Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-31
WOMEN OF FASHION in
GAY DEVON GATHERING
Last Day of Horse Show Most
Important of Meet to Femi-
nine Mind.

with Jupiter Pluvius among the miss
Ing" today, the final and. to feminine
minds, the most important day of the
horse show. dawned bright and clear.
The country around Devon, fresh and
green from its bath, fairly beckoned one
to turn out early.
Owing, probably, to the fact that FEM
lnism was the order of the day. the oval
had n greater scattering of the fair sex
than has been usual on previous morn
ings when mere man judges the classes.
Mrs. Archibald BarSlie and her guest,
Mrs. Alexander b. Duncan, of New York,
appeared early In the formers box. Mrs.
Barkle wore pale blue silk sweater
coat over a white accordion -pleated crepe
de chine skirt and n sheer white blouse,
while her hat was a large black straw
model, turned up sharply at the back
and trimmed in front with a small bunch
of posies. Her guest also wore white
frock and over it cornlcolored sweater.
Her hat was brown sailor
Mrs. Harry VAIN Harrison, Mrs. David
b. Sharpe and Mrs. Charles Randolph
Snowden were interested spectators. Mrs.
Harrison was garbed In the conventional
white linen with a shlmmering golden
brown silk sweater and a brown straw
helmet-shaped hat. Over white linen,
Mrs. Sharpe wore a voluminous hooded
coat of brown polo cloth and a small
brown sailor hat. Mrs. Snowden wore
pearl-gray cloth coat suit and n large
white hat.
In the judges stand was Mrs. r. Dob
son Altemus, gowned In black broadcloth
and white furs. Mrs. William l.. Hirst
made a striking picture in ropal purple
with sunburnt straw shade hat. Mrs.
Thomas G. Ashton, looking cool in white
linen, with n black and white straw hat,
was one OF the first arrivals Mrs, Henry
Drinker Riley, who also appeared early
in one of the boxes, wore n khaki-colored
suit and n yellow straw sailor, faced
with green, with n white scarf around the
crown.
AS the sun grew high in the heavens
te day became much warmer and more
summery costumes were noticed. Mrs.
Charles A. Mum, id, looked particularly
charming in sheer white frock of hand
kerchief linen, made quite simply, with
small tucks as trimming A wide white
leather girdle encircled her waist and on
her head was a small panama hat. over
white frock Mrs. John Hampton Barnes
wore Il purple silk sweater. Her hat was
a wide dropping -brimmed model of white
Milan straw, the top covered by flowered
Georgette crepe with deep blue velvet
ribbon around the crown.
Mrs Joseph E. Mccall, who was among
the early occupants of box, looked well
in a white serge tallleur with white fox
furs and a small cose-titting hat of navy
blue hemp, trimmed with spreading blue
gnura feathers. A coming debntante,
Miss Josephine C. s. Foster, wore two
piece coat suit of steel gray cloth with a
double cloth of sheer blue and white
batiste and small close-fttlng black
hat.
Among the debutantes of the past sea-
son were Miss Carolina Ives Brinton and
Miss Anna Rinney Brlnton, both garbed
in sand-coored cloth suits. Another de-
butante, Miss Anna Mary Walthour, wore
a white frock and small three-cornered.
coffee-colored hat with u transparent
brim.
Mrs. w. Lyttell White was one of the
judges wore over the conventional white
linen a navy blue serge Norfolk coat. Her
hat was a small round sailor of white
straw with a crown of blue silk.
Mr.. and Mrs, Philander C. Knox, who
motored over from their farm at Valley
Forge, were among tho arrivals in the
forenoon.