Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-21

yesterday az 7 did. perhaps yotf feel
r,rcb os I do about what was worn
~ tbe Tower wedding by the brides
mother. the bridegroom's mother. the
b,ide's grandmother and aunt, Ac-
cording TO my readiDg or the event.
Mrs. Whitney wore no less than -four
Gowns at the church Mrs. Tower was
less cxtravagant, she wore only three,
and SO did Mrs. Vanderbilt; while the
souptcss Szechenyi had only two COS
Tunes, which does seem a pity. She
should have been allowed n variety. too.
/ learned that Mrs. Whitrev, mother
NJ the bride. "wore medieval gown
of pearl gray satin. the straight lines
nj tbe satin being followed by moyen =
ore hcpna tunkr Her hat was of hcnna
straw trimmed with uncurled feathers. "
Again ! discovered that Mrs. Whit
nov looked very well In N baizc col
orcd satin trimmed with a wide panel
of terra Gotta satin and black spanglcs.
Hcr terra Gotta straw hat was trimmed
with a single terra Gotta plume.
hogan to be puzzled extremely then. and
when | found that Mrs. Whitney wore
oyster white cloth and a Russian blouse
of hpnna and black gsuze and embroi1
cred in gold and black" and that cher
black hat was covered with henna chif-
ion and had n dat hcDnh ostrich thetc-
on" / was quite ready to believe It.
Later I read that Mrs. Whitney s
gown was OF cream cloth and had
panels Of hcnna and ,iack. and black
and hcnna hat" However. as henua
and terra Gotta are mach alike. the four
costumes seemed to- find possible ex-
planation.
T TURNED then to read of Mrs
i Tower, for by this time, was like
Alicc-it seemed "curioser aud cur
loser" sighed with relief when !
saw that the bridegroom mother was
powned in "Hortcnsia blue satin aud
rporgettc. and that her hat matched ;
that. felt, probably was true, for
Mrs. Tower is npt 20 wear blue. and
it is very becoming to her. but the
next account stated that Mrs. Tower,
who sat on the opposite side of the aisle
from Mrs. Whitney. was in lavender
seem that ID was correct. for ] soon
learned from another paper that her
gown was Of lila chiffon and was en-
broidered in crystals to match.
DY THIS time began to wonder
- what costume Mrs. Vanderbilt. the
kTn0ullOCHeT OI t1p uuU seIefttu
She appeared first. il seems. in dull.
deep. purplish blue velvet and toque
Of blue feathers to match" Her second
costume was Of "bhck satin embroidered
in silver. and over the gown was
thrown dark bronze metallic tissue
wrap combined with moleskin fur. That
sounded we'll too hut. believe mo. the
third sounded almost as pretty, for her
''long cape of black satin covered her
gown of soft gray satin"
And since mentioned the countess
] will say that her first costume was
Of blue" that's all: but later she
appeared in "a simple frock of dull red
and a red hat, trimmed with a black
aigrcttc."
/ was not there: cannot say, but
] don see how they did It. I've heard
of changing ones gowns in n limousine
going from tea to dinner. with a maid
to help: but how. in st. BartholO-
news Church, could this change of gar
ment be made possible? do not under
stand.
II goes to show. however. that even
the mother of the bride or bridegroom
at a wedding may wear any old thing.
Bue denim. indeed. might have done,
for no one seems even to know which
Is who. And what difference does it
make, anyhow?
A ) | predicted there was an enormous
"A attendance at the last opera Of the
season, last night at the Metropolitan
and ! do not think all year long there
has been such a display of jewels. The
boxes fairly scintillated with diamonds
tiaras and necklaces holding first place.
! found Mrs. Charlemagne Tower. who
was a gnest Of the Bertram Lippinco otts,
looking splendidly well for her winter
in California. She is little thinner
and her gown of this new slate green,
which IL n sort OF apple green with a
silver crystal sheen over it. was most
becoming. She had her hair arranged
rather high and a necklace of diamonds
about her throat.
Another interesting gown was, of a
dark green mrtalne combined with black
tuIIc and was worn by Mrs. Daniel
rarr, who was guest of Mrs. William
G' Low. of New York. Mrs. Low en-
tcrtancd in her mothers box last night.
Mrs. Fhrr's gown was made with
Srapned bodice of. the greer and a
draprd skirt. Her hair was parted on
the side and arranged very close to her
head. Mrs. Trenchard Newbold was
another guest Of Mrs. Low. She wore
gown of brocaded gold and corsagc
bouquet of orchids. Mrs. Lows gown
was combination Of green and black,
ana the green was n brilliant one, al
most Hunters green.
Anna NewbOld. who will bc n deb
u'ant" next season, was in her fathers
ooF together with Dickic. Dickip's frOck
was high backed affair of black velvet,
ana Anna was In white satin semi low
neCked.
Mrs. Archibald Barklic wore won
d"riul silver green gown embroidered in
crystals and a jewclcd black aigrctte
adorned her hair.
GrCen Is certainly de mode at present
fIIa Du Barry had lovely frock of the
SIatCy shade further enhanced by n
scarf Of pale rose gcorgettc.
'HAr was very interesting happen
ing in st. Martins Church, Rad
nor on Sunday! The little son of Mr..
hnd Mrs. Crawford Clark Madeira was
baptized. and the family-that is, his
Eahdparcnts NCilsOn-had quite a Gel
roralIon of the fact. entertaining the
guests at supper after the ceremony at
,nelr homo in Rsdnor The baby. who
Vas named after his grandfather, Lewis
uTl'Son Madeira, is several months old
TL TS godmothcr was Mrs. Edmund
NIuaSer and the godfathers were lIoruto
""rrlS and Adolph Roscngartcn, .r.
sonne small gcntleman's mother. was
merHn Nelson. You remember, She
t,"ITied during the war and went down
N, ,uc border with Crawford for some
1mI m"n'nS' They had n bungalow thcre
n"n mn Mrs Nelson visited her, as did
NUMBER Of her friends.