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Show i I Z4AZ: "77ZEZG &OMyp77?yjEG87 vL W7 - y "N S2 ?2L- v ss' v sport costof i . JfC&p - CornColored I of Dark. "Faille llalmee, jf, 2C JPii ISfe I Burella, Velours de Lame, Gabardine and Wool Jer- sey Favored Coat Materials -Full or Seven-Eighths K Length As One Pleases - Tussah for Late Spring H Wear- The Coat-Dress a Spring Inspiration. m AM LM0ST difficult as separating I ffitfh tho shoep rrom tho groats Is , ff separating the flocks rrom tho ' r fc3 coats, U1J3 season. Tho coat- ! frock Is an Innovation of springtime which meets such a practical need that It has undoubtedly como to stay for a time at least. Nothing remains very long In this day of evanescent fashions except the worsted sweater which women simply will not give up. Next week we are going to talk about i1 the now and alluring 1917 sweators but, of course, that Is another story, coats are on the caipct, a3 one nilght say, today. To roturn to coat-frocks which arc tho fad of tho hour: they look like frocks but act like coats They havo tho dainty, svelte linos of a frock, rather than the smartly bulky lines of a topcoat, yet they may bo worn, if one so chooses, over a thinner frock and behold! one Is ready for several sev-eral weok-end occasions. Or, for instance, in-stance, you decide to do a day's shopping shop-ping In town and have a dinner and bridge engagement, also In town, for tho evening; or you may bo going to meet your husband for a restaurant dinner and ft theatre afterward. In the morning, you put on tho dainty silk and chiffon theatre frock which is rather short for dancing and ovor it goes tho tailored coal-frock which fall3 an inch or two oqt tho buttoncd-boot buttoncd-boot top, hiding the silk frock entirely en-tirely The coat-fiock with Its loose linos and knotted sash, Us light weight wool fabric, unlined. cannot Injuro tho costumo beneath as much as an ordinary coat would; and the coat-frock coat-frock removed In tho restaurant dressing dress-ing room loavos you beautifully appareled ap-pareled for the evening. One of the new coat-frocks Is shown In an illustration today. You will nolo tho trim, graceful lines more like a tailored frock than a coat; yet tho collar col-lar conveys the coat suggestion, and the garment is really a coat, made to slip on ovor a lighter frock if desired. de-sired. Perhaps the distinctive coat-quality coat-quality of the coat-frock is to bo found on its Inner side. Of course, any garment gar-ment worn as a coat must be Irreproachable Irre-proachable within as without, for It, may bo flung over a chair or intrusted to an escort at any moment of Its career. Fow of tho coat-frocks are lined, though somo of them have a silk lining half way to tho waistline. Lightness and trlmnoss aro prime requirements re-quirements and anything that might cause bulk must he avoided, but seams aro carefully pressed and finished a.nd 1 I of course, all seams and details aro I sowed with matching slll No first class tailoicd costumo Is over sowed with a cheap substitute for silk thread. Mbdlocro manufacturers sometimes seek to save a fow pennies by this mothod but tho canny woman shopper will havo none of It I As to material, tho pictured coat-frock Is mado of tan Burolla cloth with touches of brown silk embroidery at tho waistline, browh bono buttons and a very smart collar col-lar of brown velvet, attached to a standing collar of military extraction. Silk Coats Populnr In Paris. In Paris, these days, ono buys a silk coat by way of economy; a wool coat if ono wishes to splurgo Into extravagance. extrava-gance. While so much wool woven material is required for uniforms at tho fiont, serges aro exceedingly expensive ex-pensive In France, and only tho fashionables fash-ionables aro wearing sorgo coats and frocks, Tho silk coats of Paris aro charming and aro bound to havo tholr effoct on this season's fashion Tho dark bluo faille matineo coat, and the Wk an Invasion 'WJl&JPflilgSjMy ll Wm 1m MbwL flowerod silk model plcturod today aro copies of French garments and both aro Ideally suited to lato spring and summer wear. Tho falllo matinee coat Is In a very dark blue shade tho darkest possible bluo and has a deep collar of black soiree silk The knotted sash which ties toward tho back at ono sldo Is also of black solreo and sash and panels tho latter falling ovor tho shouldors under tho collar havo tassols of dark bluo silk. Many buttons covered with tho coat material, ma-terial, with flanking rows of embroidered embroid-ered buttonholo motifs, are set along slashes In tho skirt of the coat. Tho slashes aro sowed togothcr with slot scams and do not fly open, but they make an effective trimming. This coat covers the frock entirely and should provo a very practical wrap for all-summer all-summer wear Tho flowered silk coat also concoals tho frock beneath and Is so light In weight and so dainty withal, that the