The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-01
NEW LINGERIE OF
GOLD AND SILVER
Fashion DEGREES Precious Met
ais Shall Sheath MiIady's
Form.
By MARGARET MASON.
All that glitters is not gold,
OFF ,tis silver t0O.


Hat and gown and shoe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-CIouds
aren't the only things that have sill
yer Innings these days. No indeecy,
not If you have noticed the shiny
new lingerie. Made of cloth of gold
and cloth of silver 1t is, and il you
own an under bodice or a combina-
ton of this precious sheen you can
feel positively that you are up to the
last scratch of fashion. And you
probably do, too. Petticoats of these
shimmering fabrics are dreams Of
moonbeams deliberately incrusted with
gold and silver lace as well. In days
of old kings thought they were going
some when they donned suits of gold
and silver armour but fashions
queens have certainly gone a few
steps further today when they AFFECT
lingerie dor and d'argent.
Entire gowns for evening wear of
these precious metalized fabrics are
as beautiful as they are popular and
Mary Nash, in 1.-THE Man Who Came
Back" is, showing a stunning exam
pie of q silver cloth one inset with
silver lace.
Silver Moonbeams In Dress.
Cloth Of gold and cloth of silver
slippers have of course become al
NEST too common for words and are
bound soon to be only worn by the
poor and passe, considering the con-
stantly soaring price of calf skin.
Hats, large and cartwheelish, of
gold and silver lace are much in evil
dence on heads that show also a sus-
piciously copper CLINT. For you really
have to be on your metal these days
and have the metal on you even II 1t
means resorting to the help of henna-
Boudoir caps of gold and silver lace
and gold and silver tissue also prove
that not only plumbing, radiators, mu-
and machines may boast
metal caps.
Alas, however, they don't act quite
the same way and a tired and tenn
peramental lady may never hope to
let of steam simply by doffing her
boudoir cap OF gold.
All gold and silver cloth evening
wraps with cape collars and cuffs OF
fur are gorgeous enough to make.
King Henry the Eighth and the ia
nous Field of Cloth of Gold l6ok like
a piker.
Fairy Fans of Cobweb.
Fairy fans of gold and silver gauze
and gold and silver cobweb lace fur-
ter and twinkle under the artificial
lights like so many silvery dewdrops
or golden frefiys.
One particularly bright, shining and
novel fan I discovered in an artistic
new shop the other day. II lie of
paper origin but all beauti.
fully covered with gold leaf, sticks
and all. A Chinese heiroglyphic done
In bright blue, green, and purple
breaks the golden monotony of one
Of its folds and dangling from its
sticks Is a silken cord of matching
color, gay with beads and finished
with q festive Chinese tasseI or a
handy finger ring of jade wherewith
10 anchor its fiuttering beauty ready
TO its fair owners hand.
The new oriental medieval and By
zantine tea gowns and negliges that
now have such a royal vogue are, of
tissues, laces, and galoons.
Because of these present precious
these many metalized modes,
divers are the poor swans who go
questing the golden girl a la Richard
LIE Gallienne who are bound to be
stung. They will find seeming golden
girls on every hand and silver queens
as well. But let them beware and
that a gold wash and a sill
yer plate has a time limit of wear. |
In a ma ority of cases the 22-karat
finish is only gown and lingerie deep. !
the golden or the copper tress has a
henna or peroxide base, and base de
ceit 1t is. Let the wary wooer be not !
dazzled by the outer shell, but let him |
first test his precious pet in the |
crucibIe of love and find If her heart |
be of gold, and If she has a sterling |
character.