Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Diplomatic Corps.

| For news Of the diplomats one has
| for the most to look to summer re-
sorts, and it was from Quincy. Mass,
J that the story came Of how Sonora de
| Riano wife of the Spanish ambassador.
christened the submarine Isaac Peral,
| built for the Spanish government,
with holy water Thursday.
| The Isaac Peral is the first war craft
| built by this government for Spain
| and great ceremony marked the launch
| Ing.
| A large party of noted Americans and
| Spaniards. most of whom accompanied
her from Newport, surrounded her.
She received a diamond pin. many
bouquets, and a dinner was given In her
| honor at the Algonquin Club.
| Madame Bakhmeteff, the wife of the
| Russian ambassador has taken a flyer
| in fashions. and in introducing to the rich
| and exclusive set at Newport the bril-
liantly colored cotton and silk sha wis
| such as the peasants of her adopted coun-
try wear, she has at the same time given
| a stimulus to the cotton trade which
should materially increase the Russian
| market for American cotton.
| When women of fashion are more or
less taking on the accouterments of war
| in the style of their hats and coats and
the picturesque dress of the peasants
| of many of the countries at war. this
| innovation of Nine. Bahkmeteff in the
| way of light wrap for either morning
or evening has become charity as well
| as fad, for the manufacture of these
shawlS or scarfs help the cottage peas
ant industries of Russia, furnishing
| work to hundreds of women and chill
dren while the men are at the front.
| In Petrograd and Paris well as at
Newport these brilliantly colored shawls
are in demand. and this. coupled with
the new fashions in wide skirts for
women. which are fast approaching the
! crfnoine period of the sixties, requiring
| for their make about two and one-half
times as much cotton material in skirts
and petticoats as before the new fashion
started. has increased the demand for
cotton, which the Russian textile mills
are already finding much difficulty in
| keeping pace with.
| These shawls are a part of the cos
| tune worn by peasants in certain dis
tricts of Russia. and are sometimes
made of silk generally of cotton, and
! are fringed at the ends; they have for
| a background black. white. orange, red
or green with flower patterns stamped
on them, the designs of which have
long been known to the peasant indus
| tries of that country. Usually roses,
but sometimes other flowers. are used
| for this decoration, the flower always
| contrasting with the background, while
the leaves and stems are green. The
| shawls are much longer than wide. hav-
ling more the proportions of a Spanish
scarf or Mexican rebosa, and are ex-
tremely graceful when draped about
the figure.
| The minister of China motored to
| Buena Vista Springs yesterday to visit
| Mrs. Koo and their infant son. He will
| return to the legation tomorrow or
| Tuesday Hereafter some member of
| the legation staff will accompany him
| on these motor trips.
| NJ Ca,.t,n&i. D.,.~ 49,
| minister. who early in the season es-
! tablshed himself at Bar Harbor for
| the summer, has entered quite heartily
| into the life of the place. and Friday
| afternoon was among the spectators
at the cabaret at the swimming pool
| where all the fashionable folk met.
Mr.. Constantin Mavroudi Effendi
| second Turkish secretary, has gone to
| Hot Springs. Va, to remain for sew
| eral weeks.