Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

penslve. but, be 80 whisDorpd
- with due consideration for the
IEISfQTr feelings Of the innumerable
- women wearing such coats. It
Il becoming a pest.
Every woman who motors. almost every
woman who travels, the average woman
who oommutes and a host Of women who
stay at home save for occasional walks and
drives has taken unto herself a pongee coat;
and. of course, a majority Of these coats
are OF the cheap order.
Now, It is a thankless task to discourage
the woman OF small dress allowance and
fashionable aspirations, but there's no de-
nyins that the cheap pongee coat after
very little wear IL as stringy. forlorn. unbe-
coming q garment as one can well imagine.
One can press e out? one can even
iaunder some models2 Yes. But who
presses and launders her coat often enough
20 have It look we'll every time she goes
out in IT. And who can press and launder
a coat en- reuter-
Even many Of the expensive coats Of
lightweight pongee are q delusion and a
snare. They are we'll cut, attractively
trimmed, chic looking garments in the
shops; but they look discouraged and for
lorn after a little use; and while comfort
able and useful for hot days are not often
beautiful. Even the linen duster Of odious
memory kept It's shape and freshness
better than a cheap pongee coat does.
And after all this grumbling protest, IL
one asks us what to substitute for the
cheap pongee dust coat, we are at a loss.
There seems TO be nothing else that will
protect a frock to be both coat and com
paratively inexpensive.
A we'll made, severely tailored coat Of
TnObatr &c rarbapa fha bngt oil aro,,pA IlgbN-
weight motor coat. It does not sound so
modish as pongee and unless It is smartly
made II has no style, but It does keep its
shape and trimness. It does shed dust, II
Is cool and It wears everlastingly. More
over the material may be had in a large
range of colors.
Not long ago we sat on the veranda Of a
famous motor rendezvous and watched
the cars roll up and discharge their
loads. The day was hot, the roads were
dusty, and woman after woman appeared
in a sad colored. shapeless, mussy coat of
pongee, a distressful hat and an unbecom-
ing veil. Finally came a whizzing roadster
and deposited upon the steps n woman who
was not remarkably handsome, but who
won mods OF commentator from all the
veranda squad. She wore a loose coat OF
gray mohair, a mixture OF two shades, as
one saw when examining II closely, but
giving the impression of a soft, silvery
gray, dark enough for service, light
enough to be becoming. The mohair was OF
excellent quality, firm but without the
stiffness which once characterized the ma
terial. The coat was strictly tailored, of
raglan cut, made with a collar that could
be buttoned tightly round the throat, and
with no trimming other than stitching and
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gray doeskin matched the coat, and a
close little hat of a straw that looked like
a coarse Panama and of a most becoming
and practical shape, was trimmed with a
soft scarf Of gray and white dotted silk
and enveloped in a big white motor veil OF
wash gauze.
Compared with the women who had gone
before, she was a vision of Immaculate
shipshapeness, and we then and there
starred mohair in our list of summer
motor materials.
The heavy pongees Of the Rajah and
French tussor type will. OF course, keep
their shape better thar the light weight
silks and will admit Of better tailoring, but
the roughness of the Rajah's surface II a
disadvantage, showing soil very readily,
and a good soft heavy quality Of French
tussor Is always expensive.
Many Of the most attractive dust coats
of the season are made up In these heavy
pongees, the natural color predominating,
and such a coat is a satisfactory possess
sion. though the enthusiastic motor woman
will need another for rougher wear. Red
and black or Copenhagen blue and black