The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-29
SOME NEW AND NOVEL
TOUCHES
BY Margaret Robe
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You can't escape cape, my dear,
The fashion first was Ewes;
She made herself some swagger one.
Of all the choicest leaves.
And when the leaves began to fall
She wrapped herself in thought.
And bushes also mantled her
When with the apple caught.
Her mantle fad's descended now
On modish maids today,
Though just tfife thicker are
Their fabrics, | should say.
NEW YORK, March 2S.-The
Spring maid is all wrapped up in
capes as ANONYMOUSLY as her prede-
cessor Madame Winter. No matter
how she tries she can't seem to get
out from under the graceful folds.
The only difference between the Win
ter and Spring models is that those
folds have dwindled from the heavy
richness of the fur, velour and duvet
yn to the Spring, clingy lightness of
serge, satin, wool jersey of tricotine.
If we follow old Omar's admoni-
ton and fling our Winter garment of
repentance in the fires of Spring it
will only be to don another exactly
similar in cut and style.
Of course the Spring capes have
some new and novel touches to bring
them up to date, such as embroidery
ornamentation, scarf collars ending
in swishing tassels, patch pockets and
button excrescences jutting out in
hobby designs.
A perfect jewel of a model is of
pearl gray jersey with a deep soft
cape collar edged in white band of
black silk braid. The wide braid also
finishes the slashes for the arms and
a vivid lining of orange and black
checker board satin shows free and |
when the wind blows.
A smart draped cape of black taf
Feta has one of the deep soft collars
also, which is edged with wide
fringe of long narrow tafFeta ribbon
oops, as is also the bottom of the
ape. The lining of this distinctive
model is vivid green silk crepe
sprinkled with cherry polka
lots and plum-hued dashes,
Almost all of the cape Innings strike
UGH a gay, joyous and riotous color
tote that they seem to indicate the
eal inner nature of their fair wear
rs. A demure young thing, closely
wathed from her throat to her point
d toe in the enveloping folds of
ANY blue serge cape, surely reveals
er true inner self when she throws
ack the cape and unfurls the JOY of
he Mandarin red lining, that hectic
ew shade which is a brighter, light
+, younger sister to henna red and
rst cousin to burnt orange
Quaint crepe de chine ones with
oven figured borders on either end
ONE in pastel tones, lovely cloudy
hilton ones with printed borders of
Oses and garlands, exquisite lace
mes of filmly black ChantilIy or the
'eamy silk meshes of the Spanish
Iantilla, gay Bayadere striped ones
Roman silk, and saucy little taffeta :
1es in black, gray or blue, lined with
contrasting light color and self
inged all arouound. They are all
and you'll find you're
uch more fascinating if you shrug
ou shoulders in them rather than at
lem.
There is as much art and coquetry
graceful managing a scarf as there
in manipulating fan They can't
eaze an up-to-date 1919 female
owever. She can step as airily from
er warworker uniform into the but !
'rfly fluff of ruffled organdie and S
lie film of chiffon scarf as if she a
ad never been out of 'em. The Q
and that drove motor lorry in 7
rance can flip a fan as effectively,
nd the shoulders that were put to the G
heels of war can shrug in scarf as 5
9ductively as the 100 per cent t
dunes and prisms female that never
OF out of her shell or her scarf. So ,
ont scare at the scarf. Just dare it ,
nd wear it.