The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
LATEST FASHIONS
AT THE CAPITAL
ny MARGARET WApE.

with President and Mrs, Wilson on
the last stage of their nomeward
journey and the White House In Teadi,
ness for season OF Unprecedented
hrilliancy regarding the league OF
nations or the political fortunes q vs.
friends or its enemies, feminine WASH
ngton 70 entering on. m era oi lne
distinctive dressing which for years mas
been one Of the happlest features OF
the capitals Vanity Fair wartime
economy has already become old-fash,,
toned with fabrics ut $500 per YARD
being purchased for dinner gowns BY
one or two women, who with all the
salons Of Paris to choose from sun
prefer having their frocks made at
home.
Not in home sewing room by a
paid -by-the day seamstfess, as In past
generations, but IN Washington bniu,
more or Philadelphia. as the case
may be. with the modiate IN charge
sometimes q woman OF smart society
with perfect knowledge OF her patrons
requirements. both sartorial ana social
Not 40 many years ago a cabinet hps-
tess from New York had all her dinner
gowns made In a small PennsylVnnia
city where she accldently discovered
an artist of scissors and tape line VINO
never failed to give per patron chic,
| we'll made and exclusive gowns IN ma
| terials of the patrons own selection.
In Washington today several women
Of worldwide fame are having ma
terials purchased In Paris, Petrogad or
Picking, made up in well known estap,
lishm0nts of Connecticut avenue or ii
street, respectively, with excellent re-
suits and no loss Of style Evening
| gowns especially are being butt 10
order IN these exclusively rooms
where former patrons now ~ otner
cities return each season for That m
| divldual touch and style one has come
to recognize as an asset IN dress
| Paris, as always, by right Of her
centuries OF experience suggesla-ppt
the American capital in matter OF At-
tire, as In Brayer things reserves the
right to accept with reservations, or 10
modify the proclamation from the
banks Of tho Seine ...
For example Washington refuses alb
| solutely to accept the short skirt which
In the vogue in Paris aud finding favor
in some quarters In the United States,
| Consequently skirts six Inches from tho
with the bride and debutanta showing
! an inch or so more Of hosiery IN even
ing gowns, or the tops Of their new
high boots In morning walk on i
street or Connecticut avenue,
Mrs. Wilson'S Parls-mnde gowns ara
all to the ankle. as are the several very
smart creations worn by Mrs Peter
Coslet Gerry, wife OF the senator from
Rhode Island, one of the first washing
4 toninns to make a trip 10 Pnrls 10
secure O personally selected wardrobe
from tho famous master oi CLONES VINO
has dressed her from childhood ...
For tho between season dinner party
usually at hotel, or az ~ the case
az ne recent dinners IN honor OF Gen
eral pershlng ut Grassland the most
exclusive Of country clubs, blGk
gowns Of superlatlye character nre
first choice. ,,-
from a short stay In New York where
she presumably was n generous patron
OF her favorIte importer, Ia wearing n
Fown entirely Of JET rs regards the
Skirt, which hangs in fringe from mp
10 hem, over close fitting one-nlece
| sllp OF very soft black satin. The
wheels and sprays OF jet applied d..
rectly to the satin, which Is V-necked
and sleeveless, but worn oNef low
silver underbodice with short ruffled
sleeves. Of tulle and Jet,. a..
The Raronesse DE Carter n,r,oa ae MAJ n
lster and a bride of the past summer
| wore 10 dine with her husband at one
Of the leading hotels last week net
/ gown on smart lines with elaborate
ali-oYer Jet garniture with N-neck ana
elbow sleeves. the latter. entirely OF JET
with fringe from lht ClbpN' ~ 7N'H
| of beautifully matched pearls wounl
several times about the throat ana
falling low on the Corsage, ana very
modish hat OF black tule worn low anu
close, completed the toilet.
| This latest addition to the diplomatic
n hostesses who has been called to preslut
over the new Belgian embassy IN tue
most important period OF It's history
lived in Washington years ago when,
as Mrs. Elhlu Frost, she and Mr.. Frost
were prominent figures IN che otiiclal
colony ~ the Gordon hotel, Then us
| nov, ING baroness was Famous Tor het
smart black gowns, which with pearls
or diamond ornaments accentuated hef
wonderfully graceful figure and the
masses Of iron gray hair which was
one OF her distinctive charms
Few women come direct IRON sum
mer cottage to town house these days
without New York as the general stop
over for Washington and the south III
the dining room at the Rita -Carlton
the same preference for smart black
Rowns Ia seen as in Washington,
Mrr. James Gerard. wife OF the Ia
nous ambassador TO Germany END
| Mrs. George W. Nidcner, who occupied
houHe on s3iSteepth streat las
pluter, both en route from Newport