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Many Ways to Use
Velvet in Outfit
There are countlews wayw in which
veli et la being uaed. and sa many
stylew of eomhlnlbg veli et wHh other
material*, li la a must grateful fabric
to bandi e, notes a fashion rufTeepoti-
drat in thè New York Titm-s. for II
tuak -s effrctlve contraat wlth any one
of many olber guada. Il makra more
Import ani a «oolen finish, embelljatire
satin and la stvown In nove! partner
ship wtth lame, with
wlth thè splrndid
Bianchini fabrb-a. with chiffon, and
In aotne particularly smart ttuwlela Is
trlmiued wlth gilt lesi ber. with jet.
metal beaila. brllllania. or la orua-
mented wlth nrediew orfc done In
brigai-colored creta eia. There la no
hard and-fast rule for thè treatment
of velvet., Il le a tua Iter of Individuai
creative atilllty. The politi of »Igniti
rance Is timi thè gown. or vvrnp. o
hai tiecome ih«- Wearvr, and In wrar
Ing velvet rvery wotuan presenta ber
self must flntterlngly. The perlod
gown. thè sitnpie tight I mm II co wlth
long, full sklrt. la tretucnd>«u»ly plc-
tun-su'.c in velvet in hlnck or color, «r
Her«
a charming new «porta frock
designed
by
Lucien
Lelong, well
known Paris style expert. The under-
skirt is of reseda green duvetyn and
the blouse is of beige kasha, ambroid
ered with aluminum fronds.
type of beauty ami to woiui-n of every
age.
Altogether, velvet. In Innumerable
ways and In varied technique, la con
tributing an element of great Impor
lance to the season. It Is a boon and
joy to many l>ecauae of Its |Hmslbllltlea
even In the hands of an amateur A
band of wide velvet ribbon will form
a rich trimming for the skirt of chiffon,
or taffeta drees, to tie rrjH-ntrd In the
bodice. Velvet shoulder straps as they
are shown In a jeune fllle frock of chif
fon ; ties of velvet ribbon looped st the
bark of a high cut bodlee; a belt, wrist
bands and occasional straps are fa
miliar ways of giving chic to an other
wise uninteresting frock.
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Finding of Bones °f
Lord Fairfax Su^csh
Interesting
in
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American fíistory '
Here's how the old English lord
came to be the 'guide, |>hilo*opher
nnd frleml” of the youthful colonel:
The Fairfaxes and Washington* came
together early. Lord Fairfax, upon
coming Into hla Inheritance, put Ide
cousin William In charge of the Vir
ginia relate. William established a
realdence at llelvolr. About 174.1 lav-
rence Washington, halfbrother
half-brother of
George, Inherited Mount Vernon and
married Anne, daughter of William
Fairfax. When Lord Fairfax came to
Virginia i to stay be lived for a time
at Belvoir twfore establishing Green
way Court, where he kept otwn houae
George
William
Fairfax, oldest
brother of Mrs. 1-awrence Washington,
and George Washington were warm
friend» When Hie brother married Mias
Carry of Hampton. Lord Fairfax In
vited George to accompany the bridal
party ><n a visit to Greeuway Court.
It waa the hunting season and lord
Fairfax *«»>n had George In the aaddle
He found the alxtevn year-old Virginian
aa eX|wrt nnd fearless ns himself.
Then and there began the friendship
between Lord Fairfax and George
Washington which was to continue
through the vlclaaltudea of the He vo
lution and end only with the old
baron'a death. It waa a friendship
that undoubtedly had mudi to do
with the molding of the young Vir
ginlan's character iti the formative
atage of youth, For Lord Fairfax was
a |Milialied man of the world. Long
and Intimate association with him waa
practl>-ally a liberal education to young
George. Lord Fairfax was an ardent
Itoyaltst and many a battle of argu
ment he and hla young guest had at
Greenway Court Aa hl* protege In-
creased In stature and In public favor,
lord Fairfax foresaw with sore dis
may that he waa the chosen Instru
ment Io win the Independence of the
colonies and humble Great Britain's
pride. Yet tlieir friendship never
slackened. But when at last came the
news of Yorktown the old baron cried.
“Take me to my bed; It la now time
for me to die.*’ And die he did within
two month*. In hla ninety first year.
Now let ua look at George Washing
ton's survejlng ei|»ertencea in the Vir
ginia wilderness In the light of tbs
first stepping stone in hla journey to
the Presidency.
