The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
~ MARGARET WADE.

it was one of the bouquets provided by
Mrs Wilson for the ladies of the re-
ceiving party.
With fashions in dress dictated in SOL
emn conclave by Paris designers and
cabled across the Atlantic as news to
the daily press, We of Washington may
be pardoned for taking the matter of
clothes or ornaments quite seriously.
Not every Paris offering becomes
fashion. for it depends upon when it is
worn, and by whom, whether even the
very best creations can claim recognition
for themselves and success for their
creators. Consequently Miss Callie Hoke
Smiths sponsoring for the anklet is of
interest at this time.
A dispatch bearing the Paris date of
January 10, tells US a new line has ap-
peared at the ankles; all because of the
dancing craze that is now sweeping the
whole round earth. Not only is there
to be a greater display OF hosiery, from
the $50 kind that is silk and worn by
the average, to the so kind worn by
one or two of Washington's most at
tractive matrons. but also We are to
see ankIets of divers styles as an en-
bellishment of the dancing toilet
In this the debutante daughter of the
Senator from Georgia is more than
abreast of the times as she inaugurated
the fashion last week at Old Point,
where she was one of the Washington
bellies at the Hotel Chamberlain.
The youthful Miss Smith wore her gold
anklet with a very pretty, becoming
frock. a white messaline. not in the least
advanced in its mode. Her hosiery
and slippers were also white; the first
silk, the other satin. She was chaperoned
at Old Point by her sister. the bride of
Ensign Alton r. Simpson. of the Dolphin.
This popular young couple having passed
most of their honeymoon at the Virginia
resort returned to town early in the
week.
Young Mrs. Simpson. who was Lucy
Hoke Smith, and one of the popular Con-
was. like her sister, especially noticeable
for the grace of her dancing.
Mrs William Russell White, who went
TO Old Point to see her husbands ship,
the Utah, sail away last week, was one
of the best gowned women at the Cham
berlin, just as she is this week one of
the best gowned women at the New
Willard.
Mrs. White, whose marriage to the
navigator of tho Utah took place less
than a month ago, is one of the favored
women abundantly able to indulge taste
her extensive wardrobe has its hat as
well as all its minor details in har-
mony. An afternoon gown of particular
charm was of apricot charmeuse, with
overdress of brocade crepe and white
motif on a pale pink background. This
was made in the approved surplice bodice
and open tunic, the latter. showing
new line as the back was in a long point
almost to the ground. Eight or ten
inches of this overdress was brown net
applied like fiounce to the edge of the
brocade tunic, tiny line of sable head |
ing the brown fiounce. The bodice also
showed a line of sable on its neck /
and at the edge of its three-quarter
sleeves, while the fur trimming on the !
with the head of the animal producing |
this priceless fur, resting somewhat in
the fashion of the corssge ornament on
the left side of the front.
Mrs. Whites hat was one Of the mar
row. close shapes with the coronet brim |
cut in irregular points and entirely OF |
brown taffeta except for the frill OF |
brown tulle rising high above. Dainty |
brown shoes, much cut away in front. |
embroidered in small gold beads with |
apricot-colored hosiery were details OF |
this one Of many new, chic toilets
Miss Emily Beatty, daughter Of Rear |
Admiral Frank T. Beatty. u. S. N, one |
OF the bellies of the ball at Old Point |
on last Saturda. evening. wore a gown !
of blue and silver brocade showing a |
high draped back and charmingly modi- |
fed slit skirt, as the slit was on both |
sides of the front and only five or six |
inches deep. The corsage was round; |
the sleeves short. No trimming of any |
kind appeared on this gown, which is |
of particularly rich material which gains |
IT.; distinction entirely from the line in |
which it is draped. Mrs. Beatty and her
daughter will remain several weeks at /
the Chamberlin where the former will |
chaperon several friends of her daugh-
ter.
"Cafe au lait'' in velvet is one of the
latest offering of the height of the season,
this particular tone until now having
been found almost exclusively In char
meuse. crepe or cloth. handsome gown
of this color, all in one tone, but Of
satin and velvet matelasse, is worn by
Miss Lydia Biddle, who was one of the
best gowned women at the diplomaticl
Tuesday evening.
Miss Biddle's gown is a two-piece model
with draped skirt on long, rather thanl
high, lines. and the new comparatively
short train. This mounts high at thet
waist line to Join Q bodice made LARGELY J.