Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

| sp!endor at The Church of ST. Philippe d,
| Route the daughter of the Due and Ouch
| cssc de TreviSe.
1nquiring at 4 noted furrier's ] learned
| that the present fashion very much favors
| the fur tie or collar because it may be
| used with infinite variety of costumes
/ without giving that appearance of same
! ness that the large fur wraps are apt
| to impart. The cost of the short collar
/ cites is such, too. that some people can
| afford more than one of them. Some very
/ lovely effects are shown in fur. Smoked fox
| is particularly nice One novel arrange
J rnent shows the fox head over one shoulder
and the white tipped tail dangling from the
| other. Two broad pieces of fur for the
| Der of the tails. The muff. if one has any
! imaCi1a ton, at first glance looks like a
| little fat fox. for the head of tiny baby
reynard ornaments one end of the muff
and brush the other.
Heads and Tails.
A collarctte that is a good deal worn
consists of a high band of fur about the
neck finished in front with fanlike ar
rangement of tails. y short tie that have
seen both in sable and mink boosted an
animal head on each shoulder and cou-
pie of tails on the broad. striped collar
springing from just underneath the chin.
This piece WIS short. ending at about
the waist IN three dark, glossy tails The
muff that matched it was large, rich and
plain.
a mink collarette that even to the casual
glance was seen to be novel in its adapta-
! bility consisted of a high collar and dou-
BILE reverS of the fur reaching over the
shoulders and to the waist below, where
it ended in the usual fringe Of tails. This
CUllarctte was fastened closely down the
front and made & very good protection for
the chest from the sharn. biting winds,
With any dress that this may be Worn the
effect produced is that it is a part of the
gown, while in fact 1t is nothing of the
kind.
Lace and Fur.
Lace seems to be novel fabric to COM
bine with fur: still have seen some speci-
mems that have gone far toward resigning
me to the novelty of the departure. A re-
cent one was collarette of blue fox and
point lace. the lace being drapcd under and
about the head Of the fox at the chin and
falling under the ends Of the collarettc on
the dress. The muT had its knot of lace
ana tn tendency Of the arrangement was
To give a S0ftness and freshness to the cos
tune, which was Itself severely simple.
Persian Lamb stylish.
SAcEt coats of Persian lamb, sometimes
with high collars and reycrs faced with fur
ar among the popular shapes, but the cost
of Persian lamb is prohibitive to all but a
favored few. Short capes fitted closely over
the shoulders and bust are made of seal
With rufflod applications of sable.
To meet the popular demand for ermine
! cop,likc COl!arettes are made of the fur
and are worn for driving or walking. The
ends Of the fur on the ore l most admired
We're crossed at the waist and over the
shoulders the fur Was arranged in deep.
fluunce-like effects. The collar was very
high. ard the muff was Of d funny dummy
looking shape. The narrow top was trim
med with bows.
For these collarcttes fox. white. blue and
| red. with sable and mink. seems t. be the
most widely worn fur The sealskin coat
! that used IL he the Ia lSe of prosperity Ia :
! almost totally disappeared from the middle
class. Ii has become a luxury beyond the
! dream Of I'll but the very rich. Fashions m
| wraps now change - radically from year to
| year that il is impossibl" TO have a seal
| skin Jacket recut into anything resembling
| the next prevailing fashion.
| The sealskin coat Of the present is LONG,
| semi-lnose sack, with round, shaw-like tail