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Show A LOT of odd shapes In muffs add something to tho splco of llfo by wny of variety thla season. An occasional occa-sional complaint Is voiced regarding too much "sameness" In gown models, and ovon In millinery ono henrs that there Is a lack of variety In shapes, but in furs there Is no chanco for discontent dis-content on this score The most notlceablo of tho now shapes Is tho melon muff. Then there aro the barrol muffs, and In their class tho plain, round muff, which has shown that it can "como back." Among tho oddest shapes Is a triangular mutt with tho apex which happons to bo tho bottom slashed Into four silk-lined silk-lined points. Tho baso of tho trlnnglo. tho top of tho muff, Is curved downward. down-ward. The opening at each end Is hound with contrasting fur. Tho combination of two kinds of fur, of fur nnd volvot or fur nnd plush, In tho season's offerings Is worth con-sldoring. con-sldoring. Tho dark, soft furs, such as seal, broadtail, and others, make a rich background for (Itch, skunk, ermine, er-mine, fox, etc. Volvot Bervcs tho samo purpose and tho various plushes or "fur cloths" aro considered quite hand-Bomo hand-Bomo enough to bo decorated with the richest of real Bklns. A combination of Hudson seal and mink Is shown In tho picture. In this tho very amplo square, flat muff Is gnthered up In plnlts at tho centor, whero mink skins encircle It. Tho narrow senrf Is of tho Beal with mink skin decoration. Hudson deal, In broader scarfs and plainer muffs, is shown having fitch skins posed In bands on It, and this combination has proved very successful. Tho voguo for monkey fur Is con splcuous. Odd, close-flttlng collars of tho long hnlr, and round muffs, aro tho most pleasing models In this long, silky fur. Collnrs aro high and sometimes some-times fastened with a metal roso. Small, swagger waistcoats of velvet support wide collare of tho Boft, longhaired long-haired furs, Ilka fox, and nro something some-thing very new. Littlo vestecs of brilliant bril-liant broendo or cloth of gold or silver aro set in theso waistcoats, and tho combination of velvet, broende and luxurious furs Is Irresistible Long, soft muffs of velvet with ruflles nt each end nro banded with a broad band of fur at tho middle nnd narrower nar-rower bands where tho ruflles aro gathered In nt each end. These muffs look generously warm, reaching up to tho elbows when tho hands nro In. Theso aro only a few of tho many shapes nnd combinations to bo found in fur sotst Hut thoy servo to show that It Is nllownblo to "go as you please" and as Ynr ns you llko In tho selection of odd creations In neck pieces and muffs. |