Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1911 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

COATS FOR YOUNG TOTS SEASON'S BTYL.EB SHOW PREFERENCE FOR FURRY BTUFFS, White Cloths That Resemble Caracul Are Made Up in Cozy Loose Sacks for Girls From Two to Ten. The mother who has failed to buy a new winter coat for,her small girl will find plenty of modelß to select from now. Coatings of all sorts have grown prodigiously cheaper since the first of the season, such woven textures as imitate animal skins going in remnants especially low. Private makers show a liking for .these furry stuffs, which have a deliciously warm look and are not too jheavy for small folk. The white cloths •that resemble caracul so closely it is ■sometimes difficult to tell the deception at first glance are made up in 'cosy loose sacks in various models for girls, from two to ten. Sometimes 4|ne of these coats will have a shawl [collar of satin, or collars and cuffs lof the material will have a bias satin [edge; but bands of genuine long--haired fur look more appropriate these trimmings, and they give jthe garment the arctic look needed for midwinter. If these imitation fur materials are not used for the best coat it is of .plain cloth, corduroy or velvet. Ths mottled tweeds, beaver cloths and 'checked and- striped cheviots are reserved for the practical garment, and though the model useA may be the flame as th: t employed for smarter ones a bit of velvet on the collar and cuffs is the only trimming seen. The preference, in fact, is for great plainness with the practical coat, so plain stitching and bone buttons go most 'pommonly with the usefd everyday textures. ( The hat that sets off the coat is gn Important point, and there is some quaint and charming millinery for the smaller girls, for maids are always dressed more gaily under six than over that age. The peach basket still hold place in favor, for tots who can wear these somewhat eccentric hats, and there .are bowl shapes, ruffled bonnets and felt brim hats that drop becomingly over the ears. A band made of ribbon loops, put around the crown, is ons easy home trimming for a felt hat on the Bundown order, and there are some Tyrolean shapes of black and colored plush that need only tiny bunch of fancy feathers at the side to be complete. These last

are very useful for practical service, and they may be smartened up prodigiously with a band and quills of white satin. The coat shown in the illustration takes it swagger cut from women’s riding coats, these showing in many cases the same stylish shaplnf of the front and back set sections.

So, because of this hhrsiness, riding coat colors and materials are largely used for the style—plain or twilled cloths in various shades of brown or sage. Only very good stitching and bone buttons ornament such coats, though they may have handsome linings sometimes going to the hem.

Swagger Effect.