New Britain herald., 1914-07-16
CAPE IS TO BE THE PREVAILING CUT
 8# OF FASHIONABLE FURS THIS WINTER
Fur Coats Are to Be Three quarter Length and Are to Fall in Folds From Shoulders and Have Full
 Ruf1ed Buttons.

were narrow at the top, pulled in tightly at the bottom by bands and were voluminous at the middle? De- signers have succeeded in infusing grace in the outlines of their wraps by reverting to a greater simplicity, to which fur is better adapted.
 A splendid coat is one of the ''Bal- macaan" type, which is very effective in seal An odd little seal coat has two backs, both fairly loose, and one coming just bit below the other. This, you see, has suggestion of the cape about it. but has the greater warmth and comfort found in coat.
 Ruffle Omnipresent.
 The ruffle is omnipresent at the bottom of the coats, some of them being mere nipples which vary the straight line of the garment, and others so wide that they seem to hark back to the skirt-coat period. 4 beautiful coat of leopard skin had a ruffle which reached a high point front and back and fell in cascades to the hips.
 Most coats button far up, and are topped by delightful big fur collars that can be turned over the ears. We have not yet reached the short jacket period which so many pes- simists have predicted for us but neither must we wear the full-length ma ntles that in former years bowed down feminine shoulders with their awful weight.
 Belted Coats Appeal to Many. 1 The belted coat is a novelty which may appeal to the woman who has 1 envied the man his side pockets. But on the fur coats the belt per- l forms the purpose of a huff as well as pockets. The belt of a moire baby lamb coat was fastened at the back, to pping the ruffle, and closed in front by means of large fur buttons. An l individual feature in splendid 1 caracul coat was the deep ruffle which 1 sioped up and narrowed to the front, where it became metamorphosed into
 a belt.
 l Do you remember the queer little
 shoulder capes that were worn in l 1SS50-1S60? They are to add touch of quaintness to next winters cos tunes. Some will fit tightly about 1 the shoulders and others will hang l loosely in uneven lengths. generally
 slcping to the back,s as the big capes 1 and coats do.
 Modified 1860 Shoulder Cape. The cape is often modified into a wide scarf, which drapes softly over the shoulders and fastens in two TO- l settes in the front. A scarf N of
 Fitch shows what good effects may be 1 produced by this style, particularly
 when made of the soft, short haired l furs. Popular, too, will be the old flat,
 long scarfs, but more in, vogue are the ] shorter neckpieces, of fisher and other l.lcng-haired furs.s These are to be l.npuch rounderl than those, of last season. @, Sealskin Most Popular for Coats.
 The various foxskins. with their long, silky hair, will be most used In these muffs, which will show the full Ibeauty of the blue fox, the silver, the cross, and others. For coats and capes seal will be the most popular medium. Cnracul lends itself admirably to the rUffle effects, and coats requiring soft, thin furs. Fur combinations are much used seal coats having large skunk collars
 sable coats being trimmed with er- mine, and many other combinations
 have been devised by the ingenuity of l the makers.