The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-28
NOW, IT'S QUEUES.

has just returned from Newport where
she had seen the Fashions Passing
Show" at Mrs. Herman Oelrichs' villa
last Saturday, is quite encouraging.
There are no strikingly new tenden-
cies, she says, and if indications given
there can be taken seriously it seems
as if the coming season would be one
when a woman may dress to suit her
individual requirements and still be in
fashion.
The creations exhibited were pro-
dueed by leading dressmakers and de-
signers. But it was perfectly obvious
that the American clothes creator is
lacking in that note of originality or
daring which makes for the striking
and distinctive in the realm of clothes.
Paris openings invariably bring out
some new, unmistakable tendency
the tendency that is to direct the COM
ing styles. But, though the gowns
displayed at Newport on Saturday
were charming, there was nothing that
one might point to and say, This is
the new departure in clothes for the
coming season"
Waistlines were high, low and nor
NAL; sleeves were long, medium and
lacking entirely. Skirts were full and
sesnt-some, in fact, so scant that the
models who wore them had to watch
their step" as in former days.
Did we say there was nothing new
or startling in the Newport fashion
show? Our friend just from New
port has corrected us. There were
some very surprising coiffures, start
ling in that they made use of the
Chinese queue idea. Narrow, tightly
plated braids hung free in loops from
the crown of the head. Braids mar
row and tight were twisted into high
Psyche-shaped knots. And one most
striking arrangement showed knot
entirely covered with loosely wound
rows of Chinese queue and-here is
where the jolt comes in-the hair of
the head was brown and the queue
was black
"Woman's place is the home" Well,
we have all heard that till we are tired
of it. But what about the anti-suf
fragist workers who are going to act
as voting booth watchers on the day
when the woman suffrage constitu-
tional amendment is submitted to the
men. The attorney general of New
York State has issued the statement
that each faction may have one watch
er in each voting place. Which takes
longer" asks our Suffrage Friend, TO
cast your vote when election day
comes around or to watch the ballot
box at the polls in the effort to keep
women from the opportunity of going
to those same polls to vote?"
Really the summer girl has troubles
of her own. Here one day Fashion
says that the skirt of ones bathing
suit must be short-oh, very short
and that it absolutely must show in
ches and inches of the boomers worn
beneath. Then the next day the po-
lice of the bathing resorts come along
with their acknowledgements
knee" limit 1t is really very annoy
ing for the summer girl to take pains
to be in fashion only to be sent hur
rying back to the bathhouse by some
hard-hearted policeman who doesn't
know beans about fashions any way.
wellsburg, Va.-Dorothy Dare. IS. and
Mary Hogg. 10. two goods at West Lib
erty College. awakened by two burglars
who entered their room. dashed several
boxes Of face powder into the eyes of the
intruders. thrashed the pair with heavy
hair brushes and hurled them from an
open window.