Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — SMALL COATS TO BE WORN [ARTICLE]

SMALL COATS TO BE WORN

Fanciful Little Garments In Many Materials Are a Feature of the Season. The most difficult part of the fitting of an overdrapery is in keeping the sides straight and slim in outline. The slit skirt is now accomplished with an over-effect. There is every indication that the short, fanciful little coat in silk of one kind or another is to be an important item of the summer outfit this year. The etoh7 The bolero and- a- host «f models more or less related to these two old friends are already in evidence, the less closely related coatees showing a leaning toward abbreviated mantle or dolman lines, in keeping with the übiquitous taffetas and their bouillonees, ruching and quillings. On the whole, these little wraps are picturesque and piquant. Perhaps some of them are a trifle too odd, but that depends a great deal upon the woman who wears them. To harden the gums and sweeten the breath rinse daily with a little tincture of myrrh.