The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-18
FURs FOR FASHION.
They Are the Rage and the Boston store
Has Them at All Prices.

/ in the fur department of the Bostoi
store. is attracting a large number o
the women from all parts of the county
and the display of goods this year to
tally eelipses any previous effort il
that direction The opening this yea
is in charge of Edmond r. Lyon O
New York city, who is without doub
one of the most expert judges of goods
in his particular line in the world to
day. Mr. Lyon will be in Worcester
for three days and to Spy reportei
last evening he spoke in q very inter
! esting manner regarding the fur trad,
and the prospects in that line of trad,
as they are now showing themselves
| for the coming season.
The fur trade has much in it thii
| season that it never had before, ant
there are many things which have {
! tendency 10 indicate the lead which
/ this season Of business will take ovel
! the business of former years. The large
and varied stocks which dealers tbs
country over are laying in for dispose
! during the coming winter, of Which
| the display at the Boston is one of the
| most elaborate, go to show how this
! business houses of the country consider
! the coming winters prospects, and Mr.
Lyon states that the large and varied
samples which the dealers will handle
| VIII make it possible for nearly every
body to wear fur goods this winter
OF course, 1t is true, as in the past
| that the trade most especially catered
/ TO is the richer class of patronage, but
| there are articles in the fur line within
nh fkF a..
| the worlds riches. Through the court.
| esy Of Mr.. Lyon, The Spy reporter
| was allowed to see the different styles
| that are to be the leaders of fashion
during the coming winter, and the ricf
variety and excellence of the whole dis,
play shows how great has been the
advance IN the fur trade this year, as
compared to those Of other years
Everything that can be imagined III
the line of wearing apparel Is to bt
notlced, but the one thing which is Il
De the popular fancy in women's eyes
is the sable. These seem to be like ar
helrloom handed down like gift OF
maternal happiness from mother tC
daughter, and from that on dowr
through the ages, for the sable has fol
| years been the popular thing, and Mr.
Lyon believes it will continue as the
leader of fashions in fur for years tt
come
The rich variety of furs from which
the women can buy makes it indeed 4
| luxury for them to see the advance.
ment which has developed in the fun
line, and the rich and poor alike car
wear their winter furs this season and
rest assured that they are completely
| IN the style OF the newest fashion Mate
| A very pretty thing in sables is this
| year shown in what the dealers cal
the bob-tail Persian and the Russian
sables These are destined to lead al.
most everything, but the one thine
that the people have to contend with is
the likelihood of getting one mixed
with the other.
Russian sables are oftentimes mis-.
taken for the sable of Hudson Bav but
| the difference between the two is
great. The former is a much rare,
piece of goods, and it is much more
valuable, being the thing worn ronre
especially by the cream of the snciaf
circles. It is imported from the IN,
| regions or northern Siberia, while the
Hudson Bay sable comes from tht
! ritory 'ei
The sables of northern Siberia which
the Boston Store has in it's exbihition
are among the incest yet placed on any
SAFE, ana the prices run to prices rang.
ing from $40 to $500. Those of the othe,
variety, q much cheaper grade OF
| goods, ana a grade often mistaken nv
the innocent buyer for the more costly
| material, sell anywhere from SO to $40
N.issIah sabies are rich, very bushy
ana run in various grades of black
| forming one of the most Fashionable
| garments to be worn this year.
Some very pretty garments are also
| SHOWN In the chinchilla patterns which
are being displayed. Mr. Lyons showed
Inc spy man some which he called
the real article, coming as he said thew
aiu' from the Andes mountains in South
america ana large number of small
er ones, whose originality develofkd If
| ser IN the valley of this same Noun
famous region Mountain skins of a
valuable price are these chincbilla oar.
| luents and their smaller patterns arc
the only things that can be reached Nv
the ordinary pocketbook. A garment
| OF TINS Kind will be the style durine
the coming season, and they will he
"9Fn III great numbers. Another thing
| winch will be very fashionable tbis
year is the baum or pine marten wb Sil'F
comes at prices which eVerybodv cat
reach and at a degree Of style in tba
makeup which is pleasing to the eyes
of women ''ie eyes
The ermlne, the emblem of ROYALTY
makes. with it's pure Iceland white .
pretty lIllng IN the line of STYLE and
the dealer says a thing which win he
| very largely worn. 1t is a handsome
wrap and is sold in grades which viii
pe largely worn, especially in operate
circles and in general evening dress
Mr.. Lyon shows a pretty garment in
SILVER I0X fur, a fur which is ono Of
the most valuable and for that reason
one Of the most rare. The scarcity Of
these silver foxes and the great diff
Guilty 10 secure their skins, has brought
the price of the article up. and if is
only the cases of extremely rare good
fortune Where the pocketbooks of neo-
PIE VIII allow the privilege of wearing
this extremely stylish piece of wearirIc
| apparel
The display fror. a general stand
/ point has much in ii which would an
peal largely to the people who deIlght
in stylish garments, hut the appeals, OF
second thought bring the matter to a
/ disappointing finish in thoughts Of the
! size Of ones pocketbool5 However
/ much it n ay be 50 Z, nevertheless. the
orr nary PEOPLE Of the city are supplied
! with w riety rich enough IN it's size
and complete enough in it's general
| makeup % balance the power which
| the wealth of the Boston Store display
offers. and, taken altogether, there ar
| things which everybody can wear, there
are prices quoted which everybody can
| reach. and stylish Worcester girls need
/ look for 10 source of worriment over
| the prospects of the duh Season which
| they have thought so apparent ON the
! part of taoSe who make up the fashion
plate from season to season
AMERICAN FLAG.