The daily sentinel., 1908-02-19
Spring
Coats
The new STYLES
The Different Types and
Colors Told Of by Gather.
inc Mann-P -Payzant---Day and
Evening Wraps.
(By Catherine Mann-Payzant.

(By Catnerlne Mann-Payzant.)
New York, Feb. 19.-There should
be no difficulty in securing a coat Of
becoming proportions this spring. for
all types are to be seen: The long
tight-fitting coat, the Empire coat,
which is long, loose and set on
yoke and sometimes ornamented
with scarf of lace; there is also
the long wrap with it's kimono touch
es, the short or long cutaway in its
various lengths: all sorts of coats
from the well known box-coat,
through the many styles to the
''above the waist jacket such as the
Etons and Bolerous.
Just now women choose the longer
and heavier modes, but later the
short packet and the Etons and Bole-
ros will come into their own.
All kinds of fabrics are used in
these garments, even lace coats are
used for evening wear or extremely
dressy daytime functions where no
warmth is required and wraps are
permissible.
An item that must be remembered
always is the Innings. When any de-
gree of warmth is wished it is better
to have an interlining, for the "seen"
lining is of silk in a thin and chiffon
quality, sometimes brocaded. some
times finished with insets of lace,
ruchings, etc; of course, the day
time coat should be of heavier silk
or satin. In the cheaper grades they
will be of cotton taffeta and the mer-
cerized sateens
A very handsome redingote of blue
velvet was shown the other day and
intended for a morning reception
given by public official. The up
per part of the coat was cut on
blouse lines, but drawn closely in at
the waist, by means of tiny tucks
The fronts were thrown back reveal
ing a vest of cream silk embroidered
in pastel tinted silks and the revers
were of Princess lace, while the cuffs
had an inset of embroidered silk and
band of lace. The long skirts were
attached to the waist portion under a
belt or girdle; they were very full
and had no trimming whatever
A handsome evening wrap was de-
veloped from ivory broadcloth trim
med with bands of embroidery and
braid and bead pendants. The gar
ment was simple in it's shaping, be-
ing nothing more than a loose coat
and the sleeves were full and of the
kimono style cut in a deep point at
the back. The flat band collar which
extended down the front was of the
embroidery and the closing was un-
der pendant Shorter bands over
tapping each other passed over the
shoulders both back and front and
were also decorated with pendants
and on the point of the sleeve was an
inset of the embroidery. in the CEN
ter of which was pendant. Such a
coat is very serviceable for wear over
gowns of the princess AMI Empire
modes when of lace or silk, or sofe
and easily crushed materials and it
is easy to be handled. The same
coat could be made from Venetian
cloth and trimmed with braided col
lar and cuffs and fastened with braid
frogs or fancy buttons. The sleeves
ould be drawn into cuffs braided to
correspond with the collar. The lin
ing should be of soft silk in the same
shade or of contrasting color. For
travelling of tourist coat grey tweed
or olive lady's cloth could be daintily
finished with silk or velvet trim
mings. In tourist coat a high col
lar would be more serviceable idea
than the low flat band. Instead of
having it in full long length it could
be cut only to the knees or even
shorter If preferred, but little
above the bottom of the skirt makes
it the better length for all purposes.
If not too elaborate in its construc-
ton it could often take the place of
a rain coat.