The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-10-08
and again this spring. The long hair
Of the fox makes it particularly be-

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coming to all and the many shades in
which it can be bought have much to
do with the demand. Black lynx, too,
is a fur which never seems to lose
its popularity. It, too, has the long
and very soft and silky hair of the
fox. Mink, with its shorter hair, has
always seemed to be particularly
suited to elderly women, but when it
is combined, as it Is this year, with
deep rolling collars Of seal or ermine
or dyed skunk or some fur with a
softer texture and a deeper color,
nothing makes more exquisite wrap.
There seems to be q determined effort
to produce a demand for monkey fur.
It goes well as a trimming for other
garments, as have recently observed
1t used fringelike on q voluminous
and gorgeous evening cape Of black
satin, faced inside with orchid satin
yelled in the same colored chiffon.
Sports Costs IN Fur.
Last year Amuskrat came to be 80
much in demand as q winter sports
coat that the price was pushed almost
as high as seal. The muskrat coats
are again in high favor for general
utility wear, such as motoring, trav-
cling, skating and such allied uses.
The skins are blocked and matched
with great perfection and made up into
whole garments as nearly tailored as
fur coat can be. These are particu-
larly esteemed by younger women, as
are the short jackets of gray squirrel.
The latter are very smart indeed when
made up into the hip length styles and
untrimmed by any other fur. Chill
dren's coats are especially in demand
in this fur and some are also made
up in the brown squirrel. AS to the
smaller wraps, the little coatees which
were brought out last season are again
to be much used, for the fashion
makers are kind enough to permit the
use of last years model this year,
thus doing away with the necessity of
paying enormous prices for the max
ing over. The Elton jacket is the new
est in the coatee models. The cape
coates are Of the same belted models
used last year, fitted in at the back and
fiaring and full in cape effect in front.
They, too, have the high, rolling shawl
collars seen on all the new fall mod
els. The demand seems to be great
est for the darker furs such as skunk,
seal, sable, dyed muskrat and dyed
squirrel, but as said above these are
just as often seen in a combination
with one of the domestic furs in nat
ural colors.
In selecting the short jackets it
must be remembered that nearly all
are fitted with the high choker collars
and whereas one sees the shawl and
rolling collars on the longer coats, and
dolmans and capes, the straight
around and high, tight collar seems to
be preferred on the shorter coat. This,
of course permits the use of the extra
stole If desired and is therefore advsn-
tageOus.
Smaller Pieces Are Combined.
As to the demand for the smaller
pieces, the one, two and three skins
are made up in mink, sable, skunk and
fox, though the latter is quite suff-
cient in one piece. The beauty Of
skunk cannot be denied. In one in
stance it is put together in a straight
strip of the skins to make a stole at
least q yard and half long and half
a yard wide. The skins, perfectly
matched and blended, are marked by
the hot irons where they are put TO-
gether, and this sort of marking forms
good effect in the whole piece. The
ends are finished with many tails
sewed on like tassels. As to muffs,
they are quaint and round and small,
like the Kate Greenaway models. The
fashion of using muffs disappeared
somewhat last year when the fur dol
man and capes and long stoles en-
tered. It was found that the long
sides of the cape served as cover for
the hands and gave sufficient warmth.
However, muffs are to be much used
this year.