Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Separate Goats and Spring Ensembles Fixtures in New Mode
BY MARY MARSHALL.

" HE separate .full-length Spring
coat is so much an established
fact in the wardrobe of most
women that 1t would take con-
siderably more persuasion than
has thus far been brought to bear to
persuade them that the problem of
Spring wraps may be solved by means
of ensembles-or to induce them to ac-
cept the new shorter coat as an alter
native.
Ensembles, so-called, are all very well
If you can have enough Of them, and
the same thing may be said of the
shorter coat, but for 80 women and
three-uuar out of a hundreds the
statisticians would Say-the full-length
Spring coat remains an economic
necessity.
And when the average woman goes to
buy or order her Spring coat she has
rather large order. in mind. She wants
a coat that will do for now"-that
will also do for cooler days or on her
vacation in Summer; she wants coat
that will look At for early Autumn days
to come and that won't be too hope
lessiy out Of the mode to wear for every
day next Spring. She wants something
smart and trim and rainproof and some
thing that won't scream at the frocks
she shall choose to wear beneath. II
she selects a seven-eighth model the
question of harmony with the frock be-
meath becomes more difficult one.
The question of color comes first
and this question has been solved by
the majority of well dressed women so
fax
the best blues this Spring were lighter
than navy and less vivid than sapphire.
But there are many navy blues and one
of the smart shops is showing Spring
coats in a blue darker than navy-so
that one must have the material car
ried to the window before one is quite
willing to admit that it is not black.
If you are choosing a Spring coat
that you wish to wear for many occa-
sions, morning and afternoon, cannot
do better than recommend blue--not the
blue that strikes you right now as
smartest, but the shade that you find
most becoming The peculiar smart
ness Of some one particular shade" Is
an illusion that vanishes into thin air
after a few weeks at best. All blues
are In good repute this Spring and the
darker tones are among the most "Slen-
der" of colors.
Black Is q good cholce THIS spring,
and / may add to its credit that more
black is being used for Spring coats In
the more expensive shops than in the
cheaper ones.
There are shades of brown that you
may like. Soft, light shades of brown
are the French womans choice for
sports coats and suits at present, but
brown grows dingy under the glare OF
the American sun. don't mean that
1T actually fades, but 1t looks stuffy
and does not combine so well with the
clear, light tones that you may wish to
wear beneath your Spring coat as do
blue and black. - - IS
Then there are gray coats. Il have
heard that a number Of brides-to-be
are choosing gray for their going-away
ensembles and that gray has been fav-
ored at some of the European Southern
resorts-gray wraps, gray suits, gray
shoes and stockings.
Beige is seen in the new coats planned
for Spring, but less than one might
expect ~S4t
The majority of the new Spring coats
t-save those of the strictly sports sort
have fur collars or fur trimmed collars
iof some sort, but the fur chosen Is
usually of such a light, thin sort that
1t need not add uncomfortably to their
warmth. Galyak, mole. ern1ine, shaved
lamb and squirrel-which is sometimes
dyed brown or black and sometimes left