The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
F ashton Notes
What Women
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BY MARGARET WADE

Two new cabinet officers pledged to
reform regardless of fear or favor, and
comparatively new President asking
what we may call vote of confidence
from the same fair-minded people who
gave him second place on his party 8
ticket less 1 than four years; are
the outstanding figures of the hour
with society in its best and broadcast
sense playing an important, part. y. !
Opinion naturally is divided as to the
responsibility of past mistakes, great
mistakes. acknowledged by friends and
foes of the men who made them, but all
classes of men and women are hap
PLY united in determination that the
present and the future shall show a
clean slate politically and a. high class
American standard for living socially.
The presence of three thousand wom-
en-, participating in the thirty third con-
gress of the Daughters of the American
Revolution from Monday until today.
two days conference of one thousand
more women on law enforcement. over
which Mrs. Herbert Hoover presided at
the opening season, as well as the
usual number of Easter visitors are all
contributing features Of the very in
teresting post-lenten season opening to-
morrow and likely to continue right up
to June.
Mrs. Hooyer's convention included
all sorts and conditions of women;
white and colored, native. and foreign,
with the chairman in her happiest mood
and a conspicuously weli-dressed woni-
an in the bargain.
| Her gown of black crepe lie mime in
smart, straight lines, but W = consider
able width at the hem. ~ made with
the batteau neck. which many fash.
| ionable women are abandoning, but
with the new, long. sleeve, and was en-
broidered in small motifs in black silk.
Thus it was suited to the opening SEES
sion at 8 a. NJ, as we'll as to the re-
ception at the White House in the late
afternoon, Mrs. Hoover topped this
with a round hat of black Milan, dis
tinctly of 1924 model with a1narrow!
dropping brim and rather high crown
tapering very slightly and with flat
Etop. This was trimed entirely in black
ribbon forming wing-like loops about
the crown. 50, =
The tailored suit widely heralded as
first choice for spring has not taken"
in Washington, where maids and ma
irons cling to the one-piece or what
some people miscaH the three-piece cos
time, meaning a gown with top of
lighter material, and a coat to match.
Tailored skirts and coats are seen
in sport costumes but rarely in more
formal attire-at luncheons or teas. +
At the last musicale of the season
when all the fashionable world played
tribute to Belgium by their patronage
of Edouard Deru of Liege, and violin
| tat Lii af al 0iat IN
Madame Jusserand, wife of the French
ambassador, wore gown like Mrs.
Hooyer's,e showing the batteau. neck
and long sleeves. This was. however,
of satin. covered in beautiful embroid
cry. of very fine jet Her hat was black
straw in round shape with straight
brinl of uniform width. The crown was
encircled in soft black plumage of some
delicate made-to-order motifs only pos
sible in Paris millinery. As an outer
wrap, Nine Jusserand wore a volum-
inous cape of silk and narrow velvet
ribbon all in black.
The Baroness de Cartier at this re-
cital given in the tapestry gallery of
Mrs, Charles n. Houlkes residence on
Massachusetts, avenue, once the Belgian
legation, with Mrs. Ffoulkes' talented
son-in-law, Emanuel Havenith, then
the minister of King Albert was
matter of fact the only prominent pa
tron in coat suit. The baroness suit
was black. worn with a long over
blouse of white satin, showing its great
style as when the long snug fitting coat
was allowed to hang open from throat
to knee. Her hat was black straw,
close as a skull cap.
Mrs. William Phillips. who sails on
May 3 for Brussels, where her hus-
band goes as ambassador, looked par
! ticularly chic and as always most dis
tinguished in a one-piece gown of dark
blue twill with short fur jacket and
close little velvet hat.
AS discerning patron remarked.
never were SO many ambassadors to
Belgium, -ex-ambassadors1 to Belgium,
and would-be ambassadors to Belgium
assembled at short notice, with the am
bassador from Belgium and practically
his entire staff in the same company.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. famous
on two continents for her charm and
her accomplishments when her husband
was minister at Brussels, was present
in another of the long, straight, black
frocks that graceful matrons with slim
figures find SO satisfying. Her gown,
|
steel, which with the soft gray hair
4 of its wearer was most effective un-
der a rather broad-brimmed black lace
hat. .s
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson were
other ex-diplomats with Brussels
background, while the entire company
was not only in sympathy with the
artist, but with the plucky little nation
now setting an example of integrity
and civic virtue TO all the world.
Another Unusual afternoon occasion
was at. the home of Mrs. G. D. Ritter
in the newly made colonial room of
the national museum, which is a gift
Of Mrs, Ritter to the United States
government. ~
The room has been created in sec
ton of the museum by transporting the
original wainscoated walls of true
18th century home near Springfield. to
Washington. To this, Mrs. Ritter has
added corner cupboard fun of antique
china and iuster. A kitchen table laid
in pewter and glass, all of early Ameri-
can workmanship, several exquisitely
preserved chairs, the forerunners of the
Windsor chairs of a later. period, a
huge wing chair upholstered in cross
stitch and several other pieces of the
same period. Samples are hung on the
wall as sconces, while over the hand
carved mantle is a painting in oil, of
the Berkshire hills, view from the
windows of the original house.
The floor is covered in worked rugs
which gave the inspiration for the
Brussels carpets of one hundred years
later.