The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-02
FASHION FAVORS
 SHORTER JACKETS
For Walking, but the Long Paletot Holds It's Own for Carriage Wear-Azure Seal and Possum
 Skins Most Popular

IT used to be the custom of our
 noveIfsts, when talking about the
 raiment of the wealthy classes
 among Slavonic races, to speak or their .barbaric opulence." They wax ed particularly patronizing in describ- ing the profusion of furs worn by Magyar Voyevodes and Russian princes.
 But now the lofty attitude on the part of Occidentals is impossible. For the Russian vogue that set in with such strong tide last winter is more pronounced than ever. And especially so at this date when the approach of winter brings a profusion of gorgeous furs such as appears more appropriate to the mythical splendor of The Arabian Nights.
 It certainly is a merry time for the furriers. One may hear rumors of hard times and of aggrieved business men, but when one sees the magnt- ficent fur garments their wives gre wearing, those rumors are rather hard to believe.
 Not only are coats, stoles and muffs rich and beautiful beyond all prece- dent, but fur is being used for trim ming on gowns and indoor costumes in greater profusion than ever before.
 AS in tailor built suits, this is a sea- son of short fur coats for morning and general street wear, although the long, sealskin paletot Is a.so in great favor with those who can afford 1t and especially for carriage wear. For gen. eral street wear and for walking, it may be said. the short jacket is more popular, while for motoring and driv- ing the long coat still holds its own. For the opera and all evening func- tions, of course, the regal looking cloak is the favorite.
 The New PeIts.
 All the old-time favorites are lined up for a repetition of fashionable suc- cesses; and to these are added new pelts as we'll as certain revivals. Among the newcomers is the azure seal-hair seal of 8 beautiful gray striped tone, which Is made into en- tire garments, as we'll as being used for the collar and border garniture of such furs as seal Persian and other aristocratic pelts. Sealskin, by the way, is to be extremely fashionable. It will be worn in the long coat effects and in short coat styles. Thus Is true, also, of. the Persian skins and the mink.
 Skunk and bear cub will be the mod ish trimming furs for gowns and vel vet suits. Fisher and dyed racoon will be put to the same services, the latter closely resembling in its best qualities the high-priced skunk. Paris has revived the moleskin, thus add ing another fur to the list of grays that is never as replete as the black and the brown list. White fox and ermine continue to be the leading evening furs.
 Lavish Use of Fur.
 It is impossible to over estimate the importance of fur. There is hardly gown that does not show a deep band of it on the skirt, and the more deli cate the material forming the gown, the more necessary seems to be the fur trimming. There are fur buttons, and fur cordelieres, certainly a most quaint substitute for belt.
 The muffs of last winter were de- scribed as enormously wide'' so the only way to describe this seasons is to state that they are much wider than those of last year, in fact wider muff is not conceivable. Some of these show feathers mixed with fur, and there are some beautiful creations of marabout and ostrich feathers Most fur sets, however, come in two pieces a large, shaped stole, and huff, made up of as many skins with attached heads and tails as the purse can buy.
 New coats for motoring, made Of rough surfaced, coarsely woven frieze,