The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-31

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| little brides, is "A frock of pale blue wool,
with white dots. IL has sacque yoke
trimming Of wide guipure, la Pompa-
dour, and sash of white satin. Full
sleeves fall over fiat sleeves of guipure.
A dinner dress, which would feel slight
e. il were unkind enough to pass IL over
iHsilence, is OF "A steely gray bengaline, n
color can fancy no ones choosing for any
reason except the feminine one OF demon
stration that her complexion is clear
enough 10 wear it without serious injury.
The corsage is outlined with glistening
steel passementerie describing "A corselet,
and IL has a chemisette and full elbow
sleeves of silver gray chiffon. Like nearly
every dress i'm the trosseau, this one has a
pointed train. The skirt trimmings are OF
passementerie bands.
There is a good deal TO say at the mo-
ment about furs Every winter proves
more Of fur winter than the winter that
went before. This winter is going TO be
more of a fur winter than any previous
winter on record. The dark Kamschatka
sable with silver hair is the fur that costs
plenty of money and wins plenty OF favor.
IL has longer hair than the Russian sable
and comes higher accordingly. A notable
economy of the sort that rich women
practice, requiring so much money that
the average woman would brand il as wild
extravaganza, is TO line coat with Alaska
sable, having the collar and cuffs of Rus
sian sable.
Silver fox is nearly as we'll liked, as was
the case last winter. Sealskin is getting
progressively dcarer and dearer, but IL
seems to be one Of the things women have
TO have, even if il comes high. The new
est and prettiest thing in sealskin is a long
cape lined throughout with pale-tinted
silk contrasting daintily. II is quite the
proper thing to pnt fur yoke on cloth
cloak, and occasionally IT happens that
cloth coat has fur sleeves
Persian lamb has been making place
for itself gradually. Last winter il was
moderately fashionable; this winter it
will be altogether the right and proper
thing Mink fares about as always, in
very good demand. There is good deal
of chinchilla on the market, and IL is very
pretty but also very fragile.
About one girl in three when she is buy
ing cape buys one that is of the length
they call military 1t is IA very saucy
sort Of garment, with fine freedom of
swing. and il has a broad, high, square
collar that possesses IA certain decision of
character, but is less comfortable than
some that are more submissive. IL reaches
just below the waist, and has a brocaded
silk lining. 1t is about rs much of a man
tie as of cape, when you come to look at
il critically.
The girl who won't go TO the extreme Of
the cape military finds the shoulder cape
of her affections a couple of inches or per-
haps three inches longer than it was last
year. Ii hasn't changed much in any
other particular; il remains very pointed,
or perhaps it is more correct to say it has
become more pointed, and it keeps its
high, neck-spoiling collar.
1t is peculiar, isn't it, that when every
physician who has spoken on the subject
has agreed that women are doing the
utmost in their power TO give themselves
lean and skinny necks by swathing them
in high dress collars and wrapping them
about with tall fur collars that still the
collar triumphs and the neck is made to
yield.
The sealskin coat may be "a coat proper
or it may be a jacket. III il is a coat it is
40 or AZ inches long if it is jacket it
measures probably 2S or 30 inches. The
coat, when it feels sufficiently sure of
itself to take quite its own way, fastens
on the left side and has n narrow border
of mink fur to mark the line of its fasten-
ings. There is a coat of somewhat awk-
ward shape which is fitted too close for
grace at the waist taking into account