The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11


trimming of gross grain cockade in the
same tone.
Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean If wear
ing for informal visiting a flannel suit
of her fayorite tone of violet or mauye.
This has the short straight wrap around
skirt showing line lof white braid
about the edge and up the side. The
coat is hip length and single breasted,
also edged in white, and topped by a
small straw hat of violet with a flat
cluster of small white flowers at the
side of the rather high crown.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant. in en-
PERTAINING at dinner last week in honor
of the chief justice of the United States,
departed from the white or gray or
silver tones (which she has given a
great vogue. to wear a new and very
becoming gown of blue satin brocaded
in silver in draped lines with train
and square decollete.
Color is playing very important
part in summer frocks, for formal or
informal wear as shown; at the Van
derbilt-Cecil wedding, where the hand
some mother of the bride wore green
and gold crepe de chine in close
straight model, with turban of gold
tissue adding to the late narrow eff
feet, while the bridesmaids wore flow
cred Japanese silk in several pro-
nounced hues on background Of
green. Their hats were of white horse
hair braid in unrelieved cloche model,
simple enough for a country club lunch
con. All wore white kid shoes trim
med in black and pure white silk
hosiery.
Mrs. Grants blue and silver, Mrs
Vanderbilt's green and gold and the
above mentioned lowered silks are all
direct importations, and in odd new
TINS that only show their novelty when
placed beside blue or green of last sea-
son--or even Of the present season fab
RIGS dyed in America.
Those truly patriotic women who
wish to wear made-inzAmerica gowns
should confine themselves to neutral
shades-white and blaek-and the al
ways reliable dark blue.
A fabric of vivid tone to be a sue
cess must be imported and of very
choice quality.
One of the smartest demi toilets Of
the season is black satin gown worn
by Mrs. Frank Couzens Of Detroit, who
has been passing several weeks in
Washington. This shows the new
apron ffopt the same length as the
round skirt but with a slight fullness
at the waist line. The drapery is fin
ished by three-inch band of French
blue satin which forms a base for deli
cate silk embroidery in small pink roses
with natural foliage which runs off the
blue band in irregular lines on the
black satin. This decoration extends
up the left, one side of the apron only
1t is used also to edge the round neck
and the short puffed sleeves which
end just above the elbow.
Mrs. Clifford Pinchof, wife of the
governor of Pennsylvania, noted for
her highly colered but always becom-
ing gowns for day or evening wear,
made a short visit to Washington last
week in an all black costume that was
extremely becoming and very modish.
1t was In the straight line silhouette
of heavy canton crepe with long sleeves
close from elbow to well over the
wrist. The neck line was square and
relieved by single short string of
pearls. Mrs. Pinchot wore a close
turban shaped hat of crepe de chine
or geOrgette with a single rhinestone
ornament.
The fabric hat is just as much of a
favorite as it was year ago, with
satin, crepe de chine and georgette all
rivals for the straw hats of Milan and
erin,