Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1918 — Handsome Coat for General Wear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Handsome Coat for General Wear

A combination of' smooth-faced tan or sand-colored .cloth with fine Hudson seal, removes some of the difficulties which lie in the path of the designers of coats. When the task is to achieve a handsome coat for general wear the designer knows to start with that no color is a better choice than tan, and no fur looks better with it than seal, they belong to one another. Having this' assurance as to pleasing color, the creator of new coats must show his ability, by original of cutting and deft use of new style features, in lines and in details of finishing. Whoevef planned the coat pictured here betrays i\masterful hand in these particulars. Xjie coatis plain and fun, with fashionable straight lines. Its fullness Is cleverly managed by the insertion of three plaits at each side, back of the pockets. Thly are hardly to be noticed, being overshadowed by very large double pockets —an . arrangement of a big square seal over a target square of doth. There is a high. square collar of the fur, and another)of fashion’s favorite vagaries appears in the halfbelt that extends across the front of the coat. It widens at the center, departing from the straight and narrow path of the usual belt, and fastens at the left with buttonhole and bone butjtgn of generous size. s

Plain coat sleeves rely upon their cuffs fpr the stamp of originality. These are merely straps whose ways are devious, but never asunder. They are placed side by side: the career of each ended by an inexorable bone button and a buttonhole that holds them fast. These are the mannerisms of an exceptionally clever performer, and they are also the delight of a cultivated taste in apparel.