St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-30
HANDSOME SPRING COATS.
SILK, POngee and Lace Play an I'm.
pOrtant Part in Tnl lr Come
position.

Most of the new spring coats are
loose, and the smartest are of white
| broadcloth and lace, of PONCE and
of Cluny, or some other heavy lace,
| made up over silk Innings. The pom
gee coats are richly braided with silk
braids of the same color, most of
them somewhat wide and put on in
bowknot and other fancy, irregular
designs. The sleeves are cut in the
prettiest wide ends and trimmed in
| side and out, while some are gathered
into deep, haring cuff, and others
| into the Paquin model. Pongee coats
are also embroidered and trimmed
with applications of lace, either in
| white or ecru tints, and invariably
of the heavy qualities, says the New
York Tribune.
The handsome coats are of three
quarter length. The military STYLES
are in vogue for the heavier qualities
in these coats, and these are literally
covered with bars of short. stitched
bands and small buttons. The three
quarter length is favorite length OF
the lovely lace coat, whose lining
may be of any shade to harmonic
with the gown with which it is worn.
These coats always have full sleeves,
and the majority of them have the
sleeves gathered into wristbands,
with points of lace falling from the
back. In a way, the lace coat is eco
nomical, since it serves for a street
wrap over black silk, for carriage
wrap over some other color and for
evening wear over white or pale tint
ed silk. a
Such large numbers of long, fitted
silk coats have been brought out for
spring and summer wear that it looks
as though these would have a vogue,
notwithstanding their simplicity of
make. They are of taffeta, pongee or
surah--sometimes of foulard silk
and are made to fit in the back and
partly fit the figure in front. The
skirts of the coat reach to the hem
of the frock, and there are two or
three overlapping cape collars upon
the shoulders and small, turned
| over collar about the neck. Upon
! each side of the front are two high
standing loops of bias silk finished
with long ends of the same. Tho
sleeves are somewhat full, and are
finished with deep, turned back cuffs.
These long coats are of changeab1e
dark blue, changeable gray and small
gray and blue checked silks, besides
several shades of brown and silver
gray. They are decidedly serviceable
in protecting a dainty costume from
dust.
1t seems as though spring and sum-
mer hosiery had borrowed something
from the styles of everything else
worn by women. Lace medallions
and round and vertical stripes are
seen; stripes of herringbone, feather
stitching, braid and fancy Vandyko
points, in the popular colors of the
season upon black, white, gray or
ecru grounds. Light blue, pink and
red are favorite colors in fancy de-
signs, while all the combinations Of
black and white are stylish. Most
gorgeous of all are the stockings for
evening wear. with their printed or
embroidered or woven garlands and
clusters of flowers in natural co1orS
upon white. black or light grounds.
Some of these flower sprinkled stock
ings are covered with large flowers
for certain distance above the in.
step.
An innovation in thin stockings will
be the gauze hosiery, which promises
to supplant in popular favor the lace
hose of last season.