The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
BY MARGARET WADE.

opened in front under the broad hem al.
ready mentioned. that appears to ruT
| from the belt to boot top. There is some
4 fullness on the hips, but neither tuniC
| nor pannier. The top is a semi-jacket
| shape with deep V front mainly Of vel
vet, but showing folds of self-colored
| chiffon between the jacket and the lace
| waistcoat or blouse, the latter OF cream
| white. The color of the gown is one OF
| the mulberry tones now much exploited
| in Paris and sometimes called "aubergine,
| which is a tone copied from the eggplant
rather than the mulberry. For, after all,
! the shade of the mulberry varies just like
| the shade of the cherry, yet if one Or
dered a cherry colored gown or a cherry
colored hat there would be great trou-
BILE for the dressmaker or milliner who
sent home a white, green, or black gown
or hat
The hat Mime. Hauge wears with her
new gown is of velvet. presumably OF
the same piece. with the low crown and
round brim just coming into vogue with
its trimming a circular band of cut jet
laid about the base of the gown. The
hat is raised slightly at the back and
worn slanted very much toward the left
eye. A detail OF this costume is found
in the smart boots of patent leather with
cloth tops of the same color as the
gown. The shortened skirt according to
women with a sense of fitness who are
really smart calls for boots, not half
shoes or slippers and their accompanying
display of hosiery.
The oft-repeated gossip that Miss Mona
McAdoo the pretty young daughter OF
the Secretary of the Treasury is not in
clined to welcome a stepmother even in
bn Of intimate friend Miss
Eleanor Wilson, does not seem to be
borne out by the appearance of Miss
McAdoo, who has never seemed so
cheerful or so handsome to her Wash
ington friends as in the past week when
Miss McAdoo attended several luncheon
parties, the most important of all being
at the White House. where she accom-
panied her father on Monday. in a smart
little tailored suit of dark brown which
color seems to have been selected as the
general successor for her many and
varied blue gowns OF the past winter
This particular suit, while dark in color.
is spring-like in texture and cut. The
narrow skirt and close. short peplum
especially suited to slim and youthful
figures, is topped by a short Jacket of
the pronounced Drecoll type with a dis
tinctive turnover collar of cream white
cloth. This is new version of the
Byron color with the narrow ends COM
ing low on the front OF the jacket which
is otherwise untrimmed and closes by a
single line of she'll buttons
The round hat is of Milan straw,
matching the suit in color, and a new
shape slightly larger than the Spanish
turban and turned up all around, but in
an irregular and becoming line. The only
trimming consists of two self-colored
pOmpoms of cliDDed ostrict, opa -, oooh
side OF the low crown. To the poising
OF these soft rich decorations is due the
cachet of this particular hat that looks
SO simple, but which. like everything
else worn by Miss Mona McAdoo, has a
distinction that places this youthful
member OF the Cabinet circle in a class
all py herself as regards smart dressing
ssss
Mrs william F. McCombs, of New
York. the former Miss Dorothy Williams
OF Washington, who is passing a week
with her parents. is as attractive as ever:
ana as ever very smartly attired. On
connecticut avenue. where Mrs. Nc
COMBS taxes morning walk almost daily,
she may ne noticed in a tailored suit of
mahogany colored velour d'Iaine mai is
the last word in style. The ss,r, is ro,,,d
and plain and short enough 10 show tba
trim boots beneath an inch or so above
the ankle The peplum is a rjppIe-trinnls
anair, without gathers. and its lower
eoee lust 10 the knees. The COAT is a
French cutaway brought up-to-date by
showing the slightly curved side lines and
short straight collar of srSSaked Eox
This collar Is at the back only Ie.y;rr
exposed a chiffon or net blouse with the
usual neck The hat worn with this is
y costume hai az u u the color Of the
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