Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-07

w INTER frocks and Summer
n frocks. frocks for Spring
" " or Fall nowadays differ
very little. so far as weight
or warmth is concerned.
Never before have fur coats been so
generally worn and never before have
coats-even cloth coats-heen so lux
urious and comfortable. So women
have gone through the Winter wear
ing thin little frocks. depending en-
tirely on their coats for the protection
needed against the cold outdoors.
America apparently has set the
fashion in indoor temperature, and
fashionable folk in London and Paris
are trying to emulate our dollhouse
atmosphere.
No one needs to put away a Winter
frock at the end of the season because
it is too heavy. Discard it. if you like.
because it is trife out of fashion
or because You are tired of wearing il,
hut don't put it away for next Winter.
The same type of little silk frock that
YOU have worn all Winter beneath
your luxurious mink coat-or was 1t
sabe?-is the sort YOU will wear for
Spring. only for Spring YOU will have
a lighter coat.
The Spring coat is therefore tire
mendOuSly important. Even if you do
decide in favor of suit for Spring
that will in no way put off the need
of a coat. For the suit nowadays is
not general utility costume, but
something for special occa sions.
The cape coat comes first. You will
he sure to encounter it when you go
in search Of your Spring wrap. Your
tailor or dressmaker will suggest it II
YOU ask for advice. and You will have
It offered to YOU on all sides II YOU
want to buy something readymade
IT gives certain promise of being what
the mercha nts like to call "a popular
number" The most ardent boosters
of this style would hardly claim that
ii suited all ages and all figures. Lack
Ing youth, you must at least possess
slenderness to wear it with distinction.
You may have seen the cape coat
that Is fur trimmed-krimmer, cara
cul or light mole, squirrel or fox Per
Haps the smartest of all the cape coats
Is the one most strictly tailored. lack.
ing fur entirely. SO far as these wraps
have come into its long promised place
of pre-eminence. For several seasons.
YOU know, we have been predicting
that for a change gray would take the
place of beige. With these cape coats
gray comes in with flourish. Nari-
Gus twillS are used, including kaShmir.
There are numerous versions of the
cape coat, with capeS that barely
reach the elbows TO capes so long that
they hide almost all of the coat. Then
there are cape coats without sleeves
that have much to recommend them
for warmer weather. Though the
cape coat without the cape would he
like an Omelet with the eggs left out
still many women like to have their
cape coats made with a detachable
cape section.
1t is hard to say just how extensive
will become the vogue for the cape
that is the cape that is not part of a
coat The French dressmakers are
making much of It. 1t has much to
recommend It. But with the present
very short skirt one must go SLOWLY
For the time, at least, ii is better to
avoid the cape as general utility
wrap. II you can afford a different
wrap for each of several Spring
frocks. then by all means let one of
them be a cape. Some OF the simple
little crepe de chine frocks worn at
Southern resorts this Winter were
made with crepe de chine capes to
match. The collar Of clipped. wool
Is still a good selection. There is, of
course. nothing about one of these
crepe de chine capes to tax the skill
OF any clever amateur dressmaker
The cost is barely more than the