Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1916 — STYLES IN CAPES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STYLES IN CAPES

PEASANT DESIGN MAY BE SAID TO HAVE PREFERENCE. In All Sorts of Materials It Has Proved Popular, and Undoubtedly Has Come to Stay—Cape for Motoring. The Victorian capes which were ushered in last February with 1840 and 1870 hats to match, did not succeed, but the Victorian shoulder scarf —that wide piece of fur which looked like a postilion collar slipped to tha top of the arms, has been entirely successful, \ But the peasant cape has outdone all others. It may be short or long, of

tulle and ermine, or of black satin faced with blue, with a hood that stretches across the shoulders built, of the two colors. Wherever possible, the dressmakers use a contrasting color as a lining,

even if the material is as unsubstantial as tulle. A gathered cape of gray chiffon Is lined with horizon blue—for the horizon is blue in France, although it is, as a rule, gray in America. Iridescent taffeta, lined with tulle or chiffon, is used for afternoon capes in resorts, at the casinos, country clubs and polo fields. For motoring, there is the Italian cape of dark blue cloth lined with the red of our flag in taffeta or satin. There are also actual Red Riding Hood eapes worn by the younger set, the pointed hoods hanging between the shoulder blades. Tripping around through the resorts, one is convinced that the cape has forged its way to a position above the coat. True, the motorcoat is still desirable and no one neglects it, but the cape is the fashionable garment. The original devices that are worked out in it gives it a wide appeal to the restless Woman who Insists upon new things, even though she has no old ones. In the evening, to wear with white satin gowns, there are wraps of red chiffon lined with blue chiffon, with hood capes almost covered with bands of white marabou. At dinner parties in the open, the women keep these capes on during the evening, and they make a very attractive setting for a low gown and a bare head. By the way, the continued talk of the revival of first empire styles is actually changing the coiffure before there is a strong evidence of the Josephine frock itself. The hair is worn high in the middle of the head, and often there is no formed knot, simply a bunch of small, loose curls held at the base by two ornamental combs, preferably jet. (Copyright, 1916, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

Open-Air Dinner Cape.