The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

@. Stewart, son Of Capt. and Mrs.
w. A. Grant, OF Westergate House.
Sussex. England Mr.. Grant sailed
on the Mauretania on Wednesday last
to Join the British forces at the front
as a volunteer. His father, now retired
from active service in the British army.
was a captain In the Thirteenth Husr
sars.
Miss Klapp, who has been passing some
time In Havana, Cuba, with her mother,
came on to New York last week to see
Mr.. Grant sail. II was expected that the
wedding would take place In the early
spring Mrs. Klapp and her daughter
are with Mrs. William H. Klapp at 50
West Fortieth street, New York, until
they return to Havana.
When Miss Greta Hostetter, the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Anson Burchard, was married
at Locust Valley on Wednesday to Glenn
Stewart, second secretary Of the Amer
ican Legation at Havana, her wedding
frock. and the dress Of her attendants.
offered a charming example of beautiful
gowns created" in America
Miss Hostetters dress was made and
designed in New York. In its simplicity
and dignity, in the grace OF its sweeping
fiat-hung train, II owed nothing what
ever to Paris. 1t is essentially an Amer
lean creation
And the bridesmaids and maid OF honor
wore American creations" too. All the
gowns, the wedding dress especially, were
quite girlish and simple, all fashioned
with what is often thought to be a de-
cidedly French attention TO line
The brides dress was a simple wedding
gown Of cream satin, over which q
draDed overdress Of white tulle fell in soft
and graceful folds to the feet. The soft
tulle bodice was caught In with a deep
girdle of satin. which came up in a very
sharp point over the left shoulder. On
the other side was a soft drapeTy Of
point lace. over the shoulders the tulle
was drawn down to form long tight
sleeves. They were slightly draped and
very close fitting. but their smartest fea-
ture was the applied piece Of point lace
which came low over the knuckles in
what can best be described as a 'gaunt-
let" effect. Sleeves are, OF course, very
long. close. and transparent this year,
and the demands Of the autumn fashion
were met, in this tulle with lace gaunt-
let's, with a singularly graceful and orig
inal effect.
Another girlish feature of the gown was
the rolled fold OF cream satin heading
tulle hOunce which finished the over
dress and which brought added softness
to the draped skirt.
The most striking single thing, how
ever. was, Of course. the train. The
long wedding train hung from the
brides shoulders to the ground. and
was fastened on each shoulder with
The feature OF the train was its lack of
fullness at the top. II was absolutely
fiat. 1t had not one ripple OF fullness
anywhere, and ID hung perfectly straight
from the shoulders TO below the waist
line. There, gradually and almost un-
noticeably, a little fullness began to creep
in. Only a dressmaker-and an expert at
that-could have told how It was done.
But imperceptibly the absolutely fiat
train began to ripple, more and more.
until II became quite circular. At the
bottom of the train there was an i'm
mense amount of cream satin fullness
lying on the ground. OF course, there
is more fullness at the bottom OF the
skirts this year than there has been for
some seasons. The graceful ripples about
the lower part of a skirt Is new this
year. So that this train had an uncOm-
mon amount OF sheer contrast between
its fiat beginning at the shoulders and
its circular fullness as II swept along
the ground. The train was cut square
at the bottom and very gracefully fin
ished with groupings OF orange bios
SONS on one side.
Miss Hostetter's veil, in the new cirs
NuldT SndpG, nhO DetH especially Udut
in one piece OF fine point lace, and had
been ordered some time ago by the house
that made her dress. II fell from her
head to the edge of the long train in
folds as graceful as those of the train
itself
Miss Hostetter's was essentially an au-
tumn wedding-a chrysanthemun- we'd
ding il was called-and the attendants
were dressed in autumn colors, in gowns
~ int mi u~nI na haa e.
sign. The tones of the bridesmaids
dresses were autumn brown and chrys-
anthemum yellow, and the bodice was
cut in a smart coatee effect This coatee
was OF autumn brown velvet. and was
brought down low to form a deep girdle
well down over the hips and quite close
fitting. In front the bodice, which was
rather plain in a general smart effect.
was fastened with punches OF brown
and yellow chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves in the brown and bronze autumn
tints.
The entire effect was such as to prove
that the striking combina-
ton Of tints. materials, and even Of de-
signs, in fashions that are almost ''dar-
ing" and quite fascinating. is by no means
an exclusively French trait. No Pari-
sienne could have created a more be-
girlish, and original design than
these bridesmaids dresses with their rich
brown velvet and their fiaring yellow
tulle.
The sleeves were of the tulle, long
and close-ftting. and the upper part
of the bodice was finished with tulle
chemisette gathered at the throat with
a gold cord.
The bridesmaids wore rather large pic
ture hats of autumn-brown velvet-the
same shade as the velvet coatee-trimmed
with yellow and brown chrysanthemums
and autumn leaves. And their entire
costume was so arranged that the great
sheaf of chrysanthemums that they car
ried seemed a part Of the entire design.
An international marriage reversing the
usual order Of title and fortune, was that
OF Mr. James Cox Brady and Lady Vic
toria May Perry. daughter Of the Earl
of Limerick. which took place at Mon
mouth Beach. N. J., just ten days ago.
Mr.. Brady and Lady Victoria May Brady,
as his bride should be called, are passing
their honeymoon in the mountains of
Virginia, making the journey in the
bridegroom's private car. They were
much observed guests at the Greenbrier
last week. During their visit they have
visited the nearby farmhouses, tramped
over the trails, played tennis and golf
and lived out of doors. They made the
steep ascents to the submits OF Kate's
Mountain and Greenbrier Range.
The future residence of this couple will
be New York, where Mr.. Brady has a
handsome home. Mr.. Brady is the son
Of the late Anthony n. Brady, and at the
time of his marriage to his present
bride was a widower. His first wife, !
who was a Miss Hamilton, of Albany, |
was killed in a railway accident several |
years aRo