The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
MRS. CHARLES KELLO!

company. is not lured by drapery in any
form. Her overdress fits smoothly from
corsage to knees. This former Cabinet
hostess also adheres to her own smart
and original style of coinure, consequent
ly she Is little changed since the days
that she dispensed her generous hos
pitality from the home on Scott Circle.
inow occupied by Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock
I Miss Julia Meyer. who accompanied
her mother, looked particularly chic in a
/ gown OF turquoise blue brocsde with
| close narrow skirt and triple TERED tunic,
the lower edge ending well above the
| knees. Miss Meyers bodice was cut V
shape, finished in fat folds of blue tuIle.
She wore pearl necklace with long
I slender earrings Of turquoise.
Another hostess of former years who
helped TO celebrate the Kaiser's birth
| day in Washington, and. at the same
time show that she maintains her smart
standard of dressing. was Mrs. Alfred
| Beveridge, wife Of ex-senator from In
diana, who accompanied Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. Beveridge, only a little less
girlish in appearance than when she
| come TO Washington a bride wore 4
gown of golden yellow brocade draped
| slightly about the hips, and with rather
| long train, as trains are measured this
\ winter. Her decolletage was more square
\ than round, and her bodice entirely OF
| brocade, in rather severe lines Her
| ornaments included a long string of
| superb pearls worn twice around her
neck and knotted at the top of her de-
| colletage. She wore her hair we'll of
her brow after the fashion of former
years. rather than in the extreme mode
4, of today.
Mrs. Beveridge's gown was one of the
comparatively few examples of one ma
terial only. The richness of the ma
terial and the graceful lines in which it
was built giving it a distinction that
could not have been increased by any
amount of jeweled lace or much ma
nipulated tulle.
Mrs Preston Gibson. one of the young
er matrons among the guests of the en-
bassy wore a gown on most distinctive
lines and of new material. This is cloth
OF gold, in perfectly plain surface, made
with long train. and tunic overdress of
gold tissue. The overdress shows the
new line. long in the back and short in
the front while the bouffant effect that
it is prophesied will arrive with the rush
OF the spring modes is already shown
This. though. is in such graceful and
modified form that no one could mistake
Ii for the much-dreaded hustle.
This overdress is cut in scallops bound
only in the gold tissue. The bodice fol-
lows the usual close line. and. like
young Mrs. Beveridge's brocade bodice,
is of the material of the skirt. A six
inch girdle of pastel shades of pink and
blue, divided by band Of gold. marks
the waist line.
exclusive model of a well-known Paris
maker, II was duplicated, except as re-
CARDS some slight detail, in the gown
worn by Mrs Thomas K. Laughlin. The
pink and blue Is missing from Mrs
Laughlins gown, which. in its place. has
very French corsage flower modelled.
presumably. on the poinsettia blossom,
but in a deep pink tone.
Notwithstanding the natural surprise in
finding an exclusive gown duplicated
so near home. both young matrons took
their disappointment kindly and are the
best of friends. as is shown by their
entrance together in the embassy draw
ing-room.
Mrs. John SHELTON Williams. wife Of the
newly appointed Comptroller of the Cur
rency, Is one of the several young
matrons recently added to the official
circle and reckoned distinct acquisition |
therein Mrs. Williams made what was
practically her debut in Washington on
Monday evening at a dinner in honor OF
her husband and herself by the Assistant |
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs |
Hamlin, when her gown was one of the |
handsomest of the evening. dts owner's1
preference for white. and the seasons de- |
mand for the new, dsep coloring were |
both gratified with the best effect. The |
skirt and bodice were of French hand |
run lace in ivory white tint Over this
was an overdress that formed an entire |
skirt opened in front from belt to hem |
with slight drapery in the back endinK in /
an 1s-inch train. This part of the gown |
was white satin embossed in velvet now-
ers In large. much scattered outline of |
deep wisteria and crimson tones. Mrs. |
williams had her chestnut hair arranged
in graceful coil at the back and held by |
a diamond-topped comb.
Another attractive addition to the new