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gold brocade. The edge OF the bodice and
| four inch sleeves are bound with the tulle
caught down in little pufs by strapt OF
Black and crimson tulle and eauze are
TO be worn this winter. A dress just COM
pleted of black tulle has three skirts OF the
tulle an inch shorter than the one beneath.
and giving pretty effect, These are over
q slip Of black surah, ana are garlan1ed e
bodice is Of heavy black satin, laced back
and front, with little .puffed eleever OF
tulle, caught up on the shoulder with
buckles OF rhinestone.
A Qown in crimson, intended for
young lady, has an accordion plated skirt
Of tuIle, q iow-cut waist OF deep red vel.
v ct, with long side panels reaching De-
low the knee, o vest OF crimson tissue
held by two big silver buckles ana sash
passing under 1t and knotted at the oack
in a full bow. -,
Some dancing dresses are made with
short full trains, but do not hnd favor
among the young people who like TO dance
for pleasure.
Artificial flowers are being used extern
sively for garlanding ball dresses. Deep
purple pansies on rose pink, buttercups on
black tnle, lilies of the valley, violets and
moss buds on white, forget-me-nots and
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on pale green are few OF the combina-
tions.
Long Suede gloves in undressed kid are
still in favor; slippers with big buckles are
the newest kind. and feather fans held by
long ribbons are preferred to those OF lace
or satin.
MONKEYS IN MUFFs.
"Mioht I ask what kind of fur that
lovely little muff isp' asked a young man
of a pretty girl as they stood chatting in
the foyer of an uptown theater the other
evening. a., .,
smile. AT first the young man and the re-
porter thought she was playfully calling
the former a pet name, but Chen she went
on and said:
ut is awfully fashionable this winter:
OF course | do not exactly like the idea OF
wearing monkey skin, but then 1t is so
fashionable cannot help it, and the fur Is
really pretty, don't you think so. ! am
going to have shoulder cape made exactly
The reporter called On well-known
furrier and asked to be shown some mon
key furs A long line of shoulder capes,
pile of NUTS and boas were all brought
out for his inspection. They were all
made of long jet. black silky hair the hair
from two to four inches in length.
There's a monkey in that mutt. " said
the polite salesman, pointing to small
jet-black hand-warmer. 'Oh, you needn
start. mean that it takes the skin OF
one monkey to make 1t, and Will cost you
IS if you buy it," ,,,
Are monkeys as jet black as thatp"
Eyes. Won can see that it is the natural
color q the hair by looking at the skin,
which Is white, you observe. Now, II the
hair was dyed that skin would be dyed
also. We sell a great many Of these
muffs-they 60 so we'll with handsome
black wraps. and they are not so expensive
as beaver or seal.
Monkey skins used in the fur trade
come from Central Africa, the fur man
said. The trader at the East African ports
buy them from the natives, cure them and
ship them TO England.
Monkey skins Intended for our trade are
shipped over to the big dealers here and
are then made up into muffs and capes and
collars The skin is valuable on account
Of its long, glossy black hair. shoulder
cape will cost from $22 to $50, q mutf from
s5 to sl5 and q boa from $lO to $4e' 1t 1t
takes one monkey to make muff, hve
| monkeys to make a shoulder cape, and
different quantities of monkey for the
| boas.
Nine. Hading has long black boa of
monkey skin, which she wears on the
stage, and Mrs. George Gould has a cape
| made of the same materlal.-New York
Exchange.
| TRICKS OF THE HAIR.
How much head of confused hair can
take part in the play Is easily guaged when
that queen Of soubret.es, Rosina Vokes,
peers from across the footlights.
1t is a business-like head OF hair.
In 1.-The Pantomime Rehearsal" the
fluffy locks become entanRled with the
wand the actress carries-the better to
carry out the idea OF he wkwardness as q
society amateur. In The Circus Rider
story of her birth, running it carelessly
through her hair as she says: 81 was born
of poor but honest parents, and | was very
But the height of effect is reached in
"My Milliner's Bill" when Miss Vokes
seizing her locks violently. exclaims In
tragic tones, "Oh, that were alone with
my dressmaker."
Where would the shapely limbed Marie
Jansen be without the head of rogush
curling hair, and what would the pretty
Zelie de Lussan look like az the waywar!
Carmen did she not wear "beau catchers'
curling temptingly along the temple from
the rose tipped ear?
When the shapely, stately lady, Gene
We've Lyttsn, caught the fancy Of the yOuni
men about town, IL was whispered tina
!. she won half the victory with the grea
Grecian knot of golden hair which gracet
,, the back part Of her high poised head.
!! The pathetically long. and droopinl
locks of 'Effie Ellser played q very imper
tant part in Hazel Kirke, and the act
ress was not forgetful OF a like erect II
, her more recent piece. 1.-The keepsake.
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