The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
LATEST FASHIONS
AT THE CAPITAL
BY MARGARET WADE.

An international wedding with an
ambassadors daughter as the bride and
a MiCareme ball under extremely fash
ionable patronage are important events
OF the coming week which promise to
bring to view the very latest frocks and
frills of home or foreign modistes with
out, waiting for Easter, from which the
spring season in Washington is ordi-
narily dated.
Senorita Marie Bonillas, whose mar
riage to Senior Giuseppe de Coppola,
lieutenant in the Royal Italian army,
takes place at noon on Monday in the
ballroom of the Mexican embassy, has
selected for her wedding gown the pres
ent-day bridal satin which As soft as
chiffon, yet with all the old+time rich
ness of a generation ago when 1t was
considered complimentary to say the
brides gown could stand alone, To-
morrow's bride, as well as those of the
Easter season, are following conven-
tional lines in their respective trous-
seaux-a return to muslin and cambria
instead of silk and crepe de chine-be-
ing one of the signs Of returning good
taste.
The appointment Of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, of Pennsylvania, as at~toTney-gen-
eral, is regarded as a matter Of con-
graduation to society as well as an
asset to the administration. Mrs. Pal
mer is a very distinct acquisition to the
cabinet circle, according to those dis
eliminating persons who met her
making a round Of diplomatic calls last
week in a tailored suit of black velvet
with quite the smartest hat of the
afternoon. This becoming creation is
in some sort of braid, presumably
straw, as the shape while round and
conventional is distinctly up to the
minute in the well proportional crown
and slightly dropping brim. The latter
Is faced in velvet while the rest of the
hat is completely in ostrich plumage in
blue and green, the contrasting colors
blending in genuine. French fashion.
When dining at Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
S. Hamlin's last week Mrs. Palmer
wore a black net dress embroidered in
jet and steel beads that was quite as
stylish as her visiting costume,
with white satin and black tulle din
ner gowns in high favor by reason of
the great variety of models and rich
establishment of these staple materials
many colored gowns are making their
The colored gown is Invariably a direct
Importation, that Is if its color is good.
For however the American manu-
facturer eXcels in nine out of ten lines
he must go abroad for his dyes, If the
American women insist on having such
a combination for instance as the flame
colored tulle and bronze spangled gown
of the Countess Eleanor Giayeka, worn
recently TO a supper party at Mrs, Mar
shall Fields.
very narrow at the ankles with the
tulle drapery on a fitting slip of
self-colored satin and the drapery COW
cred in bronze pailettes.
Another exquisite combination Of
color worn by Mrs. Perkins Ruggles Is a
pink gown draped in bronze tulle on
lines of the moment, which in this case
are extremely graceful as well as
modish.
Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin, in addi-
ton to white gowns and black gowns of
various degrees, has a very smart col
ored creation of vivid green satin COW
cred in gold embroidered tulle, the latter
forming a close undraped overdress with
the embroidery 50 heavy as to leave lit
tie of the foundation visible.
A second dinner gown oh Viously from
the same Paris maker worn last week
by Mrs. Baldwin is of gold tissue In
close silhouette with overdrapery of
tulle embroidered in tiny bronze and
gold beads.
To emphasize the brown tone, which
is dark and rich and not easily imi-
tated, there is a satin sash with long
ends embroidered in gold.
Mrs, Randolph Mason, formerly Miss
Sophie Stanton Johnston, a bride of
the early winter, is wearing a gown
of blue and silver brocade with sash
of velvet ribbon in petunia red to give
the smart contrast which is one Of the
features Of new gowns. This particu-
lar gown Is of round length with draped
skirt and square decollatage, the lat
ter and the half-length sleeves are sup
plemented by silver tuile.
The combination of late Easter and
early spring has advanced the millinery
season to such a degree that everyone
so to speak is wearing straw hats for
formal and informal occasions. Mrs,
Paul Pearsall has compromised with the
changing season by wearing a fabric
hat in a beautiful new blue which
shows to advantage the %prematurely
silver hair of its WeareP, and matches
in color the open motor in which Mrs.
Pearsall is a handsome and distin-
guished figure on Connecticut avenue
or In the park.
Mrs. Joseph w. Bailey, wife Of the