The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
q. ELEANOR HoYr BRAINERD.

By ELEANON "O'A "SND'
- HE designers nave given us pic
turesdue summer coats and
! wraps in the past. but none
mora charmincly picturesque than
,Do.e that have heralded spring this
var. From the Bakst bathing cape
"A the latcs; evening coat, tho new
,roaels have been more than usually
a,,rac,ive, and the fact that many
-, the best Of them originated in New
York a,eliers is a matter for pride.
The story is a long one: but sports
coats and street coats, delightful as
they are. are not the things that
catch and hold the eye in tho Goa
lepartments Of the shops. The taffeta
af,ernoon and evening coats are the
magnets. and though no woman needs
one at the momen unless she Ii going
south. temptation turks In every fold
Of the coquettish things.
That the prettiest OF them are not
PARTICULARLY practical goes without
saving. Not every woman can wear
them well and they will not travel
amiably in company with every tot
LET. As is always the way with pic
uresqueness. they call for types to
n, them: but in this day OF short.
full frocks and OF Haunting frllls there
are toilets a-plenty to rhyme with
.lll. widely flowing silken manteaux.
fill bordcred. ribbon trimmed. ruched.
amazingly collared.
There's u suggestion Of powder and
catches and sedan chairs about some
Il the capes and coats. but doubtless
they can be made to fit in with limou-
..nes and modern coiffures: and over
sdmmer frocks especially they will
he as delectable as they are quaint.
The colorings run from grave to
gay. with accent on the gay: yet even
the gayety has a softness about IL.
The blues and pinks and orchids and
other light tones all seem to have
a bloom on them and quantities of
medium shades are used. soft porce-
lain blues and cyclamen reds and
topaz browns and kindred colorings
Darker blues. too. are plentiful. and
one sees an occasional darker brown
or green or violet. looking. by virtue
ot It's treatment, quite as frivolous
as the lighter shades and almost al
ways lined with something that gives
the lie TO outer sombreness.
Quaint lrocade taffctas are used
as well as the plain silks. but not ST
charmingly. An interesting model ir
rather deep brown with IA curious
design in cleaning lighter browns and
golden tones running through ii haI
rs fronts and back falling free from
Z deep yoke or yoke collar to which
they were plated.
These straight breadths fared pro
d~,g!ously as they descended; and or
the sides one saw an under sector
fitted in at the waist by cording'
hlt faring as widely as the overgar
nent below the waist. There wer'
neck frills and bottom frills and frill'
on the rather short sleeves, and TIL
lnin. was OF amber yellow. Practica
and p.auant this, hut more m%atronl.
tnil the pam tailtta HioueiS VIII
which it was grouped. even though
conc Of them were rather sober ii
color.
Tho cape Of our sketch. for instance
WAS of brown taffeta with trimming
o, net frills bordered by marrow
brown velvet ribbon: and the cycla
men pink Coat was really n cyclamel
rcd instead of pink, n tone heautifu
and soft and ever darker than me
dun II was clcverly built up, thi
tyc,amen coat. with its narrow DO
pats on the sides and in the bii
sleeves. its yoke cut in one with IN
under arm sections, its long shou!
Der and its huge plated collar. Mar