The Washington herald., 1918-02-24

as Galli-curci's moods were seen IN
the principal luminaries at local the
aters during the past week.
Beth Lydy, Of the Rainbow Girl"
at the National, Is an Irish brunette
BY which is meant that she is pos
sessed Of blue eyes and black hair.
Then there was Irene Franklin, Of
the Passing Show" at the Belasco,
with a crown of red gold that fairly
sizzled and a pair Of whimsical. tenn
peramental gray eyes.
And at Keith's there were demure.
dark-eyed Florence Parker. otherwise
Mrs Carter DeHaven. and irrespon-
sible. golden headed Mollie King.
Now there ought to be q clothes
moral to all OF this. / ought to be
able to tell you how each charming
actress wore Just the colors adapted
to her type and all that sort OF thing.
But the truth Of the matter 10 that
these young ladies didn't pay q bit Of
attention to the ideas OF appropriate
color schemes for their apparel. Our
red-headed Irene Franklin fearlessly
sauntered out In an evening frock OF
shell pink which was perfectly be-
coming. And soft eyed little Flora
Parker donned q shrieking creation
Of red, green and orange and looked
the cIinging vine even more than ever.
There you are,
But perhaps II you read very care
fully you will find the moral that 1
haven't been able to ind myself. AT
any rate you'll get a few IDEAS
When Beth Dydy first appears In
the Rainbow Girl'' a. Molly Muir
dock" and sings For You Alone" in
that enthralling young voice Of hers,
she wears q frock Of pink and green
chiffon overlaId with ivory net thread
ed with iridescent sequina Bands Of
sequins form the front OF the bodice
and there are tiny net sleeves that
Just cover the shoulder. There is also
q head dress Of silver lace and Sc
Quins. But toward the end Of the act.
Molly goes and gets married and dons
o long bridal veil OF the time honored
tulle and orange blossoms.
OF course. Molly goes on her hon
eymoon next And she wears q
travelling frock that only a very
bridey bride would dream of. But
it's extremely charming. It's made
of apple green chiffon with wide.
japanese sleeves and collar banded
with white marabou. A gtrdle of
mauve adds subtlety TO the color
scheme and through the chiffon you
can glimpse q foundation skirt
banded with narrow rose ribbons.
A poke hat Of apple green Geor-
Eetts with q narrow rim Of dark
green straw Is adorned with sew
araI strange looking little pnckly
fruits which make one think OF
wild cucumbers.
Then Beth sings Rainbow Cir"
n
orchid Georgette over heliotrope all
banded with silver filet lace From
the shoulder there floats wing
like length Of chiffon which Is
caught into the skirt Luckily, you
don't have to go to the end of the
rainbow to find q rainbow girl
Finally, Molly arrives at her hus-
bands ancestral castle. She discovers
that the butler Is her uncle. HORRORS!
The PLOT begins to thicken up nicely.
Molly is as pretty as a forget-me-not
IN a wonderful crfnoline of deep tur-
quOise silk with multitudinous ruch-
ings OF pale blue and a snowy net
fchu. Gay little garlands Of bright
tinted flowers twine over the skirt and
bodice impartially. and one wreath OF
blossoms is placed In Molly's black
locks.
Things get simply unbearable. The
servants all think they are as good or
better than their mistress, which is
the normal state Of affairs here in
America, but rather scandalous in
dear old England. So Molly fires the
whole bunch, from the scullion to the
lordly butler. But one wonders how
she could be unkind to any one In her
frock Of apricot chiffon over silver
cloth with weirdly fascinating flowers
Of light scarlet velvet studded on the
girdle and skirt. Narrow silver rib
bon outlines the girdle and cuffs
But there Is a sure enough happy
ending. II there weren't q happy end
ing. how could Molly sing Beautiful
Lady and look like a lady Of dreams
herself in pearl gray chiffon printed
in soft blue, with floating silver rib
bons? And she has a very charming
little poke hat OF silver gray porcu-
pine lined with blue silk and with q
blue picot ribbon threaded in and out
around the crown.
In Irene Franklin's opening number
IN the Passing Show she 10 a chorus
girl in training to go over the top
in musical comedy. And the postery
little costume she wears Is worth
copying for the gym There Is q
smock Of silk in big black and white
checks tied IN at the waist with a
band Of canary silk. Short gym pants
OF blue corduroy are supplemented
with blue socks and patent leather
barefoot sandala
All chorus girls wear stockings
when they're practicing." said Irene.
Kicking Is too hard on stockings."
Irene ought to be an authority on
that.
For her buriesqus on the Wander
er" Miss Franklin wears two rather
Biblical looking costumes. one Of yell
low crepe and the other OF black en-
broidered silver. both Of which are
admirably adapted to the wandering
daughter who thinks there Is no place
like home-to stay away from.
Then there Is typical Irene Frank
lin song. PLEASE Don't Tell Ne There's
No Santa Claus" And Irene wears
q baby frock Of white lawn with EN-
broidered kewpies smiling all around
the skirt.
Next there comes q very charming
little song, The Two OF Us" Irene
pulls her red curls down as demurely
as she can, which Is not saying much,
and slips into q debutante frock Of
changeable pink and yellow taffsta-
A narrow ribbon of blue and silver is
placed at the high waist line and
there are delightfully."- quaint little
ruffled sleeves perched on thu arm
half way between the shoulder and sl-
bow.
In her last turn as a telephone girl.
Irene puts over some merry Josts
strongly favored with paprf<a- But
she wears = black satin frock that ie
the essence Of quietude and demuIe-
resS.