Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1916 — FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION

By Julia Bottomley

COATS INFLUENCED BY THE MOTOR CAR The motor car has added so much to the pleasures of summer that all our affairs are more or less influenced by the time we are to spend going about in it. Since it is no longer a luxury of the rich everyone makes some preparation for “Joy riding." Manufacturers of coats, as in other lines, find that their business must take note of the influence of the motor car, and they are presenting coats that show wonderful adaptability to all the needs of summer. Two excellent models that will serve for motor wear and other wear as well are shown in the picture. One of them is of plain cloth in a bright shade of dark blue. It is long, reaching almost to the bottom of the dress, and is cut full with flaring lines. Raglan sleeves In this, as in many other models, help out in achieving the flare in the body

WONDERFUL MILLINERY FOR THE LITTLE MISS Anyone might wish to fce eleven again to wear such wonderful millinery as that which is shown in the picture. Since the making of hats for little girls has developed into a business which has become a distinct branch of the manufacture of millinery the bats of “little miss" are things to awaken the admiration and envy of her elders. They are less' simple than they used to be, and the band of the specialist is evident in them. Two of these pictured and picturesque models are made of white hair braid —of all millinery braids the most exquisite. It is a pure, shining and translucent white and is w<sven In flat braid or in lace patterns or to combinations of the two. The hat at the center of the group is made without a supporting frame of any sort and is therefore flexible. The braid is moderately narrow with one fancy edge and a little ruffle running along its surface midway of the wbiilt The straight edge is corded

ol the coat and make its adjustment easy. The sleeves are full and are caught in with a covered cord, making a deep flaring about the hand. A tall, satin collar and large, flat, white buttons are items that contribute much of style to the modeL A hardier 'looking coat, with a sturdy style of its own, is pictured also. It is a Scotch mixture in gray, black, and white, with an indistinct crossbar patterned in the weave. It is cut with short front yoke and extended sldebody in one. This unusual cutting results in a smart model. Raglan sleeves are used In this as. in the other model, but they are finished with plain cuffs decorated with a pointed tab of plain cloth. Capacious slit pockets carry whatever the motorist may need for a short journey. Revers and large buttons add quiet decorative features toa model that is not to be excelled for general utility wear.

and the close-set threads of hair braid make it wiry. When the hat Is made by sowing the braid row on row thin wiry edge proves sufficiently stiff to hold the shape. Narrow faille ribbon, with plcot edges, is used to give the hat color. It is little ever a half Inch wide and is used in light pink and light green, about the crown and brim. At the back each ribbon band is finished with a tiny fiat bow. A pink rose is set in small ragged daisies at the front. Another hair braid hat is made over a wire frame covered with chiffon. The top crown is covered with a small plaque of the braid, and the wide crown with a woven band of it There are three ruffles of plaited chiffon about the upper brim, and a rose with, foliage is mounted at the aide. The quaint poke bonnet is covered) with brocaded silk and the brim bound with old blue braid. There is a big; bow, with.one sash end, made of very wide blue ribbon, at the back. Against the rich background of brocade a bunch of velvet fruit and foliage rests at thft trouts