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fashions. and all the strange forms we
see in gowns, coats, wraps and hat brims,
it is simply a case of history repeating it
self over again, says Rose Hortense in the
Philadelphia Inquirer. The really new
features of fashion are the smart touches
which modern cleverness in dress gives to
all things. Almost all the modes we lave
this season are old-time ideas revived:
but if the rugliest fashion on record We're
to be reproduced for our approval, it
would be with such ingenious modifica-
lions, such Improvement in fit and detail
of finish that the old form would be lost
in what would seem to be an original
model. So our fashions are both new and
old at the same time. h thermometer
has a decided influence on fashion just at
present, despite all our frivolous tenden-
cies, and it is the long redingote, polo
naise and princess cloak costumes that
appeal most strongly to the leaders in
dress. The long newmarket with fur col
lar. revers and cuffs is revived again, the
principal difference between the new and
the old model being in the rounded fronts
and scant effects. Some of these garments
have a bishopsleeve gathered into a cum
at the wrist. while others are made with
the usual coat sleeve and a haring circu-
lar cuff of cloth, or trimmed hack cuffs
of fur. 1t is the short, dressy jackets that
are favored by the Parisians, although
Paris may be held responsible for intro
ducing the long coat which, however, she
considers ugly and unbecoming.
For driving and extreme cold weather
the long coat has special charms, and one
of the seasons newmarkets has a circu-
-. a..,1a $50, COLLAR apd rpNarS These
garments are usually made of cloth lined
throughout with satin, in a lighter shade
of the same color. One of the many
short coat models carried out IN black
velvet shows a chinchilla collar, long re-
vers of white satin embroidered IN let.
Long pelisses appear again among the
new skating costumes, which are more
elegant than ever this season, but II Is
the short jacket that leads the PROCESSION
of fashionable skaters. Velvet, velveteen,
cloth, in all the pretty new shades, white
included. with camers hair serge and
drap d'ete are the popular materials lor
skating gowns.
One rather eccentric feature of TRIM
ming these gowns is the use of two kinds
of fur bands. For example, a dress OF
fawn cloth bordered at the hem with sa-
Bile has a second band of chinchilla fur at
the foot and a Jacket of black velvet with
chinchilla collar and handsome buttons.
If the skirt is cut with a circular f1ounce
the band of fur is put on to cover the
seam. A stylish skating costume of gray
cloth is made with a polonaise roundln
up at either side to show a skirt of dark
blue velvet spotted with white, which
also forms the yoke and sleeves. Gray
Persian lamb trims all the edges of the
polonaise. Black cloth costumes with
white trimmings. especially with the wide
collar and revers Of white cloth dotted
with steel are exceedingly good style, and
there is a new purple shade called WOOD
violet, which makes a stunning skating
gown.
The telling feature of skating gowns
generally is their perfect fit, plainness,
and some pretty touch of contrast in col
or. Flying ends and furbelows of any
sort nave no place on skating dresses.
The hat should be close and small, with
no feathers, just a simple little turban OF
velvet and fur. Black velvet applique
embroidery in white silk forms the revers
on one of the costumes illustrated, and
the skirt has a simple trimming of folds
of cloth. A brown velvet gown trimmed
with mink, which caught my critical eye
Immediately, was worn by a graceful
skater, perhaps that is why it showed up
to such advantage. The border of this
particular gown has a yoke of white satin
covered with applique designs of cream
guipure and the vest and tie are of white
chiffon.
One of the latest coats is double-breast-
. 49, lido with 1naac nf
cords and buttons. The revers are of
white cloth. trimmed with stitched bands
of dark cloth, like the coat, and rows of
stitching finish the edges all around
Among the very latest cloth gowns of the
dressy variety there are some novel fea-
lures, which may serve as predictions of
new creation to seome in the early spring.
One imported gown which l was fortu-
nate to get a glimpse at the other day,
was composed of gray lightweight
broadcloth, with a deep yoke of tucked
white silk. Small revers of pale gray
turn down at either side, and the same
embroidery at the finish on the overdress
and skirt. The overdress, which is short
In front, is one of the newest designs, and
like all the new skirts it fits in a perfectly
plain manner in the back. A point in
cutting these new overdresses is that the
back shall be bias, literally plain over the
hips, and the fullness which naturally
falls in on bias thus gives the needed
width to the bottom. Underskirts are cut
in the same way. bias in the back, which
lessons the trouble of fitting the hips very
much. Bands of velvet edge the under
skirt in this particular instance, and an
other odd feature of the brown gown is a
yoke and collar of pale blue velvet, also
covered with stitching.
This season it is individuality in dress
that counts, more than prevailing modes.
Madame Poularde can cook so marvel-
ously that she is one of the wonders of
Normandy, says the Woman's Home
Companion. Her kitchen faces the main
street; you simply step over the threshold
as you hear the beating of eggs, and there
over an immense open fire, which roar
gloriously up the chimney are the fowls
twirling on their strings and dripping de-
lieiously into the pans which sizzle COM
plainingly on the Goals beneath.
Presently the roaring ceases, the fresh
coals>are fattened down, and into a skill
let, with a handle five feet long, is drop
ped the butter-which melts almost in
stantly. A fat little red-faced boy pushes