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Show I ID : I Fur Mantle in I Form of Cape ! Judging by Uio fur wraps prepared for this winter, tlto good, old-fashioned fur coat has passed Into tfcc ills-card, ills-card, To bo really smart, observes h Paris fashion correspondent, our fur mantlo must be In tho form of a cupc or closely rcscmblo n dress or, If n coat nt nil, Decidedly of tho wrnppy type. Tho fitted sleevo is seldom seen In tho latter. When there Is a slccvo It Is cut ns pnrt of tho garment, somo-whnt somo-whnt on tho raglnn style. Somo of the very newest fur garments gar-ments for 1020-21 nro being inado In what is known In Paris ns tho robo mnntenu stylo; that Is, the coat Is almost al-most In tho form of a dress. Tho leading furrier linvo taken this tip, as It were, from tho big dressmakers of Paris, who nro having rcmarkublo success suc-cess with those coat dresses. From fur to orgnndlo is n far cry, but In fashion, vagaries tho wholo gamut Is often sounded, and so tho robo man-tcnu man-tcnu is found In orgnndlo and In priceless price-less fur. Tho Inst word In summer frocks, worn ut tho Trouvlllo-Denu-vlllo races, was tho robo mantenu In orgnndlo, and tho first fur novelty wrnp for winter Is In tho robo man-tcnu man-tcnu style. A charming wrnp of this character Is developed In moleskins ns thin and fine ns satin, with trimming bauds of Tightly-girdled coat of Hudson seal with capo collar and cuff bands of kolinsky. ' d.ik Hudson buy inlr.lt. Thcro Is n muff to match ns beautifully tailored ns If It wcro of cloth, t Another fur cont, In the form of n dress, Is of moleskin, worked In bands which show horizontal, bias und chov-ron chov-ron lines. Tho quaint, snug shoulder shoul-der capo Is now In Its slanting lines. Development In Fur. Ono of tho most Interesting developments develop-ments In fashions Is seen In tho fur coat of tho present day. A few years ngo designers would not have thought of draping furs In .tho same way that they would chiffon. Very mnny of the now fur wraps of tho mantlo typo show almost priceless pelts arranged In Uio form of draped capes. Following Follow-ing tho great popularity of silk nnd sorgo tnnntles during tho early til-tuinn til-tuinn season, II Is to bo expected that furs mndo In these styles will bo equally popular, lloth capes -and coats nro mndo In tiers, ono falling over tho other. These do not rlpplo, but wrnp or drapo grnccfully about the wearer. All of tho new mantles have n very flat hanging back, which gives a squaro appearanco to tho figure, although tho front often crosses In a diagonal line nnd wraps tho figure snugly. This Is Just tho dlfforenco between tho conts of Inst winter and thoso of 1010O021 that Indcflnnblo something which mnkos nil the dlffercnco between being be-ing in tho fashion or out of fashion. Curacul Is n fur well milted to these squaro hanging designs. A lovely new wrnp of nntural caracul mado In this wny hns n deep collar nnd n straight baud of fur nrouud tho bottom to form n trimming. Thero nro no sleeves, tho arms coming through sIUh nt tho sides. At tho nrmlToles the points of tho squares nro turned back and buttoned In envelope effect. Consldernblo caro was expended on tho lining of this wrap, which Is of beautiful brown and yellow brocaded silk, with part of tho brocaded design embroidered In yellow threads. The buttons wcro selected with qulto n.i much attention ns was given to tho lining nn exnmplo of tho thought given giv-en to every' detail In tho clothes of today. to-day. They nro of gray galallth to blend with tho soft coloring of tho fur, nnd nro pear-sharped, carved In beautiful beau-tiful design. Another gray and caracul wrap, bo-Ing bo-Ing shown among Uio newest modclN, Is mndo In tho form of n straight capo, but has bands of tho fur plnccd around tho wnlstllno tq glvo tho effect of two tiers. Thcro Is n deep hanging hang-ing kolinsky collar which really forms u little capo In itself. Hudson Seal la Favored. Hudson seal Is ns popular us over for general wear. Thcro Is much to recommend It. It Is durnblo nnd Inexpensive Inex-pensive In comparison with mnny of tho other fuyi ns well as becoming. A smartly tailored fur coat developed' devel-oped' in Hudson seal hns a big cord girdle, which pinches It In tightly nt tho wnlstllnc. Tho cuff bands, shoulder shoul-der collar nnd Bklrt hem show tho fur worked In bands. For thoso who do not caro for tho nil-black coat thcro Is Hudson scnl combined with other fur. A tightly girdled coat of nudson cenl, with n shoulder capo collar and cuff bands of koltnsky Is nnother model Hint Is shown. Tho fur rcdlngoto Is seen In a variety varie-ty of forms nnd is being mndo In n great many combinations of furs. Among tho moro extrnvngnnt coats nro lovely rodlngotcs dovclopcd In unborn un-born Inmb, trimmed with sable. They nro In fitted lines with tho exception that tho hips II nro slightly just where tho pocket openings fall. In tho cholco of skins wo linvo consldernblo con-sldernblo latitude. Almost overy sort of fur Is used for tho handsomest of wraps. It Is several seasons' since thcro hns been such n lavish use of moleskin In conts. Thero nro wrnp of Siberian squirrel trimmed with skunk n durnblo old-fashioned fur, which has been brought Into the limelight lime-light again both ns n trimming and for small furs. Thero aro coats of caracul, bcavor, nutrlu In fact, almost al-most every fur Is used. Among tho nlmost ' priceless conts nro those of chinchilla nnd Uusslnn sable. Then thero Is mink ono of the most popular of this winter's furs. In nddltlon to being fashion 'lo It is durable n most deslrablu quality considering con-sidering tho present prices of furs. Tho placing of tho skins nppcnrs to be n very .Important matter, for In this wny new nnd unusunl effects aro obtained. ob-tained. If tho wrap Is not mado In tiers tho skins frequently nro placed to glvo tho effect of tiers. I Wrap Like Traveling Coat I A wrap created by ono of our Amer ican designers Is of eastern mink In straight capo effect, with two bunds of tho fur set below tho collnr tQ glvo the effect of tlirco capes graduating In size, tho collnr forming tho tlrst. Tho skins nro arranged horizontally on cither sldo of tho front nnd nrouud tho collnr to ninko n trimming band. Thcro nro no sleeves, merely silts through which tho arms pans. It Is lined with n beautiful black nnd gold brocaded bilk. , Another mink wrap, In ono-pleco ! cnpo effect, Iisb tho skins plnccd to rlvo tho effect of stripes running around both In tho collar nnd body portion. Trimming bauds of tho fur aro on cither sldo of tho front and hnng In wldo loops, which aro arranged ar-ranged nt tho wnlstllno so that they may be used as a muff. Like on old-tlmo English traveling coat, with little shoulder capes form-JBBB, form-JBBB, lnS tho sleeves, Is another mink wrap, IVLHft T1j0 l,oJ' '" ,n cnpo torm with a ten- HPWV ,,ncn trimming border achieved by flr Ifilaclng the bVIm diagonally. On this model tho collnr Is really small, not i more than six Indies wldo In tho back and becoming gradually narrower In J the front until It disappears ut tho wnlstllno. I Among tho evening wrnps nro some now nnd beautiful models of ermine. A particularly Interesting ono shows n straight cnpo of tho fur hanging nlmost nl-most to tho waistline In tho form ofn deep yoke, with n choker collar. |