Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07
A Number of Changes
Suggested to Those
About to Buy.

They are USED to 1t.
The dressmaking establishments con-
tinue to flourish notwithstanding
Frances political squabbles, and the I'M
certainty of the Bourse.
In the thick Of one of the demonstra-
lions near the Tuilleries gardens the
other day, when cautious shop keepers
We're hurriedly closing their shutters and
doors for fear of bullet showers, there
were a number of suna shoppers abroad
on business bent who were heartily dis
| gusted at the blockaded streets and the
closed shops. This is such a busy month
in the feminine world when real winter
toilettes must be worn.
1t is the season when the fur dealers
have their innings and though it is rath-
er a short season it is proportlonately a
busy one.
There was quite a number of new fea-
! lures to be recorded of this winters fur
wraps. Capes are in the majority n
their lengths are as divers as their styles.
! One feature common to nearly all of them
or at least a goodly lot of them, is the
shaped fur flounce
| Jackets of course are longer than last
seasons and hardly as elaborate, though
with plus, lace jabots and jewelled belts.
Cloth is combined a great deal with furs.
THE FURs.
Sable and chinchilla are quite the most
popular furs this season and there is
quite a little bison to be seen. 1t does
look as though sealskin would soon be
re-established in favor after a temporary
Punishment of a few years.
One Of the handsomest garments l have
seen this year was a long coat of seal
| skin with a high Medicis collar and rev.
| ers of ermine.
Jewelled buttons on fur garments make
another innovation that meets with a
| great deal Of approval. Medicis collars
are larger than ever or perhaps roomier
expresses it better, for they must admit
a fur boa that is either just long enough
! to encircle the neck, or one that falls
stole fashion to the knees.
AS the season Dame Fashion
says that boas will grow in favor and
length.
A very modish Jacket was built of
black a%strachan. 1t fitted into the curves
of the figure at the back and had mod
erately long close fitting basques. Down
the front it had a box-plait of violet cloth
that fastened over the left side.
This only reached as far as the bust
line where 6, band of purple and gilt pas
senaenterie in describing a V bordered at
the top. Two bands of the passementerie
were put on in the form of a bolero: and,
again, two bands bordered each side of
the box-plait.
The front of the Jacket was trimmed
with bands of the passementerie that
We're caught up to the left shoulder. At
the front of the Medicis collar there was
g jabot of lace. The sleeves were close
fitting with broad turn-back cuffs. At
the top they were trimmed with two
bands of the passementerie. The Jacket
was lined throughout with violet brocade
satin.
A VISITING CAP.
In one of the very handsome new visit
ing wraps that was hailed as something
altogether original, I recognized the old
dolman form. OF course it had it's BAN
ishment and with its shaped f1ounce and
rich passementerie it was considered the
chef d oeuvre of theestablishment.
This arnen was made entirely of
sealskin. 1t fitted close into the curves
of the back, where it was cut short, in
fact just an inch below the waist line.
At the sides it formed two long points
that reached half way down the skirt,
and at the front was very much cut
away. It was bordered with a shaped
founce Of the saalskin that commenced
at the neck, and, broadening, became
very wide at it rounded the corner.
Mounting the back of the wrap it be-
came rapidly narrower, until at the mid
die of the back is was hardly two inches
wide. This ounce CAV such a graceful
iabot effect at the front of the garment
that was strapped across with a hand
some passementerie frog wrouth in seal
brown and turquoise silk and gilt thread.
A broad DassemenIerie in the Same
colors headed the flounce and where it
trimmed the base of the high Medicis
collar it was put on in Vandyke points.
A jabot of Brussels lace gave a finish
to the neck. This garment was lined
| T. L -o WITTY hrnooloI r,,a,r
satin.
A charming model that is bound tC
overcome the objections made by a great
many women to capes was decidedly
practical, 1t was a sort of cape and jack.
ct combined and warranted to keep GU
the treacherous little draughts that play
around ones arms and waist when q capt
alone constitutes ones winter wrap. Ye
the jacket was so cleverly concealed tina
the effect was as of a cloak and fur cape
A CLOTH JACKET.
The Jacket was built of a soft shade O
violet cloth. 1t was close fitting at tn,
back and reached only to the waist line
At the front it was loose and fell in
long point half way down the skirt.
Tt had tailor made sleeves of the clotl
finished with turn-back cuffs. Over thi
was a long cape of sable that fell quit
a bit below the waist band and wa
rounded at the front to show the clotl
point.
1t was fitted over the shoulders and hal
way down the fulness commenced tina
formed full folds at the bottom.
There was a Breton hood of the clotl
that merged into a high Medicis collar
Sable lined the collar and a narrow striI
of it continued around the hood. The flu
strip was repeated on the edges of tn
cloth point where it hooked down tn
front.
Hoods are a great feature of the win
i4on- LIMA ~ nd L tho haad ir nat 4Lo,no ).