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Show COATS FOR MIDWINTER; PRACTICAL SCHOOL FROCKS Tl KIOATIli:S then; a woman with soul so dead, who never to herself and to her husband has saftl, that she simply must have u new fur coat? If micli there he, there must also be something the matter with her sense of elolhes; for the female of the human hu-man speeies loves fur with u constancy con-stancy that has lasted for centuries. Furriers versed In the lore of their huslness are always planning new splendors In wraps made of expensive Bklns, unci manipulating Inexpensive they are edeemed hy the fabrics used and clever variation of design. In fabrics strip.! llannels and those in plaid anil line cross-bar patterns have made wonderful contributions to the diversity and liveliness of school dresses. Tan, dark blue or brown grounds varied by Itoman stripes make cheerful frocks even when reduced to the last extreme of simplicity. Strong contrasts in plain stripes, as blue and tan, tan and green, gray and blue, in which tl le stripes are cleverly Pi XWmfmMM A Gorgeous Winter Coat. pelts Into far less costly garments. There is a market for all of them. The transformation these furriers work are all wonderful, and many rich lookhig wraps are made of skins that began life in the humble ranks of the rabbit, the muskrat, and other plentiful plen-tiful animals, with very little pretension preten-sion to beauty. Among the handsomest coats this winter win-ter are models that show a combination combina-tion of two furs In the body of the garment, as seal and ermine, astrakhan astra-khan and fox, leopard and seal, ermine and sable. Nearly always a coat or wrap of one fur has collar, cuffs, and often trimming of another fur, as In the beautiful leopard skin pictured, made up with seal accessories. Leopard Leop-ard Is more fashionable then ever, and its wonderful markings reveal their fascination In these long coats. All used in transverse or bias bands for decoration, have all the chic in the world. On these striped materials linen collars and cuffs, in natural or white, are an Important item in the ensemble this season. In these dresses belts made of the material are cut lengthwise length-wise of the cloth, showing the darker stripe edged with a line in the lighter shade. Fashion gives hearty approval, also, to narrow leather belts. When plain materials are used as twills, flannels; suede fabrics or broadcloth broad-cloth they are sometimes varied by the introduction of a fancy weave in the same color, as shown in the dress pictured. Here a wide panel, In a big checker-board pattern, almost covers the front of the dress. Color contrast is provided by rows of flat braid stitched on it and the color is repeated re-peated in groups of buttons at one I Ar r 3 !V '::-! '&JJl I i ;f tia;.. I I i! i I H!rrp TRIqie I the well known skins may be found i' I ii made up m lines similar to those in $ . d i-jw i:-: v II ;!! the coat pktured and the winds of t , ' fashion are not so variable In coat ' is. . J i!J' styles as in others. Mink, sable and ""T jw squirrel coats usually have their col- lars and culfs of the same skins. .C.t;: A new v-him of faslilon in this sea- . f ; S: : :; 'i. ion's garments appears in accessories A : ', V and trimmings in shaded effects. For . 1 ; instance, on a brown astrakhan coat, vf?4 - collar, cuffs and bands are made of PSSIJSi jf""'1 astrakhan shading from very dark to """'"''J light brown. This may be a passing "tsiii the well-known skins may be found made up m lines similar to those in the coat pictured and the winds of fashion are not so variable In coat styles as in others. Mink, sable and squirrel coats usually have their collars col-lars and culfs of the same skins. A new v-him of faslilon in this sea-ion's sea-ion's garments appears in accessories and trimmings in shaded effects. For instance, on a brown astrakhan coat, collar, cuffs and bands are made of astrakhan shading from very dark to light brown. This may be a passing fad or it may have come for a prolonged pro-longed stay. A good fur coat Is really an economy It costs no more In the long run than shorter-lived garments. Fashion has proved a good dictator dic-tator tills season In bringing about extreme practicality in dresses for schoolgirls. It has been a long time since our junior and older girls were so suitably and becomingly dressed, as they ure today. But there Is nothing dull or uninteresting about their simple, sim-ple, coii'.fortuble, everyday frocks A Practical School Frock. side. The belt, which Is much wider than the average, is made of the plain fabric. Pipings, facings, narrow embroidered or fancy bindings, In vivid colors, ! brighten the popular dark blues, browns and greens that are liked for everyday, and plaids must not be neglected wMien the matter of outlltting school girls comes up for attention. JULIA BOTTOM LEY. (, 1924. Weulern Kuwupaper Untun.) |