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Show Novel Automobile Coats. H "From all appearances automoblllng -will bo the diversion par cxcellenco for society lids season and to provide for such an event tho most remarkable cojlcctlon of coats, veils and gowns has been designed with a. special view to Ailing every requirement of tho feminine femi-nine autonioblllst. Leathor coats and whole costumes aro presented In thd most attractive fashions imaginable. Who would have thought a few years ago that a woman would be able to wear a coat of glaco leather heavily stitched and strapped, and yet titling the liguro with almost the same precision pre-cision of a cloth garment? Almost without exception these coats are made to fasten up snugly about the throat and they button well over on one, side, thus dofylng wind and dust. A fox brown leathor. coat of hip length had the straight part hung to a yoko and was laid In flat sldo pleats stitched In scallops over the bust There was a stock at the throat fully six inches deep, but It was of soft leather, lined with silk and could be crushed to any comforlnblo width. Tho alcoves of these coats aro all put into the nrm-holo nrm-holo without any rullness. but they begin be-gin to broadon below tho elbow and are held In at tho wrist in rather close-fitting close-fitting cuffs, which arc designed purposely pur-posely to keep tho dust from filtering in and up tho arm. Lfirgo, fancy buttons adorn the fronts: Sometimes a piping of a. contrasting color of leather gives a touch of smartness smart-ness and Individuality to a coat. There Is a black one made of a shiny grade of leather, with trimmings of scarlot-varnished scarlot-varnished leather that lookB fetching enough on a pretty woman, even though she Is arrayed in one of those outlandish outland-ish hats ahd velln.t without which the aulouibbllifit thinks ;uid knows she cannot can-not travel comfortably. If thcro aro skirts to these leather suits they are mad tho usual pcilus-trhut pcilus-trhut length. A few models arc pleated from the knees and others have applied pleated flounces. It sounds almost absurd ab-surd to mention pleated leather, but thoro Is not a whit more bulk Jn a costume cos-tume of this kind than In any modcratc-lv modcratc-lv hcavv cloth one, The leather is pll-a'ble pll-a'ble and far from thick, which makes It vleld to various treatments. A flat lining of taffeta adds nothing to tho weight of these skirts, but It molten them slip on with greater ease and serves to cover the rough-Inner nldc of tho leather. Several rows of stitching make a trim finish around the bottom of -such skirts, nnd, if; thcro Is piping tliU Is put on, as a- heading for a three or four-Inch applied ploco .straight ; around tho lower edge of the skirt , An entire leather hood that Is gath- 1 ered around the face Is ono of tho new- si Ideas in this department of drs. JH the ono I saw was in soft wood brown, IH with a full bow of ribbon the soma shado surmounting tho lop like tho granny" lonnets children wear, and tho hood was held on securely by th , aid of broad rllilx)n stilngs to tie un- , der tho cliln. For warm weather this hood would be a trifle uncomfortable. ' i im but for long tours later in tho sen-son. sen-son. or IP one were going North, It would be Just the thing. Kvcn the automobllo entliusla.st- must liavo her vanity cuso when touring , about. These arc of leather to matclf I the costume, If one likes, nnd are flat, oblong purses, with veo" short chains. , "When they oiicn they dlscloso a set of . lB pockotbooks and qard cases, with a ' tH amidl mirror, a powder receptacle and IH pun.'. It suggests a bicyclist's kit of IB tools In apiMaranco and ability to re- 'H pair damage. |