The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-08

fur. Wide sweep capes are made OF as
trakhan with seal revers, and blouse
waists Of astrakhan and Persian are
belted In, and they have yokes and folds
of sealskin. These have no sleeves, but
only the cape out over the arms. There
are plain 80 and SO inch military capes
of seal, and these are lined with black
satin; astrakhan and Persian jackets ut
ting tightly and with or without hussar
braiding are among the prettiest. Rich
kersey capes are lined and bordered
with fur, of whatever kind is suitable
for the color of the cloth.
One Russian blouse of astrakhan had
three rich knotted cords with piquets
ON the front and fiuted collar. A mutt
to match was draped like saddlecloth
and bordered with light yellow fur On
the lower side there was a putting OF
the astraxhan between the borders.
Some Of the capes have wide sweep and
others fit nearly close. Jackets Of one
kind Of fur have storm collars and sharp
revers of another kind and color OF fur.
White trimmer and Persian lamb in
light gray are made into short REFER
coats for young girls and very jaunty
little eton jackets with full bell sleeves
are shown for young ladies. Muffs are
particularly ugly and cumbersome.
Plated Russian blouses, with the lower
part six to eight inches deep, are very
stylish. may add as a parting word
about furs, you who have grandmoth-
ers aud great grandmothers should go
and coax them to overhaul their old
trunks If you are fortunate enough to
find one of the fur garments or muffs
that she used to wear, just put it on
and 60 down the street with proud
sense of being precisely in the best style
of today. There is great deal of COM
fort of mental quality to be found in
furs other than that afforded by their
warmth.
llounoes are put upon some'of the
walking dresses TO such an extent that
we, like the senator we heard about, do
not know exactly "where we are at.
And yet one rarely meets one in the
street Flounces as decoration to home
gowns look well, but are hardly as pref
ty in such materials as are usually worn
abroad. They ripple in soft undulations
very gracefully when put upon the light
evening silks or thin stuffs There
seems to he no limit as to the width or
number Of the fiounces one can put up
ON her gown. One dress for home had
22 narrow ruffies. Another for a ball
had three, and SO it is You can do as
you like.
Bayadere stripes have not appeared
much in public, though probably they
will later ON, when the social functions
are in full swing. The annual horse
show is the great day here, and it is
then that each lady tries to kill her
dearest foe with envy. 1t is to be
hoped that the fad of having hats and
toQue bonnets made of whole owls will
have died out. This odd caprice has
brought out some such atrocious witt
cisms that one is in state of collapse,
each minute expecting some one to say,
"Owl you have it2' or some other
equally brilliant pun. But as a small
boy expressed IL, "When sister Nan puts
ON her owl hat, she don't look 30 worse,
I don't think. I"
There are more varieties than ever in
the blouse waists, and one can hardly
90 amiss when making any kind of
gown to have the fronts bag. Tucked
waists, sleeves and yokes are all seen,
and 80 is every other kind Of thing. /
notice some new open thread wool very
like bunting, only soft and thick. This
is produced only in black and made up
over bright oolored lining. It is very
pleasing.
Not 30, however, are the sky blue,
purple and emerald green gloves. They
are anything but elegant. Tan hosiery
is favorite now. So is black. There
are many monstrosities in plaids and
other designs Refined ladies look at
them, but do not purchase them.
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.