He set out from Mount Vernon
March II. 174M, <>n hl* first surveying
Into the Fairfax principality. He
just completed his sixteenth year,
journal given details. We find be
his men lost their tent in a high
wind; swam their horses over swollen
Mreams, slept in lbs open by ramp-
roasted thslr meat on forked
Duvetyn Underskirt
No Hard-and-Fast Rule for
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By JOHN DICKIN8ON «HERMAN
Ollli FAIRFAX'S bone*,
which had b*«n "loaf for
many a year, were dlacov-
ered the other day by
workmen excavating under
the old Episcopal church
In Winchester. Va. Thia
la the U>rd Fairfax whose
name la rememlvered in
American history, chiefly
because he started out
Georg* Washington In life
by getting him a commission aa a pub
lic surveyor and employing hint to sur
vey his Virginia ratals All of which
suggests one of the many Interesting
"Ifa" of American history:
If George Waahtngton had not had
thl* experience aa a surveyor of (lie
wilderness. would he have been the
first President of the I’nit cd States of
America T
The Fairfaxes are an old English
family. Our lord Fairfax was Thom
as sixth Karon Fairfax, who Inherited
hia Virginia estate through hla mother,
the only daughter of lord <‘ul|»e|ier.
who got |t through royal grant. Born
In England In ItKH. be waa educated
at Oxford, held a commission In the
llorse Guards contribute«! pu|>ers to
the Spectator and achieved an enviable
reputation aa a man of faahlon.
Lord Fairfax, having town jilted by
a court benuty- so the atory goes—•
wtthdrew from fashionable life and
about 17:0» paid a visit to hla Virginia
ratals He like«) it so well after a
year's stay that he went back to Eng
Ian«!, gave away hl* other properties
rloee«| up hla affairs and In 1745 ar
rived In Virginia to stay. After a time
he established Greenway Court, a
manor of lO.tk*» acres near Winches
ter. where he lived until hla death In
17H2. The title has t>ern continuously
recognised by the British House uf
Lords but the first of the American
Fairfaxes formally to lay claim to
the peerage waa Albert Kirby Fair
fax. a banker of New York and Lon
de*. lie waa recognised In Itari by
the House of Ixvnls an the twelfth
Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
Lord Fairfax was the owner of
about 5.2*0* *• acres, extending from
the sen over Into the Shenandoah val
ley. between the Potomac and the
Rappahannock. Thia Is 21 of the
counties of present <tay Vlrlglnla
During the Hevolutlon l.onl Fairfax,
a universal favorite, wan not disturbed
by either side. After the Hevolutlon
the qnltnnts and similar charges
were abolished and the estate
istw In all rcst*cta subje- t to
jurisdiction of Virginia. Mount
n<>n waa originally a part of the
m-t-cr gmnL
Blouse of Beige Kasha
sticks nnd used chips for platen; rode
over "ye worst lload that ever
trod by Man or Beast
Ones
straw on which they were lying caught
i firo-—~We waa luckily preserved by one
- of our Mens waking."
In 1741» at seventeen. Washington waa
, made official aurveyor of Culpeper
county. He continued surveying for
two years. Ills success as a surveyor
, led Io his ap|Milnimet>l In 1781 as ad
jutant of one of the four military die-
i trlcia of Virginia. Tills in turn led to
the appointment as comiulaaloner to
; the French on the Ohio, which waa the
real beginning of hla military career
Washington's life aa a surveyor gave
I *** * I splendid physique When he
j had hla growth he waa "straight an an
! Indian. measuring six fret two Inches
! In Ida Mock Inga and w eighing 175
. |H>un«ia 1 " Thia stood him well during
■ ths Hevolutlon long hours In the
j aaddle could not tire him. He alept
once under a tree with Its roots for a
pillow. The privations of Valley Forge
>-ould not daunt him. He rwle a horse
to death to get to the front at M<«n-
inouth and atop the retreat and had
I breath left to curse I-er for Ids coward
Ice "till the leaves curled on the trees."
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Wsahlngton's life as a surveyor gave
him wide acquaintance wtth the |>eo
pie of the frontier settlements and un
derstanding of their character and
ways—and It was of such frontiers
men that his armies were largely
made
Washington's life as a surveyor
made him IHO per cent efficient In the
ile
ways of the wilderness, where effi
ciency means life or death,
learned io a hair's breadth what a man
could do with rifle, horse and boat.
