The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-07
FALL STYLES
INFINITE NUMBER OF SUIT
SKIRTS BASED ON THE
TUNIC IDEA.

New York, Oct. THE cape is the
thing for fall-that is the inspiration
of the cape with its suggestion of
swing and comfort and freedom. This
does not mean that we will be wear
ing apes, but that in all the gamut
of garments something of the cape
suggestion can be found. Some OF
these will be very simple, while 9TH
ers will be elaborate and voluminous.
We might say that the cape was tried
out in Paris this spring and was such
an enormous success that some
thought it would disappear with the
summer. But it has not, for Paris
makers, as well as American design
ers. have given us some unusually
delightful garments that bark back
to the loose cape of the spring.
A cape and yet not a cape-it is
rather the cape wrap and the cape
coat. The former holds its own for
evening and for dressy occasions and
is often cut in one big circular piece.
But the cape coat. as the more prac-
tical, is winning the favor ms sea
son. There is an endless variety OF
styles in these-every woman can
have one to suit herself.
A favored management OF the cape
i'm cape coats as well as in suits is TO
attach it to the plain coal or jacket
by means of snap fasteners that are
concealed under the collar. Then the
cane can be removed in a jiffy leaving
the ordinary coat or packet. For
those who like the mannish - dash
there is the military cape coat that is
almost an exact copy of the n worn
in the army. Again, IL one wants
style. but not so much swing-a low
belt to the rescue and the cape Is
subdued.
One charm of the cape is the OPP
nortunity it gives for the alluring
peep of a handsome lining In accord
with the high color effects OF TINS
season. For this finishing touch a
~favorite stuff used by exclusive de-
signers is pussy willow silk lining In
day and evening shades, unusually
wearable, yet so daintily figured that
it looks handpainted.
The new fall suit has not escaped
the cape influence. Some or the
dressy Jackets are made with 0
backs that swing from the shoulders
inst as in outer coats. This loose
ness is governed by personal prefer
ence as to betting. In one or the
Of the first fall suits worn
by a fashionable belle of the metropo-
lis. the capiness was tackled in ripple
effect to an under belt and held with
velvet buttons between the ripple.
This suit was made of blue mohair
and wool in soft lustrous finish.
In contradiction to the cape enect
and more in keeping with the closer
fit of dresses there is a marked favor
shown for fitted tailored garments.
Further In the matter OF suits q
lone lines that prevail in dresses are
shown here, too-jackets that are
longer in the back, those that are
back and front, having the ap-
of the redingnote and cut
away effects. Many times the coats
are mere little short wasted affairs
with the Elton suggestion, but In such
cases the long line is maintained in
the Russian tunic, giving the effect
of a very long coat. Carrying out the
line idea are some pleated eff
fects-most often, of course, In n
supple stuffs like serges and mohair
and wool mixtures, the latter being
unusually pliable and even drapable.