St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04

cent of Silken garments; he will gaze
with astoniShment at piece of lace so
fine that it seems as if the fairies must
have made it.; he will wonder at the in
tricacies of a French bonnet; but in his
heart of hearts he gives none of these
things the admiration that he accOrds
beautiful, rich furs. Somebody said
that the first winter Western con-
CHEESEMAN'S wife was in Washington, his
one ambition was to have her wear a
sealskin coat and large gold locket
outside of it. The sealskin coat of to-
day and that of ten years ago seem
scarcely kin; the one belonging to the
past is reddish brown in color, is ill
fitting and badly shaped. The one be-
longing to to-day is. so dark it is almost
as artistic in its lines as cloth or silk
would be.
What are the fashionable furs? Be-
fore everything else must be put sable
real Russian sable. the kind with
which Oudai likes to enwrap her hero
ines. and which is after all in its Won
derful shading the finest fur in the
world. The very swell wrap is Russian
coat of seal trimmed with Russian sa-
BILE; the broad collar which extends
over the bust like small cape, the deep
cuffs and the fronts must DE trimmed
with the precious skins. Next in favor
on these great coats comes Hudson Bay
sable; then fisher, which is dark, long
haired fur; then silver and blue fox,
and then the beavers, natural and three
quarters plucked..
The silver and blue fox are essentially
eiabOrate-lookiag furs, and the woman
who wears long wrap Of seal trimmed
with blue fox will feel herself quite well
enough dressed to go any place, for she
has about her, in the dark fur. some
thing that makes her hair look brighter
and her eyes and skin clearer. while the
mings seems to surround her in halo
fashion.
In short coats the close-fitting ones of
sealskin, with waiStcOatS of Persian
lamb, are in vogue. These are jaunty
and decidedly becoming to young girls.
Sometimes sections of the Persian lamb
are set in the sleeves in epauletS or cuff
fashion, but the real lover of furS pre-
fers the jacket all of one material and
the WaistcoatsOf the other. Plain jack
cts of Persian lamb are obtaining, and
are really tho only furS suitable for
mourning. The long crinkly hair of the
Mandarin lamb is finding much favor
for evening. A magnificent long wrap
of gray velvet is lined throughout with
this airy looking fur and then has its
deep collar and cuffs formed of it. Boas,
usually four yards lOng,>are made to Or
der-of, this fur and are aSsunledsgin the
ball room after each dance. They are
wrapped round and round the neck
until the head seems rising from a great
drift of snow, and one wonders if one
of Hans Anderson's little ice maidens is:
not concealed under the gown of an
everyday girl. Too much cannot be
said i'll favor of this fur for evening
wear.
BOas of black fox and silver and gray.
fox and of cinnamon bear are smart for
street wear. Very often the gown is
trimmed to match and bit of fur is put
on the bonnet With the increase of
civilization comes the keener apprecla-
ton of furs and knowledge of their
possibilities, so that to possess excep-
tiOnally fine ones is reputation greatly
aspired to. A pelerine of sable with
muff to match is the something that is
especially longed for, and which, after
all, it is not such an extravaganza to
cost good bit in the beginning il wears
better than any other fur and can
always be willed to remote generations.
Then. too, there is no Imitation of
sable. Everything, nowadays, except
sable, is initiated, but it finds nothing
to approach it in color, quality, or, say
it with due respect, smell. To grow to
like the odor of sa BILE is desirable, for it
presupposeS that you have been sur
rounded by it all the days of your life.
1t is an educated taste like eating
olives OF high duck, but all the same
Madame la Mode asserts that it is good
taste. -
To trim your. gown you have a long
list of furS to choose from. There is
wolverine, a wiry, fluffy fur of a rich,
dark brown shade; cross fox, that is be-
light yellow with stripes of darker
Embarrassing it; badger light cream,
with tiecks of black upon it,; red fox,
which is called red because it is yellow;
silver fox, black fox, black lynx, black
marten. monkey, beaver, mink, stone
marten, Persian and Russian lamb, AS
trachan, seal, natural beaver and white
fox.
Get sable if YOU can; but, alas, the
most of us will be made happy for a
long time if sable muff and pereline
are achieved. just remember, by the
bye, that it is sacrilegious to have a sa-
BILE boa.
Fars were never as much used in the
house, as they are just now, and really
they do furnish a great deal. One of
the most beautiful bedrooms j have ever
seen has the floor covered with large
rugs of different colored furs, browns
predominating, and the bed. instead of
blankets. has spreads of white fox skin
lined with white satin and heavy
monogram embroidered on the inner
side. At the foot of this bed. in low
seat, is thrown a sable coverlid, which.
like the white one. is Satin-lined, and
has the same graceful monogram en-
broidered upon it. Now, everybody
can't have white fox and sable SKINS.
but at least the use of skins in the
household can be considered a little
more, and the woman who wants her
room to look warm, will never achieve
this as perfectly as when she has fur
rug ON the floor, another thrown on tin
lounge, and still another convenient fE
bundling up somebody who comes in
cold and needs to be thawed out.
Republican Day Dreams
The observation of our correspondent
throughout the state shows that the
claim of the Republicans that they will
'scome. down to the Harlem river" with
a larger majority this war than Blaine