Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

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| tones are wearing colors which put to
rout the story of shortage in dyes.
| The gown worn by Mrs. Timothy T.
| Judge Ansberry
Filmv Summer gave at the Chevy
Evening Gown. v Weanesa a,uD eve ON
ing for the Secretary of War and Mrs.
| Baker is an inspiration of the design
ers art.
| 1t is constructed of silver lace and
white tulle, suggestive in itself of
| crisp GOODNESS The bodice. with its W
shaped neck. is made entirely of the
lace gracefully draped and mounted on
| tulle. ~
| The very full skirt is made dancing
length, with an overskirt of the lace
! com bined with white taffeta.
Mrs. Ansberry, who may be seen in
the shopping district driving her very
| smart roadster most any day, looked
particularly chic the other morning in
| a white tailored skirt and muslin and
| lace blouse with white silk sweater
| belted at the waist. with scarf knot
| The collar and cuffs are of broad
| black and white stripes in the same
| material. With this she wore a Pana-
ma hat faced with black and embroi-
| dered in yellow and white daisies on
| the crown.
| One of the daintiest gowns seen at
| the Chevy Chase Club this season was
that worn on We'd
Pink Taffeta and nesday evening by
Mrs. Hampson Gary
| by Judge and Mrs. Ansberry.
1t has a full pointed drapery of pink
taffeta, with silver embroidery in con-
ventional motive quite far apart, ar
| ranged over a short skirt of silver
lace. The bodice is of the pink taft
feta. silver lace and pink tu1le, the
lace and tulle forming the upper part
Silver slippers finished the costume
| Mrs. Gary's sport suit, in which she
appeared downtown several mornings
last week. is particularly becoming and
attractive. The kayser silk sweater of
| purple Is finished with deep band of
white at the bottom, and has white
| cuffs collar and pockets.
| 1t is worn over a white corduroy skirt
fashionably full. and finished with
| handsome white pearl buttons Mrs
Gary's purple parasol, with its mikado-
| like top, and a sport sailor of white
| and purple stripes add the necessary
| finishing touches.
Mrs. Cone Johnson. who is remain
ing in Washington for the summer. ex-
cept for week
Mrs. Johnson Wears end motor trips
White Silk Net TO nearby re-
| se SAAn Aes' sorts, wore at
a recent dinner party at the Chevy
Chase Club a charming gown Of white
| silk net with an overdress formed of
panels heavily embroidered in silver
and crystal
The low-necked bodice of tulle is
trimmed with an overdrapery and
bands of the silver and crystal, while
the skirt is formed of ruff1es of tulle
bound with taneta- The panel over
but is shorter in the back. the ruff
nes extending to the waist line, show
ing beneath.
Mrs. Johnson Is also wearing a street
| costume of violet kayser silk, the
short. perfectly plain skirt being top
ped with a sweater of the same shade.
She wears a large straw hat with
this costume. the crown covered with
| purple SILK eNDrOlQere0 IN mower de-
sign in purple and yellow shades
Mrs. S. c. Neale Is wearing a parti-
cularly becoming dinner gown of white
| net combined with
White Net and lace and hand-em-
broidery. The long
Lave oo"A. wasted bodice of
net is made on old-fashioned lines and
finished with embroidery in rose de-
sign. outlining the low neck and edg-
ing the short sleeves.
The short net skirt is made very wide
at the bottom, where 1t is finished with
three or four founces of lace put on in
| design.
A soft folded girdle Of white satin
| completes the costume.
| White Is particularly becoming to
Mrs. Neale. and most of her summer
gowns. including her sport costumes.
| are of white. relieved with bright-col-
| ored sweaters, of which she has a
| charming variety.
| Mrs. Neale has made several of them
herself and is now engaged in making
| one of an exquisite shade of yellow
wool, with collar and GUNS OF white
angora.
| She is also wearing a modish hat in
mushroom shape. the crown of white
felt with the brim Of white straw en-
circled with a band of narrow white
gros grain ribbon ending in a bow.
Mrs. S. J. Bayard Schindel, who was
hostess at a charming dinner party
| T rs
Mrs. Schindel Wears day eve
Effective Evening Gowns. the roo n
garden of the Army and Navy Club.
wore quaint but highly becoming
lcrinoline gown of sheer white organdy.
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