Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-16

er's' resusCitated stone marten,
minks or sabIes will not look modish
and extra paws must be obtained
from the merchants who deal il the
pelts of fur bearing animals.
Stained furs are no longer a nov
city, for years ago sable squirrel sets
and coats and turbans appeared. But
the pelts of this autumn are stained
/ and striped in a minner likely to
amaze their original wearers.
However, these queer shades and
markings are wonderfully rich and
effective and they possess the addi-
tiOnal attraction Of being novel at
time when most of the garments and
accessories worn by women are
merely revivals of an earlier period.
White furs of any sort are exceed
inly becoming and dainty, but they
are not for the girl or woman who
can afford but one pelt set, since it
is an unwritten sartorial law that
they are 10 be worn only in the even
ing publicly or in the afternoon when
in the semi-privacy of a limousine or
coupe.
This rule applies actually TO the
beautiful boas, muffs and hatbands of
snow white fox and evenly marked
ermine, for nearly every woman who
makes autumn and winter visits at
country houses has white squirrel or
rabbit furs to go with her out-of-
door sporting costume; but she new
er dreams of wearing them in town,
as they would be too conspicuous
with the ordinary street suit Of
serge or tweed and not handsome
enough for the evening tailor-made
of broadcloth or permo.
Three-piece sets of fur are now
more generally sold than are the two
piece sets, for it is assumed that with
the neckpiece or pelerine and its &C
Companying muff will be worn a spe-
cial hat broad enough to conceal all
save the apex of the crown.
These bands come in various
lengths, are lined to match the neck
piece and muff may be readily ad-
justed to any hat because one end
is pierced in inch-wide perpendicular
strips, which are easily ripped off in
sections if the trimming is needed
for a small-crowned hat and replac-
ed when 1t is to be transferred to a
Chapeau of large-head size.
For the coquettish poke bonnets
recently brought out by milliners,
are specially prepared brim bands,
which are carefully shaped so that
they shall fit smoothly about the /
base of the crown. OF course these are
not easily adapted TO various types of (
headgear since they are sharply .
gussetted, but nevertheless they are
not an extravaganza, for no fabric is
so easily pieced as is fur, and in
these days of expert staining. dying
and stripping any small article of
really valuable pelt is well worth
preserving from one season to an
other with a view to having il done 4
over. Il
Plush long coats are again fash II
ionable and they richly deserve to be, II
since for comfort and richness of eff \
feet they are unequaled. II
The new models show a tendency I.
toward outlining the figure which is
certainly q relief after the long reign /
Of box coats; but the finishing about
the neck and sleeves has not been sa-
Hently altered
Obviously the plush long coat
.
that is designed to furnish warmth
70 its wearer should have sleeves
which will prevent the wind from
striking the elbows and a collar
which will prevent the wind from I
striking the elbows and a collar
which may be turned up against the
throat TO the eaTtips when Jack
Frost is on the rampage and in near
ly every instance these new garments
have deep cuffs and a low rolling
broad collar OF pelt naturally match
ing or dyed 20 match the color of the
material.
Rather sharp contrasts are pro-
duced by using band trimmings Of
seal or ermine upon broadtaiI and j
mink. or fun length coats II viii
he readily seen that the effect Of such
trimming is to shorten the lire be- j