The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE A CAPE,
MY DEAR, SAYS MARGARET

You can't escape a cape, my dear,
The fashion first was Ewes;
She made herself some swagger ones
Of allstFle 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's fad descended now
On modish maids today,
Though just trifle thicker are
Their fabrics, l should say.
New York, March 28,-The spring
maid is all wrapped up in capes as
CONTINUOUSLY as her predecessor,
Madame Winter No matter how She
tries she can't seem to get out from
under the graceful folds. The only
difference between the winter and
sprii {; models is that those folds
have dwindled from the heavy rich
ness of fur velour and duvetyn to
'hc spring, clingy lightness of serge,
satin, wool jersey or tricotine
II we follow old Omar's admoni
tion 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 juttiug out
in nobby designs.
A perfect jewel of model is of
pearl gray jersey with a deep soft
cape collar edged in wide band of
Lack silk braid. The wide braid al
80 finishes the slashes for the arms
and vivid lining Of orange and black
checker board satin shows free and
unchecked when the wind blows.
a smart draped cape of black taf-
feta has one of the deep soft collars
also, which is edged with a wide
fringe of long narrow taffeta ribbon |
loops, as is also the bottom Of the |
cape. The lining of this distinctive |
model is vivid apple green silk |
crepe fruitfully sprinl1led with cher |
ry polka dots and plum-hued dashes.
Almost all of. the cape Innings
strike such a gay, joyous and riotous
color note that they seem to indicate /
The real inner nature of their fair !
wearers. A demure young thing. |
closely swathed fro mher throat to |
her pointed toe in the enyeloping
folds of a navy blue serge cape, sure
ly reveals her true inner self when
she throws back the cape and un-
furls the joy of the Mandarin red
lining, that hectic new shade which
is a brighter, lighter, younger sister
to henna red and a first cousin to
burnt orange.
Sort C a summer evolution of The
cape are the new old-Victorian scarfs
which are to cling to fair shoulders
again with all thee lusive grace and
piqdant charm Of the clinging vine
pre-suffragette era.
Quaint crepe de chine ones with
woven figured borders on either end
come in pastel tones, lovely, cloudy
chiffon ones iwth printed borders OF
roses and garlands. exquisite lacei
ones Of filmy black chantilly or the
creamy silky meshes cf the Spanish
gay Bayadc-e striped ones
Of Roman silk, and ~d,y little tat,
ieta ones in black, gay or blue,
ined with contrasting light color
and self fringed all around. They
are all irresistible, and you'll find
,ou're much more fascinating if you |
ihrug your shoulders in them rather
At them.
There is as much art and coquet-
y in gracefully managing scarf
rs there is in manipulating a fan.
rhey can't feaze an up-to-date 1919
emale, however. She can step as
lirily from her warworker uniform
nto the butterfly fluff of ruffled