The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-12
STYLE SHOW WILL AID
EDUCATION IN DRESS
Peggy Hopkins. at B. F. Keith's Saw.
Few Women Know Colors Best
Suited to Them.

DO you know I've been tremendously
interested in the women of the audiences
we've been showing to-" said Peggy
Hopkins. the featured member of the
style show at B. F. keith's Theater, after
yesterdays matinee.
1T is from the women that We expect
the applause of approval, naturally. Oh,
no; not that the uen aren't interested
they are quite as much SO as the women.
but they just don't want anybody to
catch them at 1t, so they never make q
bit of noise about what they like. But
the women have been different and SO
interesting. Some like one gown. others
another. Sometimes / think it's all a
matter Of what they have had an op-
portunity of seeing In the way of smart
and artistic dressing.
Naturally. in New York. which Is the
fashion center of the country, they see
the best things of ali the designers,
American and European. Washington,
you know, has the reputation of having
more smartly Gowned women than any
city of its size in the world. The painter
Johnston stood one afternoon to watch
the matinee audience leave Keith's The
alter here, and his verdict was that never
had he seen so many smartly gowned
and attractive women in the same space
Of time. / say that to prove my point
that Washington does know good Dress
ing. and that brings me to the point of
agreement among women who have had
the opportunity of judging. Washington
audiences have approved of exactly the
same gowns which were SO successful be-
fore the audiences in New York.
And I believe that women will
learn lot from this style showing
and other such shows which assured
ly will follow. 1t is tremendously
difficult to gain any idea of what
design would look like until 1t Is seen
worn. whether one has the means to
buy the original model or to have the
more modest copy made from the
fashion magazines. Color is the one
great element in dress. believe
few American women appreciate the
fact. The portrait painter, Sorella,
who did President Tafts portrait.
spoke of that more than once when
he was in the United States, and he
urged American women to learn Just
the right colors for their own uses
He argued for one gown which suits
the individuals personality and am
plifies her charms. rather than a dozen
which fail to do So"
Peggy Hopkins herself knows color
values for the blonde, and certainly
no sylph-like creature such as she
could be more perfectly gowned than
80 INV Siioi SicShSu ldllOTcu suit LII
which she makes her first appearance
at keiths, nor in the filmy. glistening
scarp of a moonlight which is called
the seafoam gown. in which she does
her dainty little dance. Speaking of
moonlight brings to mind the moon
light bathing suit which is being ex-
hibited by Maison Maurice. 1t is of
striped black and white silk with the
short tunic fitted in at the waist by
pleatinS out the white stripes and
falling over two full founces of the
silk. An American beauty satin cap
is to be worn with it and a circular
cape of black satin. five yards around
the bottom, lined with American |
beauty satin and held at the throat
by a heavy black cord and tassels, |
completes the costume |