The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-11

Topcoat for one-piece froci1, of ve1ours
trimmed with wide rows of Kolin-
sky which f2-m a plaid effect at the
hem. There is no belt, but a won
derful buckle of twisted metal and
enamel.
take into consideration our wishes or
our purses. There are parts of Amer
lea which demand rurs for eight
months in the year, but there are mil
lions of people who do not live in these
parts. From Boston to Jacksonville,
the climate runs up and down the
scale. without seeming guidance from
any power. 1t does as it pleases, and
the only thing the human being can
do to be comfortable in it's intricate
suits the hour and the thermometer.
Fur Coat Often Hoo Heavy.
Until last winter, we had half for
gotten the days when flannel was
worn next the skin and its arrival and
departure governed by the calendar.
We suffer in sympathy for ourselves
as children when we realize that we
had been dressed according to a
schedule, and not according to the
wind and the sunshine; that we had
perspired freely and dangerously in
flannel underwear and worsted plaid
frocks in hot schoolfooms, and frozen
until We often reached the point of
uedtl, WQen out IN the open.
Hygisde came in and swept away
these unhealthy traditions, and flan-
mel underwear was taboo. Last win
ter 1t was reinstated among even the
most fashionable circles, for we
snatched at anything that kept us
warm in our heatless houses and arc
tic streets. Yet, despite the tragic Sc
robustness of last winters cold, there is
no dfminution of the fundamental
good sense that keeps us from wearing
heavy clothes on mild days. 1t is this
good sense that makes a woman stop
and think before she puts money into
coat that is costly, as it should be
or cheap at the price.
VelOurS as a Substitute.
Founded on this reasoning, the tall
ors have brought out velours de laine
as an. admirable substitute for peltry
ana serge. 1t was introduced at the
Paris openings in August, and even the
price of ten dollars a yard, in some
houses, did not diminish the desire of
the buyers for gowns built of it.
we can get plenty of the material in
european experts say that the new
american dyes may not hold their
color, still, We are quite willing to take
chance on the color we want.
The suit of Helours is already an
established favorite, for there is no
NOooS tiAeAb COdlS anu Sk1IIS nave come
back into first place in fashion. al
tho they do not shove the one-piece
frock out of existence. There will al
ways be a demand by women who de-
sire comfort, for the one-piece frock of
thin material. to be worn in theshouse,
and for the top coat of thick material
to balance the difference between The
house and the open.
The sketch shows one of these new
velours de laine coats which is worn
with one-piece frock in the same
color, but of another fabric. 1t is made
on straight lines, with loose sleeves
and owes its novelty to the generous
trimming of Kolinsky. There are three
! rows OF this peltry at the hem, two on
the collar and the cuff, and three down
the middle of the front and back. No
t1ce that there is no belt on this coat
and that its place is taken by an or
nate and wonderful buckle made OF
twisted metal in1aid with enamel.