Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
COATS FOR SPRING
Most Popular Stylish overcoat is
High in Price.
OF ROUGH CLOTH, LONG AND LOOSE
Braid on some Dress O~vercoats and
ON Sack Coats, with which SILK
Hats Are Worn in London
Variety in C~hesterneIds.

X - g 70 make a confirmed free
trade o"t * = nan 70 buy a spring over
coat In these days. The most modish thing
Ter early spr'ng wear Is a rough cloth coat
cut very full in back, falling TO a point a
Few inches below the knes and with applied
Iorffts and no lining. The collar and
lapcis are Of the same material.
The coat buttons so low as TO show the
inside coat and the roll collar turns far
back to increase the informal look Of the
rme 1t is adapted TO every use of
the summer season except extremely for
nal wear, but as there will be little or no
formal dress after awhile, that is a small
drawback to the usefulness Of the gar
ment.
Every man who goes TO buy one spring
overcoat would like to get this style. 1t
comes In various colors. tans. Rrays, dark
and light, a gray and greer combination,
In herringbcne stripes and In checks in
dark and light shades of brown and gray
and In a warm reddish brown. The one
trace of formality in the making of this
coat is a fly TO cover the buttons down
tho front.
These coats, made in the imported
worsteds, cost in the best Of
the shops $40. when made to order they
cost as much as $25 more. Yet they may
be bought in London at from SIS to $40.
Why they should cost twice as much here
is not clear.
velvet Piped sleeves.
There arc other coats which are Just alb
new, although the element Of extreme
smartness Is missing. One of them is a
loose coat similar to the one described. but
with less fuliness in the back and a piping
OF velvet around the sleeves and a velvet
collar to match the prevailing shade of the
cloth. There is even a piping OF velvet
about the breast pocket and the flaps on
the side pockets, The most popular shades
for this coat are gray and brown.
Then, there Is a so-called box Chester
field that falls loosely from the shoulders
to the usual length below the knee. There
is no lining except over the shoulders, ana
the pockets are patched With strapped
seams. Tho breast pocket is also applied
in this way and the bottoms of all the
pockets are rounded.
The buttons are not protected by a fly,
but show through on the front Of the coat
and are mad OF bone. The collar Is of
velvet to match the goods and the sleeves
have cuffs OF the cloth edged with the
velvet. It is not easy to see just what
purpose this rough Chesterfield can serve.
II is not so good for sporting wear as the
long, lose coat, while 1t is just as un-
suited to any occasion that might demand
dress.
Much more useful If one wants a light
weight coat that may also be made to
serve for dress are the Chesterfields made
in gray, brown and almost black herring
bone tweeds and finished with turnback
cuffs OF the same material and a velvet
collar. They are quite appropriate for
dress occasions in spite of the rough cloth
used In them and their shades.
They fit well into the figure. but without
exagseratlon of the waist line, reach sew
eral inches below the knee and are made
with only the usual breast pocket and the
two side pockets, which are covered by
the flap of the same material. There is
sometimes a urnback cuff Of the same
material, but In many cases that addition
is considered too frivolous for the regular
Chesterfield.
Rough Black Cashneres Popular.
OF course there is no garment better
suited TO dress wear at this season of the
year than the rough. black cashmeres
lined with silk and faced down to the edge
OF the lapels with the same silk with which
the coat is lined. The rough black cloths