Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-03

kEAwuMKMN trimmings and thick
HEN b W$@V and thin fabrics. We
AAa[R were threatened with
this in the very earli-
est days of last autumn; we developed
it further in the new year, but 1t suf-
fered suppression in the days Of our
mourning, and now it RACES; you can
scarcely find an article of dress lacking
its impress, writes Mrs. Aria in Ma
dame
During my peregrinations in the field
patterned chiffon doing duty for
scarves, bordered and hemmed with
fur. In parenthesis l would note that
the scarf continues to be an indispen-
sable adjunct to every woman's pos
sessions. There are scarves of velvet,
satin-lined and bearing silken tassels,
there are scarves of chiffon covered
with net and bordered with ermine,
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 magnif1cence OF
these are scarves made of musquasn,
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 1t
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
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 a 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 admtra-
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 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
J lace of a 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 l should say, narrow, for the cir.
: conference of our dresses grow very
slowly, and we get wide effect, when
we desire it-an ambition very rare
just now-by the open-fronted over.
dress of frise velvet
Again | return to Indian shaWlitis -
and l note that a broad band of this
; hemmed with skunk, decorates one OF
the new hats of mob-cap outline, which
has crown and frill of black soft
satin. We are very reluctant to part
with black satin, even though the dull
thick-surfaced moires offer themselves
persuasively as substitutes.
New Skirt Models.
. promised that this week I would
consider seriously coats and skirts.
will begin with the skirts, and OBJ
serve that many of the models Of
these show broadly-plaited kits some
, quarter of yard in depth round the
front, and a narrow single box-plai
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 t.
the knees is kept quite narrow, ant
we cling vary faithfully to the straigh
, unvarying outline.
a Goats reach to few inches below
' the hips, and braiding is definitely 8
! favorite trimming. Plain velveteen
, literally braided, is amongst the nov
elies, and an excellent model in vel
veteen is bound with braid and ha.
braid buttons. The coat is cut with {
plastron straight down the front. but
+ tons being on either side, while tn,
| straight basque is put on with a sean
' round the hips. The same wide plas
/ tron and hem are carried out on tn,
4 skirt, braid bindings and buttons be
r ing the only decoration. The linin,
to the coat of this our new frieni