Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
COAT SUITS FOR SPRING
IN THE NEWEST FABRICS
A Suit of Any Kind Of Material That
Accords With the Fatness or Leanness of
thePnse-The Plain Walking Suits.

centricity which are entirely due to her
| love of adventure and her full purse to
! pay for such adventure. but she knows
| quite well that her wardrobe must have
| a backbone or it will fall to pieces. and
| this backbone is the plain coat and skirt
| for every hour wear.
| Each year she orders it in advance of
| her other clothes. When she has Money
has not she counts her pennies and
spends them on one suit in the best pos
| sible way.
| II she is wise, she gets plain suit: If
| she is foolish and led away by fashions
that not intended for her environ
! ment or activities then she gets dressy
affair that is neither fish. flesh nor good
red herring. 1t is too elaborate for tie
morning hours and it is not elaborate
enough for the afternoon hours. when one
is going through any social duties
Last season many women We're led away
from the narrow path of good dressing
by choosing those fanciful coat suits tina I
Paris loves to- project upon an Ameri lean
public, that should know quite well that
Paris is not adept at making severe
things.
The Anelo-SaXons are the best expo
nents in the world Of splendid severity
and as this style of dressing suits their
women for street wear it is a wonder
that any one Is persuaded to depart from
IT, Yet they are persuaded. if they are
;; not constantly warned. that such clothes
arc I'dJN lOT the continental women ana
not for us Possibly this season We will
have severity of lines in contrast to the
extraordinary display of brilliant coiors.
Choosing a Street Gown.
, Every woman meets the problem at the
! beginning of every spring as to whether
| or not she must buy new s,Iit or "A
gown that will he its substitute. Tie
truth of the matter is that every woman
| should have both, and of the latter she
should have many. for the frocks Of to-
day are easily made at slight cost and
they make warm season more bearable.
Let us suppose that one has money to
choose both costumes, then what shall
| these two be? Navy blue serge is all
| very well. and for dignity and gentility
| it is difficult to equal. but some women
are tired of 1t and other women know
that 1t is not i'm first fashion
Somehow blue appeals to the mind at
the chang" Of the seasons, AVID when this
appeal is persuasive. why not try ono of
the remarkably good-lookinC dull blues.
! fabri" is cool and. unlike serge. it stands
being trimmed into d three piece frock.
which VIII serve for moaning and
afternoon as the need may be.
The goT|l that one wants for the after
| noon may be of satin if one is not tired
of that fabric 1t is fashionable and at
| tractive. Yet il one has had enough of
II there Are SO many WeaNeS of cotton
! limitations of silk and worsted materials
| that all one need do to make up one S
| mind Is to stroll in a shop for a half
| hour
| AS all tones of yellow and brown are
at the height of style a choice of a
Chinese silk in the original tones would
| not Dc amisS. but ono must remember
| that all of these shades of yellow are
| especially trying. unless they are touched
UP with brilliant splash of color or lace
or lingerie
| Copyright, 1915. ny tho Mcclure Newspaper
| Syndicate,