He learne«l the craft of the Indian, the
finest natural fighting man the world
ever saw. It waa In the wilderness
that he learned how to save hla men
when Bra<l<|ock met disaster; liow to
cross the Delaware la the lee and sur
prise the Heaalana at Trenton; how
to fo<d the enemy by leaving hla ramtv
fire burning; bow to wait and wait
and wait till the right moment; how to
run like a coward and come hack like
a brave man; bow to use Morgan's
riflemen who came in resjx.nae to hit
hurry up call; ho* to estimate dis
tances and numbers; how to get the
Isy of the land and pick hla battle
field
Ho— If George Washington had not
I-eon Lord Fairfax's surveyor, would
would
hs have been commander In chief
of
the tkmtlnental armies» And which
he have won the Revolution-
ralaed
made him President?
ba
the
Or waa Georg* Washington
up by Divine Prnvtdenca to
Tuther of Hla Cmntrvr
Individuality, Keynote
of Latest Autumn Hat«
Latest In Vogue of Velvet—Applique
of Blech and White.
requires no trimming A quaint effect
la given by adding a bertha of fine lace
to one of three old-style velvet gowns,
a costume that 1s becoming to every
Gold Leather Used aa
Millinery Decoration
The use of gold leather an a mil
llnery decoration la of exceptional In
terest and since It la s|a>nM>re<l by
the most Important milliners of ¡’arts
will have an Influence upon autumn
and winter hat mode«. One Paris mil
liner. who showv a numtier of hats
modeled <>n the nrw tricorne lines,
edges the brims with gold leather
which la In effective contrast with the
color of the velvet used for their de
velopment. A black velvet tricorne
has a wide flange of gold leather, while
from snot tier comes a novel shape,
designed aa the m-nvalc hat. and made
of purple velvet cut out In modernistic
design to show a lighter tone of vel
vet
All the edges are bound with
gold leather.
Plait« Still Used by
Some Pari« Designer«
This season's m<«les are by no means
confined to flare and godet, nays a
fashion writer in the New York Times
Homo of the best couturiers are show
ing exceedingly chic things In which
plaits give ease at the bottom of the
skirt. The kilt has done much to
popularise the plait, and this la varied
In many attractive ways The season's
fabrics are particularly well adapted
to the plaited model, for crepe and the
new wool weaves respond to thia treat
ment and keep their shape. The In
verted plait Is seen in many of the
latest designs and is popular wtth
women w io wish to have a frock which
appears to lie flat, yet la released be
low the knee. The deep Inverted plait
la laid In front, directly at the back,
or at each aide of the skirt, to give
an effect of floating panels.
An unusually clever little street
frock of mlrnleen hns the straight,
slender lines and Is laid In small plaits
held Into the shoulder seam In front
Beginning at the waist the material
of the skirt Is slashed to the
with
While women have shown a disposi
tion to adopt the bat of wider dimes
alone, and the large hat for the first
time In many seasons 1» conspicuously
featured, they have not wuned In their
allegiance to the small close hat so
admirably adapted to the present all
houette Little high crowned hats with
narrow brims which Rrboux first In
troduced and which she wears with
such ciilc have Iveco the Inspiration for
othe" models carried out In felt,
lours and velvet, which aa the
advance* becomes Increasingly I lu I Mir
rant.
An extremely fetching little hat la
mw'le of black velvet with an Inter-
eating decoration of black satin ac
centuating the height of the crown,
and finishing the e«lge of the brim,
while from georgette comes a charm
ing m«-del also of black velvet cleverly
drn|wd to fit the contour of tlie head
and ornamented with two long crystal
pins.
In keeping with the vogue for smell
flexible hata Is a model with a crown
of black patme velvet, and gold kid
used for lite upturned brim.
Utile
wings of black velvet nnd gold kid are
the only decoration and n-flni the
feeling for cunningly wrought motifs
In metal kid which n|>|<enr In the col
lections of Ibe most Important mo
distes.
fl ne pialla Inverted, giving the appear
ance of bog pialla all the way round.
Low about the bips a wide, noft belt
Is worn.
Pink Dance Frock
A fascinating dance frock la of
geranium pink chiffon with the waist
embroidered In brilliants Home of the
brilliants are scattered over the skirt
and a broad hand of oatrlch tVuthern
trima the bottom of the skirt, which
has a alight upward flare In front.
Colorful Lining« for Fur Wrap
Many of the newest evening cape*
of fur are lined with gorgeous bro
cade* or velvets. One particularly
handsome model of ermine la lined
with cream-colored velvet with larg*
rosea arattered over Its surfacn.
New Handkerchiefs Are Blu«
The vogue for all shades of blue la
reflected in handkerchiefs of cn-pe
chiffon In a vivid tone finished around
the edges with lace of the name shad*.
Another version has inserts of silver
lace.