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Show THE DAY OF W MANTEAU IAS' COME V . I : I long Enveloping Coat of Velvet and Fur Is as Fascinating as It Is Warm on a Wintry Bay I By BETTY BROWN. NEW YORK. The most characteristic charac-teristic note of the -winter fashions is the tremendous vogue for the long, enveloping coat of velvet or fur preferably pre-ferably both which the French call by the pretty name "Manteau." All Paris all feminine Paris-Stakes the air attired in these fascinating manteaus. The materials for heavy coats are almost universally velvet, velour:, or duvetyn, a supple material with all the fabric charms of velvet and the grateful warmth of wool. In line the manteau of the season is still straight and severe, but the waistline is often more decided than in dresses, and the broad belts are good. Almost every coat is trimmed with fur. sometimes so heavily as almost to conceal tho coat material itself, except when the shoulders covered with the velvet or broadcloth are revealed. The chosen colors are oid Bordeaux, a rich wine shade, gray, lynx and a fine shade of brick red which is most effective with trimmings of brown or gray fur. The three coats shown In the pic- ture have the best style points of the vogue. The first (at loft) is an exceptionally ex-ceptionally clever management of very heavy materials. The coat itself is of black velour, with the collar and cuffs, both broad and heavy, of fox. The belt, broad at the back and narrowing nar-rowing to the front, with the velour buttons of remarkably large size, is well suitea to the outlines of the gar-men gar-men L The coat shown in the mido.e is charming for the slender young debutante. It is constructed of velvet, in hunter's green, and Is rather elab- orately embroidered in soft grey, wool, iH in a conventional, well-balanced IH design. The fur trimming of Austra- lian opossum is in pleasing contrast to lH the dark richness of the coat. The third coat is designed for IH afternoon parties and is quite elab- IH orate enough to do service lor evening IH affairs also. Here, dark blue velvet, jH of lighter weight than velour, is used IH with a generous hand, and a very lib- fl eral amount of kolinsky fur outlines the rippling cape and collar. |