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Show A Special Coat for Traveling Special to The Tribune NEW YORK. July 1 Speaking from the view-point of New Yorkers, the weather man Is an extremist With his blue sklep nn,1 ardent sunbeams today ind frowning clouds, and pouring rain tomorrow-, he a niso quite coquettish But. It Is carrlng his whims too far when he makes n cessary the donning of thinnest of summer costumes, for a visit to the races or elsewhere, and before we can reach oar destination has iif) damp and shlv.-rlng, and possible victim- of Influenza In-fluenza And thin brings to mind the subject sub-ject of rain coats. This Is a garment that Is alwas In the market, and mostly stays there. Wry few people Indulge In a special wrap for such days In g.-nrsl th'-v are built n Unci that are meant exclusively for stormy weather, and at any other time are n.t only homely and out of place, but uncomfortabli as well. Bo, on the yvhole It Is not an all-round satisfactory garment I to bu. it I? much better f-.r the women of limited means to hae a coat for general gen-eral wear, that Is not too dressy for a rainy day -end made of a material which, though not strictly waterproof, will not suffer If exposed to rain There Is a fabric that Is ner advertiser adver-tiser and 14 Irlom heard mentioned. vM Is found In stock In all of the large shops. It can be had in black, white and nearly every color Not only will rain not Injure It. but It can be put Into a tab and washed This mixture of MIV. and wool, whoso texture Is light, firm and exi eliont, has, the appearance of silk ft makes a beautiful street COStUme a separate coat In any style, a tea-goun or an evening frock, and the name of this most desirable desira-ble article is Lansdowne Special Traveling: Coat. A special coat for traveling (when one Is planning a toiin is far more sensible than n special coat for storms A traveling travel-ing earment may. and generally does, combine beauty with utility, as there ar many other occasions on which it may bo worn. The models for those garments are varied As to materials, they may be of natural or colored linen, crash, rep, mohair, mo-hair, serge in white Hnd various shade, taffeta, or the several coarse silks, such as Rajah. Burllngham and Shantung pongee pon-gee Although the latter three are sometimes some-times as coarse as hop-sacking, they are soft, lustrous and very attractive, As to style c.f making, there seems to be but three or four general models for all separate sepa-rate wraps In any of the above-mentioned material?. There have heen named o often It seems sup. nluous to repeal J' Is possible to combine In one garment, a traveling motor or rain coat. Conspicuous among the richest-looking of separate wraps arp those In white taf- feta (Not the chiffon variety; it has not. enough body I Thr-se are three-quarter . ngtn and loose without destroying the grace of lines. A beautiful creation was generouals embroidered In n pattern of r.is. I. ' In an e-.enlv divided combination combina-tion of blind embroidery and eyelet work The former la fast encroaching upon the popularity of the latter, which has been nr'.ught out so extensively In machine Imitations Anything so marked as eyelel embrolderv will not live long uneler general gen-eral usage. The sleeves, neck, fronts and bottom c.f thU coat were finished with a wide, heavy, Irish lace. In an elaborate design, i-onslstlng of alternate long and short oblong motifs and these were laid on (he taffeta, which was cut out to fit. leaving the straight edge of tie- I o e as the finish of the coaty Modish Walking Suits. The modish womun who has not supplied sup-plied hrsif with at least one walking ilt In white, either of serge, poplin, mohair mo-hair or anv of the many materials Intended Intend-ed for that purpose, has deprived herself Of a very satisfying possession besides H losing an opportunity of giving pleasure to all observers (Philanthropy is always . ominondable.) A simple hut effective model. In white serge, was made with a pleated skirt and Eaton Jacket The skirt wa composed of one box pleat In the back, a plain and nulte narrow front breadth, and a yoke effect on the sides, the single pleats extending ex-tending only to the hips, where they were j finished i narrow stitched straps Vive Similar straps were plac d h:.i Iznntallv n the jacket, beginning at the dart In front anei ending Just short of the center back All of the straps were looped at thi enda ana finished with tlnv p;-arl buttons but-tons and simulated buttonholes. In groups Of three "Thee also apprarei on the deep rolling collar of serge There were turn-back cuffs and a short and vr-rv narrow turn-over collar, in deep blue tin finished with two rows of narrow black and white braid An entire double-breasted double-breasted vest of maycullr.e cut In blue llnon hound all around with white linen and having blue linen buttons was worn with this suit. The vet was long enough . I lo answer f..r a belt, the ICaton being suf-ncntlv suf-ncntlv short In the back to dloplay about two Inches of It The Frivolous Hat In all her exquisite and attractive adornment woman seems most frivolous In her hats The Importers are shewing some unique nnd Jauntv specimens, that are reminiscent of fashions long gone by Cine decidedly odd pattern was a round hat In Manila straw, with a medium brim and small ronlcal crown The hat wn tilted very high on thn left side by the usual bandeaU, and around the crown was a twist of darlr purple velvet ribbon, tied lii a flat bow on the right side of the hack A cluster of half-blown roses, one American Beauty, one deejp and one pal pink, one yellow arid one with violet tints, was placed on the left side against the raised brim A similar .luster and a hug. bow of velvet were attached to the bandeau, forming the necessary connec-Hon connec-Hon between hat and coiffure. W e can trace our present mores back through the entire gamut to the reign of 1 OUlS XIV , but we of the twentieth cen-turv cen-turv have our Ideas of dres leavened with a grain of common sense and wisely Insist upon onlv the picturesque and ar-tl-t. refusing to -olopt the ridiculous, or anything that tends to detract from our good points. Tho lines of the figure must J be preserved for. after all Is said and done, it Is not so much the face or gown. as the figure, that makes or mars a woman's appearance. CH IRLOTTE LAMBERT. |
