Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25
Correspondence of The Star.

NEW YORK. November %. 1906.
A- HE opening day OF the annual
horse show in the Madison
Square Garden Is always q Dit
slow, sartorially as we'll as other
wise compared with Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. but nevertheless
some notably handsome costumes were IN
evidence on Monday afternoon. as wen as
I'm the evening. The prevailing tones were
dark. and the keynote of the gowning OF the
most modish women was simplicity.
Severely simple broadcoth coats and
skirts or velvets. also simply cut were the
favorites of the modish women Hardly
any flowers were seen. and even on mats
feathers led. but by no means ostrich
plumes. for all the newer. straighter. I'M
curled feathers were much In evidence.
In furs, very little ermine was noted
during the afternoon; brown furs. prefer
ably sables and mink. were much seen.
while silver fox. another rare fur. was also
worn by those lucky enough TO possess IL.
Mrs Oliver Harriman's sable toque,
wreathed with shaded pink roses, with
cluster of sable tails depending from the
back. and her long sable scarf and mum
to match, were much admired.
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt wore her Won
derful silver-tpped black fox set, not
long boa and a mum Of moderate size, but
immoderate cost.
1t was warm the first day of the annual
horse show at the Madison Square Gar
den, but that did not prevent the wearing
of a new thing in broadtail coats by the
owner thereof. This was an especially smart
design. with its rather wide, three quarter
length sleeves. its back fitted in to the fig
ure. and the sides similarly cut, while the
front hung straight. The garment was a
shade longer than the pony coat 1t was col
larless and the side seams-that Is, those
under the arms-were slashed up several
inches. as was also the center back seam.
The bottom edge of the jacket was so cut
that it formed series of curves, each
curve extending from one seam to another.
Edging the entire jacket was an inch-wide
plating of black panne velvet. the plaits
fastened tightly at top and bottom and held
in place by black soutache set In in tiny
curlicues. A band of this veyet quilting
also outlined each side of the under-arm
seams to the waist line, and then, Separat-
ing. curved up along the sides and met at
the shoulder seams perhaps an inch and a
half from the sleeves Midway from the
waist to the shoulders the velvet plating
was curled around. forming a small. hol-
low circle. and then continued on its way.
To do this the inner edges of the plaits
were Tapped over each other. Down each
side of the front were six large black GRO
Chef cabOchons, with fine jet beads sewed
somewhat sparingly on them. and from
each cabochon dropped two or three loops of
black velvet ribbon three-QuarterS of an
inch wide. the upper loops being an inch
shorter than the ones directly under them.
and each loop extending to the next
9hbochon.
There was little vest an extension
rrom the top of which went around the
neck in an underlying band. about three
fourths of an inch of which showed at the
neck. This vest was of white panne cloth
edged with soutache. having tiny diamonds
and spiderweb effects done on it in black
chenille and combined with jet embroidery.
This vest extended perhaps two inches be-
low the waist line. and closed with tiny
black silk cord loops and small round Jet
buttons.
The sleeves were quite large. and were
somewhat melon-shaped. They were short
er at the inside seams than the outer. At
the outside they extended three inches be-
low the point of the elbow but at the
Inside came only to the bend of the arm