Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1918 — Trench Coats Occupy Fashion’s Salient. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trench Coats Occupy Fashion’s Salient.

Just as we came to the conclusion that there would be no*new departure in styles for the midwinter coat, the “trench coat” breezed in and made an instantaneous success with tfie younger set. Its name bespoke an Interest in It and the coat repays this Interest. It Is only in details of finishing that it differs from many other of the winter’s successful models. It is the sort of comfortable, practical affair that commends itself for general wear, to the active young woman who goes everywhere. But Tt has a style of its own with a snappy military flavor. Even though It reaches to the shoetops. the trench coaf contrives to be trim looking with its wide flat box plait down the front The belt, of the material, slips through upturned flaps at each side, which are fastened down with big bone buttons. The deep cuffs, thst are of uneven width, overlap at the edges and an important button stands guard on each of these. The coUar is of the snuggling variety that .has won the devotion of the fashionable. It Is immensely becoming and comfortable. This garment may be developed In any of the‘plain, soft coatings that have made this a most successful coat season. Content to bear comparison with the trench coat, another popular model presents Itself In the picture. It also has several interesting points to be considered with yoke and sleeves cut In one, double collar and huge buttons. The collar of cloth amounts small cape and the collar of fur is planned so that it may h« brought up

about the throat and chin in the approved manner when its wearer decides tq cuddle down into it. The deep cuffs and belt are of cloth like the coat, the latter fastened with two of the large buttons, making assurance doubly sure. These two very sensible models probably finish the story of coats for this winter —in a season of excellent styles they play a creditable part. 'I r