V j A i q k 4 N vi COATS FOR THE EARLY SEASON 1 V A light coat tor for the demi deml season Is a i necessity and it must be of a character to suit almost any occasion whenever a chill clifia in the air demands it morning afternoon or evening itis it la to grace its wearer by its conseria conservative tive but undeniably good style it bisone isone ia ono of the difficult things that designers face each spring and they wrestle w with ith its problems with varying success the spring coat depends upon its style to make lakeit it a ready seller or A a failure in the eyes of the manufacturer it mastbe must be in line lind with the mode bode as to shape quiet as to color and an advantage to the wearer hence there are re many models an season coltof gabardine ardine shown in the picture is lined with striped taffeta itis banded with silk in self color about the bott bottom omand and at the cuffs the small email turnover collar is of velvet th the 0 i 16 b ody d y of the coat to is with belt across the back its skirt at the sides and below the belt at the back hangs in gobets there Is less fullness ln in it at the front and from the shoulders to a point several inches below the waist line it hangs straight like so many odthe of the now new coats it betrays ingenious cutting there to Is a pointed yoke at the back that suggests a little cape the upper part of the body terminates in a long lone point at each side in the front but these details ln in shaping are inconspicuous except tor for a few buttons and the silk banding the coat Is untrimmed the model is in a very dark dari blue i besides these trim ting models t there here are others with fuller lines and cut somewhat somewhat longer one of the handsomest models made of 0 covert and other cloth sis cutto cut to hang straight but very full the waist line Is defined barows by rows of shirring at each side aide and by a belt across the back and front it has deep cuffs and a wide collar that may be turned up about the neck an extreme of the flaring mode has attracted much attention although it is made of dark blue gabardine it has a high cape cap e collar and panels down the front of blue and white checked material it flares from the shoulders down but a belt which emerges from slashes at each side of the front pretends to bold its fullness somewhere near the waist ot of the wearer at the front