Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1918 — Trench Coats the Latest Fad [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trench Coats the Latest Fad

'•'T'Ueille started the Dali rolling when she made that altogether captivating suit for the altogether captivating Mary. Pickford. It is of khaki-colored cloth and has small flap pockets at each side of the coat —miniatures of those on the regulation army coat. And it is brightened by whole companies of small, round, steel huttops. They fasten down the pocket flapb and appear in precise rgws on the sleeves. Altogether it is a work of art calculated to make a woman loose her head and buy it whether she needs it or not—or was it calculated to make a ( man loose his heart? Anyway it looks as genuinely military as Mary Pickford’s curls and just as adorable. It Is a purely feminine interpretation of army clothes —a figurative kiss blown to the colors. But, for real service and warmth, a coat follows In its wake; called a “trench coat,” with good-reason. It is of heavy warm cloth in khaki color, has large flap pockets at each side, a belt of the material, that through a trench buckle. There are practical pockets in the skirt portion and a warm mufller collar. It fastens to the left with bone buttons of a substantial thickness and ■train-resisting size. All require-

ments of a sturdy winter couc are filled in this latest effort of the coatmaker and more than this. As the uniform of every soldier proclaims his sentiments and his allegiance so the trench coat speaks the mind of its wearer. It appeals to the eternal feminine because it is becoming and it is also picturesque. It is just the garment for the woman who intends to keep busy doing whatever comes to hand to do, in any kind of weather, during the coming winter and there are always so many things waiting for the chffritable to do. .One look at the trench coat is convincing; it may be used for driving the motorcar and anywhere else where real service and comfort are called for. Thanks be, its designer has given us these together with a snappy and definite style ’that is enough to stiffen the backbone of any ease-loving slacker.