The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

GNAu were threatened with
| this in the very EARL
est days of last autumn; we developed
] it further in the new year, but 1t sui
! fered suppression in the days OF oul
mourning, and now it RACES: you car
scarcely find an article of dress lacking
it's impress, writes Mrs. Aria in Ma
dame.
During my peregrinations in the fielt
of fashion this week have met Indian
! patterned chiffon doing duty fol
scarves, bordered and hemmed witt
| fur In parenthesis I would note thai
| the scarf continues to be an ind1Spen
sable adjunct to every woman's pos
sessions. There are scarves of velvet
satin-]ined and bearing silken tassels
there are scarves Of chiffon covered
with net and bordered with ermlne
there are scarves of fanciful silk, silk
en- fringed, and over and above all are
the scarves Of fur, gorgeous creations
in sable and ermine, while for women
unable to attain the magnifcence OF
these are scarves made of musquash
or squirrel, or strips of chiffon bound
together with bands of skunk. Skunk
is, If possible, more in favor this sea-
son than last, and as a consequence it
has gone up in price, and SO, too, has
gray squirrel. There are many quail
ties in this latter, the latter kinds be-
ing cheaper than the darker, while the
latest form of squirrel boa is made
with two strips separately lined and
just held together here and there by
a thread, while the ends are separate
and fringed with dark squirrel tails.
Two strips of squirrel or three strips
of squirrel thus treated really make
an excellent and inexpensive scarf, and
completed with large square muff
on similar lines, fringed or unfringed
with the tails, must be reckoned
amongs inexpensive successes in the
land of furs.
Evening Coats of Indian Shawl.
But to return to my tale of Indian
shawlitis." Evening coats made of
the Indian shawl proper, the shoulders
cut in one with the sleeves, the hens,
collar and borders of skunk, the lining
of dark red or dark gray, are admira-
BILE circumstances, and so too are long
musquash coats lined with Indian
pine-patterned silk. All the Innings to
the fur coats are dark this year. We
have entirely abandoned the white
satin facings; and brocade, or plain
grays, browns or puppies seem the
most popular selections at the mo-
ment.
Millinery is definitely Persian in
outline and whether of plain velvet
or swathed velvet the outline sug-
gestive OF the headgear of the shah is
most in favor. Made in velvet tightly
drawn over the shape with a single
fountain feather extending up one
side it is only becoming to very few,
the softer swathing of velvet being far
more generally successful. A frill of
white lace resting on the hair is bene-
fetal, but can be copied so easily that
1t is likely to be common, and the
only safeguard is in the purchase of
lace of superfine quality. Malines
is of all kinds the most suitable.
There has been a great vogue for
black lace, and entire dresses and tea
gowns made of this, with broad black
satin hens, have had wide patronage
or should say, narrow, for the cir
conference of our dresses grow very
slowly, and we get wide effect. when
we desire tan ambition very rare
just now-by the open-fronted over
dress of frise velvet.
Again l return to Indian shawlitis,"
and / note that broad band of this
hemmed with skunk, decorates one of
has crown and frill of black soft
satin. We are very reluctant to part
with black satin, even though the dull,
thick-surfa ced moires offer themselves
persuasiyely as substitutes.
New Skirt Models.
promised that this week I would
consider seriously coats and skirts. l
will begin with the skirts, and OBJ
serve that many of the models of
these show broadly plated kits some
quarter of yard in depth round the
front, and a narrow single box-plait
extending from waist to hem at the
back. 1t will take us some little time
to get accustomed to these | expect,
although the outline from the waist to
the knees is kept quite narrow, and
we cling vary faithfully to the straight
unvarying outline.