The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-30
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.


There is little or no ermine in stock
in Washington - said a leading fur dealer.
Il doubt If there Is enough in stock in
| the whole country to make a eoronat:ea
robe. The English demand has Swept the
market clear. There will be more ermine
at the coronation Of King Edward than
has ever been seen at one place before
in the history of the world. Up to cor
onation week it viii be the most vaIu-
able fur in the world, and any that has
| actually been worn in coronation robe
will continue TO be very valuable, but
| thereafter it viii drop il price and de-
cline in fashion till another coronation
comes.
When any article OF limited supply
and special demand for limited occasions
has a run. it gets out of the general field
and loses its place. Fashion crowns an
other faYorite and exiIes its former queen.
who wears beaver ROW? Even sealskin
has lost its grip. It became too common,
and now that it is becoming scarce the
prices refuses 10 soar, because the pub
lie taste has passed on to other furs. The
variety is endless. Elue. silver, and
black fox. marten and sable, sea otter,
and Persian lamb head the lists, but there
are forty fars which have wide sale
Washington viii never make a heavy de-
mand for fGrs- It is too far South. But
it wants 10 have the best of what is go
ing. Furs will became cheaper in time.
as it is being discovered that numerous
fur-bearing animals can be bred in cap
uvity at a huge pro6t
So
Good boots, good gloves. a good hat
AMI good neckwear. and woman is well
dressed, no matter how cheap her gown. =
is the maxim Of 4 young Washington ma
trcn who makes the slenderest of in
comes s-fice. These are the points
which every woman should give most
care. Broken-down heels VIII ruin the
effect Of a hundred del1er gown. Poor or
soiIed and frayed gIoses are the height Of
untidiHess- Neckwear can easily be kent
in order The rat IS the most dffi.alt
problem Few c,omen ought ever to f-rsst
themselves to BIZ a hat alone. Take alc-,e
someone with Il right artistic temDeTa-
ment. man preferably. who has the
courage Of his convictions Reduce your
choice down TO three Then take your
worst enemy fer secend visi. CT IN
sPecti7n and pick out the rat she savz
is perfect fright on you. BY this alesus
you not only get hat which suits cur
style but your enemy viii 50 home a.,
have SICK headache"
F Street. between Tenth aud Fifteenth.
from 3 to > o'clock in The afternoon. is
the Taezt charaeterizticaIly American
thcroughfare ia the weird Broadway is
cverVhelHaiasIy typieaI e Ee= YerE-
metropolitan selI-ccnt25ned and sel--s.lF-
dcjeEt Walnut Street is Ph=ladel2b.ae
and constrained state street n CHICAGO
IS too crowded with Shoppers and too
mixed TO please the fssti1isus eye. But
r Street IL national. typical and hzrascai
Gus. Between the hours mentioned II is
ycuthlgI and teaugfnI- There s No sin
Gle Washington Tyre CT the asas.tI-rI worn )
an There are a hundred types. and taz
intermediate bienalags Ct then al The
eome f-cm every state. al beautiful /.
~ England girls with views. West
Gu girls With IDEAS, Southern girls with
epiEicEs- They are Inches taller than
tAoiT grs1dmothe-s we're and p-ua5s
heavier. Yes, ard their feet are size
longer a-as ss5der than Gf.y years ae,.
The shce dealers deny It p,,5lleIy. bot
admit il privately