The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-12
Latest Fashions
At The Capital
BY MARGARET WADE.

Color apepars to he the han mark of
fashion in summer attire at the national
capital, although Mrs. Wilson is, rs
usual, setting a good example in the
matter Of white frocks, This no douht
is the result OF her native good sense
and girlhood training in old Virginia,
where all about her native county are
TO be found many men not yet old VINO
love to talk of the charm of the Tor
mer Edith Rolling in Il white muslin
gown with crimson roses at her belt,
Mrs, Woodrow Wilson has substituted
orchids for the outdoor roses OF 20
years ago, and for most formal oCca-
sions has her gowns of black with a
graceful combination of satin and tulle
as her faVorite dinner gown, even IN
July.
For her daily drive. her informal visits
to old friends and almost daily call on
| her mother, the mistress of the White
House Is wearing white. A well-cut
suit Of linen topped by a round hat OF
Panama banded in a heavy gtos grain
ribbon, Is SO chic and becoming one IL
inclined to believe it was made In the
same exclusive establishment that Is to
supply the dinner and reception gowns
OF next winter as we'll as several smart
| toilets that rumOr says are to be held
in reserve for the entertaining OF roy
atty.
with the assurance unofficial but re-
liahlo) that the first of the foreign dig
nitaries IL to be HIS royal highnesS ed
ward Albert christian George Andrew
Patrick David. prince of Wales, there
is a marked DISPOSITION on the part Of
the socially ambitious to remain with
in call of inc White House, no matter
how the thermometer may soar, In the
hone that ire executive hospltaiiiy wIll
.. 800. 4 IA- .a- .Itll
Several youthful bellies have declined
invitations for the late summer that
they may be able to come to Il White
House garden party at short notice.
mort 10 Baltimore are cmlnlly inter
ested I'm the coming of the priuCe. for
here is no age limit 10 feminine van
itv and the dowarers on the White
House isl "a we'll as tho drbutauts
desire 70 he dressed to the occasion
incidentally il is suggested that there
Is likely TO be A general revision Of
this same White House list. which has
not been used since April &, 1877,
Now that the midsummer STYLES are
established mink blue green and vel
low all have a 1919 tone that distin-
puIahps thom from those familiar col
@rs nj former Years which. of course.
add to their value from both the view
hbiut If GuGhInn and finance
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Mrs Marshall ia indorsing pin, as
nrnsenteJ Nv the latest ~Imnortntiong
'rhts shade In which tho presI.
dents wife has a very becoming after
rose ''olot vim tho adv9ntape of no.
ings onitr hrroninr ia either fair ar
DARK Women
Mrs Margbalrs gown although i'm
nnrtaI eotin 10 uoGn In marion and II,
ocnnnin" stronieht lines with tho war;
Groos tmrrund I'm at .hr ba,u harn,n fash
T'a,'" - "a ,hn , :" ,orn ,ins.iv ,I,,,,"I
non CIV ~ WV " veg N"" ""P''
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"a = ~ Sul ~ ~ !, W."
rle'ei A. n, W'ir'l' W. ~ tmo 9pvmM'
e. y .nr nguIt, W." :" "v"inn b ~ ~
heI gown 81 tHls s''tre III " HuIlo' lallNe
sl'npte "noSi WIN naIIp" SH"' ana
q t"lI'I luI uI"P'u tuilc WIN l'el5-
Iilleu EIruie W Splellulu pr"'""e III
blue ana SILVER.
ne ne" CoIofluH ~ not confined to
SIR or Sauh, AS Mme. Rlaho Is wearing
one OF the smarlest Organize trorks IN
orange ana white. Here the material
IS "A large checker hUHru DIalU ana the
gown as plain ~ IA nuns habit, with
hdIIbW Nhllt 'ullF " llIllSl Tue lpIB
sleeves and collar Of the same turning
back from the throat. Madame Rianu
wore this gown to tea one afternoon at
the Chevy Chase club. with a large,
round hat Of black horsehair braid.
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Mrs. G. G. Calhoun shows the effect
Of her New Orleans rearing In the de-
lightful way in which she combines