The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
WINTER MOTOR COSTUMES.
DUSINESSLIKE CARR FOR THE
WOMAN ~ THE AUTO.
The nay OF Eccentric Fashions Oyer-To
he Warm and Comfortable the Aim
Now--Garments Of Fur and Leather for
Gold Weather sport in Automobiles.


Now-Garments OF Fur and Leather for
Cold weather sport In Automobiles.
Now Is the time 10 buy your winter motor
costume, for prices are beginning TO topple,
~ is usual after Christmas and there Is
little danger that the motor coats purchased
this season will be out Of fashion next year,
provided only that they are warm enough
and ample enough now.
There IL not much latitude OF design
allowed in the practical motor coat. though
there ia latitude enough in dimension,
for the day of the wild vagaries IL over.
and the motor having become vehicle OF
sport not a rare fad, the motor costume
has become a sportsmanlike affair, not u
freak
For city motoring. for the electric
brougham and victoria and the other lady
like forms OF the automobile, any costume
sufficiently warm and becoming and not
too readily demorallzed by stif breeze
will do. Handsome carriage wraps of cloth
or velvet or fur and any close fitting hat
are appropriate for such motoring
But if woman Is to enjoy winter motor
Ing as a sport. to go spinning along country
roads at a clipping pace. run out fifty miles
10 n country AaNtiH .lDA hIilltlf AHoA' AAl'
round of country house parties in a touring
car run back and forth to Lakewood.
dash up to Tuxedo for a taste of winter
sports In short, If one goes in for winter
motoring one must have the proper out
lit or suffer in vanity and in body.
In the first place the coat must be warm
and ample and be so made that it may
be fitted snugly around throat and wrists.
The very long coat ia no longer favored,
for the bottom fulness was only in the
way. A three-quarter length IL the usual
choice and the warmth below that line is
left to tights, leggings fur robes and foot
warmers. Woollen tights, warm high neatly
fitting buttoned leggings or CATERS and
n heavy motor sweater are desirable pos
sessions for the winter motor woman.
and she must have goggles. wells and some
headgear which will actually protect her
brow and her ears if she wishes TO be
genuinely comfortable.
The soft full crowned visored cap. with
tabs buttoning up on the crown, but sus-
ceptible of being unbuttoned and brought
down over the ears has been very gem
orally accepted in England, where sport
ing fashions are always practical if not
always beautiful The English WON'T n
fancy. too a visored cap which has close
fitting hood arrangement made Of the
same cloth as the cap and fastened TO the
cap around the sides and back, fitting the
head snugly. fastening under the chin and
curying out like shallow yoke below th5
throat line.
When this is adjusted. a coat put on
over il and the coat collar turned up
not breath OF wind can penetrate to the
throat or ears or the back of the neck, yet
the arrangement is much less awkward
and far more shipshape and becoming
than the full hood Of silk or other material
shirred around the cap or hat briIn.
fur hood fitting in to the throat and
coming well down under the coat collar
il a practical thing, and when made OF
supple fur and shirred into coquettish
fulness above the face is usually becoming
The visor cap, the fur or beaver turban
or tricorne and host OF other close fit
ting caps and hats are worn, heavy wells