Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Stories of Well Known Folk.

Stories of Well Known Folk.
ouean Flizabeth's visit has shown
the fallacy of the old saying; roSa'
robes" for no girl worker in the gov
eminent departments could dress
more simply than does she In 1act,
the sight of the thousands OF young
working girls in their gaudy and un-
suitable clothes and often with rings
gIistening on their fingers ana
brooches and cavaliers on their
breasts their faces powdered
and painted and their hair much
curled, has been wonder 10 her'
From the simple gray crepe dress;
fashioned with a straight skirt ana
slightly draped bodice, which she wore
the night of her arrival, to the simPle
white satin crepe de chine Whlch she
wore to the Senate. and the stu SIM
ME but richer white satin gown Whlch
she wore the night of the Vice Presi-
tents dinner. and. in fact. to each OF
the important official functions her
clothes have been those OF royalty
rather than royal clothes. perhaps
the most effective gown she wore
while in Washington was that on
Tuesday afternoon when she received
Mrs Larz Anderson. who is in deep
mourning. and the women OF the
Edith Cavell-Marie de Page memorial
fund committee. over a closely Mt
ting princess of white satin she wore
a loosely fitting tunic of soft shell PINK
suede cloth. the striking note OF tne
costume being a collar OF chinchliia
AT the back which reached almost 10
the waist line.
one naturally thought of perfect
tans.e of court trains with the visit
o. the king and queen and her royal
highness was even pictured walking
iH:o the home of Mrs. Thomas F.
half dozen pages carrying. her train
But. no. Her train was the shortest
worn that night and was mere
brushing of the floor. being straight
and narrow and attached, pot as is
court train at the shoulders. but from
the high waist line. She was pic
tured in tiara of diamonds and a
diamond necklace. but she wore
neither.
band of diamonds was arranged
in bandeau effect across her high
cciffeur and instead Of TIE po~k
lace was string of pearls. The
queen --o-c three or four coats while
In Washington. the dark blue. al
host black. coat in which she ar
rived in the capital simply made
garment With a moufflon fur collar:
the rose pink coat she wore to the
Senate and House galleries. which is
the one she wore on the night CT the
vice Presidnr.'s dinner: a white coat
and one IF Belgian blue. and each
showing tie hem IF her dress,
The royal hats were not less simDle
Than the other accessories of her
toilet and were all small round
tcoues CT turbnns. SOFTLY draped ex-
cert the one she wore for travelling.
which was of gray velvet with
hand OF grav feathers about the crown.
The hat which she wore to the Capt.
fol. however. was more elaborate. be-
ing of white velvet embroidered
daintily. not heavily. in gold. and so
draped that the fullness was held on
the right side with bird Of paradise
riumage. draped turpan of soft
white material. but without the gold
embroidery. also has few feathers
curling from the crown at the right
side and resting upon her shoulder.
Some side lights on the incidents of
entertaining royal guests are inter-
esting such as the sou: v for the red
Garrett for the official entertainments
One naturally thinks of a soft red
velvet weave with nap into which
the royal footprints sink and over
which richly Gowned women trail
their robes No. indeed. The carpet
which covered the sidewalk and the
entrance into the Walsh residence the
night of the Vice Presidents dinner
was of something akin to cotton and
linen and sewed into many cores
fricacies of the steps with big gen.
erous whip stitches of coarse white
thread. That used at the home of the
Secretary of State was strip OF
velvet carpet.
The Queen of the BelgiaTls carried
away with her from Washington last
night dozens of snapshots to remind
her of her visit in the capital. Some
of the most interesting were the time
exposures she took following the
luncheon on Thursday in the Mac
n
guests to pose for her. She photo
Eraphed the residence and tomb at
Mount Vernon and got several snap
shots of the White House. All of the
snaps are carefully labeled SO there
will be no confusion of subjects in
wears to come.