Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-05
Fur Coats and Earrings Again

1t was necessary to introduce semi
precious furs, because it was not pos
sible for the masses to pay the price
of the precious ones; so this winter
we have vast variety from which to
choose.
The furriers say there is no one
animal that reigns supreme and that
the peltry of any animal is worth
while if it passes through the right
hands. The art of the furrier has be-
come significant. His is the magic
quality to make squirrel look like
sable, to make raccoon and 'possum
reach important heights and to put
pony skin on a pedestal. ;. has
learned how to point the common fox
and lift the wolf into greatness. He
has made beaver almost precious and
has made Belgian hare do some serv-
ice to the world.
1t is no wonder, therefore, that
woman pays well for peltry, no mat
ter from what animal it was skinned.
Her dollars go to the furrier, and that
is where she is far behind the stone
age woman who employed no middle
man between the beast and the gar
ment.
The Fashion in Furs.
There are two or three things that
one might say are out of fashion: first,
the band of fur on the hem of a cloth
or velvet coat; second, the small ami
NAL with head and tails worn snugly
| around the neck. No one who dresses
well is partial to the usage of the en-
| tire animal this season, which is well,
| for there is nothing artistic about the
| head, CLASSY eyes and feet of a dead
| animal hanging below 'wOman'S live
| face. Why look like the hunter home
| from the field?
The small neckpiece is in the shape
Of half muller or whole one If you
like, provided that the two ends are
fastened in front. Unless a single end
thrown over the shoulder is excessively
weighted, it is nuisance to the wear
er.
The extra high coachman's collar of
fur remains in fashion for those who
do not like to spoil the shapeliness of
their shoulders and back by hanging
drapery. The fashionable neckpiece
is really a shoulderpece, for in many
of the best models it extends to the
waistline. There is a snugness about
the shoulders that Is reminiscent OF
Victorianism.
The prevailing fur coats have less
flare than last winter, unless they are
cut three-quarter length. The long
ones hang in a straight, medieval line
with sometimes a deep band of anoth
er fur at the hem. Their rivals, the
velour and velvet coats, have the hen
free of peltry, but make up for this
omission by lavishness at the waist
the neck and the wrists.
| Immense Slavic belts of fur, orna
mented with barbaric designs of jew
els in front, are fashionable for gowns
and coats. Wristlets of fur that reach
almost to the elbow are also in de
mand.
The muff is a small affair, barre
shaped anu usually made of two kinds
of fur. Its distinguishing feature is
simplicity. 1t has no cordings mol
frills nor ornamentation.
Evening gowns are trimmed will
fur, and evening coats are heaped witt
it. Black and white tails of erminC
are used to fringe the edges of velve
evening gowns, and on one distin
guished black velvet dinner frOck there
are shoulder straps of ermine and {
diplomats ribbon of the same peltry
that is spread across the chest ant
finished at the waisg with rosette.
Among the furs that are offered as
first choice this season are ermine
kOlinski, flying squirrel, sealskin, Bel
gian rabbit, sable, skunk, moleskir
and beaver. The smooth peltries are
preferred to the lOng-haired ones. Ever
such furs as kolinski and skunk have
a razor passed down them by the fur
rier to bring them to the softness OF
seaskin. This is the first time thai
it has been possible to make thai
coarse fur called skunk becoming t
the face.
Copyright. 1916 by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate)
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