Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-23


certainly ought to know how to dress
and where and when with all the divers
Fashion shows going on for her bene.
fit these last two weeks.
Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney start.
ed the Fashionable ball rolling with
ner show at the Cohan theatre and
left Miss and also Ma. New York
gasping at her display of beautious
model frocks and frills on even more
beauteous living models.
Sne has now moved on to give Miss
Philadelnhia, Miss Boston, Miss Wash.
ington, Miss Chicago and all the 9TH
er American Misses chance to see
what S what in the fashion line.
Then Wanamaker's aud Gimbel IS
gave their Fashion Promeuades and tae
big Fashion show for the benefit of the
Actor s fund at Carnegie hall added
new tips and much zast with the con.
feetions shown to advantage on real
live actress models.
MAY Irwin, Marie Dressler and Trix.
le Friganza were there of course. but
being perfect fifty-sixes they contend.
ed themselves and the public by being
dainty little program sellers nor aspired
to ioin the living MODEL class.
Last but not least came Lueile's Sc
lect opening. None of the common
nerd were admitted to this most ex.
elusive fashion shows. No two-dollar
theatre ticket even could pry the hoi
polloi into this most holy of holies
Only the lucky nossessor of a mauve,
engraved card of invitation could hone
to obtain admission; and even then the
press of select ones was so great that
srecial little gray-frocked vendures had
to hold fast to the front door against
encroaching and painting females.
Once inside the portals of 81 w. 5Tth
street, which is the house OF Lucille.
Ltd. the lucky invited one settled
down in the pearl tinted interior on a
precarious gold chair and marveled
amain.
To strains Of the most insidious mu-
sic. six of the most pulchritudinous
models in captivity ghded, (real honest
to goodness models never never walk)
in changing raiment that would make
even the lilies of the field fade away in
homeless unattaiament.
Each and every toilette designed by
Lucille Aas a net name all its own.
Softly PurrinG" is Champignon
velvet gown, if you please; "What
Every Woman Knows, a faded scarlet
chiffon and silver tea dress; 81 Miss
You So. =" black and white check vel
vet afternoon dress; "The Vibrant
Heart of Heaven," sapphire blue
tulle and brocade evening gown;
SnieRo wrotchka," white velvet
and black fox restaurant gown, and
- Svand Allure, n black and silver
brocade evening coat.
1t really must take as much of an
artist to christen the gowns as to de-
sign 'em. Think how trying it must
be to Lucille as she Tolls in her Louis
Seize bed and thinks up first of raw.
lsning restaurant gown, delicate tea
dress or fascinating dance frock, to
have waiting secretary or one of her
entourage say
Z" Well, now that you have thought
the dress, what are you going.to name
it?"
i understand Lucille designs her most
successful creations in. bed. Some of
them look like it. 1t WASH I so much
the frocks that left me gasping as the
models wavered by. but their hair.
Goodness knows the gowns were amaz-
ing enough with their tightboned bo.
diees, full erinOline skirts and all the
earmarks Of 1850, but the most amaz-
ing thing of all was the coiffures. |
wonder does Lmcie design them too.
One model wore her hair parted in
the middle and smoothed down tipAt
and slick in front with little tight
braid draped down around each ear.
A blonde had hers parted in the
middle and also slicked down over each
ear and slicked up in the back until
IT erupted in a fan-shaped loop on the
top of her head.
Yet another blonde in wondrous
white satin and green embroidered
dance froek dubbed "To Smile Again -
had her hair all peeled back from her
face and done in a coronet braid stuck
through with diamond arrow at suea
a killing angle as to guarantee the
binding Of her first dancing partner
of the evening.
Aren Z YOU just dying to buy heaps
of Lucille models so you can languidly
say: "Well, guess IN wear nv
Over The Garden Wall this morning;
and this afternoon ] II slip on my Part
l'll Play but just can't make up
my mind whether TO wear Ghosts of
Dead Roses or Sun Blest Are You'
for this eveningl"