The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17
BEAUTIFUL WRAPS
SEEN AT THE OPERA.
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Many Dazzling Costumes in Full Dress
Wear Displayed At the Open.
Ing Of the Season.

~ H1CAGO society folks, says the
Toll Tribune. do not often exhibit
II ~ their evening finery to the gaze
NJ - OF an admiring public, but dur
ing the grand opera season
nearly every one who ever APP
peared In evening dress brought out her
finest array In honor OF the event. Clean
Ing shoulders and arms were offset by still
more brilliant Jewels. satins. silks. and vel-
vets None of the wonderful shining silver
and gold creations seen on the stage, and
which have been exploited all over the
country for their beauty. was any more
beautiful than were Some OF the garments
worn by the occupants OF the boxes.
The choicest creations Of artists who are
benefactors of womankind in catering to
their taste In dress always have been in
the form OF evening gowns and bonnets.
The examples of their art exhibited this
year are no exception. Particularly beauti
ful are the opera wraps and bonnets, ana
many of these worn at the opera were
Paris creations which had not had an out
ing before the grand opera season began.
Wraps are 30 beautiful and by their deli
cate materials, as well as their graceful
fashion, SO enhance the beauty of a worn-
ans face, that It Is no wonder that many
owners Of elegant wraps occasionally "felt
drafts" and must necessarily draw wraps
over their shoulders: 1t was plain that the
opera were not intended for wear only IN
the cab or. carriage. There surrey should be
some other mission for an opera wrap than
merely to be seen for the yfleetlng moment
when IT'S wearer goes from ner carriage to
the fheater lobby. The bright street lights
at the front OF the opera house revealed
many glimpse Of fairyiand to the street
waits and other unfortunates who watched
outside the doors.
Surely no sight Of fairyland could be
more enchanting than a glimpse OF this
seasons opera cloais and wraps They are
of all kinds--from those made for show, the
appearance of which presage pneumonia
or something worse, to the more substan-
tal and useful but equally beautiful fur or
fur-lined garments A woman who can
afford a fur-lined opera cloak is indeed to
be envied, for these are considered the
acme of good taste this season.
A tall. handsome blonde wore wrap to
the opera the other night which made her
the envy of nearly every woman who saw
the wrap. 1t was of crushed mirotr velvet
In turquoise blue, made In empire fashion,
and reaching almost to the floor 1t was
lined throughout with ermne and had
Medici collar of ermine. Touches of black
velvet gave the finishing idea of richness,
Much ermine is being used in making
and trimming evening wraps and bonnets
this season. Women find 1t universally be-
coming, and should the law forbid its use
except by a certain casa of people, as, Is
the case in some countries. American worn-
en- probably would at ence rebel.
A black velvet wrap was worn by an eli
derby woman who has Leen the chaperon OF
several deou.an les. This garment was cut
much after the style of the old-fashioned
doman ana HAD the same flowing, bell
shaped sleeves. An ernine collar and re-
vers and long tabs o. ermine finished the
trimming.
Some I'm "AutOmobiIc" style.
Many other wraps were seen IN the old