The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-01
Latest Fashions
At The Capital
BY MARGARET WADE.

with congress on It's all too short
10 days vacation society generally Is
making short trips to New York, At
lHntiC City or the mountains OF VIZ
ginia as n relaxation from its strenuous
| weeks OF welcoming the coming and
| speeding the parting guests both royal
| and CommeneL who have made the
early season notable ny many ways
The annual THANKSGIVING bali In aid
of the Navy Relief society with Mrs.
Daniels heading the receiving line was
| as usual a aplandId representation OF
| the military circle and those true and
| tried Neutrality-suspicious. who for years
have given their support to this par"
ticular benefit regardless of the change
of administration or VINO heads the re-
| ceiving line As q matter of fact the
personal popularity Of Mrs, Daniels has
brought to the ball in late years scores
of patrons and hundreds Of dollars that
otherwise would have found their ways
to newer fields as this Is no longer the
opening ball Of the winter as In past
years when 1t was a date to con1ure
with to debutantes and the navy set,
This very enjoyable ball where the
great majority Of men were In uniform
and the younger bellies out IN force, also
brought to light the fact that while the
debutantes are wearing gowns in which
material color and line all speak the
last word in fashion as dictated from
Paris and reproduced In New York,
where the opera and the horse show re-
established the sartorial pre- eminence
Of the metropolis many women OF
wealth and pre- eminenco are following
the thrifty habits acquired In wartime,
and reappearing in gowns of rich ma
tcrials and becoming lines OF the past
rather than the present season.
An Independence OF act on equal to
that heretofore rarely seen outside the
first circles Of Philadelphia and Boston
where according to visitors TO those
cities ia is mark Of distinction to
wear ones dinner gowns three sea-
sons.
Mrs, Daniels like the debutanta ~
graCed the ball with new smart gown.
This was amethyst tulle over self-col-
orcd satin with the ovcrdrapcry pallet
ted in amethyst with which Mrs. Dan
lols Is wearing old time necklace ear
rings and corsage ornaments OF the
same clear purple stones,
Mrs. George Barnett, wife OF the
commandant Of the marines, is not
subscribing to the conversation OF eve
ming clothes as her dinner gowns are
as new and al smart as the dancing
froCks of her debutante daughter, Miss
Anne Gordon, who made her bow to So
to several OF the recent dinner com
panies Of distinction trained gown Of
champagne -colored velvet which pro-
claims its Paris maker In every detail
but preserving a dignity of line INSOFAR
able from modesty
In the matter Of street dress there In
nothing old-fashiOned. The difference
OF 1918 and 1919 being 80 well empha-
Gtg thn ~
tors would hesitate to appear on Con-
necticut avenue or the more democratic
+ street in the tailored suits of war
time. Even furs must be modernized
II their wearers are to be comfortable
in mind az in body while hats not
manipulated 10 the present hour line are
as conspicuously out Of style as Sal
walton Army bonnet
Mrs. Borden Hartman. during her
recent visit. afforded one of the best
examples of the, new outdoor silhou-
etto in black velvet coat 10 her ankles
with the side seams slashed 10 the
waist line, when come an insertion of
chinchilla fur In sharp point at the
top and possibly 10 inches at the hem.
The coat closed in single line down the
front and had its long closed sleeves
and high straight collar finished in a
narrow line of the gray fur.
The hat worn With this was a small
shape in black velvet, turned off the
face, with fur and silver ornament at
one eide. its only trimming.
Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh Is wearing q
black fur coat Of Persian lamb or
caracu In high luster, that follows the
same line as Mira Harriman's velvet,
with the we'll defined waist line and
perceptibe flare to the skirt. with
this Mrs. Walsh Is wearing round hat