The Washington herald., 1915-04-11

York. This much entertained visitor
not only has a smart blue straw hat
to top her blue gabardine suit. but
wears as we'll blue veil finished by an
inch wide hem Of taffeta in the same
color.
The vogue of brown in its newest
form is one Of the signs of the season
needed by women who desire individu-
Atty in dress. Mrs. Jessie Lincoln
Beckwith. daughter OF Mr.. Robert Todd
Lincoln, has selected the new Chevy
Chase brown as the accessory to an
ultra smart white wolfe dancing frock
The latter is a draped model. absolutely
without any trimming. and scant short
drapery, and the newest long close
sleeves showing considerable fullness
between the elbow and wrist whence
they fall half way to the knuckles. The
bodice is a modified bolero over a soft
chemisette of unfigured tulle. This is
held in the back several inches above
the waist line by a lusterless brown
sash of ribbon fully ten inches wide.
The bow is of the tailored variety with
two straight ends falling half way to
the floor. Mrs. Beckwith wears with
this French shoes of bronze with hos
iery the identical shade of her sash.
What Easter Sunday may have lacked
in the matter of establishing the fashions
has been compensated for by the brilliant
showing of new evening gowns at the
spring balls inaugurated last Monday
with large benefit dance at the Navy
Yard and at the subsequent dances at the
Chevy Chase Club.
The dancing frocks of such we'll gowned
young women as Miss Frances Moore,
Miss Frances Travers. Miss Beatrice
Clover and Miss Alexandria Ewing, who
have developed from buds TO bellies Of
acknowledged standing in less than six
months, all show full skirts, and as a
rule are in white or delicate old time
blues and pinks. Miss Marion Van Buren,.
bud of December. and a bride-elect of
the present month. is wearing a charm
ing pink taffeta gown that is as becom-
ing as smart. This has only moderate
ly wide skirt with q panier overdress
and a surplace bodice with sleeves to the
elbow. Miss Van Burens entire trousseau
is in line with practically no embellish-
ment in the form of frivolous trimming
AS this handsomest of last winters de-
butantes il to fill the difficult role of a
clergyman's wife. her gowns may perhaps
be considered in relation to her view of
life generally. which would account for
her always excellent taste and distin-
gushed appearance. The marriage OF
Miss Van Buren, to Rev. Stanley
Matthews Cleveland. formerly of Gin
cinnati. but now of New York City. will
take place April II in St Johns Church,
Lafayette Square.
Mrs. Ralph Hills will he a distinct ac-
QUESTION to the diplomatic circle in Rome.
whence her husband is now journeyinc
to assume the position of secretary to the
American Embassy. Mrs. Hills. who is
the youngest daughter of the late Sena
tor German, and practically lifelong
resident of Washington, is looking very
chic well as handsome in a tailored
gown OF one of the new brown shades
with round straw hat of tete de negre.
which is trimmed in clusters of small
herries. Mrs. Hills is remaining in Wash
ington only until the school year is over,
when she will take her two children
abroad to join the head of the family.
probably al one of the summer resorts
of the Italian Alps.
Mrs. Wickliffe Rose is very smart in a
black satin tailored suit on new lines.
with the edge of its close-fitting over
dress finished in a band of unusually
rich, yet very delicate. gold embroidery.
This decoration is eight inches deep.
with the lines an intricate pattern
sparsely applied to black net. The coat
shows only a slight touch of gold about
the broad revers. while topping the suit
Mrs. Rose wears a boat-shaped hat of
black Milan, with its trimming of black
satin ribbon laid along the top of the
crown in what nautically inclined
young woman describes as the fore and
aft bow.
Mrs. Gordon. wife of Gen. David
Stewart Gordon. L. $. A. retired, is one
of the well dressed women of the army
circle who has selected as her first spring
costume a white and black striped silk.
This is one of the latest weaves of silk ,
in which the stripes vary in width from
a sixteenth of an inch to an inch and
quarter. The skirt is laid in plaits about |