Evening star., 1916-03-05
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Gowns and Their Wearers.

Mrs McAdoo, wife of the Secretary
Of the Treasury. who Is more than
keeping up
Royal Purple Achieved the tradi-
by Red and Blue. ,an;tv that
invests a daughter of the President in
Washington. wore at an afternoon at
home the other day dress of deep
rich red and blue chiffon. the one veil
ing the other, and thus giving the gown
the semblance of being Of a royal shade
of purple.
The gown is made in the utmost sim
plicity, giving that length of line and
touch of smartness that a simple gown
achieves. The skirt is fulled on the
belt, the dark blue chiffon yelling the
red. and the fullness falls without in
terruption to the floor, or. to be correct,
to within a couple of inches of the
door, and is finished about the bottom
with four-inch band of beautiful dark
brown fox.
The bodice is simple surplice model,
the folds of chiffon being caught to-
gether on the shoulders by oval motifs
done in embroidery in shades of blue
and red and resembling buckles. The
V formed by the softly draped surplice
folds is edged with a narrow bit of
fine cream lace.
The Countess Cellere wife of the Ital-
ian ambassador, wore to an afternoon
con cert
Countess Cellere's Ripping ecently
Cape of Sable. won,
cape. reaching to the waist and fashioned
%I,e
garment being full and ripping. With
this she wore large round black satin
hat. the wide brim being wider at the
back than over the face, ard edged all
around with an inch wide frill of black
footing. softening the line Of the brin.
Close to the rather moderately tall
round crown is an ornament on the right
side, formed of footing and fur.
Speaking of hats, Mrs. Crozier, wife of
Brig Gen. Crozier, wears a smart white
silk beaver hat,
Mrs. Crozier's Smart with lace brim,
Hats and Gowns. ,,de G e and =, orns us
mented with an exquisite heron
aigrette and band Of fur Pre-
siding at tea table the other
afternoon, Mrs. Crozier wore a dark
French blue velvet hat with high
crown and rather narrow brim, which
for trimming was banked high with
plumes Of the same shade. the hat cor
responding with the gown worn on this
occasion. which was Of the same shade
OF soft dark blue and was of brocaded
velvet. draped skirt and a bodice Sc
verely plain and fitting in at the waist
line and not unlike the old-fashioned
basque. The unique feature Of the bodice
was the sleeve, which had a deep cap
and scalloped about the edge, where
the rest of the long sleeve was at
tached. A line of small blue buttons
ran down the center Of the hong shoul-
der cap and the same button trim
OF the bodice. edging the vest
One Of the handsomest evening
gowns seen this season is one worn
recently by Mrs. Crozier. It is a beau
tern of the brocaded figure being car
ried out in rich shade Of amethyst
and natural colored foliage. The chiffon
forms the skirt. being combined with
nounces OF black bread lace. The bod
ice Is square in outline about the decol-
ietage, the upper part being all of
black lace, edged about the opening
with white lace, and each side defined
by line Of brilliants. There is vest
sides running up on the black lace of
the corsage having rows of large OBJ
long green buttons set in cut steel. The
back Of the black satin vest-like fea-
ture ends in sash motif.
Green buttons as distinctive orna-