The broad ax., 1922-07-29

Handmade Silk Dress With Cape to
Match and coIIapsibIe Hat Designed
to Fold Easily Into Summer Bag
gage.
fort IN a way nothing else could Every
time the owner puts II on she VIII
thank a kind Providence for having
led her to the decision that brought
that particular article Of apparel into
her wardrobe.
The handmade dress and cape to
match is the sort Of thing that Is born
for packing. The fabric Ii a heavy
canton crepe, and the dress Is made
along the straightest Of lines There
are lines Of hemstitching and drawn
work for It's trimming. and there Is
not a frill or furbelOw that can suffer
from packing. Anyone who has owned
one Of these frOcks knows how small
a place they take up when folded to- .
gether, and how satisfactory they are
through many months Of wear and
tear.
Cape Of Same Material.
This dress has a cape made Of the
same material and lined with a light
weight crepe de chine. 1t may be worn
with this dress or with others as a
light summer evening wrap, and, for
that reason, II serves a place In the
travellers wardrobe which cannot
easily be taken by any other sort Of
garment. Presumably the reader has
worn a suit while travelling. and has
carried an extra heavy wrap over her
arm, but neither the suitcoat nor the
outer wrap is going to serve for eve
ming demands with which she win be
confronted. no matter where she goes.
But this wrap can be folded into the
smallest Of spaces and taken forth on
many occasions. Without Il a woman
would be quite at a loss and II she at
tempted 10 pack anything with more
weight and body and trimming then
she would find herself forced into add
ing extra luggage to accommodate the
extra frills.
Keep the cape simple and the dress
simple and half Of the travelling bat
tie is fought. And. II the reader fol-
lows the scheme, she viii have a silk
suit which can always be worn for aft
ernOOn, often for evening. and some
times In the morning hours. More
over. silk is cool. II can stand wet
weather and when a colder day makes
its appearance the owner can still look
well in a silk dress under her heavier
coat. There is no angle from which
a dress Of this character is not salts
factory, and this season to be right In
the height Of style II Is desirable to
have II made OF that cafe au lait color
which has taken the place OF gray In
smart circles. II is a color which goes
with most everything and which Is be-
coming TO many types.
Avoid Extra Hat Box.
By avoiding the extra hat box. the
traveller may save herself all sorts Of
worry and bother and porter fees. For,
with only one bag. she can, in an emer-
gency, drag herself and II around. but
with two the situation becomes hope
less. She viii find when she starts 70
shop that there are all sorts OF little
and becoming hats that can be folded
along with dresses as fat as can be.
and which WIN still emerge with none
Of that mashed appearance. She win {
i've 70 thank herself for providing her
self with this sort OF hat instead Of
the sitter variety which must be cared
for 30 particularly and which, even
then, Is apt to come forth after a
train or boat trip with that sad and
dropping appearance for which there
q no salvation.
There are little wooden hats done IN
bright and interesting eolOrA some
are made Of draped ribbons, and
sturdy ones Of blocked felt that mash
into small places with the greatest
agility and come forth to surprise one
By their weiI-groomed look.