Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1916 — FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION

Separate Capes and Pelerines Little separate capes and pelerines, to be worn with light summer frocks, are essentially classy affairs Indulged in by comparatively few women. Along with saddlebag pockets and the hooped gown, they are for those who are always looking for something new. The cape, as a part of the street dress or coat, is more widely accepted, and in any case there is no smarter accessory of dress. To think of capes is to think of silk, but the capes of today bring many other materials to mind as well. Taffeta stands at the head as a favorite in the list of available fabrics, which includes linen, alpaca, crepe, organdie, apd satin. Changeable taffetas trimmed with ruchlngs of the silk or with ruchings of black mousseline eliminate any chance of failure if one starts out to make something creditable in a little cape. A pin-stripe taffeta in two shades

Negligee of Silver Cloth and Chiffon There are negligees—and negligees —made of dainty and colorful fabrics, and the utmost of luxury is expressed in some of them. Those of the richest materials are /frankly extravagances, not made for use but for the sole purpose of looking pretty —which is use enough. These picturesque ■garments are not Intended for the light of day, except as it is screened and softened in the boudoir. They presuppose the possession of other more practical things for house wear. One of these fascinating frivolities is shown In the illustration. Cloth-of-rose chiffon are combined in making it, to ‘heir mutual advantage. A long slip, of the silver tissue, is yelled with a full straight-hangiiig, sleeveless coat of the chiffon having its edges hound with the silver cloth. For no particular reason, unless it is by way of suggesting luxury, a bit of dark fur finishes the neck across the back. A full-blown rose of silk Is very much at home posed at the base of the V-shaped opening at the front, where

By Julia Bottomley

of blue serves for the very pretty model that is shown in the Illustration. In size, this cape takes a middle course between those that reach almost to the elbows (they are rare) and brief affairs that barely hold out to the point of the shoulder. These two extremes are met with on coats. The cape pictured is scalloped and hemmed and entirely veiled with black silk mousseline. It is made with a high flaring collar and all its edges are finished with a ruching of mousseline gathered along the middle into scant fullness. Rather wide black taffeta ribbon makes a long tie for finishing the neck. It is laid in folds and tacked down about the neck opening, with the free ends just long enough to knot easily. It is'a support and a finish for the cape. Parasols and capes to match are made for those outdoor affairs of summertime that call for formal dress. Both are covered with a mass of full ruchlngs made of narrow strips of silk frayed at the edges.

it repeats in its petals the sheen and color about it. At the back of the coat a belt of silver lace confines the fullness of the chiffon in plaits, and serves another purpose in weighting it. The binding of silver cloth makes Itself useful in the same way. Rose chiffon and silver lace make the pretty cap to be worn with this aristocrat among negligees. It is finished with many long loops of baby velvet ribbon. Although they are not In evidence, the chances are that nothing more substantial than cloth-of-sll-ver slippers and rose-colored silk hose answered the question of footwear, to correspond with the cap and gown. Negligees that are more lasting, in charm as well as In material, are made of sheer white fabrics and worn over white or pale-colored slips of thin soft silk. Among new models quite a number have coat effects of wide shadow lace or fine net made up with satin ribbons in all the light colors. Flowered voile is a perfect material for making negligees, and vies with much more costly fabrics in effectiveness