The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28


A combination of fur and lace, II
rightly handled, is the most effective
form of dressy street costume.
But to be really artistic and becom.
ing, there must be some little thought
put into the arrangement. Delicate
lace must not he combined with coarse
long-nap fur nor pure white lace with
black fur, nor small patches of lace
on long coats and deep capes.
And the use of lace at all should be
restricted to furs to be worn for pay.
ing calls, for theatre, for afternoon
receptions and teas. For morning
wear, for church, for shopping, the
palmer the furs are. the better style,
The prettiest dressy furs, and fairly
durable If treated with proper respect
and kindness, are ermine, chinchilla,
Japanese mink, fine baby lamb, soft.
dressed broadtail and baby calf dyed
black; and all these furs are really
much more beautiful with the addition
of creamy lace to neck, sleeves or in
some beautifully designed applique
form.
To actually trim furs with lace, that
Is, TO put rulfles or insertion of lace
fiat on the fur is ineffective and inartis.
tic. To get good effect, the lace must
be used merely as finish. A Cavalier
frill for the sleeves, knotted about the
neck with ends the full length of coat
or stole, Colonial iabot at the front
of an Eton, with rich appliques em.
broidered on in elaborate Oriental col.
for this season in the uses of lace gar.
niture.
With long nap furs like sable, bear,
deer. mink and squirrel, the most fash
ionable laces are the Irish wool crochet
point d Arabe, silk cluny, guipure, and
imitation old Italian designs.
With the most delicate furs like en-
mine, caracul, baby calf or chinchilla,
the finer point laces are used, and if
you have fine real Spanish lace,
creamy with age, or a Honiton necktie
or even bit of Duchess in ivory tint,
you will need. no other garniture to
make the simplest fur coat very much
grande mode.
And fur hats to match coat or tippet
are more fashionable than ever. The
most popular shapes are the Virot
and torpedo turban; the virot round
and fiat, and the torpedo, as ono might
suppose, with a sharp, aggressive peak
at the front and decidedly narrow
sides.
There are three ways Of trimming
these fur turbans-with single spray
of flowers, with ruching of mal!ne,
or with lace scarf knotted at the
back in two bows and short ends. The
lace decoration is the richest and most
dressy, the tul!e the newest and flowers
the most practicable.
If fur hat is carefully selected as
to its becomingness to hair and com.
few women realize the
Importance of trying on fur-and is
tone of flowers that suit the wearer,
there is really no millinery creation
that can compare with IL for richness
and artistic effect. The fur some way
seems TO fit the hair as no other tex
ture possibly can. II has no angles, no
sharp edges, but is what the French
call "carressing."
Pure white lace is not use2 Mt all on
black fur or with ermine. With white
or fox or chinchilla II Is not
ineffective, but for all fur decoration
the ivory or cream tones in lace are
preferred.
On the other hand, old lace If ac-
tually soiled is very bad form indeed.
And II is bit of puzzle to some
women, who have not professional
cleaners convenient, to know just what
to do with their beautiful laces that
are streaked or Drowned. Ordinary
with soap and water is of no
avail. Rubbing is out OF the question
and real laces should never be boiled.
The best and simplest plan. and the
least expensive because 1t cannot in
jure the lace. is to use warm borax
water, First soak your laces for an
hour in bowl of warm water softencd
by teaspoonful of borax. Then
them to bowl of water that
has just boiled with the same amount
Of borax and little shaved CASTLE
soap, rub them very lightly In the
hands, squeeze them up ana down In
The suds. rinse In clear warm water,
and then In clear cold water made
ivory color With coffee.
Squeeze the lace as dry AZ possible
and then roll ON curtain pole o.
broom stick, pulling the lace out Into
perfect shape as you roll When dry.
\ VIII look as though Il had been 81
! cabinet all lis life.
The Hoston man who married his