Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02
and designed to hold the handkerchief.
sleeves and Trimmings.


1t is a fact worthy of note that the
best class of motor coats follow certain
hard-and-fast rules Of design. When OF
the mannish cut trimmings are OF the
simplest, but whenever one of them
shows a radical departure in the shape
of sleeves and their treatment rather
elaborate trimmings and widely CONTRAST
Ing tints appear elsewhere on the coat.
The semitailored checked garments snow
this feature to marked extent. Some
Of those having the sleeves whose uppers
are cut in one, with the body and the
under portion fitted smoothly Into tue
lower part of the Japanese arm-size, are
most eiaborately decorated with broad
bias bands of black satin, Hercules or
fancy silk braid, pipings or Van Dykes
of high color and ponderous-looking but
tons of metal or jet.
POngee n Eredomina ating Material.
The vogue of pongee as a material suit
able for motor garments has been stead
lily increasing from season to season. This
is because 1t is to be secured In all the
fashionable shades-in addition to the
neutral tint, which is, perhaps. most OF
all popular-and because it lends itself
so nerfectly to the rubberizing process,
which makes 1t impervious to the quar-
ter-of-an-hour" summer showers which
fall alike upon the just and unjust.
For Purely Practical Purposes.
For purely practical purposes and for
general utility, the natural colored pongee
coat is undoubtedly the best choice for
the woman who has not money to spend
lavishly. Such garment is always more
satisfactory In the long run If 1t be In
one tone, depending for its smart appear
ance upon the perfection of its cut and
tailoring and the adaptability of the model
to the figure which 1t covers-or adorns.
Some of the smartest of the new pongee
coats have every seam strap finished and
doubly stitched. They show a decided
leaning toward plain setting of the
sleeve into the armsize, although for
very stout woman the plated or shirred
sleeve top is advisable. Garments of this
type should be quite as long as the dress,
that the effect of severe simplicity may be
the better maintained.
LonE-tour OUTFITS.
For the long, hard motoring tours which
so many delicately reared women now un-
dertake, any lightweight cloth or silk coat
is out of the question. This Is particular
ly true in the case of American tourists,
for here the climatic changes are so sud
den and violent that In the course OF
few hours a swiftly moving vehicle may
run Its occupants from a region OF almost
pleasantly suggests Alaska. For this rea-
son many women who are determined to
follow the fortunes of the car while It has
a wheel to travel with order coats entirely
of leather. These are not so cumbersome
as one would imagine their being, for they
are literally provided with air holes.
Some women still prefer the leather skirt
and Norfolk Jacket to the long separate
coat, and these really are advisable If the
car is filed to its capacity with pas
sengers and only a limited amount Of lug
gage can be carried.
Capes Are Convenient.
Although the motoring cape is regarded
In some quarters as a rather dowdy gar
ment, 1t need not be 30 If correctly cut
and tailored. It Is, moreover, an ideal
accessory for a lightweight nonrubber-
lied coat, as 1t win furnish precisely
the amount of additional warmth about
the shoulders and waists and may be easily
discarded Just before the wearer is ready