Evening star., 1909-01-17
- RpENDOR AND BEAUTY IN THE FASHIONS OF PARIS .

that NJ. Sardou had Just handed check
of to such or such charity. and
after few days the hoax was discovered
But Sardou did not quite relish that kind
of joke.
To talk of furs the pelts of the winter
are particularly luxurious, and everything
conceivable that the furriers can do to
make us feel comfortable is being done
Each week seems to bring with its advent
a new fancy. The number Of women one
meets about wearing superb pointed fox
sets is merely one of the many wonders
OF the moment. and here at the Vile Lu-
miniere every woman in any social evil
dence at all boasts sealskin coat down
to her heels. This, by the way, is a wise
provision in view of the scanty amount
of underclothing now worn by the ele-
gante. Mid nodings on beneath 1t
becomes an imperative need to don furry
apparel eXteriOrly. and one does not doubt
that this calm acceptance of the sealskin
coat will have an important bearing on
the continuance of Skin-tfght costumes.
which also reminds me that the dernier
cri in combination suits is a kind of skin.
At present | am not exactly clear Wheth-
er this is some whitfield down leather
substance or an ingenious woven fabric,
but 1 am inclined to the former belief.
as these suits are said to work marVels
with exuberant hips reducing them to
the now requisite proportionate slimness,
while the gown Is built on bodice lining
that is to all intents and purposes the
corset
Perhaps those who have some respect
for hygiene will he interested in knowing
that the skin disposes of the inevitable
perspiration set up by this tight under
garment, whether woven or some natural
product. as the surface is altogether too
close to admit of anything passing
through Well we have yet to learn the
secret Meanwhile we have visions sof
increasing slimness. not always proper
tionate slimness, however, when the form
is large and the skirt is long and tight.
How to Wear the Big Fur Toque.
To come back to furs the Parisenne
wears her big, unwieldy fur toque with
q chicness not achieved by other women
except perhaps the Americaine But it's
an art the adjusting of this queer piece
of millinery. 1t is absolutely necessary
to arrive at Just the right position for
the toque 1t must not look as If it were
about to descend and smother its wearer.
but neither. and this neither is very
important must it look perched up. My
personal taste is against the use of long
haired fur toqueS. Still, Dame Fash
ion advises differently. Skunk is very
fashionable used in this connection, and
so is fox. Probably, though, the ideal
skin is sable. and side by side with sable
we might place ermine. Rather fasci-
mating todues. and comparatively mex
penSive, are those which show rounded
crown of white marabou and border of
mink, with couple of aigrets, one
white and the other brown, jutting out
at one side. A tOQue of this kind is only
suitable for afternoon wear, but with u
tailor-made visiting dress of nut brown
cloth it would be most effective.
A really delightful set-stole, muff and
toque-can be made of marabou in the
natural shade with bands of tucked mir
ror velvet arranged alternately with
bands of feathers. In arranging mara
bou in this way the muff and stole should
he of generous proportions and num-
her of tails may be used with good eff
feet The crown of the toque should be
covered softly with the same velvet
as that used for the tucked bands. For
the woman who cannot afford costly sets
of fur this marabou is a real boon, and
even for those to whom money seems to
be of little consequence picturesque Set
of marabou is thing OF value. Bands