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Show U : j Present Day Styles in Nation s Capita! ! iu. ' . j i (By Margaret Wade.) 'With world famous modistes doing business as usual, and using the malls j in appeals to their patrons to buy 1 Liberty bonds as well as new clothes, j ono realizes anew that patriotism is 5 the fashion. Many a woman in going I through her morning mail stops to ask j which, but fair percentage of the re-'I re-'I cipients of the artistic little advertise- raents arc responding to both sugg earl ea-rl lions. The sale of bonds, in which the soc-1 soc-1 lal as well as commercial world seems ; Interested is by no means stopping the ; sale of clothes, which is jijst as it should bo for the important minority ' who can afford to set a good example j in both activities. j Mrs. McAdoo is as usual leading the meetings at which the women of the . capital aro urged to purchase bonds, ; also as usual wearing the practical semltailorcd gowns-she invariably affects af-fects for her busy days. One very becoming suit is dark blue ( homespun American dyed and Ameri-. Ameri-. can made, with smart close skirt un- draped overdress and long waisted . carveless blouse, Avilh long sleeves close fitting from olbo.w to wrist, i If all war workers, government '.clerks and business women generally followed the lead of President Wil-, Wil-, son's youngest daughter there would no occasion for uniforms, as each Toman would select extremely simple, ! ' serviceable tailored suits, two of which :j ould last an entire season, and bo t :,. sensibly and suitably dressed every i ' hour of thp day. No one has ever seen j 3h3. McAdoo in a cloth gown with i ; chiffon sleeves, a georgette blouse with t j a sports skirt, ostrich plumage on a ; utility "hat, or any other sartorial at-Q. at-Q. j roclty which uniforms are expected to li .1 correct T : Mrs, Josephus Daniels is even more . tamest than Mrs. McAdoo in the mat-i; mat-i; ; ter of dress reform, and on her travels j- ; about the country in her character as a: , sn officer of the Y. W. C. A. la wearing : & tailored skirt and jacket of a shade it . between the horizon blue of the A ;; French army and the dark blue of our .. n navy, -with a regulation blouse of . ' -.teen with high turnover collar and a income hat of black velour. . ,' t,, latter llIls the insignia of the Y. "'U A. in gold on tho hat band di-Tffi' di-Tffi' ln front. This same triangle and -. i jDiual also appear on the sleeves of . fie coat, which is fastened with plain ' buttons the latter in shape and E1Ie like the button to bo used on the ' llflvy uniforms for women, but k ,ut l,ie national Insignia. 4 I rs. Newton D. Baker, wifo of the F; r .?reJar' of war. evidently is not ad-' ad-' M In v any Particular dress for cab-; cab-; 1 hostesses, as she is wearing a - :fB-w evening cloak of individual stylo and great beauty. This is a genuine Japanese cloak bf pale pink satin embroidered em-broidered over its entire surface in white, pink and slight touches of gold. Another cloak of widely different character but jiistas smart brought out by the early autumn is a white jersey jer-sey cloth worn by Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, which is on the long, straight line, with collar and cuffs or mink. With this Mrs. Gerry wears a soft hat of brown velvet, also very smart brown shoes and gloves. Mme. George Bankmetieff, wife of the. former ambassador of the late czar, now one of Washington's most distinguished" private citizens, who is just back to town for the winter, is wearing a smart and becoming suit of soft brown velour delaine on plain lines, with a round, rather broad brimmed hat of the same colored velvet vel-vet also severely plain. , Mrs. John W. Davis, wife of the newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain, acted as ono of the salesladies last Saturday at the state department's rummage sale do luxe, which is held each week at the Bandbox, adjacent to the regular workrooms of the war relief re-lief committee of the state department. Mrs. Davis wore a smartly tailored white serge suit a plain skirt with semifltting half length coat opening over a plain silk blouse with turnover collar, and a long, plain silk tie. The hat topping this was black- fabric in conventional round shape turned up sharply at one side, with b,lack quills as trimming. Young Mrs. Jack Remey, just back from Boston, where her husband has been in the aviation service, looks charming and smart as ever in a blue serge one piece gown made with narrow nar-row skirt showing the modish bustle back with th'e square cut neck to the curveless long sleeved bodice. Tho hat worn with this Is especially chic, being a round shape of medium size of dark blue and gold brocade, with the trimming trim-ming the smallest possible bow of blue and gold ribbon less than half an inch in width, which is poised on the edge of tho brim In front. Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, wife of the alien property custodian, has returned to Washington and joined Mrs. Palmer at the new home they have taken on Jl street, near Sheridan circle. |