The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

dinner parties wore a black gown OF
striped silk and satin made in Wash
ington but after a famous Callot model
| imported direct by the Washington
| modiste who furnished the former Miss
Martha Bowers with all her trOusseau
gowns. This reproduction is literally a
seamless garment, the yards Of silk being
manipulated around the figure to form
comparatively short, slightly draped.
Overdress. a perfectly smooth-fitting.
round skirt. with a square unlined train
that lies something like twenty-seven
inches on the floor. The train is one
end OF the original length OF material
the second end being a short sash falling
half way down the back after enciTcling
the waist. This short end is gathered and
oTnamented by a huge pink rose. X
second rose rests near the top Of the
high girdle at the left front. giving the
gown its only touch OF color. The bodice
is cut with low neck and without sleeves.
Mrs. Murray A. Cobb is back in town.
looking very chic and charming as ever.
in a walking suit Of mole-color cloth.
showing great style. Mrs. Cobb. even
when skirts were narrowest. demanded
room to walk, not hobble, consequently
it is no surprise to see her present-dsy
skirt with a broad box pleat in the back.
The front has an overdress that is not a
tunic. but more OF a peplum with a cir
cular line that gives the new silhouette
twixt belt and ankle. The jacket is short
with Eton front and square finished
back and a straight fur collar and OF
course the long. plain coat sleeve. With
this Mrs Cobb wore a small. black
velvet hat and boots of black with up
pers Of moleskin-colored cloth.
The viscountess Henri de sibour. who
was lost in London in the early days
Of the European war, was obviously not
too much alarmed to note the trend Of
fashion when the French designers took
up their temporary abode in the British
capital. for she has the smartest Of tall
pred suits bearing every sign OF London
but OF French design. This
is a severely plain, round skirt with box
pleat in the back and possibly some gath
ers at the belt as the skirt is half a
yard wider than the modish skirts Of
this time last year, but Is evidently cut
On straight lines. II il untrimmed and |
not short enough to be conspicuous as
are many American-mAde gowns of a
Iimilar character. The coat is a Norfolk |
model, coming to the hips and belted with |
Is own material Just how the neck is |
inished Is impossible to say, as when |
noticed in Connecticut avenue one cool |
norning last week Nine. de Sibour was |
a broad scarf collar of fur |
rhs color Of this gown Is a new varia-
ton Of brown. One Of the ocher browns.
but more suggestive of the fading oak
eaf than the mustard dressing. which
served as a standard for the ocher color
ngs as we first knew them. The hat
opping this was black velvet OF medium
ize and very conventional outline.
Miss Dorothea owen, daughter of the
Ienator from Oklahoma, and one OF
he prominent debutantes Of the season.
. looking very smart in a tailored suit !,
green velour d'laine, with the very
atest thing in sailor hats. The hat is
uede. or the finest of French felt. in
archment color. with its under rim of
lack or very dark green. Its only TRIM
hing is q half-inch band of black pat
ent leather with several small buckles
I polished silver or small crystals. The
uit Is Of the onyx green family, which
eems to have superseded all other tones
the suddenly popular color.