Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
smart suit OF royal purple. all the ac-
ces ries of
MIS-. ElklnS Wearing her costume
a Royal Purple. .am. e., 81 s,. tns

MIS. Elkl0S wearing mel costume
a Royal Purple. sam. nm" r;cn % .,. tns
The suit is a three piece model, the
bodice being a sleeveless one. with arm
| holes. round neck and other edges
ktrimmed with purple fancy braid in
two shades. Coat and skirt are plainly
tailored, and Mrs. E1kins wears with
| the suit a small hat of the same shade
of STRAW with ribbon combined with
clusters of wheat. the grain also being
purple, and a fancy ostrich boa in
the same shade carries out the color
scheme.
Mrs. De Witt Talmadge also wears a
purple suit of almost the exact shade
of Mrs. Elkirs'. Her daughter, Miss
| Collier. looks pretty in Norfolk model
| made of white cloth with tiny pin
stripe of pink, giving an effect of the
most delicate shell pink little way
off
1t is a tailored suit made with wide
belt and pleats in the coat skirt, these
being inverted and laid in clusters on
the hips at the sides. There are large
patch pockets with buttoned- down flap
and the skirt is plain. but moderately
full.
Miss Golfers hat is a becoming pink
chip. trimmed with pink roses and
large black bow, and she wears with
Miss Julia Meyer, who has been a
house guest of Mrs Robert Mccormick
wears an I'M
Miss Julia Meyer usual gown of
in Unusual Gown. shot ,affeta
made with full skirt trimmed with two
wide bands of the finest sort of tucks
of the taffeta, with a tiny pleating
| of taffeta at the bottom of each tuck
| ed band, both bands of trimming. each
foot deep. being above the bottom
of the skirt. leaving just a suggestion
| of the plain underskirt showing at the
| bottom.
The bodice is draped like surplice
| model the front being brought toEeth-
| er with a perpendicular band. about
| ten inches long of fine cordes. 1t laces
up the back with wide silk braid, the
eyelets being quite large and the tat
feta falling rather loosely from the
shoulders Tucked or corded net forms
an underbodice. Her hat is a small.
barnyard straw. in wood brown. which
| is trimmed with brown quilts
Mrs Murray Cobb has most eff
| fective gown of smoke -colored satin
| made with draped skirt, arranged in
such a manner as to suggest an over
skirt.
The bodice is made with a round
neck and no sleeves, the underbod1ce
being of heavy cream lace in square
mesh and pattern The jumper-like
bodice has bands of bead trimming on
| the shoulders of oriental coloring, ana
| the same sort of trimming forms an
empiecement at the waist line. front and
back, holding in the fullness. which
| from the belt down falls in deep knife
pleats.
| is capped by becoming hat of red
straw, trimmed with wreath of red
peoples.
! Mrs. Joseph Letter has a charming
afternoon gown of striped chiffon COM
| bined effectively
| NJ. Ya;4ar's with white chiffon.
Afternoon Gown. : lne o striped ms atspn
is of stripes two inches wide separated
by two-inch spaces OF white. and the
colors are rose and black, with sug-
eestion of other harmonizng coors.
roses being scattered over fine bands OF
| black.
This striped chiffon forms blouse and
tunic, the whole being edged down the
front and around the bottom with
small ruf1e of the same. 1t opens over
an under skirt and bodice OF white
chiffon, which has down each side or
the center. from the round neck TO tne
| hem on both sides. bands OF heavy
cream lace insertion. and down the
center is a narrow rufie of white chit
| fon, with tiny buttons. The little ruff
| fe Of white chiffon goes all around the
| bottom also of the underskirt.
| Mrs Letter wears with this pic
turesque white hat. trimmed with
spread-out goura feathers in front.
Mrs Peyton Russell wears a very be-
coming gown of crushed strawberry
voile made with a full-skirt, which Is
! embroidery. some fifteen inches deep.
| the pattern being drawn in tiny squares.
The same embroidery motif borders
| the surplice bodice on either side, the
V opening being filled in with cream
| lace, over which. along the edges of the
gown is laid silver lace about an inch
wide.
| Directly across the front of the girdle
| Is an empiecement of silver lace. and
again in the back of the girdle is a
suggestion of silver trimming.
Mrs Russelfs hat make contrasting
note, being of black tulle, large trans
parent brim and round crown with pin
wheel fancies. also of black tulle.
| Mrs. James Wadsworth looks very
sweet and charming in a mushroom
black straw,
Mrs. James Wadsworth enci d
in Sweet Straw Hat. Whit. ro.e.
which she wears with black crepe de
chine gown. made with full skirt and