New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
ALL SORTS OF COATS.
NOrelties IN Salts vitb Nodish ana
Efectire Tops"

There Is store IN Brooklyn with an exhibisl
OF spring suits and costumes and a line OF now
city materials by the yard IN all the uew light
weight fabrics that even New Yorker with
all that New York has 70 OFFER can hardly
afford to miss. II is the store OF Abraham 6,
StraUS. Fulton street. The scope and variety
OF styles which they are showing affords album
danc opportunity for the most exclusive and
discerning patrons. and the most fastldious
woman win be able to ind here the special
model she Is seeking. With an almost endless
array OF Etons, getaways, pony coats. Prince
Chaps and other popular models IN all desirable
materials the range OF prices Is equally wide.
One OF the best OF the pony coat models "a a
gray striped serge. The skirt has yoke TOD,
vita strc'Sat cores back and front and a full
graduated boX-pieated hounce. The Jacket ia
tbs re1Liat!0u pony coat. with a white pique
vest fasttred with blue velvet buttons. and
collar, cuffs and trimmings OF electric blue
veIyAe
smart Prince Chap style that IS made I'd
10th IN -G1ah Etska sad 500. mixtures has a
four-bGttol effect. lc1g o. three-Quarter length
sleeves and black ve,vet collar This sk.-t Is
Pieated full with or without a wide bias fold
above the hem.
Among the more drsssy suits is a stunning
three-DieCe model OF leather brown narauisetts
The skirt Is full pleated. with six VOWS CT brown
taHeta bands il groups OF two extending from
the hem halt way 10 the waist bsnd. ard trs
Exon jacket aHd wide t-etelIcs srs eIeee~a.-,ye
hriided II p&Eal esIect 1-s-lis<-n sleeves ard
e Stirred SILK gkrG!s CC---!sSS JI5H qesSSrHs
Another soa1ttfr- ruccei Is q black chiffon
wolfe, tho Side p.satsL skirt SLOWS SIX tucks,
edged with tarIeta, about four inches apart and
beginning at the hem, and Jha pleated waist has
exquisite handmade garniture OF taffeta
covered cord outlining a Val lace yoke back
and front The third piece which makes Up this
costume = a sort OF taIeta demi-CCat, consist
ing OF wide shoulder pieces and cape sleeves a
loose panel back and Shirred girdle all elab-
Crately braided
Among the more elaborate toilets for reception
white ChiffOns. with deep Dresden borders. one
model, having soft brown tones in the border
design, run into solid brown hens at the bot
tom Of the skirt and mandarin sleeves, is mada
Empire style and effectively trimmed with "Vat'
lace and brown ribbon velvet
To so into the dress goods department and ate
tempt to enumerate the fascinating and beautI-
ful materials here displayed would cover PAGES,
for each material in turn seems more beautiful
than the last. First come the all-silE ChiffOE
vOileS IN 2 pTofusiOn of shadow pIaids, novelty
stripes SrenadIne stripes and broken checks.
Equally attractive are the silk and wool voi,es
in novelty Picking and Roman stripes. check2S
broken Plads and plain grounds. with ems
broideTed dots. Among the novelty suitings arr
the striking Picking stripes in decided cOlorS and
tho invisible stripes. broken checks and SIR
line plads in the soft, subdUsd tones-broWns
and Srays predOminating.
Then this worSted suitings and novelty nike
ures. Never have the dress goods been more
bewildering IN the profusion and variety OF
weaves and fabrics. and il Is safe 90 say no
store offers o wider and finer line OF them all
than do Abraham & StrauS.