The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-17
SEPARATE COATS FOR SUMMER u.
STRAIGHT SLENDER LINES INSISTED UPON IN ALL UTILITY
CoATs-TURKIsH TOWLING COATS NOW THE FAD
COLLEGE GIRLS WRAPS.
The coat is much the thing. this ,,

The coat is much the thing, this
season. Every smart costume has its
appropriate wrap. to match; and even
wear at Newport and Bar Harhor are
being shown with coquettish silk coats
in ~delectable colors like peachblow.
Limoges blue and an indefinable rasp-
berry shade. Even frocks are made
In coat-cffcct with peplums, coat-tails
and other additions below the waist
line which suggest the coat lines; and
really it is not going to he quite cor
rect. this season, to 60 about in ones
frock. uncoated. out Of doors.
The styles OF the wraps are legion.
of course. and range from breezy polo
coats and ulstcrs for the athletic girl
to the most fanciful and feminine silk
and lace wraps for garden party wear
over. diphanous frocks. One may
choose between a motor coat of severe
mannish type. with close collar and
revers and comfortable slashpockets
into which the hands may be thrust
informally as one stands. or huge
patch pockets which will hold a
wealth of small belongings: and a
trinity cut affair with tapering lines
toward n feet, an exaggerated side
fastening n rever of contrasting
fabric. The n requirement of the
separate coat for motor. steamer or
travelling wear is that it shall have a
perfectly straight line down the back.
from collar to hem. Fashion cherish
es this line with painstaking determine
alton. and the adroit dressmaker
shows her customer how to stand, the
weight thrown or one hip and the
other knee fleXed SO that this straight,
youthful line Of the back is empha-
sized. The corset takes care Of the
front of the figure. but at the back
curves are very apt to assert them
unless the body is poised in in this
graceful. relaxed manner.
Smart Styles in Steamer Coats.
very smart are the steamer coats Of
broken check in black and white, with
black velvet collars and cuffs and
touches of white in fiat pearl buttons
and white braid loops. Younger wom-
en- are apt to go to the mems depart
ment for their motor and steamer
coats. and on slender young figures the
straight, mannish lines are smart and
1aunty. Goats along mannish lines,
and made Of practical tweeds and
wooden mixtures. are shown also in
the women's coat departments. There
is a new American I've tweed which
has a soft. hairy surface, and which
is particularly supple and agreeable
in texture: Coats of this fabric come
In tan n gray and in pure white.
The white coat grows more and more
popular. as we'll it may, for there is
something irresistibly dainty and
youthful about a. big. woolly, babyish
coat of white ratine serge or polo
cloth. or the new white terry cloth
which resembles Turkish toweling. A
stunning steamer coat. worn on the
homeward voyage from abroad by a
| woman Uhn Onnd nSar nN,orH. o~a{n~ a.
lined throughout with pale yellow
broadcloth, the yellow material show
ing in collar. and cuffs. and in
the facing of a square cape collar
which is buttoned down on the back of
the coat almost at the hip. line. with
three deep yellow buttons. The sides