PAGE TEN THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, JANUA Y 29, 1918. frdtnunsansnanssaaiessisets ass PHSB 4P VHP PBIHAH ls hight it bs choi did ii PEL BBELP PPB 80008 008000000090 PEPE ERIE RISE 000004000 00000000000000008000000000 800040008000 0000000000000 : SUPERB FURS ARE SEEN THIS SEASON IN SPITE OF WAR ECONOMY---OPERA GOWNS OF GORGEOUS FABRICS POPPI TSUTPIPOPOPODPODIN SEPP 0P4 0005000000800 0 002000040 P6080 4086000000080 0000 00 init fh 5h hh hh fh 0 J 48 ih 0 i Ch Eh 0 0 PEL IPIP0 0009000000 F 200004000 SHEE EI IEP EEIES 00404 Ply 32 Edited by Rost T. Yan Rensselaer, Fashion Expert drrresteseer Posse rer eee Centre Left/--Truly royal is this wrap of the finest quality chin- chilla fashionéd on very full lines from a close fitting yoke, this in turn covered by a deep triple pointed collar. Such a wrap .4s this represents' a small fortune, bait ws it canbe worn a lifetime "MH Wg en the. right care itis nol, perhaps, as great an extrava- game as might Ip imagined at a first glance. Centre Kight -- Ermine sd sable are a popular. combination . in evening wraps, and when one se¢s how the beauty and pick; ness of one peltry are brought out. by the other the cause of ns popularity iminediately becomes known, This wrap has volumi- nous sleeves edged with Russian sable and a deep circular cape collar banded with sable and fringed with ermine 'tails, An ermine tail fringe fops the band, ruining lengthwise around the bottom of the garment, Upper Right--All of the stan- nig opera capes are not made of fur, but they employ it very generously as a trimming. Here we have a novel wrap of red ang gold brocade, Empire in design, with cut in one sleeves. aupe fos is the fur used. Lower Right--Ermine conthined with chinchilla is & fad of ihe sea- soft and a very beautiful one, as cant be easily seen by the coat pictured here. The huge collar is of chinchilla, while the rest of the. coal is made from tailless er- mine. LFHOUGH, economy is the watch- A wid of the hour and most women @re curtailing ieir expenditures in every possible teal, vértheless if re- mains an' Hodispnted fact thut iu no other year have so many superb' furs Boon seen as aro oft display this season. Barly in thir autims many evidences word given thap this was to be an ex-- fravagunt fur seadotl and thar peitkies of ll Kinds mostly sxpnsive, were to be ssid dn the fashioning of the smart woman's ; winter 'wardrobe, Foe costs fad un erly Appearance on the streets, wd those which ware 'itot made entirely af Fir were so decorated with it" that thers was Hitle space loft for velvet, silk tevpe materia} was chosen to com- nlothsthe' garient. © Searls; which for- 4 wee made on more or Jess humble firoportiotis. bhegsh tb grow to an. emor- fuons size, some of them becoming qhite wapelike in thesr dimenfions. All this iu- dicuted plainly to those who: 'study the fashions that belors the new year arrivéd art world would be witnessing an n. fis stich ag bad seldom ween: bel : This ae vrorth to be the ease. At every woman who makes the bes oh jrateince' to Emartmess decks herself jn fury 'sometimes to such an that hel ery fdcnfitys seeurs tw nse wtifel and so costly 'that they t & small fortune. In this one economy has been given the the women who wear these consider the purchasing : Lie mvestment. t just this, as a matter of fact, for such } furs as sable, ermine and chinchilla al: ways bring a big price and can be worn # lifétime it given the proper care. At the opera the 'most beautiful and viosurions of 'these coats gre to be seen, Chinchilla, Rissiah sable and tailless * arthine ave the favorite peltries. Some tithes the fur is 'used to form a eape in: stead of a coat, and in such cases the "ape is cut on generous proportions, heing Jong and : 'enveloping the entire figure. A beautiful cout seen the other evening st the opening of *Mareuf™ wax of chinchilla, made with a broad shirred collar and ' wide sleeves' tha ed just a bit above the wrists.' The cout was lined 'with flame colored velvet, so soft that it was more like chiffon then the heavier fabrin. Another coat of Rus- sian sable attracted 'a 'grest deal of at: tention in the lobby as the wearer waited for her motor 4o appear. '1t was just short enough to allow of a tantslizsisg glimpse of a frock composed: mostly of gold lace and iridescent brocaded cloth of gold. Many superb taitions ermine coats Baye. been moticed at the operas this sedson, some of them without a 'touch of trasting color, rélving solely for Bests Left--Luxurious in the extreme is "this. opera cape of { tailless 'ermine, its pristine beauty unrefieved by any contrasting ~ note 'of color It is built on the = lines 'of a dolman, with a deep cape collar and simulated sleeves. nation, while ermine trimmed effectively with its own tails has been used to splen- did advantage {his season. The gowns which are worn benenth these luxurious coverings are quite as _ beautifyl in their own way ag are the coats. Tt is at the opera that one sees the only elaborate dressing to be found in New York during this war vear, But here the gowns make up in smartness what they may lack at other times - Brilliant 'colors aré the rile, flame ang furqicise predominating. One effec: Ure frock atticed. fu ® box ths other -- ry on this ao enlor seheme. A large fiat flower of Pinch girdle upon the fideness of the skins employed. ~ her' fame colored Ofiers use ttmine for the boay of he wit sibhons' "A band of onyx coat and introduce a d¥ep cape collar axe diambnds worn lox over the brow and cuffs of sable. Chine nd. tiil: | completed sk effective a costume as one | , would, wish to see ¥ 4 ¢ 3 0 SE a CC