The Washington times., 1904-10-02
BY AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.

~ HIfEE thousand dollars for uuu
and boa. That IS what a Neu
YORK woman paid FOR her lur-
last week The boa was sable.
nat and wide, one OF the sort they. call a
fur necklace. The mum was as big as "a
hogshead, a granny mum.
Another set cost a thousand. .It was
IN eTmine and there was a stole trim
med with discs of sealskiu. The muf
was big and nat and applied with circles
OF the seal
F'urs,' said a beautiful woman. care
nay background, my social framework.
am judged by them. classified by them.
snd must rise with or fan by them
That q woman is judged by her fur
coat there IS no manner Of doubt. There
- no other one garment which so plain
~ preclaims tts cost and manufacture
4he 4aymaus the person who knows
nothing whatever about furs. the most
ignorant creature IN the world, can ten
AZ q glance a real fur coat from an fni-
tauon fur. And there is no woman but
can tell good fur from a poor one and
an up-to-date coat from one whose vim
taEe Is OF the long ago,
Stick to Fur Coat.
Not that the old 4 III coat is 20 be de-
spised. not by any means. Tor IL can
be beautifully cut over and combined
with other materials, or it can be Isrf
In It's present state and trimmed I'm an
up-to-the-seasOn manner.
A woman who owns a little old seal
skin coat cut straight and resembling
q klInonos 'front.' and back. has been re-
modelling her coat
This woman had IL dressed. The frrr-
rier took 10 ana washed in. for ru-s
wash nicely. Then he dried 10. dve5 fr
alightly so as 10 rets0re ils color and
finally. be sent it home looking var.
much Ike new.
Then this woman, who is someth.rg
Of a genius IN dress, bought enough
white silk braid 20 go all the Why down
each side OF the front OF the cust Braid
is hardly a good term. ShC selected a
white SILK passemeuJerie. as wide az
y0ur hand with a few silver threads
running through 1T. The pattern was
vine pattern, and there were lovely sill
very grapes hanging 10 e.. She ap-
piled this 20 the seal coat, making
handsome garment
Same for the Muff.
Her fiat mun she treated in she same
way, with a wide band Of silver passe-
u-euterie.
Then there was a girl who ut the be-
ginning OF this season, found herself
with an old-rashioned ermHe collar
ette and a nat ermiue muT. sine took &C.
and treated ID in "a most remarkable
manner She copied a handsome idea
which she had seen carried ogt upon
the collar and mun of she Countess
Casteliane.
Taking a piece 0f seaIslZiu. she cut ont
a pretty vine. with big, handsome leaves. /
ali OF seaIsEia- sne applied three OF 4
these brown sealsklg vines 90 the front
OF her erminc mum and ilIf dozen T.
20 her coliaTette. Then she finished the F.
ends with black and white tails The /.
result was lovely. and IT cost very Itue. /
A Word Of Caution.
You can purchase am ermine collar and 4
mu6 Tor any price you want 90 pay. A +
handsome ser travelled 90 the Bark-
Fhires for the late October season. r /
cost 500 The eTmiue collar was wide .
and there were long stole ends. The
mun was big and fiat, "a pillow mun
Big sprays OF fur hOWers-fowers cut
right out OF black fur-Were applied 10
the collar aud the mum. and there were
tails, plenty OF them Tail-bearing aui-
mails are certainly iu demand lhi- year I
But these little ideas are only the YER. [
small beginnings OF the seasons fash
ions. The styles in furs are really mar
Seious and one can study them "a long