Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-25

the city limits, and town car in luxuri-
Gus limousine style is usually owned by
the feminine head OF the family, though
father and brothers stick TO their dashinG
touring cars all through the cold weather
For limousine wear. about the city.
wraps are designed with An eye for
smartness and grace. rather than extreme
warmth; and within the comfortable pro-
lection Of the fower-decorated town car
il is not necessary TO sWathe ones self in
wells. foot muffs and the IKE. Plumed
hats and very smart cats are worn in the
glass-inclosed limousine, and when the
wraps are of fur they are usually of seal
skin, mink or of Epson, the fashionable
coat pelt of the winter
Irscn fur is brownish in tone and has
markings something Ike chncnila.
though the pelt Is not SO supple and the
hairs are much coarser than is the case
with the silvery, costly chinchilla-now
exceedingly scarce. A stunning lpson
coat is pictured. the model having the
long-waisted lines. deep lapels and front
opening at the waist which distinguish
smart winter coats for dressy wear. The
fashioning of this Epson coat is particu-
larry artistic. the markings of the fur be-
ing used most effectively in collar. cuffs
and the overlapping piece which slopes
from the waist line at the front to the
bottom of the garment. Brown silk cord
ornaments trim the coat, which is lined
with gold-coored satin brocade.
Nothing can equal seal Just now in
Paris favor. Seal coats trimmed with
huge collars of skunk are at the very
height OF fashion. and these rich coats
are so beautifully shaped that they seem
to give the wearer sIenderness rather
than bulk They fall to the skirt hem
and fasten low at the left hip under
big cord ornament or jeweled button, and
~ lptx faS niv,p bo
slopes up into the huge shawl collar of
skunk fur To match the coat there is
usually a bolster muT of the skunk fur,
light and soft. for all its huge SiZe-so
soft in fact, that il may be crushed in
the hand or beneath the arm like bit
of fabric.
The woman who wants motor coat
that will represent sheer expense, style
and fashion fads being secondary con-
sideration. may choose mink with bor-
der pattern of the matched and mitred
skins Such a coat will easily cost four
figures, and for one Of chinchilla or sable
FIVE figures may be expended; but these
plutocratic garments will be not whit
more attractive CT chic than the coat OF
zeal bordered with s1unk-or 'leutre," as
yhe French call the plebeian pelt.
While coats Of pony and caracul are
sufficiently smart for street wear over
pretty frocks, black is never happy
choice for sporting or out-of-door gar
ments of any kind. Against the out-of-
door environment black is funereal and
somber, chic though it may be in the
more artificial atmosphere of town. and
with background Of cold. wintry grays
black is apt to be dangerously unbecom-
ing, even when relieved by bright-col-
ored automobile veil. Far better have a
warm ulster of brown wool fabric than a
sleek and glossy black pony coat for mo-
tor use. Persian lamb coat, with huge
collar and cuffs of skunk, is not so SOM
Der in type. and few of these coats,
built in dressy style, have been noted in
town limousines.
Automobile headsear grows more and