Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-23

II POltT clothes and spring, accordin g
i - to Polly. have become us insepara-
! bic as she and her copy OF Vogue" are
! when the first signs OF another season
! begin to appear With visions of the
/ way in which the new silks would look
/ when fashioned into the sport attire
! for which they were obviously created,
/ she went first TO MILLER G. RIIOADS
for a peek at their advance showing Of
skirts. pocketed and bcltcd with Il most
! becoming boyiShnesS. Two models in
Fan -si, the 1919 innovation with the
wonderfully heavy, rough weave. were
shown in amethyst and in a purple and
silver block design that were just as
distinctive their smar, Hickson
| pockets and their rather long and mar
row lines. There was a skirt OF trico-
lette whose black and white stripes
were as effective that combination
always is, specially when it ia ably
assisted by the straps on its inverted
peck All the silk skirts were more
inclined to emphasize length than were
those developed in woolcns. Polly no
, ticcd. "Woolen." this season. is going
TO mean plaid" and "plcatcd." and ali
the highland swing that belongs with
these features. and Polly was delighted
witE the way in which the Miller &.
lthoadS plaid skirts caught the spirit Of
Scotland and OF Paris in an Irresistible
mixture. The same idea escaped in one
entirely cxcusablc instance TO a skirt
| "
Of dashing rcd plaid that bobbed I'D
again in tho slash of IL set-in pocket:
To wear with these fascinating gar
,ncnts Miller & Rhoads is providing
ruff1y georgettc blouses in flesh AMI
white. Among them a demurc little
thing, all tiny tucks and narrow Val.
cdGins. completed it's charm by hav-
ing quaint square neck. 1t would be
q pity 10 cover up such daintiness with
wrap of any sort, but when Chilly
evenings make il necessary. Polly
found A fetching cape coat Of blue
serge trimmed with wide, fiat silk braid
and rose-colored lining that would
certainly go far to soothe the wearer's
vanity!
| DOLLY. who is as fastidious about
dancing as she is about the colors
she wears with her red hair, has dis
covered just what she likes at the
studio in the Arcade Building. where
MRS. SNYDER and MIR EHRMAN arc
Initiating Richmond into the WAYS Of
the modern dances favored in the in
Struction of those teachers whose ap-
prevail sets the seal of fashion. Polly
said She had heard that Mrs SNYDER
and Mr.. Ehrman had studied in Now
York this summer at the Castle House.
and better yet, under Hepburn Wilson
but she couldn't believe her ears or her
luck. until She went for II lesson her
SELF ana tonnd IL was really so. She
recognized in minute that thoroughly
professional sort of instruction that
characteriZes the best New Yo.l
schools
| DOLLY was born in a big brick housc
in that part Of old Richmond now
crowded by the on-swccpinE tide OF
business. In the basement dining room,
! there was the huge closet where grand
mother slowed away her bottles of ius-
cious PIN MONEY PICKLES, and be-
fore Polly could even reach the lowest
shelf She used to pile books on chairs
and pillaSc granny's treasures. So she
says that 10 her PIN Money" and
pickles" are synonymous terms In
decd. she is utterly spoiled for any
other variety. Visiting relatives in
New York. she says she's always sure
of her welcome when she carries along
Pin Money jars for each member of
tho family. and Polly never fails TO tell
proudly, that MRS. Il. G.. KIDD is the
creator OF the spicy sweetheart.
IJIGL1NESS Polly considers both
~ criminal and incxcusabIc. She be-
! licvcs that the plaincst features can
| TO n great extent be overcome by proper
attention to their curves or angles. as
tho case may be. and she knows that
every hit OF time put on tho hidlnX OF
| defects is probably spent. Her most