Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — SUMMER TOPCOAT IS USEFUL [ARTICLE]

SUMMER TOPCOAT IS USEFUL

Now Made to Wear With Sporta Clothes or Over Nicer Frocks for Afternoon or Evening.

Summer topcoats are now made so they are good to wear with sports clothes and also to wear over the nice sort of dresses, such as net taffeta or lace, that are to be worn afternoons and evenings. Wool jersey and also silk jersey are favorite sports materials. The colors are sometimes rather vivid. There is often a touch of fur or of marabou on these wraps—collars and cuffs that are very supple and of the less heavy summer furs. These coats are made up in the regulation sweater coat style, either buttoned or slip-on, the slash In front being much longer than last season. There are occasional cape coat models in these materials. In more elaborate afternoon and evening wraps satin remains the fa 4 vorite material, oddly lined sometimes with wool jersey for warmth. Satin coats are also lined with a slightly contrasting satin, as dull pastel blue with putty color or black with gray or dull green.