Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1913 — EVENING COAT IS FASHIONABLE AND COMFORTABLE ALSO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EVENING COAT IS FASHIONABLE AND COMFORTABLE ALSO

A SIMPLE and comfortable coat for evening wear is shown here. Its lines are long, its sleeves and general fit roomy and full. The finish is very pretty and it is made of any of the soft cloths or silks that will fall in clinging lines. It is one of those models which do not strive to be fashionable first and practical afterward, without being able to quite attain the latter desirable attribute. It is practical first and it succeeds in being attractive and stylish. The coat is a loose straight garment with some fullness gathered into a shallow yoke at the back and fulling from the neck and shoulders at the front. The sleeve is set on to the body of the coat in such a way as togive ample room for any sort of drapery on the bodice of the gown. A shaped border of velvet defines it where it is set in and a wider border finishes it A band of velvet supports the gathered fulness from the shoulder to the bottom of sleeve. At the front the coat is cut away in a slight curve at the bottom, and one side is laid in three plaits under an ornamental fastening. This laps bver the other side and fastens with a loop of silk cord which slips over an ornament provided for it The coat is lined with soft satin In one of the popular weaves. A scant puff of chiffon finishes the sleeve out the under side. Chiffon broadcloth and any of the other supple cloths will develop -well In this model. There are numbers of brocaded fabrics to choose from also,, when one is looking for a suitable,

fabric. If silk is chosen, an interlining of outing flannel, or something similar, must be provided for warmth. A collar of chinchilla fur is shown in the model, which is novel in cut, but not so comfortable ang not so

luxurious looking as the ordinary shatvl collar (or the. neckpiece) ol fur. This coat will be worn without fur, and it is better to finish it with a shaped border of velvet at the neck and wear a separate neckpiece and muff of fur when the weather demands them. The decidedly oriental turban which appears in the picture is of chiffon outlined with pearls. . Airy as it is, it manages to support a long and heavy ostrich plume. More true to the original tnodel and more effective, a standing fan of feathers or an orf* ental looking ornament might finish the soft headdress appropriately.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.