The times., 1898-10-30
new WRINKLES IN WRAPS S
American Women Training
to Wear Shawls.
THE FLOUNCED PELERINE
Effective Skating Costumes Have
VividIy CcloIed Velveteen Bod
Buftons and Fur-Crcss Green and
Fuschiu Red Arc Leading Shades.

New York, Oct. 2s-Chin November's
surly blast may make field and forest
bare, but it certainly populates the ponds
and rinks and fills the street-scape, so to
speak, with very interesting glimpses of
the fashionable long cloaks. Last Win
ter, and for more tnan a couple of win
ters before that, wraps below the Knees
We're somewhat chary of public appear
ance. This month promises the beginning
Of Z stately procession of long wraps.
Long, shawl-shaped capes, tailor-made
overcoats, simple and elaborately deco
rated redingotes and pretty Victorian
pelerines are all in line for winters par
ade An odd and pretty garment is cut
rather on the fashion of priests SOU
tame and gathered about the middle by
4 band of fur, or a sash OF silk Every
type Of material is used in the make of
such long and enveloping garments, from
white satin oyerIaid with black lace 10
the heaviest felt cloth piped with fur
ana fur trimmed braid.
As 10 the question of color in such
cloaks. pay your money and take your
choice is the rule. though a preference
is shown for golden brown and u tone
called Bismarck gray that has warm
touch OF blue in il. Very smart indeed
are the women who effect smooth cloth
evercoats, hugging the figure close and
dropping their tails to The heel. Line
upon line these are copied from the frock
coat that adorns the fashionable man Of
an afternoon, with the exception of the
shaping Of the front. Over the bust The
coat is cut out in the form OF The letter
L: from this turn back small satin-faced
revers and then a shower of lace run
fes, or folded silk kerchief, or the
charming facade of the gown beneath is
displayed. No warmth of any Importance
is expected to accrue from the low falling
tails. They are meant to drape soft and
gracefully. are lined with a thin silk and
are slit up the back to the waist line.
There is a saying that no one but
q Frenchwoman can wear shaWI
gracefully, but undoubtedly American
women are proving their capabilities at
ehawl-wearlng by bravely and 5ecom-
inEIy adorning themselves with the
flounced and sloped peierines in the
market If you open one of these we'll
made capes you will be apt to find IN
side loose silk jacket, somewhat like
the blouse a Chinaman wears. This is
of wadded silk sometimes, and serves
to keep the wearer snug and warm,
while the flowing exterior line of her
wrap is not interfered with.
Making allowance for usual excep-
tions, it is safe TO say that the feature
of every wrap is its facade. Your coat
or your cape may be severe in Its SIM
plicity, but over the bust all the elab-
grafton of your toilet must be concen-
trated. Revers in the form OF ruffies
graduating small TO the waist line,
gathered quite full and the edges corded
and wired, turn back like strange wings
upon the bust TO reveal a cataract of
frills and ribbon loops fur tails and os-
trich tips falling from chin to hip line,
and the more fluffy and pouter pigeon
like the vest is the more satisfying the
effect on the wearer and her feminine
observers.
Women who cannot quite trust their
appearance TO the tender mercies of
round shawl cape have found solace in