Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-03
NOTES OF THE MODES.
Latest Models in Coats-Evening ToiIettes for Dress Occasions
 Popular CoIors.


 
 Stylish Louis XIV. coats have wide fur collars and revers of white velvet or cloth nearly covered with brown and gold appliques. Sable, seal, otter, ermine and squirrel are used for the popular winter wraps, and at all fash- ionable gatherings. The array of furs in com mbination-capes, coats, redin- gotes, muffs and scarfs-is increasing. A costly model in sea otter is lined with white satin royal, and finished with ermine cape-collar, revers, and sleeve facings. Pearl-set gold clasps fasten it in front below the points of the revers.
 A seal pelerine, trimmed with sable, has collar of Lyons velvet, in very beautiful shade of moss green, richly embroidered in gold and Venetian silk arabesques in rare color blendings. Wine-colored velvet almost hidden by appliques of fcelle-colored Russian lace, forms the yoke of loose empire coat of chinchilla- Squirrel and Per- sian lamb are combined on many ofthe small wraps, scarfs, collarettes and muffs of the winter, says the New York Post.
 Few of even the most fashionable full-dress evening toilettes are quite sleeveless this season. Often, how ever, the sleeves are mere zephyr-ike puffs, of gauge or chiffon, and the airy bit is usually banded with jeweled gimp, or laced across a slashing or lace interstice. with a tiny gold cord, or a very narrow velvet ribbon On a gown made for Washington debu- tante, a novel effect was produced by Greek scarf drapery, brought from under an antique jeweled clasp on the top of the left shoulder. This was car ried across the figure tn the right side of the waist, and drawn under a shaped girdle formed of scintillating jeweled gimp. The drapery was made of pale pink Isse, bordered with Grecian de- sign in silver. The lustrous silk of the dress Itself was of a deeper ssea-shell tint. The demi-trained skirt was 1 trimmed up more than half it's length, with rows of pink silk ruchings, grad ua ted in width
 A gown of white satin brocade made for young matron, has the bodice draped diagonally, and closing invisibly i under the front crossing; lacing cords 1 and small pearl buttons giving the ef- feet of fastening at the back. The low, round neck has bertha of em- broidered velvet, slashed on each shoulder, the points extending out above the brocaded sleeve The gored skirts three-eighths of a yard longer at l the back than at the front. has the l straight, old-time finish at the fiaring foot, the entire being copied from a dress worn many years ago.
 Pale tea-rose yellow is one of the popular colors this winter in evening 1 dress, and when com bined with certain shades of green velvet and sable, with 1. lace vest and under-sleeves, is most ar tistic- 4 very uncommon and very be- 1 coming shade of sage gray is aIso seen { among pew dinner and visiting 20 " nss :: and ao odd ops fesceot blue. and white. l from Soow and lily 10 ,Aloerney cream tints, and green of erery conceivable shade. HeHotrore in velvet silk, crepe de chine, and the beautiful sfIk-warp wools, appears in rare tones that gra de from pansy to the most delicate shade of pinkish mauve. There is still a striving after odd color com binations, not with the absolute lack of harmony i that has prevailed for two years pa st, i but more as though certain colors had , been taken in all their greatly varying i tones, with perhaps note or two of :, a different kind. but in hold contrast