The Washington times., 1914-01-11
JEAN ELIOT@
3 LETTER

hand-embrolQereo white pineapple CLOTH
which her cousin, Nina Van Arsdale, brought
from abroad last fall. 1t was made over the
most delicate shade of pink, and one of those
lanpshade tunic effects was made of tur-
quoise blue taffeta ruffles, and the girdle was
of pink rosebuds. The bodice was Of the
cloth which is worked in design of large
roses over the pink, and finished crystal or
naments. Mrs. Berry will be in Washington
for week-or two longer, and then she will
return to her home with Mr. Berry, who
comes up from their place in Tennessee next
week -... ..,..- -.--..--
Mrs. Knox gave a,lovely bridge-tea Friday
foT Georgia.
Did you know that pretty little Grace
Meyers and George w. Wilcox were en-
gagged? Well, they are, for this is what |
read in the paper today: "Mr and Mrs.
Charles w. Meyers announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Grace B.
Meyers, to George W. Wilcox" And, anyway,
Grace told me about it. too. They are to be
married next fall some time. She went to
Central High School about the time your sis
tiers did, and that was not very long ago.
Somewhere read little story in paper
day or two ago saying that white dress,
suits may be Washington's next fad for men,
and that already one garment of that variety
was conspicuous at the leading social events,
the wearer being Meyer Davis, a musician,
whose music and clothes had society gasp
ing and calling for more.
meant to clip that and send it to you,
and if | did not do so, III just tell you all
about Meyer Davis now He is largely re-
sponsible for the the dansant craze in Wash
ington and for the tango fad in this country.
He not only can play the best sort of music
for the new dances, but he writes the music
and originates the most wonderful steps.
He has some brothers, too, who are quite
as talented. Hostesses clamor for the Meyer
Davis orchestras, and it is a frequent thing
in Washington for hostess to postpone her
party until she can settle a date with Mr..
Davis.
Guests have gotten so that the moment
they get into a room they peep about and
see if it is the Davis music, and if it is not
they just do not try to hide their looks of
disappointment. attended large dance re-
Gently rather under sufferance than otherwise,
and when | entered the room and saw Meyer
Davis leading the orchestra in that good
looking white suit-well, | knew that the
music would be worth while, anyway.
Do you remember that white fur muff !
got last year when you were here? | do not
use it whole lot, and rarely in the day time,
but the other afternoon | started out for
walk and decided to take it, and | tucked it
under my arm while / was getting my gloves
on NY brother came along and wanted TO
know where was going and if he might
join me, but he said in the most disgusted
manner: Leave whosever poodle that IS at
home before we start"
Wonder what he would think of woman
who paid hundreds of dollars to have a little
blue Pomeranian brought across the ocean
by special messenger just because it match
ed her furs better than any other one she
could find? The very costlieSt fad, therefore
the most exclusive, is to have dogs to match
ones furs. Gowns to match ones eyes and
hair, and jewels to match said gowns are
thing of the past now.
know that Pomeranian story sounds like
an exaggeration, but I'm told it is authentic
and that the woman was Mrs. Francis Caro-
Ian, daughter of Mrs. George Pullman. Mrs.
Carolan lost "Frou Erou" in Paris early in
December, and although everything was done
to find the pet, Mrs. Carolan had to return to
this country without her. Shortly after Mrs.
Caro1an reached America she was wired by
the police of Paris that the animal had been
found in the public pound. The owner sent
word back to have the dog rushed over by a
special messenger at once, because she knew
of no other dog to match her furs so well.
Whether the owner had any affection for the
dog, or whether the dog was of any great
value other than her coloring, was not said.
Ruth Hitchcock and Douglas Bullock won
the prize for the best dancing at the the