Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1912 — WARM WRAPS A NECESSITY [ARTICLE]

WARM WRAPS A NECESSITY

Seeds of Disease Likely to Be Sown When This Important Requirement Is Neglected. It is highly dangerous, to say the least of it, to come out of the heated atmosphere of a theater or private house, as so many of us do, and go into the cold night air, or stand in a draught while a taxicab or car is being hailed, without being sufficiently clad. / Thus too diaphanous a wrap should be avoided for winter use, and something warmer and more substantial should be worn. For this reason, therefore, one can- - b '

not improve on velvet as a material to make our evening wraps of, and this is equally successful in a dark color, such as black bordered with white, old blue with sable or marten, and geranium, cerise pink or scarlet with black fox or skunk, which are among a variety of combinations which contrast admirably, and. should be selected with a view of best suiting the coloring of the wearer.