Evening star., 1915-03-21
Gowns and Their Wearers.

| Mrs. Carl Vrooman, wife of the as
sistant secretary of the interior. is
| We ring an
Mrs. Carl Vrooman's aftern
Gown for Afternoon. o"n onuo o"ncsd rs
by those who have seen her in it to be
the perfection of artistic taste. One
hopes that the designer of it now in
the trenches, will live to make many
more such but should he not he will
have left monument to his ability be-
bind him. The color is a soft choco-
late brown, and the material chiffon
and chiffon corduroy.
The chief feature of the gown is the
sleeveless basque, which falls IN per-
fectly straight lines from the shoulders
to the hips. 1t is, in fact, of two
straight pieces, back and front caught
just at one place to hold them to-
sether. and that is at the waist line.
This basque is of the softest. most
pliable chiffon corduroy. and about the
bottom and up the sides, to where the
front and back are attached, is turned
up a hem an Inch and a half deep. and
the line of stitching hidden by q mar
row gold thread, which thus forms a
border about the garment. Where the
broidery. the piece being about an
inch square, aud the motif Is tiny
basket of flowers in pastel shades.
Narrow gold cord or thread outlines
the deep round neck, which also has an
empicement of embroidery just in the
center
The long sleeves of this frock are of
chiffon. with ruffie over the hand,
and the skirt over which the basque
falls is of accordion -pleated chiffon,
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the whole built over brown satin. of
course
Mrs. vrooman wears with this gown
a hat of putty color velvet, round,
sailor shape, banded with ostrich
feathers. which. extending over the
rim in the back. falls down on the hair.
A fancy of fur forms the central trim
ming in front =
Sometimes Mrs. vrooman varies her
costume with a mushroom shaped hat,
the same shade of brown as the gown.
the velvet shirred up to the edge of
the crown. which is plain. The trim
ming on this hat is also of feathers,
with brown silk rose with pink CEN
ter to give q contrasting note.
Mrs. Granville Fortescue, who with
Capt. Fortescue has just returned from
Europe
Smart Blue Suit and is
Worn by Mrs. Fortescue. with her h 3
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell.
wore to concert the other afternoon
a very smart suit of blue cloth. what
might be called bright shade of dark
blue. 1t is made with full skirt and
hip-length Jacket, also cut on full,
ample lines, the skirt of the coat rip
pling gracefully about the hips. Where
the fullness joins the upper part of the
garment at the waist line belt is
formed by wide black silk cord. At
the sides of the hips are implements
of black silk embroidery in an effective
pattern, the same motif being carried
out on the lapels in front
Mrs. Fortescue wore with the suit
boat-shaped hat of dark blue straw,
trimmed with uncurled ostrich feathers,
two laid fiat up against the sides of
back, and here and there mingling with
the fronds of the feathers are silk
da hlias in shades of yellow and purple.
Mrs. John Gibbons. wife of Com
mander Gibbons. wore Il hat on similar
lines to the same concert. Mrs. Glib
bons' hat, which she wore with black
satin gown and knee-length seal coat
with fox collar and cuffs, was of black,
boat-shaped style. with encircling
wreath of uncurled ostrich in black,
and one uncurled feather standing out
at right angles in the back, the out
standing feather being tipped with
white.
Mrs. William Curtis Hill is wearing
very smart suit of hunters green
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