The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-10

it is removed, the wearer appearing in
the auditorium in some pretty evening
toilet. With the aid of a home dress
maker who understands the tailor fin
ish, golf cape can be very easily
made at less than half the price asked
in the stores. Any number of reversi-
BILE golf cloaking fabrics are offered for
sale; golf-cape patterns are easily pro-
cured the trimmings are exceedingly
simple. and, if desired, many of the
city tailors will make and add that
most difficult part of any style CT cape
jacket or coat-the high, standing col
lar.
cloth or broadcloth, in Russian green
military blue, cocoa brown, or Parma
violet, shaped in redingote style, and
trimmed variously with sable, otter, OF
mink fur, prevail largely among the
costly and elegant gowns made for first
appearance at the horse show. The
most novel among the many styles pre-
pared for this occasion are in ''bonne
femme" fashion. with killed skirts
showing the plaits stitched down more
than half the length Of the skirt, thus
preserving the close, fiat look about
the entire upper portion, except just
at the back, where two graduated box
plaits are arranged. This plated skirt
is not quite as long as other styles, and
the jacket is close-fitting at the back,
and open in front over a braided vest Of
cream color, Roman red, or watermelon
pink cloth
Some of the most attractive of the
new long cloaks are those made of
dove-gray ladies' cloth, fur lined, and
trimmed outside with standing collar
and hood-revers of chinchilla fur. The
styles in small collars, scarfs, collar
cites, boas and stole-fronted pelerines
are far more varied than they have
ever been before, and this season a
number of rather smart-looking imita-
ton fur wraps have been set forth,
but cape or coat of genuine silk seal
plush or ladies' cloth is a far better
and more durable choice than any sort
of imitation fur ever manufactured
The newest vicunas for travelling and
walking costumes are wide diagonals
of soft, fine wool roughly woven, in a
single color, such as castor brown, faun
or Roman blue, or else in two shades
of one color. More novel than these
are the pretty French diagonals in
contrasting colors-Russian green with
cocoa, brown or violet; gray with plum
red, etc. Raised silk cords form mar
row stripes in black and dark brown,
on light but closely woven woods in
rich, beautiful, winter colorings. These
make charming house gowns, and light
dressy and comfortable dresses to wear
beneath the long fur or cloth redin-
cote. These wraps are so heavy that
many women will continue to wear
their silk and satin dresses underneath
them the winter season through.
The new bayadere corduroys in hand
some winter colorings make stylish red
ingotes trimmed with fur bands, and
worn over skirts of wool bengaline or
which the corduroy appears is as a
loose, rather long English sack coat en-
suite with one of the new plated skirts.
The winter invoices of corduroy are a
marked improvement on the old famil-
lar gamekeeper weaves, being very
light and pliable and silky. The goods
in French hands are made to form en-
tire costumes of the bayadere weaves,
in combination with English serge: and
the tailors are employing them in sew
eral new guises in making up some
pretty skating costumes.
wan's-down, thibet and collars of
white polar bear pelts are in fashion
as a decoration for evening wraps of
white, pink or Parma violet cloth, scar
let kersey or satin matelasse in mix
ture of pale, soft pastel tints on a
cream or tea-rose pink ground. These
soft white fur trimmings are far more
becoming to the majority of women
than the Opaque pearl white of the err
mine. This expensive and still fash
ionable decoration has in many in
stances this winter a finishing band
at the edge of the revers and collar of
very dark otter or jet black fur, which
mitigates it's former trying effect.
One of the fads of youthful women
this winter will be that of wearing a
very long round boa of cinnamon bear
fur, with huge directoire huff to
match