Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-10
OPERA HOUSE STAGE BECOMES FASHION
ROW" FOR STUNNING DISPLAY CREATIONS
OF FASHIONABLE M0DISTES and TAILOR

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Stars Of the screen may come and
stars may go. that's what Mae Muir
ray did, Wednesday evening in 1.-THE
Fashion Row" at the Augusta Opera
House, but Ill OIL 'Gusta's got some
stars Of her own that she'll keep
here. because they are bending over
their books, pushing pencils, meas
uring out ribbons, selling the goods.
All the models in the Style Show.
given Wednesday evening at the end
Of the regular moving picture show.
showed an hour replete with de-
lights for the face, form and figure
"a delight to the eye.
Young, old, girls. matrons. Riddles.
boys and men, Wore their stuff and
displayed most attractive wearing
apparel from the D. w. Adams Co.
and the II. G. Barker Co., shoes from
the Quality store and jewelry from
Freeman, the jeweler.
Augustus 100000 Style Show
looked like million dollars. And
the beauty Of it all is the fact that
all the clothes and jewelry and shoes
shown at the show are just what you
can go into the four stores and pur-
chase after you lay down this paper.
take your napkin out from under
your chin and wander down to Wat
er street.
1t was quite the prettiest style
event that has been staged in Au-
gusta for some time. The children
were prefectly charming, natural and
unasSuming as they paraded forth
with their pretty frocks. coats, hats
and shoes. Then there was the jun
ior style Of boys and girls, the school
girl and the college girl, the grown
up and the business girl, the woman
ready for turn on the links. and the
man ready for a formal party. They
were all there in all sorts Of dresses
and accessories.
Those who modelled for the style
show, displaying coats, suits, dresses,
hats, wraps and accessories from the
d. w. Adams Co. store, footwear
from the Quality Shoe store and
jewelry from Sam Freeman's iewelry
store in the misses and grown up
classes were: Miss Florence Wilson,
Miss Dorothy Robinson, Miss Gladys
Madore, Miss Antoinette Lacomb,
Mrs. Taber. Miss Barbara Froberger'
Miss Grace Cover, Mrs. Irene Perry,
Miss Beulah Stiles. Mrs. Antoine
Landry, Miss Alice Barker. Mrs.
Sadie Snow, Miss Dorah Patterson,
Miss Ruth Henderson. Miss Mary
Pease, Miss Gertrude Parker.
In the display Of spring finery for
the little ones. the following children
were seen: Misses Constance Flynt.
Virginia Brown. Mary Nelson. Joan
Carnage, Gwendolyn Wheeler. Ra-
chael Warrell, Mary Owen, Frances
and Lucille Ridley.
Miss Wilson was seen in a printed
foulard sport dress in navy and pill
.ar-box red,> Another dress she wore
was Of gold crepe satin, sans sleeves
and bearing many clever little pleats
by way OF decoration. A flannel
sport suit in orange shade with a
white crepe de chine vestee she also
wore.
Hand painted crepe de chine was
a most attractive dress worn by Miss
Robinson. The design on the simply
made dress was of deep pink roses.
'rhe collar Of the same material came
down in long ends. finishing with silk
fringe. Navy and gray roshanara
was another dress in the coatee style.
Her hat with this costume was gray
silk with much navy soutache braid.
A stunning flamingo suit in the
very new copper shade was worn by
Miss Madore. She carried swag-
ger stick and her hat was close and
pretty. bearing a plume in the cop
per shade. A Canton crepe dress in
the Mexico shade she also wore. Its
sole trimming was a row of loops, ex-
tending the entire length Of the
dress. Orange roshanara was another
good looking dress worn by Miss Ma
dore. The skirt was deeply embel-
lished with cut work Of white silk.
Hand painted buttons closely placed,
trimmed the collar.
Honey-dew wolfe in all over en-
broidery was a simple but very
charming dress worn by Miss Lac.
omb She then wore q classy tailored
model of dark blue, with high neck
and side draped effect. Her hat was
q blue hat with a pert little feather
fancy. Poudre bleu fraille was an
other dress she wore.
Dandeiion charmeuse made the
sleeves Of a black Canton crepe dress
worn by Mrs. Tabor. Ashes OF roses
was another dress in crepe superior.
this being made in the attractive
apron design with razor pleats. Her
hat of the turn of the face pattern
had a saucy pom-pom for adorn-
ment.
was the name applied to a strik-
ing green roshanara sport dress worn
by Miss F'roberger. 1t was set off
with the new rainbow landings a,
the bottom of the skirt on the sleeves
and around the collar.
Mrs. Taber also wore a fraille silk
dress in the tea rose shade, long
sleeves. tie Of silk and Peter Pan
collar.
Orchid georgette was an afternoon
or party dress worn by Miss Cover.
It was silver trimmed. An imported
French model was also worn by her,
being made OF the rich crepe fraille.
Black and white was the design
worked effectively In gorgeous pat
tern on the skirt and sleeves. az well