Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-10
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XXT ITH the coming of spring even
wv ing wraps and outer garments
generallv. which have durinl

become suited to the warmer season
not only in weight, but I'm their fresh
and spring-like appearance
With the first breath of warm weather
furs become distinctly distasteful and
though some fashionable persons per-
sist in wearing them late into the
spring and even carrying them
almost into summer itself, a more re-
fined and delicate taste would dictate
the utter banishment of all such dis
tinctly wintry articles of costume as
soon as possible.
BY this economy as well as beauty
will be served. and variety. which
every one admits furnishes the spice
of costuming, as 1t does Of life, will
be equally we'll provided for. AS Tor
the economical part of 1t, every woman
who has thought about 1t knows that
by working II fur garment overtime In
stead of permitting II to do it's three
or four months and then retire to an
honorable camphor seclusion she can
cut short the number of seasons during
which it may be worn with distinction
in most alarming fashion Nor is she
able to save the purchase of spring
wraps by thus prolonging the use of
winter ones. For the time will come
II not in March then in April, or at
any event in May--when winter wraps
must retire and when summer wraps
are not yet in-when the spring wrap,
in short, has it's own delectable mo
ment.
The Lavish Spring Wrap
For this moment this season has pro-
vided with a particular lavishness.
For the afternoon there are wraps of
cloth, braided and trimmed with vel
vet, and for the evening there are the
most elaborate and exquisite crea-
tions in chiffon, lace, brocade, satin
and thin velvets trimmed with masses
of embroidery, with applique and in"
sertions of lace and spangles, with
nounces and shirrngs, plaitings ana
flowers with cordings pipings. ruf"
fes, jeweled buttons, buckles brocaded
ribbons, patterned gauzes and all the
myriad assortment of expensive gar
nitures which go to make UP this sea-
sons peculiarly elaborate feminine APP
parel.
Whatever may be said of the return
of tailor costumes and indoor apparel
generally to the tight-tittng styles
does not include the top wrap. which,
whether 1t be for afternoon or even
Ing wear, continues to be made along
loose, comfortable lines, which in
sures it's usefulness as a garment fo
be worn over the gowns The general
outline of all top wraps includes a
shoulder trimming or rather cape eff
feet around the shoulders.
In the cloth wraps the trimming is
largely confined to the decoration of
this cape or the cape-like sleeves. But
there is no such modesty about the
Earniture of the more fragile upper
garments, which are flounCed elaho-
rately around the bottom. up the front
and around the shoulders.
One exceedingly beautiful wrap,
made in Partisan establishment for
inc lt hn maj on fion
tions given in London in the spring
and early summer, il of mousseline lie
sole, OF deep and most becoming
shade of pink. The wrap has a smooth
fitting yoke of heavy duchesse lace,
which is finished in huge scallops,
around the outline of which a full ruff
fle of lace falls downward from the
shoulders. The mousseline de sole,
which is in fine plaits, also falls from
the yoke quite to the hem of the gown.
Ruffles of the lace, edged with shir
rings Of chiffon, border the front of
the garment and the bottom. A huge
chou of chiffon is fastened exactly in
the center of the front of the yoke, and
full scarf of chiffon, knotted at in
tervals with lace. falls from this chou
to the foot of the garment between the
rows of lace.
Suitable for many purposes is a
white cloth coat with the sleeves and
front embroidered on a foundation Of
chamois, giving it a unique distinc-
tion. 1t is a graceful garment. avoid
ing the eXaggeratlons seen in so many
of the white cloth coats and is pc
cularly becoming to slender figures
The cloth is of medium weight, With
sufficient body to give it a rich effect
and soft enough to hang in graceful
folds From the shoulders box plait
provides a becoming fulness. 1t isl
held in place by three jeweled orna-
ments to the bust line, whence the
cloth falls freely to the bottom of the
coat. The embroidered chamois, which
forms the front of the coat. is fitted
to the body. 1t is V shaped at the
neck and fastens to the waist line
falling apart below the soft silken gir-
die.
The sleeves give this, as they do
most of the handsome garments, its
distinctive character. The under
sleeves are of the white cloth, fitted
almost to coat shape and finished
with several rows of stitching TO
match the finish at the bottom of the
coat. The oversleeVe is of the EN-
broidered chamois, brought down in "a
long cape-like effect on the outside Of
the arm far below the elbow. A line
of dark colored velvet outlining this
oversleeve and the embroidered trout
trast, both striking and becoming.
Simpler and less expensive is another
white cloth wrap which has the ad-
lnta5e of being sufficiently ample to
worn over an elaborate gown with
Jut crushing it. The lines, too, are
extremely good Although perfectly
loose fitting, front and back, the full
ness is SO distributed that the outlines
of the figure are well preserved. The
sleeves and the yoke are of one piece
and are elaborately trimmed with mar
row soutache braid applied in conven-
tional scroll pattern. The sleeves,
which have comparatively little full
ness at the top, increase in width, as
suming the flowing style. The coat,
which falls below the knees, is embro-
dered in the soutache braid to the
depth of about foot around the bot
tom The neck is finished with a vel
vet collar. This is a French coat and
with French daring it gives the effect
of narrow sloping shoulders In viola
tion of the current American conteu
tlon that broad shoulder effects con
stitute smartness.
II REQUIRES more thought 10 DrOVida