Evening journal., 1914-12-03
SOCIETY women
IN fashion PARADE
Handsome Gowns From
Marie Antoinette Period
to Date Shown Tonight
ATTIRE BY DECADES
TO BE BIG FEATURE

An entertainment lhhh hluo Ath 80
excel in the way of being unique and
distinctive. win be the fashion fete, orl
a Century of Fashion 20 be given at
S o'clock tonight in the New Century
Club for the benefit of the West End
Reading Room.
The program, which will consist Of al
display of various fashions IN decade
periods from the time of the beautiful
Marie Antoinette down 20 the present
day. will be divided into two parts. The
first part will include a display IN tab
leau of all the old fashioned gowns and
the second part will consist of a dis
play. i'm passing review, of the mod
crn creations
The committee in charge of the fete,
which includes Mrs. Cazenoye g.. Lee, Jr,
Mrs. John T. Nields. Mrs. George \. III.
lott. Mrs. Frank S. Garrett. Miss Emily
=. Bissell and Miss katherine Dunham,
has not neglected detail toward max
inc the fete "a success and has arranged
attractive and appropriate stage settings
for the exhibition OF the various fash
ions.
TO show the old fashions 20 better ad-
vantage, the stage setting will consist
of ali old fashioned furnishings with
crimson hrocaded hangings, while the
modern fashions will be shown against
background Of duh green hangings.
I However. as the models who will exhibit
these gowns viii pass up and down tine
aisles. and through the audience no FUR
nishings will be used on the stage Tor
/ this part of the program Those 10
whom the committee is greatly indebted
I for the use of the oi.-fashioned fTnl-
ture and hangings are Alfred dupont
! Nandcver. Edward Bringhurst who loan
ed the curtains, Mrs. John Bancroft,
who loaned the sofa and carved chair;
! Charles J.. Mcdowell dealer in antiques.
who loaned the large chair and the
Japanned wood holder for the fireplace.
The fire screen. which is done IN the
cross stitch embroidery work, was done
by the late Mrs. Carolina Gibbons Tat
nall in her early years.
Mrs. John B. Bird will announce
the scenes and those taking part this
evening. so that II at the last moment
any changes occur in the program the
audience will be fully informed as TO
the costumes and their wearers Many
Of the old-fashioned gowns we're so
small that a modern girl has difficulty
in getting her arms in the tight sleeves
or her waist into the eighteen-inch
compass Of the bodice. and so in some
cases. as In the first group. the COM
mittee has selected children 10 wear
them.
At the conclusion Of tonight's pro-
gram a dance will be enjoyed. Follow
ing is the arrangement OF costumes as
. they viii be shown this evening, ant
Il Lar. n.
with the names Of the owners OF thu
gowns:
Marie Antoinette, Mrs. Henry p
Thompson.
Costume lent by Mrs
William X. DUPONT. worn by Mis-
Paulina DUPONT; lent by Mrs. william
X. DUPONT, worn by Miss Natalie du
Pont; lent by Mrs, Joseph Pusey. worn
p by Miss Harriet Kirkus lent by Mrs
Josephine Bissell, worn by Miss JOS
ephine f. Wales
1S14-1S24--Lent by Mrs. William X
DUPONT. worn by Mrs. Robert Patter-
son; lent by Mrs. George A. Elliott
worn by Miss Eleanor Pyle.
1S24-1S34-Lent by Miss Sarah H.
Crocker. worn by Miss Katherine
Dunham; lent by Miss Sarah H.
Crocker, worn by Miss Eleanor
Rupert.
1Ss4-1s44-Lent by Mrs. Joseph NJ
Pusey, worn by Miss Constance
Moore; lent by Mrs. W. W. Laird
worn by Miss Bessie dupont; lent by
Mrs Howard Pyle, worn by Miss Bes-
sic Dunham; lent by Miss Sarah II
Crocker, worn by Mrs. Robert Pat
terson.
1S44-1S54-Lent by Miss Sarah II
Crocker, worn by Miss Paulina du-
Pont; lent by Mrs. Victor b. Woolley
worn by Miss Suzanne Speakman
lent by Mrs. John Bancroft. worn by
Mrs. John Bancroft; lent by Miss
Bessie DUPONT, worn by Miss Bessie
: dupont; lent by Miss Sarah II
Croker worn by Mrs. ]. Horace
Lindsay.
e 1S54-1S6i-Lent by Miss Sarah II
q Crocker. worn by Miss Eleanor Pyle
lent by Mrs. J. G.. Klemm, Jr. worn
Z by Mrs. Morton Harvey
1S64-1S74-Lent by Miss Sarah II
I Crocker, worn by Miss Madeline
{ Owens; lent by Mrs. George A. Elliott
worn by Miss Esther Dallett; lent by
Miss Sarah II. Crocker, worn by Mrs
Thomas W. Miller
1S74-1SS4-Lent by Miss Sarah II
Crocker. (Worth) worn by Miss Su
! zanne Speakman lent by Mrs. Georg,
[, A. Elliott. worn by Miss Esther Dal
E lett; lent by Mrs John Bancroft worr
! by Miss Constance Moore; lent b,
! Mrs. George Elliott, worn by Mis-
I Julia Elliott; lent by Mrs. Howar,
! Pyle worn by Miss Bessie Durham.
1881 lSQ4-Ion by Mrs H. Tatunl
s Warner, worn by Miss Lydia Chichester
S lent by Mrs John Bancroft, worn b,
e Miss Louise Nowland; lent by Mrs.
Tatnall Warner, worn by Mrs Thoma
W. Miller; lent by Mrs. r. Tatnall War
ner. worn by Miss Eleanor Pyle; len
e by Mrs. Charles Copeland, worn by Mis-
e Bessie duPonti lent by Miss Mar
e Brinehurst, worn by Miss Elisabeth /
h Wales.
l. ls04-l9O4-lent by Miss Mary Bring
Il hurst, worn BY Mrs. J. Horace Lindsay
= lent by Miss Mary Bringhurst, wor
r by Miss Eleanor Rupert; lent by AIri
8 Charles Copeland, worn by Miss Lydi
It Chichester; lent by Mrs. Samuel Ban
l. croft and Mrs. Leonard Yerkes, wor
BY Miss jeanette Thomas.
e A Group of Wedding Dresses-1S14
e 1914-Lent by Mrs. Frank H.. Edsal
IS worn by Miss Esther Dallett; lent b.
n Mrs. A. Felix dupont, worn by Mis-
/ Lydia Chichester: lent by Mrs. Victo
q 3. Woolley, worn by Miss Louise Now
land lent by Mrs. Howard Pyle. wori
by Miss Eleanor Rupert; lent by Mrs
u Frank S. Garrett, worn by Miss Made
l, line owens; lent by Mrs. Morton Har
II vpv WOrn nv Mrs Morton Harvey