Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
FURS ARE HIGHER In PRICE
signsin the Ea,t Ar, that the Sales Will
Be Large.
MODELS FOR WINTER ON EXHIBITION
AstraLan Coming TO the FrOnt-Much
Embroidery on COats-Lace Used
on ChinehiIIa Neckpieces
and NUNS.

II seems early for talk OF furs, but the
busy season Of the furriers Is already UNI
der way and the New York importers are
showing their new models to the early
birds among their patrons.
Unuckily for the buyers who must eco
nomiEe, buying good furs this season means
expanding more money than would have
been demanded by a similar purchase last
winter, Fine furs have been steadily ad-
vancing in price for years past, and this
year the advance has been a radical one.
Sable. sealskin, chinchila, mink. broad
tail; In fact, all furs OF that class are more
than ever costly Injuries, but despite all
that women are briskly buying In the
province of the low grade furs indications
are that the sales will be tremendous.
Astrakan. for instance, is being forced
upon the notice of women who cannot af-
ford coats OF high-class furs, and the shops
are full Of coats in this fur--very smart
coats, too, many Of them, though II lie
clear that such garments will be worn to
a distressing extent, and that fact repels
the fastidious woman.
The shaggy, shiny black fur is warm and
| becoming and the coats are cut upon all
the modish lines, ranging from the long,
loose motor coat with collar Of contrast
ing fur, TO the little square jacket which
suggests a heightened Elton, and il very
popular.
In pony coat length these astrakan coats
are perhaps at their best and for $50 one
can buy one OF these models, straight in
| front, semi-htting quite loose in the
/ back, collarless, double breasted, perfectly
plain and we'll lined with white or brocaded
satin. With handsome big buttons for It's
only relief. q coat like this has consider
able cschst, in spite OF It's cheapness, and
good neck furs and mum would lend 1t
much elegance.
Many ofthe models are braided In wide,
nat, black silk braid, and some of these
braided coats have a military suggestion
with hussar braidng, frogs. etc, but the
braided models are cheaper In general air
than the perfectly plain coats, though not
in reality lower in price.
| Pony skin Furs.
More expensive, but still among the cheap
furs. are models similar to those just de-
soribed, In Russian pony skin. There is
always hint of the domestic animal
Slaughtered to make a feminine holiday
about this skin, but the brown coloring
is very soft and lovely and the furriers
haev given the skin surprising suppleness.
One French coat of Russian pony which
We have seen was a remarkably we'll cut
little garment, tribe shorter than the ira
ditional pony coat, and quite untrimmed
save for extremely handsome big buttons
of amethyst set in dull gold. The satin
lining was of pale amethyst tint and at
slS the cost was emlnenty desirable
Caracul. broadtail and all OF the Persian
lamb varieties have advanced In price,
but are more popular than ever and are
made up Lpdn all the fashionable coat
lines. Fancy little coats handsomely
trimmed have been included among the
models from all the good Paris houses,
and excessively chic examples of the
Heightened Eton-the model of which we
have already spoken and which seems to
have no specific name-are among these
coats.
Francis has particularly delightful
model of this type in breitschwanz, and
some OF the little coats are elaborated by
the most exquisite OF hand embroidered
waistooats, showing only when the straight
fronts are thrown back or showing merely
In narrow line between straight single
breasted fronts.