model should appeal Instantly to all women who llko a wrap of this sort to woar over evening frocks for restaurant res-taurant dining, or sheer, summery frocks desirable for warm evenings yot too filmy to be worn uncovered through the street, Chcrult designed tho original of this dainty flowered coat which, as pictured, Is of warp-prjutod warp-prjutod taffeta with littlo roso-colored flowers on a ground of mauvo shot with pink Smocking in a diamond shaped motif controls the fullness at the back, and at the sides and front, tho sklit is smocked In rowa below the waistline, tho upper part fitting tho figuro trlmlv. A shawl collar of whlto soiroe silk turns back over a collar of tho flowered taffeta A black llscro straw hat draped with a black laco veil seems exactly tho right Bort of millinery with this gay flowerod coat Tussah Coats Tor The Country Club. The white tussah coats arc tho loveliest love-liest things imaginable In tho way of summer wraps Of course, such a coat Is not for knockabout wear. It will soli easily though it may be cleaned, almost as easily, and Us suggestion sug-gestion Is dainty dressiness, rather than practical utility. A model soen recently was of whlto tussah with an appliquo band trimming on tho collar and appliques of tho samo handsome ombroldcry on a wldo belt decorated with tho now running stitch so fash-lonablo fash-lonablo In .Paris Just now. This stitch Is done by hand with sowing silk, long H.lVcCoalril.'K SW H Tiew Sort oC JPlk a; 1 the.Yfavst W$&& ' , I and short stitches alternating and the long stitches coming on the outside. Motor Coats In Brilliant Shades. Ono has become so accustomed thanks to the lnfluonco of sports wear to orango and coral and geranium out-of-door garments that a vivid coat in an automobllo no longer catches and holds the eye. The now motor coats for spring are cheerful affairs, to give them their full due, and their colors shame Solomon In all hl3 glory. Thoy aro blg-collarcd. big-pocketed, gracoful coats with a deal of material In sweeping flaro from collar to hem. and the material Is controlled by clovorly placed belts Into trim lines Thoy aro built of velours do lalno, of Bolivia, of duvotyn, of cashmeic. of Burella and of trlcotlno and somo of them havo most attractive linings A Callot motor coat Is of gold colored dmetyn with gray suede trimmings and a lining of potunla soiree silk. Another An-other stunning Fronoh coat is of heavy satin In oxidised sllvor tono with a lining of hemlock gioon satin, the The Chinese Maiden's SEVERAL, young society women, I this winter, havo worn the fem-Inlno fem-Inlno costume of China at costumo cos-tumo balls, and other affairs given In aid of war sufferers Some of those costumes havo been extremely handsomo and many of them have been purchased in China bv the fair wearers. Such a costume was worn recontly by tho daughter of an Amorl-can Amorl-can naval officer at a large costumo ball in San Francisco and so dainty and becoming was tho Chinese maiden's maid-en's garb on tho Amorlcan maid who wore tho quaint tunic and trousers, that several womon present decided forthwith to havo boudoir suits exactly llko It To havo real character.. howT- green appearing on collar and cuffs in H deep facings. Thero aro motor coats, H also of pontine, a sensible waxed ma- H tcrial that sheds tho rain and Ignores the mist as casually as tho leather it H so closely resembles. Pontine has a IH rovorso sldo of silk or cloth and this IH Is usually in somo bright, contrasting H shade. An orango pontine motor coat H with reverse sido In hemlock green la jH being mado now for an April brldo. who will woar It on her honeymoon IH trip. Practical for motoring and IH traveling aro topcoats of warm yot light-weight wool in overplald effects in brown, greon and gray tones. These IH coats havo been popular with English 1 women for many years and Amorlcan IH women aro beginning to find how in- H dispensable these warm, soft, easy- H to-carry and haid-to-hurt topcoats are jH for spring, summer and putumn wear. IH Sport coats aro Innumerable and 1 Irresistible this year. Tho model pic- jH turcd is' an attractive one of corn- H colored Bolivia cloth with Harlequin lH checks of orango velvet on tho corn- H colored fabric H Garb is Fashionable H ever, the Chinese suit must be picked H up In China. Such a suit may bo M copied hero, but unless mado of tho H richest silks it will provo a failure. jH The tunic must be of such rich, heavy H silk that it will stand woll out from IH the figuro with a Jaunty swing ovor H the hips, and, of couise. tho tunic la IH richly lined and Is trimmed with bands IH of embroidery or brocado. Tho trousers H aro of soft yet heavy silk and are jH very full. They fall ovor a gathering M thread or clastic just abovo tho ankle. H and short-toed, heolloss Chlncso slip- M pers aio absolutclv necessary to give H tho final touch of correctness to tho IH costumo IH |