The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-06
FASHIONS AT THE CAPITAL
The WelLDressed Woman Of Smart Society, What She
Wears-The Time and Place.

tional common sense crown and brina. tn
latter with decided droop, and wild
enough to shade the eyes. The Vicountes
| Henri de Sibour. whose costumes are In
variably of the smartest and most be
coming, has accepted the lobster hat To-
wear on the golf links. the tennis court
or merely for a>morning outing on tn
club piazza.
| Both these new and somewhat startling
models are entitled to entry In the 'mad'
in the United States class" being de-
signed in New York for sale all oveI
the country.
Mrs. James Parmelss who will remair
| some weeks longer at her suburban
| home, 10 not only wearing white clotf
tailored costumes, but also white liner
In the most severe lines. with her white
sports hat unadorned by anything more
than the usual ribbon hat band and man
like bow. Mrs. Archibald Davis, who viii
be among the fashionable cottagers a
Watch Hill. is giving her friends an
example of simple smart dressing al.
most entirely in white, Mrs. Davis wears
one Of the very chic white corduroy
suits with a soft hat for morning or a
round sailor with half wreath Of white
plumage for later in the day.
four handsome daughters Of the late DR..
John w. Bayne. Is fully maintaining the
reputation of her family for charm and
beauty In the way she wears her white
serge coat suit which has the new CIR
cular skirt and semiitting hip length
jacket Of approved lines. Miss Bayne
tops this with a particularly smart hat
Of one Of the new variations in taupe In
finely highly Unfinished Milan. blocked on
the sailor model but with a distinctly
new crown. just between the fiat and
Of the young women to whom the fash
ionable but not uniformly becoming
neckpiece of white fox il becoming.
charming example Of the real out
door girl much in evidence during the
tennis tournament at Chevy Chase Is
Miss Elizabeth Wiley, daughter of Com
mander Henry A. Wiley. U. 8. n, who
Is just approaching the end Of a very
successful first season. Miss Wiley evil
IDENTIFY has an inexhaustible supply OF
white linen skirts and the daintiest OF
blouses TO which she adds on cool days
a fascinating pink golf jacket, and on
either hot or cold days wears a fine soft
Panama hat with plain black band and
bow. White shoes and hosiery are. Of
course. part Of this styie' Of dress.
Two silk gowns on new and widely diff
ferent lines but equally attractive, APP
peared at the same recent card party
worn respectively by Mrs. Isaac r.
Mann and Miss Susan Biddle. the latter
a sister Of Col. John Biddle, of the
United States Embassy in Vienna.
Miss Biddle, who is being much enter
tanned by her Washington friends. es-
peciaIly in the musical and bridge playing
sets, wore one of the new smart barred
silks, white with a dark blue line. The
squares being nearly two inches. The
material was made as old-fashioned
say on the bias, with cir
cular skirt and short Eton jacket. Each
was cut with the scalloped hem. Miss
Biddle wore a fine French muslin blouse
and a hat of white erin faced in dark
blue and trimmed about one side the
crown in natural sized white and silver
lilies.
Mrs Manns gown was striped in sew
eral narrow gay lines with back
ground Of copper color. The blending of
colors is beautiful and distinctly Of the
1yes that thus far are only produced in
Europe. and in wonderfully fine fabrics.
This skirt Is cut on straight lines and of
width with several ruffles
placed close together half way between
belt and hem. The bodice is a draped
model opening in front over narrow
restee. The sleeves are long and close
sitting. Mrs. Mann's hat il a round
shape in straw to match the predomi-
mating hue in her frock. with the trim
ming a half-circle Of quaint colored
lowers
Just as the Washington Horse Show
lisproved the claim Of the extremely
hort skirt to universal acceptance, SO
10 some of the belated dinner parties |
lisprove the no-sleeve theory, Of GER
ain designers and importers and their |
american imtators or clients.
Following the example Of Mrs. Chauncey |
)epew. who passed ten days in WASH |
ngton en- route to the White Sulphur |
md dined out every night, several WELL |
;nown women have had caps Of tulle or |
lose short bands of lace added to their |
vening bodices Mrs. Henry c. Corbin, |
me Of the coterie Of young and attrac- |
i've widows who supply considerable So |
ial interest to the waning season. like |
irs Depew has always had sleeves in /
Ter gowns. A charming creation Of vivid |
yreen tulle which Mrs. Corbin wore at q |
ecent dinner is undoubtedly a French |
model much the same az one worn
arlier in the month by Mrs. John Jacob
Istor. but with the addition Of white
ulle and crystal sleeves coming almost
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