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Show MIS IT THE CAPITAL i Interesting Display of New Spring Attire on the Avenue By MARGARET WADE. WASHINGTON, D. C. With the forsythla abloom in tho parks and crocuses appearing in the few remaining remain-ing terraces along Connecticut avenue, Washington knows lhat spring has come, even though the Easter season is unmarked by the distinctive entertainments enter-tainments of former years, when breakfast companies of 200 guests were the. usual Introduction to a short smart season. As In recent years, yesterday's , church parade on Connecticut avenue 1 was interesting from tho personality of the worshipers of the various fashionable fash-ionable churches atljacent to this famous fa-mous thoroughfare, but not for spring millinery. For In Washington, as in New York, Easter has lost Its sartorial significance for the socially elect, who wear their hats before or after the onco Important date, and leave the fashion show for the holiday makers who ordinarily rcsido and promenade in other localities. airs. Wilson, for Instance, who has relinquished her pew In St. Margaret's away out on Connecticut avenue, to occupy a pew at St. John's, just across tho park from the White House, has for weeks been wearing a modish' black straw hat trimmed in quills, i-itli n oin.nvllv fnilni-ff1 ninth Riiif. hi which she will probably attend an early ear-ly morning service according to her custom. Mrs. White, wife of-Hic chief justice of the United States, a woman of largo private fortune as well as distinguished distin-guished family connection, Is another prominent woman who avoids the usual Easter display. Mrs. White, In returning tho calls of Mrs. 13. T. Meredith Mere-dith and Mrs. Joshua Alexander, on their last reception day, wore a tailored tail-ored suit ot London smoke, in one of the finest serges, with a self-colored hat trimmed In several ostrlct plumes of the same neutral tone, which she proposes wearing all through April, thus setting an example of conserva-i conserva-i tlve dressing not surpassed by Mrs. Wilson herself. Miss Nancy Lane, daughter of the former secretary of the Interior, who Is to be married to Philip C. Kaiiff-mann Kaiiff-mann of this city April 20, will have a most unique wedding gown, inasmuch inas-much as tho material will be that used by both her mother and her grandmother grand-mother for a similar Important occasion. occa-sion. This is a white brocado satin, which was1 extremely fashionable fifty years ago, to which will be added a modern court train of plain satin In the same rich mellow tone that 'time has given the brocade. Another feature fea-ture will be two flounces of rare point, which were a part of the wedding gown of the bridegroom's youthful looking mother, Mrs. Victor Kauir-marin, Kauir-marin, who was before her marriage Mis3 Jessie Christopher. Although no longer ellgiblo to . the title of a cabinet bride, Miss Lano' made her debut. in that circle-less than "three months ago, and may bo said to have begun her social career in the White House itself, by serving as a small bridesmaid to Miss Eleanor Wilson when she married the then secretary of the treasury, Mr. McAdoo, Miss Sallie McAdoo, tho daughter of tho bridegroom, sharing the honor o? this service. MIso Leu's wedding will take pjaco In St. Jcjhn's church, Lafayette square, where Mr. and Mrs. Lane have been pew-holders throughout his official life. There will bo six bridal attendants. attend-ants. Another fashionable wedding of great social Interest to take placo in St. John's on April 24 will be that of Miss Elizabeth Lee Grlnnell and Commander Com-mander Henry Llvermoro Abbott. U. S. N. v..v, imuai ui evening gowns there Is no season, except that the heavier brocades and velvets give placo to s,atin, net and various lightweight light-weight materials of equal beauty. The vogue of tho black gown finds a new and very elegants expression in lace, as worn by Madame Hague, widow of tho former minister from Norway. This Is of thread lace in one of tho choicest of French patterns, made with draped skirl, very short and narrow as regards tho roundd skirt, and with the addition of a narrow nar-row modish train. The bodice is surplice, sur-plice, with deep V front and back, also sleoveles3. Mrs. Montgomery Blair is wearing one of tho handsomest black gowns, in the- new jetted net, which shows the long apron overdress in beads, bu-gles bu-gles and sequins, all worked into a formal design, graceful as the most delicate embroidery. Tho bodice, which has the new straight neck line.' Is of sequins, opening Eton fashion over the soft girdlo of jet, held at the left side by a cluster of apple green ostrich. Mrs. Breckenridge Long, the only survivor so to speak, of that band of young matrons who added groat charm to the social side of tho state department In tho early days of this administratiop, is wearing a springlike spring-like dinner gown of orchid satin, In draped Jinea of moment, with an embellishment em-bellishment of silver spangles applied In delicate but very offcctfvo motifs to skirt and bodice. Mrs. Ross Todd of Louisville wore a3 one of her most becoming dinner gowns during hor recent visit to her sister-in-law, Mme. Hague, a drapea gown of orchid satin, with narrow train falling from the waist. An embellishment em-bellishment of sequin embroidery about the low-necked sleeveless bodice-was bodice-was emphasized by tho bandeau ot blue satin studded in dlamonda. Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell, ono of Washington's best gowned women has accepted a short skirt as Paris knows it, as seen in a new gown of black taffeta, with its skirt covered in graduated flounces of chiffon. The top is an Eton jacket, also as Paris knows it, opening over another superlatively super-latively smart garment that might bo called an under bodice, blouse jr waistcoat, with its front ontirelv ol valenelnnes lace. A small silver'tur-ban silver'tur-ban tops this. Another smart costume Mrs. Bromwell Brom-well is wearing for formal luncheons and visiting Is black satin, short straight, overhung in black silk rringc from the shoulder to hem. This has half length sleeves cf chiffon, from which fall tassels of the silk fringe. Wl;h this Mrs. Bromwell wear3 ' a small black straw hat, having Us crown of bright green ostrich. |