The Washington times., 1904-10-09

OF the coat or a Jabot at the vest. or a
little lace worked into the trimmings
OF the skirt.
OpaI-coIored lace makes a fine show
ing upon "a dark velvet OF a dark satin
gown, and it has the great advantage OF
not showing spots as readily as white,
nor does IL take up the dust so quickly.
With so many handsome gowns for fall.
&c seems incredible that women should
/ look toward the uhree-quarter coats.
[ Yet they are buying handsome long
coats that almost cover uD the gown.
And what is the straugest thing Of all,
it is almost impossible TO purchase a
Gressy short coat. To some women the
three-quaTter coat is becoming. but not
TO all, by any manner Of means. Men
as rule do not admire the long coat.
/ and there are women who are toe
chunky by far 10 wear it.
Three-Quarter Coats.
This is tue story of q woman who
wanted three-quarter coat:
Get 1T. my dear" said her husband.
[ ''but don't ask me &c 60 out with you
when you wear it,
But nay dear" QuoJh the wife. the
long coat and the three-quarter coat are
the style What shall I d0?'
And the upshot OF the matter was that
she went away and bought a long coat
and wore 80 all the rest Of the season
her husbands protests avalllng nothing.
It can be confidently asserted that the
long coat is here 70 stay. But Il can
be added that IL IS so modified. so d.
versided, so built Of different materials
. that 60 is shorn of some OF the ugIiuess
which for a time threatened to swamp
IL.
Take. for example. the three-quarter
coat Of lace. Never a cheap affair, new
/ er common always elegant and always
/ becoming, &c IS an article OF dress 70
which woman can cling with good rea-
son. The woman who owns a lace coat
OF tan color. or cream, or oyster shell
white or any color a little of dead
white can be sure or having In her ward
robe a garment which viii serve her IN
/ good stead as long as she lives.
With reasonable care a coat OF this
( kind can bs made 10 do duty as an opera
/ coat in the evening, as a reception coat
and nice Calling coat while ia the sum
/ mer &c IS very smart belted in London
Z fashion and worn 10 the beach or to the
I garden party. II can be belted with q
wide silk girdIe and. for "a change a
/ wide adjustable silk collar and wide silk
gauntlet Guns can be attached 10 Il.
Season Of Heirlooms.
/ This IS really a season OF heirIooms
/ Old articles are brought out and worn,
and when new clothing is purchased IL
should be bought with discretion SO
/ that Il can be worn many seasons.
/ The alI-the-y ear-round hats are very
/ popular; and the gowns that can be
/ worn all the lau and all winter and all
next spring are the ones that hold FIRST
place in the feminine heart The rich
/ woman likes TO purchase a dress that
/ viii hold It's style for a year, while the
woman OF moderate means positively
/ gIories iu this privilege.
Mrs. Alfred Gwyune Vanderbilt.
though a woman who need not consider
! her dressn.akeT's bills, purchased a hat
the other day which she will wear when
snow flies. 1t Is a made hat, with crown
+ OF shirrec maliue. The top IS trimmed
with rows OF ribbon choux, and over
( these ribbon choEX is draped "a black net
| veil which IS arranged at the back 10
/ fall la ends that touch the neck. The
crown which Is a tariug one. is trimmed
/ with. ostrich feathers put on upside
down, or inside out. in the style kuo~n
as the Tyre plume.
With this hat, which had a deep green
I note ia il, Mrs. Vanderbilt purchased a
/ black green silk gown with a tiny stripe
/ OF black satin running through it-oue
/ OF those little black novelty silks which
| lie upon the shop counters and are sold
+ for a song She also bought d deep
! green girdle and deep green stole ends
+ for her neck. And. thus, in autumn att
/ tire. she IS dressed for all the Iau and
I early winter.
Novelties in Dress.
J The woman who desires 10 purchase
/ a pretty novelty iu dress can indulge iu
F. one OF the new wide lace yoIzes which
come I'm such variety. There is The deer
/ round lace yoke with stock attached
/ This tastens ia the back and is ex-
/ tremely useful FOR wearing over an old
SILK Bodice. EA8 coke can De dyed