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Show CURRENTTASniONS. The Gowns of the Season, Aocording to the Versatile Olive Harper, Are Very Trying. IHE LONG AND SHORT OF WOMEN. They Are Too Stout or Too Thin-They Cannot Look Well if They Adopt the Eitreinest Styles of Today. Special Correspondence ! New York, Oct. 2. A pretty little French woman of my acquaintance remarked re-marked the other day, "Malheur aus femnies qui ne son'fyas Men faites cette anno ci" unhappy the women this year ELEGANT FALL WRAPS.' inch wide and sewed them arOund the edges of a brown camel's hair polonaise, on tha sleeves and collar, ana I never saw anything look prettier. Last winter I bought three large raccoon rac-coon skins and picked out all the long hairs, which left a fine, downy fur an inch thick below, and of these I made a shoulder cape, prettier because lighter and more fluffy than any beaver, and this winter I intend to get another skin and treat that in the same way and sew it on the skirt of a dress. It costs $1.50 and about a day's work to pull out the long hairs, but it would cost if bought ready done about $10 for as much fur. . Oijvb Harper. witn accoraeon piaitings m tne Dacit, and others with the back breadths gathered gath-ered full over a very small reed. Jackets have large sleeves and small bodies, and then the skirt follows along with a line which actually diminishes toward the feet, giving the wearer a sort of pegtop appearance. But of course these are the very extremes. I saw one new and beautiful costume of chocolate brown ladies' cloth, the skirt open up the front over a brown velvet panel, and bordered with a passementerie passemen-terie band in which there was a gold thread. With this is a handsome jacket of brauled beaver cloth in chocolate, with a border of natural beaver, with brown velvet sleeves and beaver cuffs. This is a very refined costume. Another pretty promenade toilet is of striped serge of the new 6tylo with stripes which resemble velvet made of tho same wool. The color is dark myrtle myr-tle green. With it is worn a mantlet of faillo francaiso, richly trimmed with beaded passementerie. A tiny little green velvot bonnet, with black plumes and without strings, is worn with this. And yet, with all this narrow, scanty effect in dresses, we are gravely told that hoops, etc., etc. but they cortainly are not worn now to any extent. The long wraps for fall are very elegant ele-gant while showing nothing very novel. Tho most remarkable and handsome of them I offer for my gentle readers. One is made of thick and heavy figured wool, Btono gray and black in color. It closes on tho right side and has a pretty rolling collar in mink which reaches to the waist, and a wide band of the same all around the bottom, and the cuffs are made of the same. A pretty jet ornament orna-ment forms a point in front of the waist. The wrap does not open all the way down, but is put on like a dress. A ! wide velvet hat in stone gray has a rich trimming of chaudron velvet and plumes. The other wrap is of indigo blue, soft wool, with black figures upon it. This is cut like an ordinary princesse fitting ulster, only that tho sleeves are full, and they are of indigo velvet, with fur cuffs reaching to the elbow. A three inch i band of fur goes around" tho neck and reaches to the tot on each side. It is of raccoon, which ,is quite a favorite this season. It is astonishing how much of a wintry win-try and comfortable effect a little fur on a garment affords. I knew one lady who had an old fashioned muff in some sort of a nondescript yellow color. She took It anart cut the fur Into strtris only one t J ; fate vf M Mil W FALL PROMENADE COSTUMES. rhoare not well built and in many respects she is right, for it seems that every week tho styles grow more trying for women who are too short, too tall, too thin or too fat. The skirtsi to the newest walking and dinner gown's have the fronts and side breadths cut so that they fit the form like a glove, and in the middle of the back is laid the entire fullness, in flat flaits. J have seen some, however, made i |