The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-06
Does a Woman
Bother With Furs?
Well There's One Reason for 1.-THE Other Is That There
Amt Any Rcason-f They're Wearing Furs for Warmth
Why Do They Wear Them on Parasols and Hats?
BY Arthur c"Bugs") Baer.

II is impossible to prognosticatc the
direction In which flea with the collie
viii jump, You can't figure In advance
Just what flivvcr with fractured
steering gear will do next. It's liable
TO go Democratic. climb into some
PEDESTRIANS vest pocket or have a re-
lapse and become IA pile of tin again.
And you have just as much chance
of figuring what tho ladies are going
TO publish next In the way Of styles.
Pat Henry said that the only way we
could judge the future was by the
the feminine STYLES you are liable to
step on your chin
About decade ago the fraii dahiinks
were wearing the Princess gown. That
was the style In which their waist line
was parked up around their ears. Then
few seasons later their waist lines
went down around their ankles, Since
then you amt sure just where to
look for the fashionable waist line.
The styles keep bobbing north and
south like n farmers Adams apple.
Millinery Rash.
Then the ladies' busted out on a hat
campaign. They broke out in rash
millinery. They wore every shape of
skullpiecH from an erractic pancake
shape to "a creation modelled after a
soup turcen with broken arches.
After tho girls had defeated millinery
they rolled their eyes around for new
worlds to conquer. and they picked on
shoes. They wore every brand of shoe
from a seven quart tango pump to a
four dozen button travelling broEan.
There were 30 many buttons on shoes
that shoes had to be buttoned In In
stalments There were more buttons
on debutante's boots than there We're
buttons on the desk OF Vice president
Of big corporation. That's stepping
some.
After graduating from boots and
hats the soprano dahlinks played pos
sum for awhile. but suddenly they
broke out In an epidemic of furs. And
they are stiil epidcmicking. They are
wearing every kind of fur from gem
uine aardine whiskcrs to authentic
Mexican furless dog fur.
Not Cat 10 Safe.
Beauty unadorned IN real beauty.
FASTING flock OF Danish Kangaroo
furs on "A beautiful prima donna Is like
painting the lily. Or like putting salt
on "A fish cake. But II the style foun-
dries decree that furs are Is be In
vague, the ladies viii get furs II they
have to shave every cat In the neigh
borhood.
But what we've been trying to aim
this chatter nj lis the exempt way IN
which the ihdy voters wear f,irs.
When n seal liz still inside OF his cont
and vest lie wears 'em to keep warm.
But after old George Seal 10 cyicted
from his wardrobe, the original Idea
becomes merely scrap Of paper. A
woman doesn't wear sealskins tn keep
herself warm. She doesn't care whether
she Is insulated from the cold or not
In the first place a woman wears
scalskins 80 that her ncighbors c;.n
sprain an eye on her ~ she flat
wheels down the street II her neigh
bors we're all nearsightcd. she wouldn't
get any more fun out Of her seaiskins
than a rabbit would out Of shotgun
Why, Why, Oh, Why?
That's one reason why "A lady wear,
furs. The other reaBon liz that there
amt any reason. II woman wears
furs for warmth why does she veal
EN- on her parasoi or her hat? VIII,
does she wear furs dangling down hei
spine like an animated lambrequin d
travelling set of portiercs? If 9
chicken totes around an edition oi