Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1909, Page 36

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 1)E(‘EB{BER 5, @ Y Lt Ox'xa of the Drawpedk Cape Hadels in Grey ttoman $ilk and Cwxt-§ teol TrimImings. HIS season's evening wraph are big, veloping, capelike affairs that are truly regal in thelr magnificence. From sumptuous furs to unlined nets and chif- fons the evening wrap runs the entire gamut of materials. Broadcloth, velve§, broche, silk, oitoman and moire, crépe, all are glven some place in the showing of beautiful evening garments for holiday affalrs Some of the evening wraps have sleeves, and these are generally cut in one with the garment, a seam ex- tending across the shoulders and down the outside of the sleeve in the most barefaced manner. A number are shown in the low draped effects, seemingly tled in at the bottom in sash effect. The more simple cuts are of the military order clrcular and hanging straight, with occasionally a slight drapery in the front and at the sides. The tendency 1s, however, to keep all wraps alon the military lines, simple in style. The reve holds strongly in that Is, the broadcloth cape with a complete reverse side of satin In contrasting color, A clever wrap that was seen the other day was a long, loose reversible coat. It was of a striking chrysoprase, llned throughout with black, and had huge soft pointed revers weighied by big black tas- sgls. When the color side is worn outside the big and front facings show the black, but when a darker coat is desired one simply turns this gy coat inside out and there 18 a black soft coat of smart cut, ‘with facings, linings, and collar of a becoming color. Chiffon coats, in which lovely color harmonles are obtained by using several vellings of chiffon in dif- ferent colors, are not & new idea, but there are any number of fascinating models shown along this line One good one wi in brown taupe, the smoky gray brown which has been a favorite for some seasons, and which is taupe brown or taupe gray according as the gray or the brown predominates in the mixture. This taupe chiffon is laild over a soft dull blue chif- fon which harmonizes exquisitely with it, and the whole is draped over the softest of taupe crépe de charmeuse, Embroideries of self tones and a little dull #0ld form the trimming. There is a neck finlsh and big embroidered buttons in taupe velvet A smart imported cape shown was In soft black satin, long and ample, and was lined throughout with the popular-if hardly beautiful lime green. The cape fastened on the left shoulder with superb ornaments of cut jet, and when fastened showed only an inch band of green around the collarless neck and down the overlapping front, but when unbuttoned the fronts fell back, showing soft, pointed lapels faced with green and embroidered Indgreen and gold. , en- Another attractive cape. was in rose liberty em- broidered in jet, a fine design of the palm brangh run- ning over the upper part of the cape, back, shoulders, and chest. From the walst line down the satin fell in plain, rippling folds. Big jet buttons fastened the tronts Just at the moment women seem to be accepting the various forms of rich brocade with enthusiasm. To be suce, they eye the rich evening gowns in these materials with a little hesitancy and are not quite re that they like the models made up in brocades combined with plain materials, but when it comes to evening wraps the approval Is more sure and the brocade evening coats are meeting with unqualified approval These coats are the natural outcome of the new note in fashionable materials, a note of richness or sub- dued gorgeousness which does not yet detract from the cult of the soft and the supple. Both manufac- rers and dressmakers are doing their best to push forward these rich brocaded cloths, and while all the gauzy, shimmery fabrics are retained, side by side with them one finds wonderful brocades in satin, crépe, velvet, rich molre, fallles, and gros grains. All these are light and supple to a degree that would amaze the old time beauties who knew th fabrics in their earlier incarnation. There wi day when the fect that a brocade or a gros grain could stand alone was counted as & surpassing virtue. Now the brocade or gros grain or velvet that does not collapse into the limpest of heaps on the slightest provocation is quite outside the pale of fashion Among the extreme evening wraps which were seen recently was one of the Arablan burnous type. This was made of beautiful White silk warp henrietta, which fell in soft, full folds in the most admirable manner. It was a transformation garment, for one of the seemingly plain folds could be drawn over the Mead in the shape of a hood, and yet when It was not 20 worn there was no visible evidence of the hood. Any amount of glittering jet coats are shown, too. hey are usually a glittering mass of beads from the throat to the floor. Another clever model among these wraps was of tilleul green velvet trimmed with wide bands of embroidery and skunk. And so one might go on, indefinitely with the lovely creations shown this season, for their variety is certainly in- finite. The scarfs shown for evening wear grow in num- and beauty the season advances. A eautiful scarf shown was of pale blue Ik striped gause. It was large and finished at the ends with huge pompons of elderdown. It was shown on a debutante's costume of white net and was worn 1oosely about the neck, head and shoulde: Evening Coat of brojdered it Net Over i l%usselxne 7D D AYced (¢ hflffecti‘v& Slodel for a Young Girl, 1909, The Holidas” Damee Novel Neckpiece of Proadtail Fisher Bands Dy Mars~ Eleanox» ODonnell. Fgyptiaz Mociel in Moire lrimmings of Tassels and widescent Bands. fl" Al-‘“ il ‘ |M|l“‘ il .uum} |JH (i Tr‘lmmed With, &