The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17

| TUNES which are very long and full
are Of white tulle. The latter are given
still greater width by a double quilting
4, Of tulle placed on the hem. These gowns
| have no drapery except folds of tulle
across the shoulders of the close fitting
| satin bodices which are made with
square necks and elbow sleeves
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The return to town of Mrs. Ulysses s.
Grant. Sd. the former Miss Edith Root.
Is naturally a matter of congra tulation
to the parents and friends OF this young
matron. as well as an illustration of the
adage that tits an i'll wind that blows
no good.
Mrs. Grant has changed little in the
years she has been away from the Capt.
tai, where her marriage took place six
years ago. In the smartest of white and
black check suits of the new and an
proved tailleured plan. with small hat
OF black straw, trimmed in fat uncurled
ostrich feathers of gray and white, Mrs.
Grant conveying her two children and
their nurse along Sixteenth street, where
they take daily promenade, is like the
maid sung Of in the "Mikado," a charm
ing sight to see.
1t is the call of her soldier husband to
Mexico that has sent Mrs. Grant to
Washington, pending the time she will
can rejoin Capt. Grant.
The blue and mauve combination finds
an excellent example in the smart visit
ing toilet worn by Mrs. Charles w. Rich
ardson, who is noted for her taste in
color.
Mrs. Richardson is one of Washing
toms resident matrons who always
dresses to the occasion and her own
style and is consequently quite unmoved
by radical changes of line or arbitrary
commands of designers even when select
Ing her gowns in Paris.
The toilet in which she Iunched at the
Capital on Tuesday. as one of Senator
Hoke Smiths large party. was mauve
crepe de chine with chiffon blouse. all on
very smart lines. The skirt was Just of
the ground, with a graceful but not full
drapery across the front. with high new
back OF the mauve. The jacket was the
same In the smartest possible lines. A |
oasqued coat. enough Of the latter to slip |
on easily leaving revealed a dainty chif- |
fon blouse in white with fnterlinings of |
girdle of pale blue. When on this par
tcular garment appeared to be so com:
pletely united with the skirt as to give
the impression of the one-piece gown |
which Is always first choice for cere-
monious visiting. The jacket has a short.
peplum and opens with broad reyers.
showing a blue lining. The hat topping
this Is distinctly costume hat-a turban |
OF mauve erin or highly polished split
straw. with its brim a soft roll OF. fur
quoise blue velvet and its trimming one
white ostrich plume
Inc placing OF that plume Just shows
the strength of Mrs Richardson's con-
yictions as well as her natural good taste
Tor II Is placed at the front of her hat
signify TO one side, and allowed to fall
backward and downward in the GRACEFUL
manner Of the Gainsborough portraits
oI century ago, rather than in the
fantastic fashion Of today and the fu.
turists.
The passing of the black hat, is ons
u those significant features in the sea-
IONS fashions that 1t should certainly
nave chapter all to itself, IL any am.
bilious writer could undertake to record
he fashions of 1914.
In passing, it may be said. the h,.,,
iat and the brown shoe, even when found
n an occasional smart wardrobe. ars
liscredited members thereof. ACQUIRED
rom habit and likely to be abandoned
ntireiy before the end of the season.
There are some smart hats in black
'ecause many women still insist upon
laVine this one time necessity. and rirbt
lere IL where the woman who cannot
moro at least a dozen hats needs IN
xercise her greatest care. The an
lack hat to hold its own this season
must be very smart. indeed: II must
lso be small, high crowned, and very
hiny. All of which puts it in a class
( its own and adaptable only to CO..
lin costumes, thus removing II entira-
from The utility ranks In which the