Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — CAPES NEWEST FASHION NOTE [ARTICLE]

CAPES NEWEST FASHION NOTE

Wraps Are Made for Actual and Unremitting Service, as Far as the Outer Coverings Are Concerned. The ultra smart clothes that are worn at the playgrounds of the South are the straws that tell which way the wind is blowing id the world of fashion. The cape is, really, the newest note of the season as far as outer coverings are concerned. It is making its appearance more and more frequently, observes a Palm Beach fashion correspondent. The most recent of traveling capes has two or three distinctive features which are worthy of detailed notice. The new capes are made for actual and unremitting service, and, therefore, have points of interest all their own. They are, as a rule, cut circular—many yards, even as mdny as five around the hem, and a top that is cut exactly to meet the closely fitting collar at the neckline. The collar then is cut so that it rolls and folds about as one’s mood wishes it to do, falling carelessly, gracefully, and broadly over the shoulders when the cape Is unfastened. Others of these traveling capes, vhile they are still cut on circular lines, have gathered at the neck, so that they float away in more graduated fold. But more often not, they are void of the yokes which were a striking feature of . all the best winter capes. One of these service capes was made