The Washington times., 1919-11-16
ALL TIMES ALIKE
TO DAME FASHION
Nv MARGARET ROBE.


The dear dead ladies Of the past.
Seem resuurrected now at last
Parading down the Avenue;
Or at the restaurants on view.
You Marie de Medici
Or Queen OF Sheba and maybe
Fair Beatrice by Dante sung
And PauIs Virginia pure among
That dashing dame La pompadour'
OF course it's just the way they're dressed;
From every age we've picked the best
From peasant plaything. slave and queen,
To make the mode nineteen nineteen.
NEW YORK, Nov. let's a bit OF
a shock just at first to glimpse a
Medieval maid and a mid-Victorian
charmer having tea together at the
Ritz, or a Rumanian peasant girl
strolling down Fifth avenue arm in
arm with a Pagan princess. But
you're bound soon to get used to
these little discrepancies in rank and
periods.
AS a bridger of years and a level
of rank Fashion has no equal. Such
a congIomeration of fashions from
all cIimes, ranks, and ages make up
the latest model modes for 19l9-192O
that you pays your money and takes
your choice" according to your fan
cy and your figure or perhaps their
figure when it comes to decision.
It would seem that there is to be
a tight to a finish whether the slim
straight lines of the past few years
are to win out or the round bodiced
bouffant hip creations that are strug-
Cling so hard to make over our
silhouettes The straight narrow
lines Just stubbornly refuse to be
ousted and for day wear the plain
chise frocks are quite as ubiquitous
as the panniered bodiced ones. For
evening although the airy insouciance
Of the hoop skirt is the newest note
still the swathing straight hung lines
reminiscent Of the Italian renaissance
glorified in gold and silver brocade
cling to fashion and the form divine.
Embroidery the Rage.
About the only point of unanimity
between these warning factions Of
what's to be what in the modish out
line is embroidery. You find II al
ways and all ways on every smart
gown, suit, wrap or blouse. Russian
and Rumanian peasant embroideries
in brilliant hued woods, gold and sill
yer from the Orient-it matters not
a whit what Kind or color Just so
there is some of it somewhere about
you. Bead embroideries are a bit
passe except on the evening gowns
and then all over solid masses Of
iridescent globules make up the en-
tire gown rather than a mere garnish-
ment of beaded motifs.
Entire gowns of glistenine black
or gold pailletes sheath the wearer so
frugally that you shudder to think of
the consequences should a spangle or
two drop off.
Lovely pompadour silk and change
able taffetas in pale shades turn you
into a veritable Dolly Warden with
puffed panniers and flower garlanded
underskirt or demure Victorian
damsel with lace trimmed fichu.
pointed boned bodice and rayeled
ruchings. The hoop skirt models are
developed mostly in lace, garlanded
with ribbons, fur or flowers over un
derslips of metal cloth in cleaning
gold or silver. In gold or silver lace
these bouffant creations are exquisite
and in the black cobwebs of chantiIIy
she is a pretty poor little spider that
can't entangle many hearts this sea-
son.
Quaint False CurIs.
There are so many ravishingly
feminine accessories to make ND your
costume these days, too. The quaint
little clusters OF false curIs that the
milliners are sewing in our broad
brimmed hats to bob seductively over
each ear which are already adrip
with large and ornate penGant ear
rings turn you. indeed, into an old
time "hairoine.' Colorful and bar
baric necklaces of beads and scarves
OF lace and 'gauze and fur add to the
shoulders burden, and odd and orig