The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
ny MARGARET WADE.

tinguished of washington's smart fem
mime world.
The Countess Won Bernstorf is taking
a morning walk almost every pleasant
day in a black cheviot, or wide vale
serge suit trotteur costume which bears
every mark of high-class tailoring, is
modish in the extreme, and obviously
comfortable. as well as graceful. The
skirt, which escapes the ground, must
measure fully three yards about tie hem.
The front and back preserve the long,
straight, uncurved line familiar in most
severe tailored gowns, while the sides
show a revival Of the old-time kilt effect
which may be produced by panels in
serted at the hips. and is a favorite way
some designers have for varying the
trotteur skirt.
AS Countess Won Bernstorff wore a half
length jacket. the top of her skirt was
not visible to the admiring eyes that fol-
lowed it up Connecticut avenue. but the
fact that plaits in any form appear in
the wardrobe of this very well-dressed
Ambassadoress is suggestion enough to
those women longing for a return of the
killed skirt and its freedom.
Countess Won Bernstorff's coat was a
half-length. semi-French coat, longer in
the back than in the front, trimmed with
black silk braid in a severely plain. mill
tary fashion. Her hat was a very modish
shape in all black, trimmed very simply,
in white and black.
A beautiful chiffon brocade worn by
Mrs. Montgomery Blair for a recent aft
ernoon occasion shows not only the new
est outline in drapery. but the latest
variation of the always popular taupe
color. The latter is much more gray
than brown with the slight ingredient OF
pink. The entire gown is OF the one
material with the narrow, plain skirt.
long, draped over-dress and surplice
bodice, which opens over a chemisett or
soft blouse-iike waistcoat of pale pink
net with a line OF dull pink velvet or
satin giving a suggestion of the Japanese
coiouring without the precision of that
popular adjunct.
soft girdle of the velvet is held di-
rectly in front by a huge pink orchid.
The hat worn with this is a beautiful
creation of taupe velvet, neither large
nor small, with two ostrich plumes in
graduated shades of orchid, pink, and
taupe which stand upward from the
back.
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, who is
spending a few days in Washington be-
fore sailing with her mother for Egypt,
looked particularly chic on Connecticut
avenue on Monday morning in a checked
suit of cafe au lait with check little
larger than a pin head. This was made
with extreme severity, the narrow skirt
slashed slightly in front showing ochre
colored spats over black patent leather
boots.
The coat was of the loose, curveless
model, single breasted. fastened diagon-
ally with one large button; a very de-
sirable line for the slender and youthful.
but not to be recommended for the
mature.
Miss Rogers evidently wore white
crepe blouse much turned in at the neck,
with a small white beaver hat blocked
shape of the very latest size and contour
with two tiny white wings poised at one
side. A pretty touch of color was in the
necklace of lapis lazuli set in dull gold
showing above and worn with matching
earrings in long. slender shape.
Miss Helen Parker is one OF the young
er set to whom the seasons odd brown
tones are extremely becoming, as shown
by the smart curduroy walking suit
with natural fox furs in which she is
frequently seen on Connecticut avenue.
Miss Parker. who has recently returned
with her grandmother, Mrs. Lyman Tiff
fany after a years absence is a pro-
nounced blonde OF delicate complexion
with real red gold hair, which any wom-
an wishing to follow the latest fashion
in color may well envy. Miss Parker
shows due regard for the harmony in
wearing with her brown suit high boots
in russet leather on practical. but very
smart lines. The incongruity OF short
walking skirts. furs, transparent hosiery
and French shoes being unknown to the
well-dressed women of Boston or New
port, where Mrs. Tiffany's young grand
daughter acquired her method of dress
new shade of blue, successor to
kings blue, of wide popularity, Is
highly charged with green. This new
color was shown in graceful manner
in the coming out gown of Miss Marie
Peary, who made her formal debut in
Washington on Friday afternoon at
the temporary home of her parents in
Belmont road.
Miss Peary's gown made in Paris for
this occasion, was as distinctly Paris
ian as the fur attire OF her infant
years was Eskimo.
White brocaded chiffon formed the
much draped skirt which. to please