The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-01
Making Cape To Match Your
 Dress
By FLORENCE CLARK

f lS interesting to note the extent >to which the fashion for ensemble
 effects is being carried. A costume simply isn't smart these days unless its separate parts match up in some way. The more unusual the connect ing link between coat and dress, skirt and overblouse, just 80 much smarter Is your costume.
 Every dress must have a matching wrap of some sort. It may be a one piece coat of slim, wrappy dimensions, or 1t may be a cape made of the same material as the frock and carrying out the frock's intention of design and decoration. Scarfs match linings,, lin : ings match the entire dress, or more often tunics and Things are of the same material with q few inches of skirt showing below the long coat. All in {all, this decree of fashion makes for a fwell-turned-out appearance, though at one time women would have looked s upon such harmony of detail as smack ing too much of mnsieal comedy cos tune. But after all, isn't that what : one admires about striking stage eff fects, the attention to harmony of color and combination of materials?
 Let's illustrate the charm of a match ing frock and cape. Fine pleating is the feature around which the interest of the costume centers. A padded roll edges the collar and two rows of the padding extended .around the bottom of the skirt. Myriads of tiny pleats cling closely to the figure and carry the un- broken line from shoulder to hem.
 The cape has shoulder yoke under khn snt O snug fit, while the lower part may cling or ripple as it will. That is charm of pleats. They allow freedom to be sitting or standing, pleats fall slim, narrow silhouette of the moment.
 Pleats Of Another Kind
 There is a kind of pleating, how ever, which does not uphold the repu- tation of pleats for adaptability to ones attitude. It is a sort of ribbing like corrugated paper, which resembles fine pleats. When it is used on the bodice of a dress it is apt to bulge in a most unsightly manner, but for flouncings and skirt sections it is as practical as flat pleats.
 The frock pictured seems to me an ideal affair to have tucked away in your wardrobe among the lighter sports clothes and summery frocks. For town wear, travelling and general usefulness you would find it extremely practical, though it does not overlook smartness by any means. Whether you are flor capes" or have grown tired of them, you must admit they are cool. A wrap for town wear must ha cooI and .nfs1 some other wrapping comes along to take it's place the cape will have a cer- tain following. F....-
 The short cape added to coats and fr0cks as a fanciful addition signify ing nothing in the way of warmth or the lack of it are seen a great deal. These little capelets swing gracefully at the back, giving a slender line to the figure, and often they afford a sphere where bright braids and colorful Things may heighten the interest of a coat or. suit. This type of cape was characteristic of spring clothes and has been carried into the realm of lighter fabrics most successfully.
 The Separate Silk or Satin Cape
 While speaking of capes in general, it seems opportune to consider the sep arate cape of satin or novelty silk. Just
 A Way Out Of A Quandary
 A young friend of mine was in just such a predicament. q feel like apolo- gizing to the world for wearing an odd cape" she said. So we put our heads together and decided to evolve an en- semble costume, using the cape as a basis. It was of champagne color silk