The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-16
Coat Of z Mandarin.

were scattered over the lining through
out.
Coat Of e Mandarin.
/ Exquisite stuffs are bought and ruth
/ lessly cut up for evening swear. one OF
the most popular of evening cIoaks IS
made out Of a mandarin's robe. If you
: have a friend going 70 the Philippines
give him commission TO bring back the
/ robe of a mandarin. He can buy lt
/ there Tor song compared 90 the price
/ In this country.
/ The mandarin robes are worn almost
/ without alteration. IL would surprise
you 10 see how little they are changed
+ after they are bought from the mandarin
f and presented 10 my lady. There is very
little shaping done and the robe is
slightly fitted TO the shoulders. 1t is
cut the right length or turned uD so that
. II hangs even with the floor and that is
all The mOdlstes insist that the proper
length IS just about a three-quarter not
floor length, though a great many peo-
pie persist in wearing the cIoaks so long
they drag.
. Perhaps the handsomess garments are
made from smooth faced cloth which
comes In the sOftest and daintfest OF
cOIors and there are the gentle tones
+ in coffee tints and in the burnt shades
And there are all the soft orchid and
shell plnks. one can get almost any
pale shade one wants and can absolutely
match hat a feather. a neck rufie
or any other article Of apparel
Harmony the Thing.
IL is very chic 10 purchase a cloak that
matches the feather on your hat or 20
buy feather 10 match your cloak. You
now feel as though you had begun to
ut yourself out with good taste.
II IS 20 be the style this winter 20
wear things that harmonic. Last win
I ter they wore things that actually
matched. But this year Il is more a
search for harmony. The pinks and
tans and peach cOlors are In the lead for
evening effects. with turquoise blue com
ing closely after.
Leather is worn a great deal for even
ing and there are glimpses Of it seen
ia the yoke trimmings combined with
lace. Think Of leather and lace. Yet
you see them used together in hand
some Paris gowns every day.
One OF the most exquisite dresses OF
fan was ia wonderful shade OF brown.
the new brown. IL Is d gorgeous tint
which looks almost red. This gown was
made up with little fancy Elton effect
cut out in vague way and edged with
and so were the sleeves. Bus the odd
part consisted in the medauions OF
suede, la q shade Of tan. and IN the
middle of each suede medallion there
was a little rosette OF lace with an en-
brOidered pausy set in the center.
Suede is cut out in eyeIet work look
ing ike English eyeIet embroidery. and
these bands are used upon skirts at the
head OF hounces and as a border 10
Armenian and other kind Of embroidery.
but more often one sees these bands
Of cut out suede used as a heading for,
the most beautiful bands of fine lace
Insertion Truly a meeting OF ex-
tremes-leather and lace.
Abundance OF Trimmings.
The making of a cloak Is much sim
pUfed this winter by the abundance of
handsome trimmings that are offered
Take, for instance, the lovely medaIIious
that can be bought. They come In all
sizes up TO the bigness of your band
And these can be taken and applied 10 a
cloak in most fetching ways.
And speaking of prices, how much
one can do with a very little money
The other day a woman with a dollar 20
spend on lace garnitures went forth i'm
despair. But. after she had shopped
awhile. she found that she c0ufd buy
lace medauiOns, both circles and squares.
larger than silver dollar. ia very
pretty patterns ia either ton eoIor
cream or white all for the sum of
cents THgr cents Oh - t-..-- .....--..