Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-13
A SERMON ON FASHIONS
the Coming Winter season-The Evolu-
tiOn of tho Coat.

What win be Most Worn and Admired
tion of the Coat.
Cloths heavy and fancy, muffs medium,
gloves to suit oneself, furs ditto, trim
mings i'm bands ornamented with Rus
slams and!Persian effects, trains a little
shorter, but alas, trains still-this, in a
nutshell, according TO the Baltimore Sun,
will be the condition of fashionable
affairs during the coming winter as
foretold at the fall opening of Balti-
more establishment yesterday.
Silks, laces cloths, wraps, furs, hats,
bonnets, gloves, trimmings and all the
collection of beautiful fabrics and
articles that go to make up fashionable
attire were displayed, but it was the
coats to which the shoppers turned with
greatest interest, with the hats a good
second. AS these form the outer cover
ing of stylish damsels in their prone
nades along Baltimore avenues, their
changing from short to long, from fiat
to tall, naturally excites the greatest
amount of connection in the feminine
mind will this season have to bring all
its power of adapability to new things
to bear upon the forthcoming coat.
An occurrence at the opening that was
doubtless repeated many times during
the day win convey an idea of the change
that has come over the coat of yore.
"Show me some coats please, demanded
an eager young shopper, whereat the
saleswoman spread before her bewilder-
ing profusion of garments "Oh, no.
not wraps or mantles,' objected the
shopper; II want to see the coats.
"Well, these are coats, the saleswoman
explained ooh, / mean regular coats,
her customer ventured. "These are reg
ular coats, was the reply, given with an
amused smile, as if it had taken many
such positive reiterations to convince
Baltimore girls what the regulation coat
was going to be.
No one would have suspected the So
called coats Of being coats from their ap.
pearance, were it not that the plain,
tight fitting, tailOr-made coat was not
discoverable wherever one would search.
The new coats have striking wrap
effect, for the three-quarter length coat
of last season has been but a stepping
stone from the short jacket to the new
garment, which reaches down to the
knees 1t is loose in the back, loose all
over, and were it not for the artistic or.
namentation would suggest a dressing
sacqde more than anything else The
sleeves are large snd full, the folds of
the coat hang in long loose and heavy
lines and the shoulders are as richly
trimmed with jet and other ornamental
ton as one expects to see on the dressiest
of nantes. Heavy cloths of exquisite
texture form tine material
The fabrics in sheet cloths were un.
usually rich and fancy, showing in most
cases the lectures Of last season, such as
broadcloths, camels hairs, serges and
diagonals, rendered novel by the intro
duction of two-tones. giving the wooler
goods as beautiful chaugeable effects as
can be obtained in silken fabrics. The
newest manufacture is the poplin whose
corded lengths show many beautiful col
Ors and varities The velour de Russo is
combination cloth that has raised cords il
a velvet effect, and nearly all of the wOoler
fabrics are rich and heavy, indicating, az
the Paris fashion plates also suggest
that the skirts will be Of necessity plair
and undraped The great variety o.
pretty fancy effects in black cloths prov,
that this color or no color, will continue
IN popularity for non mourning costumes
Silks are dream OF beauty, whether il
the heavy gros grain and satin combined
fabrics or in the satin duchesse crepe
undine and MORE antique, in plain, bro
caded, striped and changeable patterns
Brown and green seem to be the bes
colors Of the season.