Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-19

trimmed with handsome pendants and pas
sementerie formed of colored beads.
Almost the entire back of the bodice is
covered with beads. There is a trimming OF
sable down the front of the coat and deep
border of the same fur ronnd the hem. The
interior is of pink silk. 1 thought it the
most gorgeous garment had ever seen. A
cloak for the same young lady is of sable,
lined with silk of darker shade.
1t is fashioned on the same lines as the
three-quarter length circular cloak, and has
high shoulders and a sort of Elizabethan
collar, which may be adjusted to two or
three different positions. l was told that
It's price ran away into three figures. In
the matter of extravagant dressing the
English heiress is not in it with the rich
American girl
FOR A DARK COMPLEXION.
There is no fur that is so becoming to
dark complexion as sable. 1t is pity that
its price puts it beyond the reach of all but
the very wealthy. Mink will be fashion,
able fur this season 1t is about the best
substitute for sable one can get. Sealskin
suits q fair complexion beautifully. l was
shown some Tudor capes in sealskin. One
had yoke and collar of astrachan; another
was trimmed about the shoulders, and down
the front with sable. II was also ornament
ed with a sable collar The Newmarket
coat is expected to Supersede the long,
double-fronted circular cloak Short, fur
lined cloaks are made of plain cloth in
pretty shades of brown, red terra-cotta,
grey-blue and tan, and are mostly trimmed
with opossum, black fox, or lynx.
Sealskin Jackets are very trim as regards
shapes. Now is the right moment to invest
in one. Every kind of fur that is popular
gets desrer as the season advances. The
prettlest jackets are tight-ftting at the back
and semi-loose in front. A new model is
made in the Newmarket shape. 1t is edged
with astrakhan and has epaulettes of the
same fur A splendid cloak for an elderly
lady-one Of fashions grand dames-is lined
throughout with ermine. 1t is quite regal
looking garment. Boas have have under
gone but little change. Possibly they are
trife wider than they were last season. The
serpentine shape is now quite obsolete.
BoI-cloth is becoming a fashionable ma
terisl for ladies' jackets and cloaks. Coats
intended tor coaching are as mannish as
they can be. They fit quite loosely, and in
most instances are furnished with two rows
of big pearl buttons. A pretty carriage
cloak is of scarlet cloth with an astrakhan
yoke and collar Another new model is
of gray homespun lined with coral-pink
silk 1t would do equally well for day or
evening wear.
GoRGF"ys OPERA CDoAKs.
Opera cl -ahs seem to get more gorgeous
every season. One doesn't look for novelty
in the shape so much as in the color combi-
nations and trimmings. Jewel trimming
has been called garish and theatrical, and
garish and theatrical it certainly is; but, in
spite of all that's been said and written
against it, it is still the fashion That it has
survived the fluctuations of two or three
seasons proves that the majority of women
admire it. Bead trimmings never will go
out of style. They are cheaper and much
more snowy than silk embroideries. A new
opera cloak for an elderly wearer is of old
rose silk, trimmed about the neck with
feathers, and bedizened all down the front
with gold and silver iridescent beads and
pink and yellow topazes. There are chains
and fringes Of beads and other gew-gaws on
the sleeves.
A bead fringe must be nuisance to any
one who wears it. One would think the
fact that it is always getting entangled in
other things and breaks so often would be |
enough TO set a woman against it. The |
prettiest' cloaks are trimmed with gold en- |
broiderv and ostrich feathers The feather /
collars that are now worn form an exquisite |
background for the head. A smart cloak |