Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
SUMNER WRAPS.
Charming Little Cnpes, BoIeros and
Sill Duet Cnnta for Mnrm MenIhcr.

Charming Little Cnpes, BoIeros and
SILK Dust Coats for Warm Weather.
NEW YORK. June 24-Certaiuly the very
refinement OF extravaganza Is the indulgence
Of a taste TOR those airy. fairy, exquisite,
Impractical yet undenlably necessary and be-
coming details Of dress called summer wraps.
Their excuse for being Is 20 be beautiful
and to boautify, not 20 protect one against
dust. rain, heat or cold. Speaking from the
practical side and the economical side. too,
q set Of summeg wraps should properly con-
slst OF a rain coat Or park coat, a dust ulster.
a serviceable tweed cape and a roadster coat
OF covert cloth. 4 park coat is requisite as
q shield In bad weather. for this garment is
q vast Improvement on all the SUMMED rain
protectors get brought out. 1t Is in reality
a w~ell-cut, long coat, either Of porous rain
proof tweed. or better still. waterproof silk.
1t is box cut back and front, with coachman
sleeves. has a collar to turn up well around
The neck, and It's ample outside pockets have
buttoned flaps. The advantage of its full
skirts and ample arm bags is that it affords
q free circulation Of cir inside. which pre-
vents the we1rer from Oyerhea;ing, as in a
heavy macintosh. and provides a perfect
rain coat for driving. or riding a horse or a
wheel.
SILK DUST CLoAKS.
The very striking ones, Ia waterproof silk.
are bright prussian blue outside and Grim
son within, having every one detachable
hoods, buttouing on below the collar, and their
front buttons made OF big disks of smoked
pearl. This wrap is wholly an evolution Of
ultra modern science, as IL the excellent dust
ulster referred a.. COrnloVer blue tareti
silk is the dust listers proper material,
though women, who are. by the way, wear
lnF them pyfhugigply this ElmT1r have
what they call carriage ulsters, made up in
rich tones Of dahlia. golden brown and fioren-
tine red silk or linen. Mohair is another
goods individuals adapt 20 this purpose, but
mohair aud alpaca are hot, even If they are
dustprOOf.
BY j carriage ulster is also meant a travel
ing ulster, for railway travelling exclusively.
the big wraps being SO arlully made as
20 afford perfect protection to ones smart
travelling suit. Its bishop sleeves button IL
close at the wrist. a silk muslin plated run
gives the neck finish and the skirts are but
toned nearly TO the hem. Back and front
the easy box cut is used, for on drawing
up to a door In a trap the wearer merely
rises, hastily detaches the buttons ana leaves
the dust ulster on the vehicles seat, while
abe STEPS forth Immaculate in her dainty
orgaudie; or, just before the train rushes
into the station, that marks her destination,
she shakes OF the silken chrysalis, folds il
10 lit exactly into a tiny elk bag made TO
contain 1t, and, escaping a threshlng at the
hands OF the parlor car porter, energies
from the coach as crisp ami clean as when
she set out.
ORNAMENTAL WRAPS.
But all these are summer wraps for utility.
Those for ornament purely deserve a chap
ter TO themselves. 1t is safe to say they are
more bizarre and rich in ornament than
ever before. This Is because there are really
only two shapes adopted, and in the effort
TO arrive at individuality the cape anu
49, L-n-- aAF uranlAWfH1 anal Thl
gymnastics are performed from the waist
line up, for 60 let either fall below the hip
Is a melancholy error of taste indeed.
A BOLERO WRAP.
The sketch Of a new boIero gives some
idea OF how far this little garment is being
distorted from its original outlines. How
ever, the original of the sober black and
white 1t Appeals on paper is a biiou Of
a wrap. The foundation is black satin, on
which, back and front, are worked out grace
full arabesques in gold and steel and jet
beads. The epaulettes and high neck run
are Of cherry red silk muslin. There is
nothing even 70 be winked at in the com
binatIon Of colors or goods. On the backs OF
women. whose taste is regarded as a stand
ard. one sees little Eton coats OF white silk,
Slit up TO the shoulder blades behind, edged
with a lovely fringe OF ivory beads and
the sleeves of dandelion yellow silk muslin
in plated frills that stretch their wIngG
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the true sense they
are not, Just epaulettes. and it is very proper
TO wear as tall and snowy a run collar be-
hind the ears as possible. This is true,
not only OF wraps, but gowns as well,
for all occasions and on evening dresses
stifened lace medici collars, larger far than
any ever seen before, spring out about the
shoulders-women who cannot AFFORD the lace
wear lovely ones OF plated black or white
tulle.
NOVELTIES IN CAPES.
Dn4 L, tbo h,Ierna IRA rproa rka hIa tho
new capes go them one better. and with
the unreasoning but none the less attractive
coquetry their makes contrive they shall
express, numbers are wrought from liberty
silk. silk muslin, lace and net, with a trim
ming of fur. Only the very narrOwest lines
of ermine will stripe a black muslin cape,
for example, and a frankly bright grass
green taffeta one, yelled in white lace, has an
edging scarce a fourth Of an inch wide Of
sable that embeliishes every pert little
hounce that falls over the Shoulders. And
after all, why should this not be? for fur
is surely decorative, and so used there is no
heat in 1t. One of the ~prettiest small
shoulder wraps. and a serviceable one. too,
as those things go. was worn by a maid
OF honor at a wedding. Her gown was white
dotted swiss. over light blue silk: her hat
a burnt straw, wreathed in two shades of
corn-blue MORE bengaline, lined with pale
blue silk, and bearing a border and falling
collar OF chinchilla.
II soult U NutSG Nallt6 hNsNtuA So ar is
tho waist line, the majority reach only to the
elbows, as the black one, for instance, in the
illustration. The model for this sketch was a
smart mourning wrap. The foundation light
weight black silk. its yoke of dull Jet beads,
below which iuffei out rufle after ruffle of
finely plated black silk muslin. Fun, beau
tiful, black ostrich plumes contributed the
collar. a copy had been made in white
plumes, silk muslin and steel heading and
alongside lay a quaint carriage cape OF more
stable material-pale gray cloth, beaded in
steel, lined with white and bearing about
Ats edge a fine p,aiting OF white silk. This
was the ground plan, 50 to speak, on which
fell a wide collar that at a distance seemed
made of a remarkable fur, In reality II was
entirely covered with numberless half-inCh
deep ~piaitings Of white silk muslin, set close
together and standing straight up.
WASHABLE HATS, q
So much for the eonfections snd ~vanities.
Now for the realities OF dress, This week
there are some novel shirt waists OF brown
linen, with bolero jacket fronts, set on over
full pouehing bosUms. The boleros are a part
OF the shirt, sewed in at the shoulder arm
hole and under arm seams, They DO not
extend to the back, and many Of them are
daintily decorated with chain7gtitch embroid-
cry, done by machine, but none the less at
tractiye and popular for that.
A hat that viii wash Is also a last express
sion OF the milliner's genius, While linen, II
you choose, and the familiar alpine shape Is