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, with double
necklace of diamonds, Mrs. Robert Pat
terson, a superb diamond tiara, dog col
lar and long necklace, Mrs. Albert Bev-
eridge with a double rope of pearls, were
some of Americas favored matrons pres
ent to meet the young Ambassadors
from Vienna
The latter also wore pearls and dia-
monds of much beauty.
Nine. Bakhmeteff. while known to be