The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-04-23
Washing1on Fashion

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now described, some of them quite
seriously. At a single luncheon of re-
cent date no fewer than FIVE members
of the company of thirty came under
this new register. 1t may further
be mentioned this particular company
was largely from the Senatorial cir
Gle, which consequently did not in
clude Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs. Frank
Lowden or Mrs. Herbert Hoover, each
of whom has large following in the
polite circles of the capital, and all
of whom are especially distinguished
along sartorial as well as social lines.
At the luncheon referred to Mrs.
Miles Poindexter apparently stood first
OH the list, with Mrs. Harding, of Ohio,
and Mrs. Howard Sutherland of West
Virginia, In the aforementioned class
OF Republican possibilities.
On the Democratic side. Mrs. Mar
shall, wife of the Vice-President, and
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene of Ohio. repre-
scented the possibilities of theii pAir,
Mrs. Marshall, as all the world
Knows by now, would be model
hostess in the White House. just a5
she has been in second place for the
last seven years, and staunch sup
porter of American fashions.
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo, who
has just concluded ten-day visit to
the White House, is in the same class,
sartorially speaking. as Mrs. Lowden,
" hose wealth makes it possible to
have everything from Paris without
regard to price. Mrs. McAdoo wears
Paris gowns on occasions, but follow
ing the custom she established in buy
ing her trousseau, selects these Gre
atoms in person from a New YORK
importer, without limiting herself to
any particular establishment. During
her recent visit, she wore dark vel
vet afternoon gown showing the
straight-line skirt, wider at the hem
than most skirts of the moment, with
high, smart back drapery and long
sleeves.
AS she took no part in general soci-
ETY. her dinner gowns were of the
simplest satin of her favorite dark
blue, with train and loose half-length
sleeves and square decolletage, serv-
ing for the family dinner with or
without guests.
Mrs. Poindexter has always been
noted for her severity in dress, as
for her simplicity of manner, both
being typical of the genuine good
breeding, good sense and good taste
of this kindly but fearless daughter of
the Far West, who never loses her
sense of proportion and would be as
much at home in the White House as
che is in the family residence on N
street or her home town of Spokane.
Mrs. Poindexter makes her calls,
goes to church or to luncheon in
well-cut, well-tailored coat suit of
black cloth, with medium sized black
beaver hat turned up on one side with
single quill, supplemented by stole
and muff of natural otter.
To pour tea in friends drawing
room or welcome guests in her own,
she usually wears a demi-toilette of
silk or chiffon in some neutral tones,
always in style but never extreme
Her dinner gowns (the Poindexters
are much in demand as dinner guests)
are usually black and made with a
train. A velvet on very plain lines
and a net encrusted in jet are two
model gowns that point the way in
this practical woman's practical ward
robe
Mrs. Pomerene, who is tall, fair,
graceful and fond of colors, wears a
very becoming dinner gown of gold,
colored tulle, mounted on cloth of
gold with self-colored embroidery in
silk appearing on the tulle drapery.
For visiting Mrs. Pomerene wears a
dark cloth suit with handsome dark
furs and gives a gay note to the toilet
in a smart little turban of gold and
Jade green.
Mrs. Sutherland and Mrs. Harding
are women who dress to the occasion
in modern conventional lines.
Mrs. Champ Clark, should she find
herself in the White House. would no
doubt, follow the example of Mrs. Taft
who was the best-dressed First
Lady Washington has ever known be-
cause she made every purchase, from
a parasol to a fur coat with direct
reference to her position and the vari-
Gus occasions on which her very ex-
tensive wardrobe was to be used. Mrs.
Clark, for all daytime occasions, is in
clined to soft silks an lightweight:
wcols always made to order, with rich,
neutral-tinted brocades or plain black
satin, which she usually has embel-
lished in lace for formal evening wear.
Mrs William J. Bryan, on her re-
cent short visit, showed the same pref