The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-12-25

sorts of thread The latter, they say
wears better than all the rest put to-
gether. 1t does not show that evil
characteristic of mating into mashed
spot at the place where the suit ~
subjected 10 rubbing. However, so me
and we'll made are most of these plled
fabrics that when MASKING does occur
ii can very easily he removed by
little judiciOus steaming.
The colorS of these newest OF ian
rics are perhaps their greatest charm
for it has been many years since we
women have been able to indulge In
such subtletips of color expression.
All the way from the brightest ana
most glowing of shades 10 those that
are verify neutral in their effect Is the
range of color tones, and While most
of The suits run to browns or to one
Of the numerous taupe shades, sun
there are some made from the gor-
geous blue and green tones that make
up 50 well with the gray furS ana otn-
ers in the reddish shades that are SO
! effective when combined with the
| darker brown and black, both long ana
| short haired furs.
Coats Are Noticeably Long.
The coats on the newest of all the
suits that. are being worn are quite
noticeably long-so long, in fact, that
but the merest bit Of a skirt hangs
out. for. with the present rage In New
York for skirts that are short and
with this added favor for longer coats
there is left but q small portion OF
space that can be allotted to the skirt.
There are reasons to be thankful for
this. the latest within of fashion, too.
For, while the legs that pretrude
from the short line of the skirt must
necessarily be cold, still upon the re-
manning portion of the body two lay
ers Of material are laviShed-more
than we have had to keep out the
chilly blasts In many winters gone by.
Some of the coats are fitted quite
SnugIy, following the lines of the i1g-
ure, and then again many of them are
made full enough to make tightish
belt necessary to gather the fullness
together about the waist.
There is one exception to the longer
coat. and that Is the little box coat,
which has to be short in order to carry
out its character 1t reaches high
hip line this season, and is single
breasted-and it is more apt to be
made up from the homespun materi-
ais, as it IS q little more outdoors In
style than are some of the other cuts
One particularly smart box coat had
rather narrow rolled collar of bea-
yer with pockets of the same fur set
on the extreme edge of the coat, SO
that they looked more like a wide
binding for the coat than they did like
conventional pockets.
Skirts Are Quite Short.
From all the skirts that could be
noticed the conclusion was drawn that
they are still Sin our midst" and all
prophecies about French tendencies to
the contrary Notwithstanding, quite
, quite short. Some of them might
be called too short for beauty of pro
, portion. but, be that as it may, the
longer skirt as yet looks out Of place
, in and around New York The widths
, of the skirts are still moderate, and
they are as straight as can be In line
with just enough room left to allow 8
, step to be made In comfort and ease
There is no skirt that retards walking
; in any way.
The sleeves Of the very incest of the
suits are fitted to the last degree OF
, perfection. The armholes are as small
. as they possibly can be and still re
main In the class of the perfect fit
Our American suit shows not the least
, tendency to go large and kimono-liko
in the armhole. 1t keeps the we'll
, made tailored look, and sometimes II
, is astonishing TO see how far back ar
armhole can go and still keep Its I'm.
interrupted contour.