Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-13

There is an air of essential smartness
10 the latest toggery for auto wear, and
perhaps the greatest charm of 1t Is that
the men are gotten up Just about as pic
turesquely as are the women.
Inose huge fur coats, and the smart
lur caps OF 80 many makes and varieties
lnat IL were vain task to even attempt
10 catalogue them, are vastly becoming
TO the average specimen of mankind.
while those for his sister-or some other
mans sster-are even more becomi.
still
The French women, who were really
the pioneers in motor cars and In motor
fashions as well, long ago decided that
there is simply nothing that can com
pare or compete with the leather gar.
menr, and this both from the point of
style as well as that of comfort. For
one thing, 1t is light in weight, flexible
almost as cloth, and 1t is absolutely wind
proof, the sine qua non where motoring
garments are concerned.
While abroad the wind shield of glass
permanently fixed in the front of the
machine Is looked upon as an absolute
essential-quite an Indispensable part Of
the machine, in fact. Over here its use
Is not by any means so universal. For
one thing, 1t is claimed that In case of
accident the flying glass Is capable of
doing much damage, and that It's pres
ence is constant menace on this ac-
count. However, 1t would seem that ex-
cept for racing purposes Just some such
shield were at least advisable, for it
Hssuredly does add much both TO the
comforts and the pleasures of winter
motoring.
The tailor has been turning his atten-
tion to the possibilities Of smart motor
costumes, and there are some gowns al
together in leather that exhibit the ex-
IRENE of the tailors art to delightful
extent One such example is In soft
brown leather, with coat closely fitted
and following those charmingly becoming
lines that characterize the Louis Quatorxe
modes. The skirt is cleverIy built In
sections, each section taking the form OF
a circular founce, and TINT soft notified
brown calfskin that is known as yetta
is delightfully."- employed for closely
fitted vest, collar and cuff for the coat,
and for landings to conceal the joining
seams on the skirt Anything at once
simpler, more modish and altogether
suited to its purpose could hardly be
imagined.
The question Of headgear is perhaps
the most important one where auto tog-
gerry is concerned. To find that some
thing which will be suited both to the
place and the wearer, and be eminently
becoming as we'll, used to be an almost
impossible task. At the start 1t was the
men who made the rest Of the motor
outfit who undertook to provide headgear,
and the result was that the yachting
cap In some form or another was the
almost universal wear Few women
there are to whom this is at all becom-
ing, and SO its day was quickly past. The
miliners, however, have taken the mat
ter up, and the results are charming in
the extreme.
For winter wear there are all sorts of
hoods, and difficult. indeed, 1t is to choose
from among, them. The temptation VIII
be to havetolite repertoire of them, for
one is SO n<sh more bewitching and SC
much more becoming than the other that
1t wera impossihle 10 leave IL In the mil