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Show MODES FOR TOP COAT AND SUIT The Late Skirts Show Trimming at the Lower Edge. Picot Edged Ribbons. Now York, March 2G. Tho proper l wrap and tho proper suit for spring Frj are lll0 nrst questions which crop Into In-to tho woman's mind with tho beginning begin-ning of tho balmy weather. Tho winter coat has beon worn until ono g tired of it, and besides on tho llrst warm day It feels so heavy and drags about the neck, and wo need something some-thing lighter to tnko Its plate. 'l 'lll 'l'tlBwPm For general wear with tho dress comes tho coat In various styles. The model Illustrated shows a now And very practical stylo In coats. In the hack It Is very full and falls In rlpp'.es whllo in tho front It has less -N fulness. A wldo gauntlet cuff Is used on tho sleoves and tho high collar col-lar which flares up as high as tho chin Is unusually now and smart. The model Is developed In blue serge. Other fabrics which ara being used for such a coat aro black and white checked coating, tovcrt cloth, Held cloth, gabardine, and for tho fancy coat falllo Bilks used. Speaking ot fall'.e silk reminds mo of an unusual model which was shown In ono ot tho shops of oystor whlto falllo. It was very full, back and front nnd tho cntlro thing was edged with a wldo band of black civet. Of no less Importance is tho suit. Tho materials used aro covert, sorgo, gabardlno, vollo gabardlno which is i. lightweight fabric of tho gabardlno tpe, khaki or Hold cloth, grosgraln doth, covert cord, tweed, or homespun. The suits this season show n return re-turn to tho strictly tailored typo. Of uurso, tho military stylo is highly because ot tho placing ot corded trimming and buttons than In tho general cut, although thero aro somo that havo a very pronounced military cut, and with pockots.and belts in the places, accorded thorn by tho makers of Hrltlsh and French uniforms. uni-forms. It Is really strango how thoroughly mixed aro thoso military tcndonclos It taxes tho fair minded woman to tho utmost to bo thoroughly noutrnl In her dross, it can be dono, however, for a Uhlan hat may bo worn with a dress cut on strictly English Held uniform linos. Tho Jackots very In longth, somo aro niodoratoly long In tho back nnd t short In tho front from tho underarm un-derarm senra. Othors nro cut short all the way around. Tho boloro with or without sloovos U worn especially In tho silk suits. In tho second illustration is a suit with an Eton Jackot with V nock nnd it A buttons down tho front. With this l" Is worn a full skirt which Is stitched Ioeral times around tho lower odgo. This l8 tho typo of suit that would w-ike nn oxcollont traveling suit for tlm woman who Is going to tho Inn American or upon any othor Journey. Tho scparato waists, which, of couirto, aro In great doninnd with tho ! popularity of tho suit ar0 shown in a largo variety this year. Tho plain styles trimmed only with buttons and fastening down tho frdnt aro consld ered tho most correct, but thoy aro slowly becoming a llttlo raoro clauor-nto clauor-nto with a few tucks and a llttlo Bhlr-rlng. Bhlr-rlng. These nro made of Vollo, chlf fon, nnd trepo do Chlno whllo tho Ones sllOWll for 8Ummor nr. rlm-nl. opod In handkerchief linen, vollo, Swiss nnd organdy. Very plain covered cov-ered buttons nro used on theso waists and somo of tho very lntcst havo small Ivory buttons shaped like quln Ino capsules down tho front. Most ot tho waists aro mndo with long, closo slcovcs nnd adjustable collars; that Is, collars which aro closed high around tho neck or may bo left open as desired. Dresses aro being finished around tho bottom of the skirts in many various va-rious ways. A dress of net has a deep hem of white taffeta figured In pink, which was cut In deep scallops nt tho top edge. A close fitting bod-Ico bod-Ico of the silk was covered with a flowing bolero of net which was bound nround tho edges with tho flg ured silk cut on tho bias. Other skirts of net or hlffon havo hems eighteen Inches deep of taffeta taf-feta or satin nnd many organdy dresses shown havo deep hems of colored organdy. The scalloped lower edges aro Particularly Par-ticularly pretty and can bo used with good ffect on tho bottom of sheer iiummer dressos, If you nro beginning to think ot mnklng theso. Points nro also used ns well as squnrcs. When very sheer mntorlul Is used, n nar row rufflo of the samo material may bo used to run around tho edges. In others of a llttlo hcavlor fabric a simple binding may bo used to finish thn edges. Still another way to finish tho bottom bot-tom of net and tullo and somo times times on a small cord. Tho wldo cord has been used, but several rows of finer cording is much nowor. Fringed and picot edged box plont lugs aro also used a great deal and aro very effectlvo around tho hot tlmo of net nnd tullo and somo times taffeta drosses. Theso doublo and box pleated rufflos nro about seven Inches wldo and sowed on tho dross through tho mlddlo of tho rufflo, tho upper edgo Is tacked at Intervals onto on-to tho skirt, but between It falls carelessly and gives the wholo dress a very fluffy and light nppoarntuo. Small flowers and ribbon or tullo nro sometimes used together In forming form-ing a very attractlvo finish around tho botom of tho frock for ovonlng wear. Tho ribbons for tho season aro ox titilslto and tho old fashioned l'lcot edged ribbon seems particularly popular pop-ular In narrow nnd wldo widths ns well as grosgraln ribbon. -ir T |