Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
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Pretty Gowns at Smart
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When Miss Mildred Folger of Ottawa
Canada, became the bride OF Lowe
Simpson, eldest
Bridesmaids in son of orville
0rgandie Frocks. Of c,neinnati in
Detroit last week. the brides toilet was
a charming affair of white crepe de chine,
with drapings of hand-embroidered lace.
Her picture hat was made of maline and
she carried a shower bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley, with tiny
center of sweetheart roses and maiden
hair. The young attendants wore frocks
of white orsandie with sashes and rib
bons of pink, poke bonnets of muslin
trimmed with Suisse roses, and carried
old-fashoned nosegays Of pink buds, for
get-me-nots and gypsophilia. There
were twenty guests, most of them from
out of the city. At the breakfast.
which followed, the tables were adorn-
ed with bride roses, maidenhair fern
Mrs. Simpson are spending their honey
moon in Algonquin National Park, Can
ada. They will reside at College Hill,
Cincinnati.
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nent part five or six years ago at Bar
Harbor seem to
The Sweater and the be quite secon-
Walking Stick. enr moment It
is the day of the sweater. Not the
sweater of heretofore, but a reborn,
sublimated silk affair. delectable as to
coloring and exquisite as to line. AS
Of Ivy Yri-
Gus garments cost from SIS up, and as
one, to be even moderately well dress
ed, must have six or more, it is an item
of great expense in ones summer
wardrobe. Mrs. William Lawrence
Green of Philadelphia is credited with
being the happy possessor of eighty of
gossip. Be this as it may. never have
the girls and the women. even the
elder ones. looked quite SO charmingly
dressed as they do this summer in
their we'll cut white linen skirts, lacy
blouses and silk sweaters of rich blue,
pink, sulphur. green or purple The
woman of forty knocks ten years off
her age in such a costume. Added to
this sweater rage, the craze for walk
ing sticks continues. Mrs. Wilmer Bid
die. also of Philadelphia, has been
much admired as she swings along the
Bar Harbor roads on her daily walk,
dressed In a &lTtlSn Wnlte COSTUME ana
carrying a slender directoire stick.
Mrs. Perry Belmont. who was in
Saratoga during the races, was seen
one day wearing
White Was Much sheer white
Worn at the Track. s s,,s,ent t'a' lines -"
Her sash was black. and her black hat
was trimmed with white. Three other
smart society matrons also appeared in
white, Mrs. John Sanford, whose dress
was Of white muslin shirred into the
belt, the skirt and half-l-ngth over
skirt having deep hemstitched hens.
Mrs. Frances c. Bishop wore white silk
with chiffon sleeves, and only a few
buttons trimming the full skirt. Mrs.
Clifford A Cochran was also in white
silk, which was embroidered in blue,
the skirt encircled with three groups
of narrow rufies, three in each.
At the marriage Of Miss Mary Bishop
Jones of Philadelphia and Mr.. John
Grant Ayling
Bride Carried of Syracuse.
Yellow snapdragons. a hy s ,,b anne ss 8
at Kennebunkport, Me-. last week the
bride wore a white satin bodice en-
broidered with silver, and accordion
plated chiffon skirt and a veil Of old
lace, e family heirloom. She carried vel
low snapdragons.
The bridesmaids bodices were of blue
taffeta with lace dounced skirts. They
wore black tulle hats and carried blue
larkspur with pink snapdragons.
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MrA Gerald Bement Of Boston. long
identified with the cottage colony on
the Massachu-
Deep Red Rose sest. north shore,
Gives Last Touch. mas nn, worn a 10y. sosa!
which a dress critic thinks exactly suits
her colorine and style. although on vari-
GUS other women it would be a hopeless
failure. and il especially designed for
dinner and evening use. Seemingly the
costume Is made on net foundation, for
1t is altogether too airy for an entirely
siIken dress
The skirt is on graceful lines and has
as its distinguishing feature two circular
nounces. and the pointed bodice, with
its semi-short sleeves, with little ruffies
OF net and prettily shaped decolletage,
is wonderfully becoming. The distn-
gushing touch Of the gown is afforded
by the American beauty rose at the belt
line, which somehow gives Just the right
air to the ensemble.
Mrs. Hamilton Wicks Cary of New
York, who. with her husband and
family, has had
a Creation In a Newport cottage
Dr., yrY:x this summer, is
~~ ~' considered as one
of the most charmingly costumed
women at the home of fashion. The
other day at the Casino she appeared in
a striking costume which has been
talked about a good deal since. 1t con-
sisted of a blazer coat of kings blue
and in a new material of heavy knitted
raw silk. 1t was fastened with square
blue buttons and was sashed with silk
A dainty white embroidered collar fell
over the neck of it. Her skirt was of
blue and white awning cloth laid in
wide plafts. In length 1t was two inches
above her ankle. She wore a panama