The Washington times., 1902-02-09
Gorgeous Circle at the Metropolitan Opera
House Offers Abundant Opportunities
for Observing the Changing Styles of
the Leaders of New York Fashion D. D.

| may be thrown across the shoulders and
/ be allowed to fall over the bare ans.
a few, indeed appeared to feel the neces-
( sity for some such affair, for they com
promised the matter by choosing to wear
/ their opera coats fastened about their
shoulders. This neither looked well nor
felt comfortable.
saw on the same night some wonder
fully pretty evening hats worn with high
neckei and iong-sleeved gowns. They
were of mousseline or tulle. and the deli
cate fabric was gathered into tiny puffs.
sherrines, and fTills so that the hats must
have been as expensive as they we're
beautiful. pale blue tulle with its
crown and broad Hat brim laid in masses
OF tiny sherrings had one long plume of
the same shade as the hat dropping across
the front of the brim. Usually, however.
these hats are wreathed with flowers and
always they are of a color to match the
tulle Pale pink hats are ornamented
with pink roses or small scraggy chry-
santhemums. Mauve ones show decora-
tions of dahlias or orchids while dainty
white hats may be trimmed with came
Las or silver frosted white velvet leaves
For wear with handsome velvet visit
ing gowns nothing is prettier than these
wide brimmed hats of tulle or chiffon,
and dressed in this style, with the addi-
ton of handsome furs, any woman may
consider herself gowned in the smartest
fashion.
For about twenty-four hours last week
New Workers were treated to delightful
sleighing and the park jingled with gay
bells and flashed with bright cutters. At
no time do furs look more beautifully lux
urious and appear so becoming as when
wrapped about pretty woman seated in
a sleigh. II is needless to say that every
ia ashionable woman who could took ad-
vantage of this snowfall to have an en-
joyable ride and to muffIe herself in all
her sables. chinchillas. or foxes. Really,
from the quantities Of furs that went
skimming past, one might have imagined
that New York enjoys at least six months
each year of such sport
Two Pretty Novelties.
Several times had a chance to closely
observe the fashionably gowned, and al
ways on the lookout for pretty novelties,
chanced to spy two very close together.
They were both of Siberian squirrel, that
soft grey fur without the slightest tingc
of brown, the kind that used to line those
long, elegant black silk pedigree" coats,
at one time considered so smart for even
ing wear This fur is a beautiful dark,
consistent grey, prettier even ;han chin
chilla. though / imagine it to be less ex-
pensive.
There was fiat toque of the fur hav-
ing a point in the front Of the rolled
up brim which was ornamented each side
with a fiat grey OWLS wing fastened TO
the hat with cut steel ornament. The
mun carried by the pretty grey veiveted
young woman was OF ;he regular fiat cush-
ion style.
The other young women whose get-up
particularly took my fancy happened to
be wearing this same fur. Her chic hat
presented almost the Identical outlines Of
the other, but instead Of wings for trim
ming there was large fiat grey velvet
bow On the top of the crown aud the
puckered muff. with rufies of fur and vel
vet falling about the wrists, was orna-
mented with a bow TO match The gown
with which these furs were worn was a
black tailor made velvet and over the
shoulders fell a broad fiat fur scarf
must tell you about n fashionable mo-
diste's shop I visited day or two ago.
1t is in the very smsrtest part of the city,
not stones throw from the Cornelius
Vanderbilt house and just around the cor
ner from the Plaza. Not a ghost of a
sign appeared In the windows and no one
but the initiated would have dreamed