The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-31
LATEST FASHIONS
AT THE CAPITAL
BY MARGARET WADE.

Senator Sherman's threat to pluck
the capitol from its base and summon
congress to meet on the banks of the
Mississippi instead Of the Potomac "
Neutrality-suspicious. do not conduct their
business to suit congressional Ideas IL
not being taken seriously In social cir
Giles, where with less than a fortnight
to it's credit the SiXty-siXth congress
has been an, important factor In estab-
Ashing a new social order that prom
ises to make Washington. y G., not
only the most famous capital OF the
western hemisphere, but >one OF the
foremost capitals Of the world,
To this happy condition Senator Sher-
mans neighbors and constituents are
valuable contributors in breaking down
the once too exclusive lines of the
cave dwellers" and making Washing
ton society a national rather thar local
institution in which famous men ana
smart women from everywhere meet on
common ground
That there are no sectional lines In
dress and that Paris Is, sartorially
speaking, as convenient TO San Fran
cisco as to New York Is also known
In this new season, with the Daughters
of the Golden West and the Daughters
Of the Knickerbockers patroniZing the
same Parts modists and sometimes IN
advertently selecting the same model,
Mrs. Josephus Daniels. who accom-
| panied her husband on his recent OH
cial trip abroad, evidently stopped long
| enough to replenish her wardrobe IN
Paris, as she IL wearing several new
| and smart gowns of the conservative
models she always affects, but SO well
made and graceful as to show them
| the specially designed and finished to
order kind.
AT the Salvation Army ball, where
| Mrs. Daniels held Il reception all hcr
own as n real welcome home IRON he.r
hundreds of friends, her gown was blark
| not. relieved only by handsome cor
sage ornaments of diamonds, in wnlch
this genuinely popular leader looked,
as she said, delighted TO lie home again
Mrs. Louis Titus, a recent addition
to residential Washington nom can,
fornia, and very well gowned al al
times, Is wearing "A white satin dinner
gown in a close. smart draped mode
with narrow train that, according u
a well known importer, has been made
especially for the American summer
trade.
There Is a distinct military note N
the gayety Of the season from the MN
tary horse racing at Arlington park.
which is new, to military weddings AT
ST, Johns church, which are old Ms
that edifice itself,
At the races, "A feature of the Cap
Ital horse show, of which Gen, James
A. Buchanan, C.S,A., Is president, ,tht
majority of women wore smart hul
plain serge suits, with hats ranging
from untrimmed sailors MS sponsored by
Mrs. Alien Potts, of Virginia, to a won
derful Magenta creation of silk lounda'
ton embroidered in Balkan medallionS
with which Mrs. Aksel Wlchfeld toppec
her blue suit, and the tall blue turbar
covered in corn flowers worn by Miss
Mabel BOardman,
Mrs, Potts was a Miss Rives, OF Cas-
tie Hill, Va, and enjoys the further
distinction of being the only women, IT
America to write NJ. r, H., after hc'
name.
The V%iscountess Ishii, who, with Tho
Japanese ambassador, was the guest "
Col. Robert NJ Thompson's box one
afternoon, wore a very conserVatlV
suit Of brown silk with small polk
shaped hat OF the am color, u pens
the custom Of this tactful lady TO have
her American costumes Ia which sh,'
appears in public of very simple models
in choice materials, while within th'
walls Of the embassy She wears tn
picturesque costume Of her own land
Madame Collerdat, wife Of one NJ th'
few remaining French officers on dut
in Washington, wore a silk gown on
afternoon, but covered u In a long tai
coat, leaving enough Of the skirt eN
posad, however. to show the color II
he 4 rich red Of the Magenta family
Topping this the French visitor wore
round hat Of ecru straw with rusche o
tulle much the same shade as her sill
gown as the only trimming,
Miss Ethel MacMurray, whose mar
rage to Cob John Marvin Wright, U. 5
A., will he a smart and interesting
event on juno II. wss az usual promi
nent In the boxes and the ring rreserv
ing in both relations the dignity an,
grace of the vel bred American CIR
with the keen knowledge OF n elias
sport which makes her a belle In tn
ballroom or the saddle.
When not In her habit Miss Mac
Murray wore a sport skirt of white an
dark blue broken plaid with blue Goa
and small hat OF the same color wit
corobet brim OF straw and crown Q
flowers.
Miss Anna Hamlin, daughter Of Hor
Charles s. Hamlin, another amateu
horsewoman from the capital smartes
circles. looked particularly well both o
her rIbbon-winning Temptation" or
a box on the grand stand. In her thar
acter OF visitor only Miss Hamlin wor
a blue serge n piece gown made wit
broad tucks on tho close little skirt an
panel front and back, topped by an a
straw close turban blue with motifs I
dark red about the coronet.
Mrs, Charles Campbell. daughter {
the late Admiral Portner and ufe-lon
resident OF Washington, Ia wearing
smartly tailored suit Of black SIN "