The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

frieza mixtures are offered. These are usually loose fitting. half-long coats. belted or merely secured in the back by a buttoned-on strap. They are double breasted, and very warm and comfortable.
 The heaviest coats are for cold weather automobihng. Devotees of the sport are as rule rich enough to in- dulge in fur and leather garments, and although the frs cost of of these is considerable, the service they give seems to justify the expenditure. The most luxurious motoring garment is of soft finish leather, in brown, black blue or some other simple shade, The half-long box coat is the commonest model, but others more elaborate and and more becoming are to be had. X brown leather coat marked at an eX- travagant figure had deep yoke point ed front and back. to which the leather was shired in close, fiat fashion. Leath- CT must be very soft to stand shirring, but this seemed as supple as cloth. The sleeves were shirred on the shoulders and again at the wrist. Large leather covered buttons closed the coat from throat to hem. Another leather coat was a dark rich blue in color. It was half fitted, and was lined with squirrel fur. A collar and revers of mink were made to turn up if desired and com pletely enveIop the throat and lower face of the wearer.
 Natural seal is used in some of the motoring coats, though why this ugly fur should be used at all is a mystery. No woman would think of wearing a stiff, dirty brown fur for anything but motoring. Madame Stael used to say of certain statesman that he abused his mans privilege of being ugly; We may say this of some of the motoring garments. One has a certain latitude in the matter of automobile costume. That is, one may retire behind disfigur- ing goggles or mask, and may appear without form and void under hoods or enveloping veils. But one should draw the line at unplucked seal garments, Siberian pony is better, if one cannot afford dressed sealskin.
 On the subject of furs, some of the dainty jackets for street wear deserve description. The Empire cut is most fashionable in fur coats, as in others, the style adapting itself well to seal, caracal, Persian lamb, astrakhan, and even to beaver. Moleskin is still worn, and in spite of it's peMshable quality, is beautiful where the peculiar color is becoming. One does not see as many freak combinations of furs as last sea son and the one preceding 1t. Astra- khan broadtail, and Persian are black furs which are now permitted to show how beautiful they really are when un- trimmed with ermine, mink, sable or chinchilla. Persian is a fur which looks especially we'll combined with velvet. A delightful little coat was seen in a box model. It was short, reaching we'll over the hips, and opened in front over plaited vest of heliotrope velvet; the vest was plaited into a broad girdle of the velvet embroidered in gold, and more gold embroidery was seen in the stock collar. Heliotrope satin lined the coat. and full rufIies of yellow lace ap- peared in the cuffs.
 Tn these furs are seen some very pretty boleros reaching to the waist line. Many of these are en1bellished with extremely wide revers which ex- tend to the waist line. Often the cut leaves the front of the jacket open t6 show Directoire rufffes of lace. The fashion is very pretty, although scarce ly suited to very severe weather.
 It is said that all furs have advanced ! a. little in price, the advance ill some