The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-20
1 IDEAS for dWonnen

The winter g..-isis fairly cnsconsed Nfoh
her snowy throne, and as it is something
of q cool seat she has wrapped herself IN
warm furs-warmer than usual this year,
Cor the has got abroad that it is to
be a cold winter.
Aside from the mere question OIL WarHta
fur is a great boon to woman. The nuiler
the fur the better does it suit the average
face. It requires a brave heart ana a
pretty face to wear ermine. for example
1t is we'll named royal ermine, since
none dare Che risk nj lgliness with so
much hardihood as does a king. A Few
lovely maidens in the prime OF their
beauty can wear the smooth white fur
with safety, but the average woman needs
a relieving feature in the shape of a bit
of color or a fall of lace to tone down the
dazzling whiteness of the ermine.
An evening cape which blazed forth
from the front row of a box at the opera
the other night was worn by a young
woman. who, though sure of herself and
her beauty, had yet taken the ~precaution
to wear a couple of cerise rosettes on
the edges of her ermine cape where it fas-
tened under the chin. From the rosettes
depended on each side a long cream lace
stole, which, when not tied in a large DOW
hung nearly to the bottom of the SKIRT
The combination of lace with fur grows
more and more popular, and lace as a
trimming for fur is more generally worn
tina fur on lace-a device which makes a
feeble attempt for it's life every year as a
decoration for evening gowns.
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A mink cape which has become faded
can be nicely renovated by trimming II
with alternating founces of satin TIT pon
and cream lace. OF course. such a wrap
could hardly serve any longer for street
wear. but it makes a nice evening cape,
and when mink is faded it is too unaftrac-
tive to be worn anywhere without some
sort of covering.
Lambs wool eollarettes are often made
to look larger, and-strange to say-warm-
er. by the addition of a wide chiffon AND
lace hounce, like the one shown on the
figure at the extreme left of the illustra-
tion. The founee is headed with a band
of chinchilla. Chiffon and chinchilla form
the collar, at the back of which is a DOW
of satin ribbon. This ape, 1t IS readliy
seen. can be made of all sorts of odds ana
ends and if one does not happen to nave
exactly the combination here suggested 1t
is easy to make substitutions provided
the various parts are kept in harmony
with each other.
Very pretty velvet eapes are made after
the fashion just described. / sat beside
one on the car yesterday which had for It's
Foundation black velvet, and fer trimming
around the edge a flounce of white SATIN
ribbon gathered between two founces OF
black satin. 1t had a high storm collar
trimmed at the edge with hounces OF
narrower satin ribbon.
The newest collar is the one known as
ripple" which really does not ripple any
more than those Of last year. 1t differs
from the old collar in that it fits g
to the neck any yet has the same ehect
OF faring which it had. If the collar
flares too much it loses in warmth
yet it is the flare which is becoming to
most faces. An ingenious maker of fur
garments has obviated this difficulty by
making the collar slightly more haring,
and then catching it In pleats about two
inches wide at regular intervals. The
pleat is not evident, except upon close in
spection, and yet the collar has the effect
of being extremely full. at the same time
standing up snug and trim around the
neck so as hardly to require fastening in
fronk-
Velvet collars with a fur edge can be
made in this manner. An elegant velvet
wrap which is also very warm consists of
a velvet blouse jacket and a fur trimmed
coIlarefte to go with it. The velvet is a
rich. dark green. and the fur moufflon. 1t
has a Medici collar, edged with moufflon
and ~.trippled'' in the manner described.
The fondness for the ripple, seems to
have spent itself in the design of the
collar. for capes proper have acquired
the old-time droop which was consid-
cred so objectionable a year ago. One
does not require twenty feet of circum-
ference at the outer edge of a wrap
as one did last season and the one before.
Indeed, one can almost make two capes
out of one of the old style, and that nay
explain Why so many of his years wraps
look like patchwork from the number of
different materials that ompose them.
Dealers, of course, make over their old
garments, and finding that one old ape
will make almost, but not quite, two of
this years style. they make them up, and
piece both out with some other kind of
fur.
Krimmer is extremely fashionable, and
as it is comparatively cheap it finds favor
with the woman of slim purse. A very
handsome Krimner collarette, edged with
moufflon, n having the ripple collar,
sells for t~wenty-four dollars. The muff to
go with it is six dollars, making this suit
cost thirty dollars
Very respectable Krimmer capes sell
for eighteen dollars, and one can buy
them with the old style collar for twelve
Krimmer, as everybody knows, is gray
astrakhan.
Muffs are very generally made with
cuffs or gauntlets. A velvet one edged
with fur answers the purpose very
nicely. The gauntlets are narrower at
the top thar at the bottom, and whether
they be of velvet or fur, they are always
lined with some contrasting tint of silk
brocade.
The marked difference this season be-
tween ball and dinner gowns is in the
sleeves, says "Harper's Bazaar" Every
smart dinner gown has long sleeves which
are of the sheerest possible material
null. chiffon. lace or net. A superb gray
satin ball gown, with small puffs for
sleeves, is transformed into a dinner gown
by long, tight-ftting sleeves of white
mousseline de sole, which are shirred the
full length, and between the %shirrings
have stripes of steel paillettes. A black