Show o DRESS By ulnae Anne Rittenhouse Copyright ht 1918 1018 hy by y th the McClure p per Syndicate G 0 Top Coat Cont of the Season on f In is Unlit o on n Slender 1 1 Graceful Line IInes In That Thai 11 hulk and nud lie Be aced It IH Is Xo Xu Longer An Ulster New York York The The capacious coals coat o of ot English origin have havo vanished Their Thel r place is 18 taken b by a slim rakish garat gar gar- meat that at deludes tho the onlooker into the belief that It Is part of a suit and not an art economical cover all It looks look as though tho the hour of tho the loose Joose bulgInG bulging InG ie British coat had struck It was aas an un admired creation in Its da day and Its da day will hill return Nothing Is 18 lost In fashions fash fash- ions The Tho centuries merely repeat the tho images In a more moro or less distorted form sometimes good again bad When hen France took toole hold of the mannish mannish man man- nish garment which bore boro the tho namo name of Lord Raglan because of Its queerly cut armholes which he lie brought into fashion fash tash- ion or his tailor for him she sho mado made it She Sho could no moro stick to t the tho 0 masculine o touch In a feminine garment arment than she could send her women wom wom- en on into the world v without an air of ap ap- peal She ho abhors masculinity aped by hy a woman and yet et strange to sa say it Is only in Paris that one sees young women women wom wom- en go about In night life dressed as al men It Is not permitted anywhere else In civilized life Yet evon eon these those I women contrive to turn their hair Into some sort of ot coquettish arrangement and wear near ear absurdly vamped short high high- heeled shoe shoes Wo We 0 Like Mens Men's Ico Tho American woman ha has swallowed the mannish fashions hook lino and sinker It would v would not be bo possible for tor her to show herself In yellow eow bobbed hair and high heeled shoes In tho the garb carb of ot a a. boy but sho she can go peacefully and and contentedly contentedly con con- con con- about her hor life for years at a stretch wearing mannish garments that are aro directly lifted from the wardrobes of ot her masculine partners of tho the world In old days the smart women pilfered from gaily dressed men the fascinating things that allured tho the eye ce such as tho the long long- coat of or brocade and lace th the wig tho the feathered hat and wrist ruffles ruf ruf- fles tho the short velvet elet mantle wrought with metal threads and scented gloves cloves tho the fine linen neckwear and handkerchief handkerchief chief but these a added to her power of ot coquetry No o one ono could claim that quality for tor forthe tho the clothes women have pilfered today They are u ugly J on men the tho others were lovely Nothing could make them at attractive at- at o to a French Trench woman who was attempting a smart appearance We e Drop the Ulster The fashion for tho the piece one-piece frock as against tho the severe ere coat suit with pockets was vas a step ste b by us in the tho coquettish coquettish coquettish coquet coquet- tish direction and the replacing of tho the big big- baggy ulster made of heavy British fabric b by a slim coat cont built on tho the approved approved approved ap ap- proved lines of oC the hour seems to prove pro that we wo are forward toward another fashion that has strong femInine feminine fem fem- nine tendencies It ma may bo be an nn Intention intention intention tion in doing doing- this to differentiate ourselves ourselves our our- selves sel from the war workers or rather to express It In a better wa way to give ourselves two distinct kinds of ot ap ap- pare parel I. I j ap-j It is over O tho the one piece frock that wo now place the new type of top coat which has hat an alluring swing and while It is practical and comfortable sacrificing sacrificing- neither of or these desirable desirable qualities yet et It Jt t does give the tho Impression Impression impression sion of ot a garment built as ns part of ot a n costume and not one that was bought to serve all needs and weather The sl sketch eteh shows a n. good one ont which carries out many of ot tho the main points of fashion for tor which the now nev garments strive It Is of dull gray goray cloth In tho the tono that is not significant enough to ruin other colors and It Is fastened with two rows of buttons down the ont front and held In by a severe belt also fastened by two buttons The big dlag dlag- i p i A Q i Q G 6 r U O i Str Street d coat cent t of gray ny cloth with Uh two TOW rows of flat silver buttons and Dod diagonal pocket ct for tor N. N Collar nm nod and cuffs cures are of or gray fur onal pockets ts aro are nests for the th hands i ione if one wishes to avoid old tho the trouble of a a. muff and a rather effective touch is en given In hi the arrowhead arro embroidery that tha outlines the tho openings openinG's Dock Back to Revolutions Revolution We associate silver buttons on gray and prune colored coats with tho the two revolutions that swept over France rance and America a stepping stone to Independence dence for one ono country and tho the absolute beginning of It for tor tho the other Only the tho Russian revolution looms largo JarGo now although another may happen before this stor story Is 18 printed so fast do tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre things s follow ollow each other and with none of these will wo we associate silver ornaments but tho the designers have returned them to fashion The They are aro used on this gray coat |