Evening star., 1916-01-02
Gowns and Their Wearers.

sings reception for the pan-American
| women Wednesday wore black. Mrs
| Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, wore a gown of black satin. The
skirt was draped and the bodice was
sleeveless one. 1t was cut in points
down the front on each side. the points
! meeting and being fastened with bow
knots At the V neck there was an EN-
placement of silver trimming. The hat
! she wore with this costume was large
round shape with crown of white
| satin and a brim of white chiffon.
| About the crown was a wreathllke
trimming of white ostrich feathers, and
| she wore on this hat a white plume
| trimming the left side.
| At the same tea table Mrs. Burleson'
| wife of the Postmaster General, VINO
sat opposite Mrs. Daniels, wore BLACK
| taffeta gown with touches or silver, the
skirt being made full. and about the
| bottom there was a border of embossed
| silver figures There were three rows
| OF these figures, each row SraduatIIis
| in size from the hem upward. ne :
sleeveless bodice had an emplecemeht
at the opening in the meek: VIII -,
| elaborate rhinestones and silver tfiih-
| ming.
| With this costume Mrs. Burleson wore
! a small hat of rnaize-colored NelVet
bound and trimmed around the crown
| with narrow black ribbon, ana III II
| and back a buckle of Jet.
! Miss lansing the Secretarys sister,
who served frappe. wore very pretty
gown of black satin, the skirt shehu
| draped and the bodice being mace
| mostly of cream and silver lace. Ihere
| was a narrow panel-shaped piece III
| the back of the bodice. and 1t ran up
INFO Medici collar. The sleeves were
| of silver lace as was almost 'he en-
| tire front. o;,or
hat encircled with a wreath of white
gardenias. - a..
At another pam American tea OF the
week. Nine Yanes. wife OF the as
sistant director general OF tne pan-
| American bureau, and who has organ
sd the woman aids of washington
society who speak Spanish and Portu-
euese. wore a handsome gown OF plack
embossed plush.
| deep woke. which extented to over
| Iapping points in the back. The bodlce
was of black chiffon. made over a
wide band of cream lace, over olack
satin. This extended all the way
around the figure. just above the waist
line. There were also shoulder straps
of black satin, covered with cream
lace, which extended from the shoul-
ders down to the s.,d. waist, An as .ne ef
cream lace over white. On each slde OF
| the v neck in front there was a trim
ming similar to lapels of iridescent
pa assementerie, and the elbow sleeves
were finished with the same passemen.
| terie and there was a little Vestee OF
white chiffon.
Nine. Yanes' hat was round model,
entirely of black chiffon, with rosette
of chiffon, from which extended slight
and graceful aigrets
A handsome afternoon gown is being
worn by Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph. This
is also black, and it is of chiffon and
velvet The skirt is of chiffon. a full
shirred skirt, trimmed with bands of
bl:ck velvet, the lower band being
about six-inches wide and the other
three or four bands narrowing as
they extend upward toward the waist
The black velvet sleeveless bodice for
| this costume opens over a little vestee
of silver lace. and the black chiffon
undersleeves are built over silver lace.
With this costume Mrs Rudolph is
wearing a round black chiffon and vel
vet hat, trimmed with blackbird or
paradise plumes. and a long Persian
lamb coat. with ermine collar.
Mrs. Henry D. Flood, wife of the
chairman of the House foreign rela-
tions committee. is looking very pretty
in d brown velvet suit long knee
length coat and circular skirt. The
coat is trimmed with fox. the fur form
ing collar. cuffs and band about the
bottom of the coat.
, With this Mrs. Flood is wearing a
round hat of brown chiffon, trimmed
with wreath of gold flowers and
foliage about the crown, veiled with
brown chiffon.
Mrs. Andrew ]. Peters. wife of the
| assistant secretary sof the Treasury.
whose gowns are not only very at
| tractive but always quite original.
| wore to a tea the other afternoon a
costume of white embroidered georg-
ette crepe. combined with black velvet.
The georSette crepe of this costume
formed tunic, reaching from the
throat to the knees. This tunic is
front and buttons down the front. also.
Around the bottom of the tunic is a
wide band of embroidery. and the
upper part of the corsage and the
sleeves are also embroidered, the whole
color scheme being white.
Offering a striking contrast, the
lower part of the gown was of plain
| black velvet.
! Mrs Peters wore to an evening re-
ception the other night a gown OF
maize -colored chiffon velvet. the full
skirt extending upward above the
waist line in a double frill or heading
! This came up over the white chiffon
corsage to a depth Of about Ave inch
es. The corsage was of plain folds
of chiffon, with a suggestion of pearl
| trimming. A unique feature of this
gown was capelike drapery of vel
! vet which was suspended across the
/ sNoulueTS with DdruS OF pearl
ming. From the shoulders the cape
fell in a straight line almost to the
knees.
( Mrs. Henry c. Corbin is wearing a
very handsome evening gown of blue
and gold brocade. the gold figures be-
ing wrought in metallic threads. The
beauty of the gown is all in the
handling of the drapery. for there is
no trimming except across the shoul-
ders and across the corSaSe.
! This trimming is a passementerie
formed of rows of beads.
| Miss Burleson was assisting at ar
| afternoon function the other day in d
quaint little frock of rose tulle. The
skirt, with two or three rows Of ruff
fes about the bottom, had an over
| drapery or tunic which ran in long
point, front and back. The tunic anc
rufiies were bound in satin ribbon. anc
two rows of haIf-inch ribbon of satir
p, encircled her waist. being fastened al
her back with tiny buckles. There
, were also twe- narrow bound ruffies
running around the top of the corsage
and over the arms, like an old-fash-
! toned decollete gown. The shoulder
straps were Of diaphanous folds OF
tuIle.
! Miss Granda, niece of the Peruvian
minister, has a dainty little frock OF
Z flesh -colored chiffon. rhe skirt is made
I entirely of two-inch rufttes, which be
gin at the waist-line and continue tc
the bottom of the gown. These are oi
chiffon. doubled. A simple little bod
blue ribbon about it and a contrasting
! note of color.