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Show Fashions Refuge From . Sudden Summer Shower - By HEDDA HOYT, v r.thlon Editor of th. Unlt.d Pnn. (Wrltt.n for tho Unltfd Pren.) ITEYT TORK. N, T., Auc. 4 (By V. P.) Wh.n . woman oprndo mon.y on a raincoat or an umbrella .ho fralo Ilk. oho la throwina; away mbnry. Nevorthrleaa thry aro neoeaaary .Vila. Style, in ralneoata have undaranne freat chan.ee In thalaat ten yeara. rom tho macklntoah wo turned to tho colorful rubber offocta of a a-aon a-aon or two a.o, and now wa havo allk aurfacod coata In beautiful luxurloua colore that havo no earmarka of tho raincoat. They aro really rainproof Ilka mada In tha moat faahlonablo llnoo Ima.lnablo and they aro lovely enough to be worn on a atormy n!,ht to any dreaay Meaalon. In fact, many of thorn look more Ilk. evening- wrap, than ralneoata. Oray, tan. navy and (olden brown aro tho ahadr. that are moat deatr. able, a. bright colored ralneoata ar. not worn by amartlr (roomed women any more. The Idea 1, ts have a raincoat that doeen't look Ilka a raincoat. Whtle th. llnln, of thea. coata I. rubberlaed. they ar. but a ahado or two lighter than tha garment and hav. a aon, velvety appearance. i Jananea. waternroof paranoia offer a eolutlon for tho Bummer weather problem. The average eummer para-aol para-aol la certainly not adaptable to th. audden eummer ahow.re and the umbrella um-brella haa been dlacarded nntll the winter month, henca the lovely Jananea. Jan-anea. paraeol haa Ita day. Thea. ar. made of heavy oiled paper and they ar. a poked with bamboo. They have dark barkrrounda painted In dun bluea. green, and other dark ehadea. which maJkethotTilcea coneplcuoua than- th. Japanea. p mania of former aeaeona. Being aunproof and rainproof rain-proof and beautifully colored, thev ara becoming the rage at tho beaehe. about New York. They ar. cheaper then the allk or cretonne paraaol. and equally a. 'orely for reeort luage. Rain haa a peculiar effect on .ho. erylea It will chaae all th. little red, green and Mu. ahoea off the faahlon map by fall. Mud and light ahoea don't mix. Many of ua will hate to give up th. cherry colored ahoea and go back to eomber blacka. Other, more conservative, will be glad to see the laat of them. - But colored ehoec hav. ao taken . the faahlon world by atorm that they will not be dlacarded ao eaallv. There will be few bright cotora war. for " afreet wear thl. fan, hot color, ar. to be Introduced that hav. never before be-fore been uaed for ahoea Recently I vlalted a ehoe .atabllah-ment .atabllah-ment ad aaw a caao full of little French ahoea that are being copied for American wear. There wer. dark bluea with piping, of deep purple llaard akin, black patenta with tlnv I piping, of light blue, roee, gold and green, and black patent, painted In I Peralan dealgna that would be beau. ' tlful with the black frock. j A new brown, called "lotroabln." I. , trimmed In narrow banda of brown 0 lliard akin. Thre. new ahade. of dark green are ehown. We will have ahoe. of aubdued color, brightened by tlnv plplnga of colored leather, often a. many aa five different colore bain uaed on one ehoe. An Intereetlng heel la mad. entirely of tiny rowe of dlf- ferent colored leather.. I waa told that the hand palnUd ehoe. and colored col-ored piping effect, would wlthatand water, ao "Let 'er ralnl" |