Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-05-25
GREEN DIJyEIYN
LATEST Thing
IVN()TOR COATS
Rich Col0rs for Rich Purses. But Eff.
feet May Be Had in Less Costly
Toys.
BY MARGARET MASON
(Written for the United Press)

(Written for the United Press)
I'm glad that Enrich lisuid's green,
That saves the cost of gasoline;
Twill go so well, said Blanche Marie,
With my new motor coat you see."
New York, May ia lady en-
velopcd in an emerald hued motor
coat Of duvetyn with an emerald sat
in Jockeys cap and a floating length
or two Of emerald chiffon veil isn't as
green as she looks. She is decidedly
smart according to the latest thing in
motor modes. The coats for motor
wear are legion this season and the
time is, fortunately, long since past
when the lovely motor maid had to
disguise herself like a gargoy1e in
order to dress the part The duvetyr
coats are of course the richest and
it takes the richest to buy 'em They
come in wonderfully brilliant shades
Of rose, raspberry, emerald, ochre and
sapphire blue. Either in the long.
loose, faring models or the belted
in effects they are very stunning in
deed. They are becoming to all fig
ures but they become yoursonly for
several figures. Other soft wooden
materials that have the general effect
Of the duvetyn in a speeding motor
as on a galloping horse make up
equally stunning and less costly togs.
One Of gold color is cut la mill
taire, with capacious buttoned hip
pockets and smaller buttoned breast
pockets. It has a wide buttoned belt,
raglan sleeves and a wide rolling coll
lar that can be worn open or turned
up snug and close and tight, to fas-
ten with a disk of jade the size of a
silver dollar. This coat is lined
throughout with the same shade of
gold satin. Many of the coats how
ever, like many people, hide a gay
and frivolous interior under a sedate
and drab exterior. Slate colored,
plainly tailored coats adorned solely
with selftoned buttons are lined with
exotic crepe and silks of ultra futur-
istic designs as are most of the other
tans and faWns. Buttons galore you
find on all of them and a Jenny
motel that is shown in serge, shep-
herd plaid wool, or natural pongee is
buttonod straight down the front
from the top of the choker collar to
the bottom Of the hem and shows fur
Their button symptoms on the deep
cuffs, big slash hip pockets and the
belt which only confines the front,
the back being left loose and faring.
The buttons on the serge models,
which come in black, wine and navy
are white bone disks. Those on the
shepherd plaid are black bone and
the pongee has bullet buttons of the
pOngee tone. Besides her emerald
coat Blanche Marie, just from Paris,
brought over a chic loose coat of
biege Jersey cloth with a deep band
Of navy taffeta around it's faring
hem, deep navy cuffs and roll collar
and a deep ripping cape collar of the
Jersey lined taffeta hanging down
behind. For wear with this she has
an ideal motor hat made of two inch
beige grosgrain ribbon sewed togeth-
er in four rows from the little round
center of the crown. The tiny roll
brim is the ribbon doubled and a
smart pleated cockade of the ribbon
adorns one side. Not only for motor
ing is this little crush hat charming
as we'll as practical, but for all forms
of travel, as it can be rolled up in
Wad with the utmost abandon and
tucked in the oldest of odd corners
when not desirable and tucked on
Jlc head at the oldest of odd angles.
All shades of green and yellow and
crosses of the two like ginger char
treuse and citron are chosen colors
of the racy racing motor maids this
year and many a speed sister is all
the mustard in a piquant automobile
coat of the same seasoning and sea-
sonable shade.
Fortunately for the speedometer
5hese are all fast colors.
EG EHn GaNKnr