The Washington times., 1923-02-18

1850 ? SAAS iAOW sprung 3AduddkfS-
on-the-Avenue today. It's the hat,
you see. It came out OF sonne-
where or other all unexpectE
this week, and in q twinkling @lse-
gan to dominate the city's won ia
kind.
And you can't be tailored uassr
one Of them, or new, or specially
modern. You Just wilt back to the
good old day when women wiare
decorative and darn little else aatd
you don your full skirts and your
puffs to keep in the picture.
Dearie. yes! Puffs all the way
round and ears showing -that,s
the idea. If you've grey hair sor
white, so much the better. AZ bit
of acknowledged patch at the
corner of your left eye, and d
feeble smile. That's the specifica.
toni si4
They are Of every size, and about
every material the new season 8
hat fashions have brought form.
80 asH
SAW one across the dining
room Of the Ritz last night, aaIl
silver tissue with. a banking spf
silver snow-drops and frostsd
leaves under the ewes at the back.
A wide band of black velvet
spanned the wearer's chin and
hung away in a streamer under
her ear.
Another of the new "Mount3iA
Haze" in straw was trimmed with
lilacs, and they were brought
round to nod at you in 'front.' &,
Even the tailored hats sua
the line somewhat, with q Atjff.
half-moon piece across the round !
ed crown ending in twisted points
almost at the neck. No flowers
on these, but crashy bows Of RIB
bon do duty instead,
s.asSa
WHICH reminds me of the rev
~ headdress / saw at the thea
4 3 .ts = z : Z "a i
ter a. night or two ago. ....
It was an inch-wide band of
copenhagen velvet, trimmed at I'M.
tervals with tiny knots Of pink
rosebuds and green leaves.
At least half dozen stream
ers of the velvet dropped from
the left side quite to MadaYhe.s
waist, or below. They. too, were
decorated with the knots of nov
ers.
Though it was fascinating, s'it.
kept getting tangled with her
escorts movements, and eventual
ly pulled. her couture awry. twas.
relieved when she gathered upsfte
ends and tucked them inside her
scarf. q
Thus it, fashions kid slippers
and belts and the lacquefsd-
finish silks that still are shown
in afternoon froclxs. -
A clever model in this material
is finished with collar and cliffs
beaded in white crystals, for an
the world like confectioners' sugar
sprinkling an appetizing cofttec-
ton. Il
..H So
HAVE your dress match your
"A lampshade. It's being done
by all the up-to-date hostesses
Ratik is the keynote. A
straight-llne dress with turn-1
hack, open throat and Short
sleeves and a string-tie belt, and
it is green and orange and black,
or red and violet, or some such.
The lampshade is some Of, the,
same, a square scarf with pfcots
edge. You have one to rfsIteh
whatever dress you wear atsthe
tea hour, and you darken your
windows so there may be need of.
lighting up-just to show that
you know what's what.
SPRING suits are coming down
~ to requirements for practical
wearing. They still follow linSs
Of Palm Beach things, though
with modified exoticism. ..,sx
Coats are circular or straight,
and fastened at the hem on the
left. Skirts are accordion plated
when the fabric will at all per
NIT.
A model in gray silk ponlDEis
made this way, and the full Goat
is bound all round in black..e,1t
has q long, scarf collar, ,.ssr
One in navy poiret twill shows
narrow skirt tapped and dfaPed
ut the side with a point longer
than the hem. The back of"tlfe
coat is an out-and-out cape. and
it 10 lined with silk in h6Ea
pattern of gold and green ahd
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