The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-18
FuRs, GOWNS AND BoxSErs.
ohinchfIIa the Farorite Fur-Hats
TO Be Worn on Top of the Head.

TO Be Worn on Top of the Head.
Chincilla keeps in the foremost ranks
Of fashion as the smartest fur for day
wear. It looks so well with black and
with grey, ever favorite hues in winter
and quiet, If smartly dressing English
women, and then it accords SO admira-
bly, with velvet and lace or with MORE
antique and lace that it simply cannot
dove-grey, a very effective dress.
though even somber in color, is of
black MORE antique. the skirt quite
plain, with each seam sown with let
and having scarves of lace caught nm
near the hem with handsome jet orna-
ments. The bodice for indoor wear
has all the seams sOwp with jet and a
soft vest of white satin yelled with
Jet Sequin-studded net. For wearing
out Of doors there is a full-skirted
coat Of the MORE with pointed lapels
of chincilla, over which an arrange
ment of exquisite old lace is placed.
The buttons on the coat are cut steel.
and the bonnet, which completes the
costume, is again in the Quaker or.
Puritan style. the fiat brim of black
satin embroidered in steel and outlined
in small steel sequins, while the raised
little round cap, rising up at the back
OF the head, is of chincilla, an upstand-
ing group of rOSe-cOlored ostrich tins
giving the one touch of color at the left
side. Chincilla is very becoming
fur; it suits blonde and brunette alike.
and deserves its place next to sable
in fashionable favor Sealskin seems
quite to have lost its hold on feminine
taste for the present. A long, we'll
made coat of it, a short, smartlv cut
Jacket, or an elegant cape are always
desirable garments. and hold their own
anywhere by reason OF their richness.
softness and quiet refinement For
style, however, they are nowhere in
comparison with velvet lined with bro
cade and trimmed with jet and sable
or chincilla. NIoire antique coats are
lined with thick bFocade and even Civ
en- an iaterlining Of fine flannel TO rem
der them warm enough for winter
wear, and, when embellished with let
or steel embroidery and with rich and
and handsome fur, impart to their
wearerS an BILE air of being right
up to date in dress matters.
Fur is not so much worn on bonnets
as it was last winter, although 1t con-
tinues TO form the principal trimming
of toque hats: Flowers without foliage
rich embroidery, and feathers with
velvet go to make up the incest and
most becoming of bonnets. One we saw
on a recent smart occasion was Golf
shaped, coming quite to sharp point
IN front, of black velvet embroidered
in raised design with gold. The brim
was outlined in small pink button roses
and at one side was a high group of
black ostrich tips. The wide bow at
the back of hat or bonnet is not nearly
so popular, nor is it so becoming. as
the little, almost circular raised can
at the back The bow makes the head
look too wide; while the cap rises like
miniature halo and does not i'm
part that appearance of added width.
which seems to take away some height
from the figure. The newest hats
are being worn on the top of the head.
and not tip-tilted at the back-a fash
ion which was pretty and becOnlino o.
il genial weather. but has little to rer7
ommend it in nlidwinter, when sensi-
bic people regard hats somewhat in
the light of head-coyering, and not al
together as face frames Wearing ha re
on the head has also the advantage of
| showing the neck and poise of head
points Of which Englishwomen. as a
rule, have reason to be proud. When
worn airily elapped on the back of the
head they are often charming from a
front view, but sadly disappointing
seen from behind
One pretty bonnet was Of dark dam
ask rose velvet and was Of the new All
breviated Puritan shape, the stiff brim
OIL winch ntS down natly over the hair
at the back. showing the waved hair
in front; this brim was overlaid with
exquisite white lace and was bordered
with fine Jet embroidery. At the back
was the miniature reproduction of the
raised cap of soft fulled velvet the
same shade as the brim with a group
of black ostrich feathers at one side.
the red velvet bow under the Wearer's
chin being fastened with a single dia-
mond headed lace pfrl.-London TeIe-
graph.