The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-31
LATEST FASHIONS
AT THE CAPITAL
BY MARGARET WADE,

calendar, appears tobe an accepted fact
IN Washington's smart set where mid
Lent finds the spring style fully in
a~ugurated notwithstanding an old
fashioned idea that Easter * the proper
time for spring gowns and millinery.
All this is changed now. and like
other more important changes, Is at
tributed to the war.
Paris was not caught mapping when
the armtstice was signed. and In spite
Of the four years Of impaired efficiency
IN manufacturing, has vast quantities
OF materials for that particular indus
try IN which she eXcels, namely Dress
ing the smart women Of all the world,
Had the war lasted ten years 1t is safe
10 say Paris would not have been bank
rupt IN materials for wOmen's wear.
while the necessity for women to main
tain themselves and their families has
operated all to the good In the making
OF gowns n hats in their entirety, and
y the thousand and one attributes
thereto.
The United States at large and its
capital In particular Is responding .
the French thrift just as that wise
nation knew we would, and as a con-
sequence imported gowns and hats are
more numerous than ever-witN ma
terials and trimmings keeping up the
high cost of dressing.
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The wedding gown Of Senorita Maria
Bontllas, daughter OF the ambassador
from Mexico, when she became Sonora
Donna de Cappola at noon on Monday.
at one of the most beautifully appointed
wedding ceremonies Of the year., was OF
soft white satin with the narrow foun-
dalton hung in exquisite duchess lace
and pearl embroidered tulle from throat
to mike with the court train from
the shoulders of the plain satin. The
arrangement Of lace and tulle was most
graceful, preserving the slender sill
houette In very modish fashion and
AW4A WaanN hAAAgatW. . - Tho AWN WHAN
ty young bride as well as in harmony
with the gorgeous new uniform Of the
bridegroom, q lieutenant of the Italian
army attached to the Royal guards.
The ceremony took place in the ball
room of the Mexican embassy which
was converted into a chapel for the &C.
casion and was followed by a wedding
breakfast to the 1850 guests. The toilet
Of the youthful matron of honor,
Madame Rojo, the eldest daughter of
the house, and a bride of last season,
was of Nile green taffeta on very chic
lines with the rather short o~verdress
trimmed In small silk flowers In pastel
shades, with green and blue predomi-
mating. The sleeves were of green tulle
as was the becoming round hat, the
latter having as only trimming a single
plume of pale blue.
One of the distinct features Of the
new millinery Is the use of ostrich
ANhNitNA ~ W h'b ~ h'~N
bloom In the spring, which heretofore
we have seen on hats as well as In the
garden at this date.
AT the last symphony concert of the
season at least a dozen women regard
cd as leaders in dress as in various
other matters appeared in plumes that
not 30 long ago would have been re-
garded as winter trimming,
Mrs. William CroZier, who Is again
occupying her home on Massachusetts,
avenue, wore one Of the largest hats
OF its class, a medium-size round shape
fitted closely to the head, but crowned
in what appeared to be half a dozen
| plumes of the new royal blue, These
feathers were not the glycerined,
scraggly kind coming into favor for
summer wear, and except for their
color resembled the rich trimming Of a
Mrs. Charles l.. McCawley, In an OPP
| posite box, wore a black hat In a close
turban shape with just as many plumes
but in n perpendicular arrangement.
Several rich plumes, starting from the
back, formed a wonderfully graceful
ponache high above the rather narrow
Crown.
Mrs. Houston, wife Of the secretary
OF agriculture, also wore an ostrich
covered hat in a round. s.aall shape.
with the cover feathers uncurled and
falling from the top of the crown to
the narrow brim, This Is a soft gray.
Mrs. Swager Shirley Is wearing a hat
| covered in ostrich OF shaded pink, the
plumes in this case enoircling the
| crown from front TO back. The con-
tlnued residence OF Mr. and Mrs. Shir-
lev in Washington, where the latter
came as n bride eight or ten years ago,
is a matter Of congratulation to their
| friends, quite regardless OF political
| .fS1IntIa
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Mrs Herbert Wadsyorth, although
| diac~ontinuinr her Thursday evening re-.
| ceptions during Lent, has established
a short series Of a%fernoon parties for
Inc same day with bridge, followed by
| lea. al which she is wearing new demi-
toilets right from Paris. One of the
most beeominr il In blue chiffon,
showing the long graceful lines with
ita establishment IN the new blue pail
lettes applied in deep band at the hem.