Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1914 — Plain, Tailored Utility Coats [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Plain, Tailored Utility Coats

THE long; protecting "rain or shine” coat, made to meet the exigencies of travel or life in the out-of-doors, is cut on simple lines. ) One of the most practical of these coats is pictured here. It hangs straight on the figure. The needed fullness at the bust line is provided for by two small plaits on each shoulder. This is taken up from the swell of the bust down in a stitched-ln plait at each side of the front), the plaits extending below the normal waistline for at least six inches. The coat is open at the throat, but without revers. The neck is finished with a small sailor collar and the sleeves with turnback cuffs. Bone buttons are used for fastening and as a decorative feature on the cuffs. Coats of this kind are made with skirts to match. The latter, severely plain and straight, are worn with blouses of thin wash silk, pongee or sheer wash fabrics. These coats and' skirts require firmly woven rainproof goods in quiet staple colors. Either can be worn without the other, and the coat is designed to doduty wherever a separate coat is needed. t

In some of the new models these coats are cut with a flaring skirt set onto a shorter bodice in the style of the Russian coat. Others, of heavier fabrics, are cut double-breasted, in long-waisted designs having an inverted plait at each side to give a slight flare to the skirt part. In these the sleeves are large and straight with turnback cuffs. Turnover collars that may be brought up snugly and tightly about the neck make this a warmer garment thgn open-throated models. This is best for the automobile. One of the most modish of coats belongs in the redingote class. It is constructed with an easy-fitting long-, sleeved jacket -to which a plaited skirt is set on. This terminates at each side three inches, or a little more, from the front of the jacket, to which it is attached under a belt of folded satin. There is a rolling collar of velvet and narrow cuffs of it. both finished with a silk braid. The jacket is fastened with large barrel-shaped buttons at the front. When a skirt to match any of these utility coats is 'needed it is cut in the straight-line style and the requisite fullness given with Inverted plaits.