The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-08
THE NEWEST THINGS IN PURs.


Sable, chinchlIa. silver fox. Tor the
riche woman. black fox white fox.
akui ig, mink and bear fof her less wei
endowed sister now welcome would
30 rTio Ind Of another ncw fur' but.
alas. This Is az unlikely as the discovery
Of ihat new animal for food so deeply
desired by the inexperienced housewife.
one consolation Is found In thes fact
that furs are differently made up and
arranged year by year. This winter
capes seem again to prevail some short
shoulder capes, others much longer and
more important looking
Muffs are once more very large. The
striking novelty OF this winter is the
trimming of fur with chiffon. materials
TO the unpracticed eye as likely to mix
as oil ard water. Sable Is trimmed
with brown chiffon. chinchilla with
gray chiffon. and the effect proves
daintily soft and pretty Tight fitting.
short fur Jackets are again 10 hc worn.
some ~ sable and very many OF black
caracal but these can hardly be termed
novelties. .H8
Ermine seems 10 be less I'm favor. but
some collars and revers were made of
this chilly, regal looking fur. one or
the latest models at a very select shop
was a long. three-quarter length, semi
fitting coat OF sable.
All the new styles I'm furs are 10
great extent a reflection OF the fash
ions i'm other garments sleeves are
small. and there are the same close fit-
ting Etons which we see i'm cloth Eton
Jackets In baby lamb. with a wide COLI
lar and revers OF some fluffy fur, like
chinchilla or sable, are the smartest
little coats worn this season. They
round up i'm two small scallops at the
waist line i'm the back and have a point
ed or spade shaped front.
The short coat with a scalopcd
basque is another popular style. But
the large assortment OF long fur coats
H. the crowning glory Of tho furriers
art this season. Most OF them are made
I'm empire form, and enormous revers
and flaring collars are the invariable
adjuncts. Coats OF any kind are more
popular than the capes. yet there Is
variety in capes. nevertheless, especial
ly i'm combinations OF lace and fur and
velvet and fur for evening wraps,
which never furnished a more perfect
opportunity for the exercise OF taste
and for lavish expenditure OF money
Many possessors of the old fashioned
long sealsRie coats hsve put them
away in despair and anxiously ionged
for the time when their waiting should
be rewarded by the appearance of some
fashion in which the treasured gar
ments might play part. The time has
now come, for the short little fur coats
so high in popular favor just now may
easily be made from one OF these long
coats. Any good furrier will carry out
the necessary alterations. and any
pieces OF fur left over will come In
usefuIly for toques, muffs, collars and
so on
Pretty chains wherewith To hang
ones nun round ones neck are being
as much used as ever. And very smart
they make the plainest toilet look The
newest things OF the kind are made OF
gun metal set with pearls OF garnets,
of silver gilt set With diamonds and
turquoise and OF crystal and silver.
Another very pretty chain which will
go well with the white fur so much
worn lately Is made OF coral beads and
gold links--and most dainty and at
tractive il looks. Irdescent pearls are
much used in these chains. and the imi-
tation ones look almost as well as the
real.