The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21

easier matter TO accomplish than II
would be from the real skin. since
the plush is not at all a difficult mas
ter to sew on.
AS far as the matter of beauty of
design is concerned, the fastidious
woman who is choosing a coat for the
season, will find an imitation baby
lamb, for example, such as the strilx-
ing one here given, on exactly the
same lines as If she were paying ever
so many times the price to get the
real skin; the same chic, the same
trimming suggestion, the same cut in
the plush as in the pelt; and you may
be very sure she will feel exactly as
well dressed, without the slightest
sense of having accepted a substi-
tute for what she wanted but could
have done for themselves.
Draperies Also Appear.
Draperies in fabric furs? Yes. by
all means. Practically every gar
ment of the season has a bit of drap-
cry somewhere or is it not in the
race with the right sort of Clothes. .
Skirts are draped, jackets, revers,
sleeves and collars are all of them
draped, and outer coats are seldom
without touch, SO why not our much
sought after fabric furs? Indeed in
the cut of these garments, which is
quite on the fashionable lines that
we see in all coats, cloth and furs,
we find the fashionable draperies,
adapted to the weight of the material.
quite as it Is in real skins And the
lines that are adapted to the weight
of the material are those that happen
to be particularly elegant--long grace
full lines that fit in we'll with the
heavy texture Of the pile. This means
that what we find draped in real fur
broadtail and mole and ermine, we
I find draped also in the imitation:
while the heavier furs and plushes,
like seal and sealette, are cut on the
regulation straight lines. except that
they are very often bloused or belted
after the fashionable effect in furs
this fall.
The Short Coat Back With Us.
/ And another word as to coat de-
sight is the sAort length that has
the call of the season, in all sorts
of outer coats. There is a very good
reason back Of this shortness-the
fact that this is day of draperies-
as already indicated. The fashionable
draperies are nearly all centered in
the skirt of the frock, and since this
is fact, it is necessary to give them
room, and SO it would seem. that
outer coats are getting shorter and
shorter, with the generally accepted
length somewhere in the region Of
the knees. Cut-away fronts prevail
first because cut-aways are de
rigueur in every sort of coat jackets,
outer wraps. and even in tunics and
sashes. Again, the draperies of many
skirts are drawn UP in the front, and
so the coat is cut-away to make room.
For dressy purposes. with afternoon
frocks, and for general wear this
short cut-away length will serve all
uses. but in colder weather and over
4 light evening gowns, many women
/ will want a coat that quite covers
j them, and TO their great satisfaction
they will find that there are numerous
very smart models to select from in
all the fabric furs, more especially
in sealette, in full or almost full
4 lengths, keeping out the cold when
low button strap slippers are donned
with evening dress. or coming to the
4 top of the smart buttoned street boot,
and showing perhaps just a bit of the
dress skirt, for. be it known. that
skirts are getting shorter.
Afternoon Wrap OF Fabric Broadtail.
/ A delightfully."- effective afternoon