Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
Unsurpassed Wealth
OF Furs Is Worn BY
Washington Women
Elegance of Appearance as
Attractive as Styles Seen
In Paris. London and New
York.

ways looked to along sartorial lines
on account of the many foreign wom-
en- here who bring their furs and ele-
sancies Of toilet from the four cor
ners of the earth. and society folk
VINO come to make the capital win
Ter home because of their wealth and
leisure. These women. with the men,
society. give quite distinctive at
mosphere. as attractive as the more
pointed styles of Paris. London or
New York, and more varied.
Miss Margaret Wilson was seen in
several of the fashionable shops early
last week wearing a very becoming
cape of light chocolate-colored duve-
tyn. made generously full with a deep
cape collar. trimmed with a band of
beaver about six inches wide With this
she wore on one occasion a small toQue
OF dark brown velvet. jauntily tilted
and trimmed with two small natural
ostrich rosettes. Her brown veil of
large mesh with fine tracery of braid
was In perfect harmony. Her gown,
the skirt of which showed about eight
inches below the cape, and was cut
little above the ankles, was of the
same shade as the cape, made of
broadcloth and trimmed with patches
OF sealskin ten inches deep. Her
shoes were brown, with spats of a
lighter color.
Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh wears one Of
the handsomest evening wraps of
chinchilla seen in Washington. 1t is
made on cape lines with full kimono
sleeves and hangs quite long, almost
covering the skirt. The generous soft
roll collar Is made with the line in
the fur encircling the neck and con-
|trasting with the body of the coat.
in which the lines in the fur are
perpendicular. At the bottom of the
|garment a band of about fifteen
inches of the fur. the line again con-
|trasting, holds in a bit of the full
ness of the cape.
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney wears a set of
sable furs. rich in color. and setting
OF quite charmingly a duvetyn suit
in French blue. During the early
part of last week she was seen shop
ping in this attractive costume,
small blue hat to match the suit, and
occasionally a face veil of brown in
fine thread and mesh.
Mrs. Cromwell Brooks, one of the
smartest young matrons in society,
wore a charming gown at the dance
lgiven by the British ambassador and
[1ady Geddes for the retiring assistant
military attache and the Hon. Mrs.
Thorne Monday evening at the en-
bassy. 1t was a French model of
heavy white brocaded satin. with
1.-THE sleeveless bodice of silver lace
laid brocade. a handsome pearl orna-
ment lending distinctive touch just.
below the square decollete at the
front The soft folded girdle was
|of the brocade, as was the skirt.
|overdress cut in four points reaching
Ito the hem. where they were weight
led with pearl tassels.
Mrs. Brooks also is wearing a stun
ming new ermine wrap, made on the
very newest lines, with a broad muff
L een-inch band of the sable around
the bottom. where the ermine is
|fulled in. 1t is somewhat like a dol
man. reaches to the hem of the gown
and has broad cuffs of ermine.
Fur wraps were never more popular
and varied and beautiful are the
models worn by some of the most
women in society. Miss
Mona Blodgett, daughter Of Mrs.
summer in Europe with her mother
and brought back a perfectly de1ecti-
BILE wardrobe. is wearing an evening
cape Of ermine made on Very volumi-
and the fur; beautifully matched, CIV
ing the effect of stripes. 1t, too, has
the tiny dolman sleeves.
coat Of mofeskin. quite long and full.
with a belt Of fur. The broad shawl
collar is of the fur. as are the wide
cuffs finishing the sleeves.
Miss Stepanek, sister of the newly
appointed minister from Czechoslo-
is wearing a handsome mink
boat, the lines in the fur matched in
such. a way as to give charming
effect. 1t, too. has a wide round
collar and the skirt of the coat
reaches well below the knees.
Mrs. Thomas F. Logan, who had a
mart little party lunching with her
ht the Shoreham Wednesday to meet
her house guest, Mrs. Jack Have
meyer of New York, wore on that oc-
|casion an imported coat of moleskin,
Fashioned on the newest lines with
The top fulled into a very broad band
pf the fur. which formed the skirt and
feached to the hem of the gown be-
heath.
The long full sleeves were edged
With the new French fur, unplucked
lbeayer and the large shawl collar
which encircled the neck and reached
10 the waist line was also of the I'M
plucked beaver in a rich shade of
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model and altogether charming in its
ines. Mrs. Logan also has a chin
chilIa wrap which is luxurious and
beautiful to a degree. The stripes in
the fur are so beautifully matched
that the effect is much Enhanced and
I is made full with loose kimono
kleeves edged with broad turn.back
cuffs of the same fur. A band of the
FUR with the strips running horo-
lv he
poat and the great cape collar of the
ehinchil1a is most becoming.
Mrs. Logan also has a charming new
evening gown. Paris model of gold
metal cloth yelled in black net, which
heavily embroidered in gold thread
n flower design. The bodice is form
ID of folds of the gold cloth with
traps over the shoulders and the
bho1t skirt is of the net with a filmy
panel train caught at the back Of the
Zirdle with a large rosette of the
bet centered with a shaggy blue vel
ret chrysanthemum with gold, foli-
lga
Mrs. Herman d. Kountze OF New
Fork. who spent a few days at the
Ihoreham Hotel last week, wore a
Iraceful coat of baby caracaI made
bout three-quarter length. with
keep roll collar of the same fur. She
vas accompanied by her daughter,
Glss Elizabeth Kountze and her son,
dr Palmer D. Kountze. Miss Kountze
vas wearing a sealskin dolman of
bout three-quarter length, with a
mall hat of rose colored duvetyn.
they returned to New York in time
|or Christmas.
c. T. U. Reception
To Be Held New Ye,r