The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
GREEN IS
SPRINGS
DICTATE
I'M DRESS
Scarlet Also Comes
Into General. Favor
Thoughts ON Ear
ring, Sleeves and
Gown, Here is Talk
of All the Town.
By VIRGINIA KINDON.

cross section is taken during the
tea hour, for at that time the
poor male IS not present IN any
large numbers, the fashion Cos
sip may and does run rampant.
j .ADY with the pistachio green
hat-"So glad you like my
hat, for I was in doubt as to the
effect it might have against my
hair, but you know, my dear, that
green is absolutely the thing.
was reading a French magazine,
and
Lady with the lacquered flow.
ers on her HIATT was not aware
that you read French. dea:
Mary"
Lady with the green chapeau-
"Oh, not in a perfect way, but
well enough to pick a few words
here and there, and then the pic
lures are so enlightening. What
was I saying? Oh, yes; about the
green. Well. it seems that green
was the accepted color at a re-
cent style show in Paris. Green
IN all shades and in all fabrics
Lady in black-"And somehow
green lends itself to many. fab
RIGS. A clever sport suit that I
saw the other day had q skirt
of white, and the box jacket was
OF the greenest green you could
imagine, in basket weave mate
rial. The hat that went with the
suit was OF ribbon, the crown
In a basket weave effect. l.
was tast what have been search
ing for to take to Miami
GIRL in velvet jacket with
squirrel collar-"Jack nearly
choked to death laughing over a
fashion book he was reading LAST
night. 1t seems that it was a
resume Of fabrics and went some
thing like this: With the wide.
spread acceptance of the mate
lasse productions in the past two
seasons. continued interest in pat.
termed woolens has brought for.
ward. for spring series of novel
ties which are embossed, looped,
clipped. flaked> punched. cubed,
checked, plaided and embroid-
cred Then he discovered new
and strange words that ] tried to
interpret for him, such as popa-
laga, which Jack declared sounded
to him like a glorified game of
pogo, but which I assured him
was merely lovely silky, chiffon.
weight version of white mohair>
Cube de Lame he decided must be
the result of too much cubist art,
or, as I suggested, the result Of
too many people sojourning to
Cuba for reasons not mentioned"
Lady at the same table-''Hus-
bands are always amused by
fashion magazines, but I find that
they are interested in fabrics that
have character-moire, for exam.
pie. AS MORE is good this year
in blue and black for afternoon
and in white for evening, took
advantage of the fact and bought
three dresses at one time, and as
hubby dear had expressed a fond
ness for that material, he was
helpless to argue over the BILL.
VOICE coming from under a
poke bonnet-''Yes, 1 can
laugh at all of you now, for the
thin lady has her innings this
year. When 1 was in Paris lin
January-don't ever go in the
winter, for il the ship. ever
stopped pitching, it was when I
was unconscious, which happy
moment came after I had tainted
all the dresses were of two
distinct silhouettes-the straight.
line draped effect with the mate
rial wrapped so closely around the
figure, from the! hips to the knees.
that YOU can, scarcely move, or
the Renaissance style with the
tight bodice and full gathered skirt,
touching the floor.
II brought back a pretty thing
in that style. 1t has a cloth. of
silver skirt. so full and long that
1t just escapes the floor. The
corsage is of dull green velvet with
long. tight sleeves and the neck is
cut square and has wired collar
of silver lace that stands UP In
the back. / haven't had the nerve
to wear It yet, but -"
,ADY toying with an ice
But am sure that the new
est earrings are Russian, and
not Chinese or even Egyptian.
Girl sitting across the Ia
b1e-"Well. all those countries
are heather, and yet why ar
cue China-Russia- Egypt"
An older woman-"CeciI, how
absurd. / heard a lecture, or
was it a sermon? Well, it's i'm
material, the point want to