Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
BY A. T. ASHMORE.

r. MPHATCALLY is this to be
fur season. for even though
the weather indications all point
to mild winter, or If plans are
made to spend the greater part
Of this same winter in a warm
climate, furs are essential TO the peace of
mind of every woman, who, by the way,
finds it possible and practicable to wear
them with the thermometer ranging any
where from twenty to fifty degrees above
zero. Motoring has unquestionably been
responsible for much of the wearing of
fur coats. No cloth garment can be quite
so comfortable or afford such protection
against the cold when motoring, con-
sequently fur motor coat is included in
every outfit as a matter of course, but
this is not of the same costly descrip-
tion as the fur coat worn for driving or
walking or, as this winter, for an after
noon and evening wrap.
Too long, too heavy or too warm, Il fur
coat, when not to be worn motoring, is a
poor investment in many respects and in
selecting the garment care should be taken
TO avoid these defects. As can readily be
understood, often the question of expense
has TO decide. for as IA rule it is the more
expensive that are the more desirable for
these reasons, but on the other hand
many absurdly costly coats are so heavy
that they are quite useless excepting TO
wear when driving or motoring.
The long coat is again the most fashion
able, but this state of affairs may change
Mt any moment, for there are no end of
most attractive medium length and short
coats being made up by the leading fur
riers and dressmakers. So that again a
word of counsel may be of service-to
choose carefully a style that is becoming
and not so distinctive that when the fash
ion changes 1t will be quite impossible.
For this reason Il too tight or too loose
garment is an extravaganza, for the re-
modelling to make a fur coat up to date
is most expensive, and it is far wiser to
buy carefully and then wear the same
coat for several seasons.
Sealskin Fashionable.
Sealskin is extremely fashionable and
the long seal coats are most generally
worn. Unfortunately there are so MANY
limitations and so wonderfully like the
genuine skin that, with its almost prohibi-
tive cost, q real sealskin coat does NOT
fall to the lot of many. When price counts
for paught the sealskin coat of TODAY is
a valuable possession, beautiful in itself
of the finest skins and trimmed with
heavy shawl collar of lynx, bear or skunk,
for the latter fur is immensely popular at
the moment.
Ermine coats are one of the luxures
of fashion, and are worn even in the day
time as carriage coats with reception
gowns. as we'll as for the evening. For
the evening the loose cloak wrap, the
cloak with sleeves, is the more appro-
pirate model. and in the daytime the
half fitting coat, long enough to reach
below the knees. This is trimmed with
some dark fur that looks well against the
white, a broad band around the hem and
a band around the neck and down the
front. The sharp contrast is most effec-
tive and makes the ermine much more
becoming than when white fur is used
for trimming. The all white fur coats for
evening are trimmed with either dark or
white fur as is preferred, but the white is
more often chosen