Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01

A French motor coat" by Druhle Is
included among the illustrations and
shows the elaborate style and individual
cut fancied' for this type OF garment in
Paris. The coat shown, which is really
limousine model, for wear over dressy
afternoon and bridge frocks. is built of
q new material-ratine cloth-which is as
soft and light as baby's wool blanket.
This delightful material comes in the
subdued indecisive colorings which are
fashionable this season. the coat Illus
trated being in delicate fawn shade
which tends to the old rose The velvet
panel and trimmings match this rose-fawn
shade precisely and so do the cord but
tons and frogs. The coat is lined with
Persian silk in warm autumn leaf tones
OF bronze. red and yellow. The fox heads
Joined by a band of the same fur, make
| very stunning additional trimming on
this already stunnig limousine coat, and
there is also a huge muff of the fox fur
with natural head. paws and brush
Another ratine coat BY Martil Armand
has a little shoulder yoke of Persian en-
| broidery set between bands of seal brown
velvet, and the big buttons Of polished
| big eyes surrounded with dusky lashes.
Some Of these big coat buttons are en-
| graved with the wearer's monogram or
| initials, but this Is a style too suggestive
Of carriage harness to appeal to faStfdfouS
| women.
All the jaunty fur jackets which the
| busy furriers can put out to tempt women
| into buying hip length styles cannot dis
| place the regal fur coat in ankle length.
| There is something SO elegant and SO i'm
pressive about q fur garment of this sort
| that many women will continue to wear
| 1t in spite Of the fact that the long fur
| coat is undeniably heavy and cumber-
some for walking wear and is really only
| suited to the frozen north, or for motor
| ing or sleigh-riding in this climate.
The sealskin coat is just now more fash
| ionable than the model of pony. broadtail
or even caracal; and most women are
| satisfied to own coats of the Hudson seal
| or imitation seaiskin, which Is really very
| beautiful when trimmed with a longer
pelted fur. A handsome imitation seal
coat with trimmings of skunk is pictured
and as will be observed this coat has
somewhat more definitely fitted lines than
| last years models showed. Such coat
| is both youthful and impressive, and for
| general afternoon and evening wear over
dressy frocks nothing could be more sat
| iSfactOry.
Younger women who do not long for
the elegance and dignity of fur-trimmed
sealskin coat are content with the grace
are much like last years styles, except
| that the lines are more suggestive of
slenderness and collars and cuffs are often
| of q contrasting fur.
"a
| In fact, all the new long-coat-models
| call for extreme slenderness, II not entire
| hiplessness, and strenuous are the efforts
| of the women who have put on unwelcome
pounds during vacation weeks to re-
duce" to the desired proportions OF lanki-
ness Two weeks of conscientious work.
maintain the beauty experts to whom
these unfortunates fee, should easily take
off ten pounds. After that the reducing
process is more difficult; but twenty
pounds will surely yield to determined ef-
fort When the vacation plumpness'
ment is diet and walking. Nothing like
walking to reduce too prominent hips; but
| how the broad-hipped woman does hate
to tramp! Six or eight miles day are
none too many. and after this brisk and
vigorous tramp one may have for lunch a
and half a bottle of olives. or, as an al
ternate choice. crackers spread with
! minced wainuts and Watercress and a cut
I'D tomato. Should the obnoxious fat
have located in the small Of the back-a
| most obstinate form of plumpness-
the arms backward until the backs of the
hands touch-if one can touch them. The
automobile back is another form Of va
| cation disbursement which must be over
| come. The woman who motors sits back
| against her cushions and her head Is
| stretched forward as she peers into the
distance ahead. An ugly. rounded back
is the result The repairing OF all this
summer havoc without going 30 far In the
diet line that hollows appear under the
| eyes or at the temples Is no easy matter
but off the fat must come II one is to pre-