The age-herald., 1897-10-07
BYfMRS. GEORGE C.. BALL.
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skin with any thick brown fur or with chinchilla will be used. When yolos ef- fleets are to be obtained, the lower part is, of course, fuIed on the yoke part, with more or less fullness, according to the softness and pliability of the partic- ular fur employed.
 Very shcrt pelerines of ermine. which only come down to the shoulders, will be considered very smart, and over :t1e | velvet jackets which I hear are to be worn somewhat, will certainly look we'll These pelerines will be composed of fur treated in various ways, the different parts having the fur running different ways, and the taiIs applied in every con- ceivable manmer, vertically, horizon | tally, etc.
 1 Sable is to be tha one exception to the | general rule, and is seldom to be seen combined with any thing, the tails form ing the sole brimming. The style of sable cape most in favor is composed of deep frill of whole skins, without the paws. sewn together lengthwise, with the tails forming a fringe round the | edge. This is mounted to a small yoke | with roll collar. Flat boas of this fur | dTt cOUSlueFeu tne InOSt ueSlfdDle Ol dli, and will be trimmed with a number of l dangling ta,ls, somewhat in the style
 they wera worn last year, only with more tails
 We are to have boas galore this win- ter, anyhow, the most in evidence being the short kind, which is quite full at the back of the neck, and quits narrow at the ends. Fur collars are always de- 1 -t. l. T this is pre-eminently a fur season, and we will have fur on everything, as well as diffsren varieties put together in one garment. Fur collars which are made of whole skins, fox is the favorite, and sable or marten collars requiring two skins stand next in the popular fancy.
 It seems we must have the blouse ef- fact even in furs, and blouses with short basque of this ever present material will be given the preference. The most pro nounced objection to this has been tha fact-which, by the way is not to be questioned-that it has the effect of en- 1 larging the waist, always an undesirable thing. This has, however, bean obviated l by a very simple device which origina ted with our clever French cousins. It con- sis.s of narrow band of silk inserted diOuHl lilG WdiSl, WHICH IS GOntedlGu Dy the evsr fashionable belt.
 True to the prevailing craze for fur, | even the milliners have fallen in line, and although we have had fur trim mings to some extent for a very long time, this season they will appear on all the fashionable hats for out-of-door use, , and even some theater hats as we'll Sable heads and tails are greatly in favor, for two reasons-the fur stands very near the head of the list this year. and the head and tails lead themselves easily to graceful arrangement
 The third annual convsntion of the New York State Federation of Women's clubs will be held at Syracuse, Nov. 10, II and 12. There will be morning ses- sions strictly for the transaction of business, to which only delegates will be admitted.
 | The afternoon sessions will be devoted | to a sort of school of methods or illus l tratons to club women, of work in va- rious lines, by experts in these partic- ular lines. There will be parliament ary drill during the convention, and address;s from distinguished women. | A year ago the membership of the Federation was twenty thousand women but that number has been largely in- 1 croassd in the past twelve months. New York state has more than one hundred | federated clubs.
 Berlin cablegram says: "The much
 coveted music prize known as the Men
 delssohn stipendium has been won by
 Miss Leonora Jackson, an American
 competitor. The competition aroused
 the keenest interest among musicians
 and students of music. Representatives
 from score of countries and of all
 parts of Germany entered the lists The
 prize is 1,500 marks. This is the first
 occasion when a stipendium has been
 won by an American.
 "The very latest of all the latest
 crazes with regard to the wearing of
 jewelry," said fashionable jeweler the
 other day, lis that the color of the
 stone must match the color of the eyes
 of the fair wearer. M
 "The latitude allowed In this Is not
 great, butt the proper following out of
 the idea will doubtless lead to the pop ularity of many stones which have