The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 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 IS
subjected to rubbing. However, so fine
and well made are most of these piled
fabrics that when MASKING does occur
1t can very easily be removed by
little judiCiOus steaming.
The cOlors of these newest Of fab
RIGS are perhaps their greatest charm,
for II has been many years since we
women have been able TO indulge in
such subtleties of color expression.
All the way from the brightest and
most glowing Of shades to those that
are verify neutral In their effect Is the
range of color tones, and while most
of the suits rur % browns or to one
of the numerous taupe shades, still
there are some made from the gor-
geOus blue and green tones that make
up so we'll with the gray furs and 9TH
ers I'm the reddish shades that are 50
effective when combined with the
darker brown and black, both long and
short haired furs.
Coats Are Noticeabiy 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 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 a 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 protrude
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-mOrt
than we have had to keep out the
chilly blasts ia many winters gone by
Some of the coats are fitted quite
snugly. following the lines of the fig
ure, and then again many of them are
made full enough to make a tightisi
belt necessary TO gather the fullnes'
together about the waist.
There is one exception to the longe
coat. and that is the little box coat
which has to be short in order to carr!
out its character. 1t reaches a higi
hip line this season, and is single
breasted-and IL is more apt to b
made up from the homespun materi
ais, as 1t is a little more outdoors Il
style than are some of the other cuts
One particularly smart box coat ha
rather narrow rolled collar of bea
yer with pockets of the same fur sc
on the extreme edge of the coat, S
that they looked more like a wild
binding for the coat than they did lik
conventional pockets.
Skirts Are Quite Short
From all the skirts that could
noticed the conclusion was drawn tha
they are still 'in our midst" and. a
prophecies about French tendencies
The contrary Notwithstanding, quite
quite short. Some Of them Nigh
he called too short for beauty of PR
portion, but, be that as II may. tn
longer skirt as yet looks out OF plaC
. in and around New York. The width
. of the skirts are still moderate. an
they are as straight as can be in lin
with just enough room left to allow
. step TO be made in comfort and cas-
: There is no skirt that retards waikin
; in any way.
: The sleeves Of the very incest Of I'll
, suits are fitted TO the last degree I
> perfection. The armhOies are as sma
r as they possibly can he and still r
\ main in the class of the perfect Mt
: Our American suit shows not the Leaf
' tendency to go large and kimono-iiE
1 IN the armhole. 1t keeps the vel
|, made tailored look. and sometimes
> is astonishing to see how far back a
: armhoIe can go and still keep its III
2 interrupted contour.