The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-06
MAKING OLD FURS LIKE new.
q Specially With French Modites Who
Bring Back 10 Life All Old SKINS
THE BEST FUR THIS SEASON.
SIN Freely Trims Astrahhan' "'nh ana
seal aud Mak,s Them smart ana
becoming Lining Goats
with iuT-.

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PARIS. Nov. 25.-Unicss AN signs fan
this IS going 10 be an exceptionally cold
winter.
The wise prophets among The peasants
have shaken their heads most solomnly
over tho unusual flight of the birds. and
then. TOO. the animals have an been
tivon such wondrous coats Of fur this
fii-two unfailng signs Of cold weather,
sfcv say.
Perhaps tho manufacturer have taken
their cues from the animals for they
are turning our winter coats from their
shops that suggest Arctic shores in Their
rrcHt fgIrncss
Others. more practically inclined. say
tnat whatever sayors OF Russia goes this
year In Paris. and they account for the
great popularity Of fur that way.
Even house toiicttcs and evening toll
cites are lavshly trimmed with iurs.
LIS always surc 90 Doe becoming lIn-
ming. but the expense of ID. There ls me
rub"
Bui / have just seen some shining ox-
rmplcs Of what furricrs can do in lhe
way OF ronOVatng old fur wraps, even
Cycling the fur lts natural color where b
crate. TOO. and + know woman VINO
has 10 conform to the little economies
of life and yet her beautiful turs are
everywhere noticed.
HER OLD FURS.
She mas three fur wraps-one dates
back twenty y-are-dnu instead OF lay
ing ont any money bon ClCth wraps Tor
TIE winter she has one Of her fnr wraps
rcmOiCilCd. Sometimes She boasts coll
let and sometimes LONGER cape ~ith
stole ends. or course every inch OF the
fur that is cut of i'm rcmodcllins The
lIfmoui is saved and when the season
sis for l0ngc, wraps the fur is clcyerly
picced out by "a furrier again.
% means so much t0 "a winter toilette
a. Doe possessed of elegant fur- f0r street
gowns then become minor affairs IN the
ensemble.
one of the new winter oapes IS built
of black astrakhan. There is long
yoke Of d8hlia velvet heavily ombroi1cr-
ed in gold that IS scalloped around the
edges. The astrakhau Is put on worry
fdli so that 30 falls i'm great loose folds
just % the waist line The extra hieh
Mcd.cis collar Of the block astrakhan is
wired TO staad straight up. Dahlid So tin
lines the cape throughout.
Another short cape made after the
same model is of ink with yoke of
hurut orange velvet. embroidered m
gold. Throughout The cape SIS lined with
pale gold satn
CHANGE rs SLEW rs.
10 ifs hIt risky these days TO lay ont
great coal a. money in a FUR idckot,
for sleeves change $50 necessarily f0m
year t0 year, and 30 IFS $50 necessary TO
have up .to-0atc sleeves iu any garment
thlt makes amy pfctcnse 90 smarfucss.
rhc most striking little fur jacket
have seen This winter is built of black
aftralhtn with pointed reNcrs ana hieh
cuffs of white astrakhan.
10 is 90 short Jacket. fitting into Che fig
urc 40 tla backs and The fulncss of the
short las0uos De in hat box plaits The
front is strailht and dartlcss. with
piping of white astrakhan where it fes-
tens.
900 au f,e short winter iacFots ono
notices decrease iu the fulncss of
p..a.es. When The cont sits ntp the
nc the baCk the fulaess lies nlt n
plai;s.
.. most Of the smart jackets have the
'uaght box backs and too often the