Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-09

IN the Victory Spring OF 1919. says
] Polly, the magic word silhouette"
| is whispered about the salons of the
women whose approval sets the fash
ion. Time, she says, has turned back
| ward to the warm, gay days of 1914.
| when Paris gowns possessed no trace
! of the gathering war clouds: when Paul
| Poiret's creations caught all the exotic
warmth of the Orient and combined it
| with the sweeping grace of Greek
robes From the smart suit designed
to be useful. Polly insists that fashion
has reverted to the silhouette of long.
graceful lines. that ruled before the
heel OF the Boche set foot on Belgian
soil. For the new silhouette. Polly
continues, one must have silk, soft.
clingy fabrics of no somhre hue. but
rejecting all the pastel loneliness of
a Turner masterpiece or the roster
gaicties of the Far East. Indeed. Polly
says the kiss of Peace has awakened
Sleeping Beauty from her four-ycar
slumber. and the silk department of
MILLER & RHOADS, with all Paris. is
calling cXultantly, "C'est la victoirc.
let us celebrated" And. indeed. Polly
finds the mandates of fashion followed
in the shimmering silks the big store
is now showing. If in your heart you
are not quite sure that spring Is here
and the day for rejoicing at hand, Polly
advises you to walk through this silk
department, finest south OF tho Mason
and Dixon line, and let it infuse into
you the magic of it's sprinEtimc mes
sage. All the 1919 newcomers she
found by the side of the friends I'VE
loved long since and lost the while"
Fan-ta -sics, which dare to reflect the
dashing plaids and colorful combina-
lions the war for a time swept into
oblivion; kumsi Kumsa, Dew Kist, Jer-
sette-all these Polly pronounces
worthy of the happy season which
brought Thorn to life. In every fabric
there is suggestion of q inconsistencies
for another day. The printed foulards
and pussy willows call to mind the
gowns of real ante-bcllum ladies in
hoop skirts and bobbing curls. Care
free, happy, joyous America that would
forget the horrors of recent years, is
everywhere reflected in Miller &
Rhoads' silk department which stands
ready to supply for all Virginia the
gala gowns boftting the gala heart OF
the Old Dominion.
DOLLY has an extremely prophetic
feeling that separate sport coats are
going to be immensely popular all
through tho summer season. Sweaters,
friends during years gone by. are going
TO have their noses put out of joint.
she thinks, by smart Jackets of just the
sort JACOBS g. LEVY arc showing in
a collection of advance models These
IL
swagger that is a combination of OK
elusive manufacturing and feminine
frivolity. doing all sorts Of stcrnly mas
culinc things In tho way of stitching
and finishing, and then bubblinE over
into patent leather belts and other
charming Inconsistencies. A model i'm
vivid hunters green, mado by one of
the best New York tailors, had belt
OF white kid that helped ii to be par
ticularly fetching, and another devel-
opcd in very heavy, soft tan bolivia
was fetching without any outside as
sistance whatever. To wear with these
coats. Jacobs &c Levy are suggesting
separate skirts. of plain cream serge
and broadcloth. or of really unusual
plafds. bo1-ploated. They, like tho
sport coats, are marked unmist kably
with tho air that belongs only to those
feminine wearables obtafnable at an
exclusive mems wear shop. or course.
the outfit Is incomplete without ono of
the smart Knox hats which appear e1-
clusively on j. G. l.. racks.
w HEN Polly hears us complaining.
w as lots of people do at this time
Of year. that we'ro tired OF everything
we havo to cat Mt home, and wish we
had an appetite for meals. she has
prescription that. sho always makes
TRY a change" she says. There's a
perfectly easy way to do IL by eating
for while at tho RICHMOND CAFE
TERRA. You'll find dishes there that
have a difYercnt and Cood dayor-.tha