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Show mm t aMBst I JiBHIfHSpi 2 ' $0 IliffillillHHlBwP! j Sleeved like a ffipW 9kj KoeskWCoaLtg i J i Fetching Chio mjafc j Skating Coats Offer aNew Opportunity to Santa - Ji Ermine the Approved Christmas Fur - Eve- ning and Limousine J ' Wraps Make Princely 1 ; Gifts - Fur-Trimmed ! Negligees Dreams of i j Loveliness, , ; Bm01 untu ater the holidays may ' i W th woman who hopes to secure ' to I. handsome furs at marked-down H m prices expect to fulfil her do-; do-; ' sires. Up to the day before Christmas fur prices hold their own in readiness readi-ness for Santa Claus, for from time immemorial furs have been the gift ! of gifts, ranking second only to Jew- i els in tho estimation of womankind. And the practically Inclined woman j would far rather receive a substantial present in fur than the sarao amount j f money put into glittering gems. There is somothlng opulent, superb. In costly furs; and they appeal to tho heart feminine in their soft luxurlous- J ncss, as even diamonds and rubles do j not appeal. I Skating Furs For Tills Year's Giving. Santa Claus has found a now opportunity op-portunity for his generosity this season sea-son in tho fashionable skating fad. It is said that skating will soon take tho ; Place of tangoing. Dancing classes are 1 actually passing out of favor becauso of tho vogue of skating classes and ; skating clubs. Tho fad originated in ! Paris where society thronged tho in door skating rink, before tho beginning begin-ning of tho war; and skating costumes fascinatingly chic were turned out by t all tho couturiers. Skating has been a fashionable pastime abroad, also, at tho winter resorts on tho Engandlne. 2 The wonder is that It has not attacked J America before this. Skating toggery Fy of all sorts Is presented in tho shops for the consideration of Christmas m Purchasers and Santa Claus Is fairly M reveling in tho chanco to give somo-9 somo-9 thing new and hitherto uuthought of "m in tho way of furs. 5E There are enchanting skating coats 9j of leather with fur collar and cuffs. and there are skating suits of white Hj cloth trimmed lavishly with beaver, SH skunk or white fox. For sorno. reason g8 or othor ermino is not a skating -fur. jjj"l Tho suggestion of oxtromo formality ?t that always clings to ermino keeps it B'tya apart, as a pelt for garments of conventional, con-ventional, super-elegant character. I The opera wrap, for Jnstanco, ' may bo '-V of ermine, or trimmed with ermino; I but tho skating coat which Is of couruo moro or less of a sport gar-nont gar-nont may not adopt ermino and keep to tho canons of good taste, Christmas Sealskin. Seal coats havo long boon tho stand-by stand-by of Santa Claus. Season In and season sea-son out, seal remains tho favorite pelt v'th tho majority of women when a "'v fur coat Is under consideration. Seal la always becoming; It Is always e,egant and distinguished, ono does nt tiro of it as of a moro conspicuous conspicu-ous fur an(i it has tho precious qual- !p Luxurious Enough, lo Ycrlf i 'HH y r , $ && . lV. Gift-Req;anpeTaeTit ai, 'wMSt M& " -m lm-;0f mk Kof isillillll teP ft Ww'- - 1 iter- M.-'' , :., H A. Beautiful SpoUe3s Ermme TViesley et . 'wiUiBlack-Tailed ETPmtneY-pvne lty of making its wearer look as slim 'as sho could look In any kind of fur. This year -seal coats show more fitted dines than they did last season; many of them are belted Just below tho walstlino, giving tho ullhouotto a Jaunty youth-fulness. Tho coat-skirt flares out and is, proforably, bordered with contrasting fur. Indeed, if Santa Claus picks out a seal coat, this year, without some trimming collar and cuffs at least of contrasting fur, he will mako a sad mlstako! Tho handsomest coats aro of Hudson Hud-son seal. In othor words dyed musk-rat; musk-rat; less expensive coats aro of near-seal, near-seal, or dyed otter. The muskrat pelt is soft, satiny and very short. When tho hand is passed, over it, tho short hairs spring hack like tho pllo of rich. Bilk velvet. A near-seal coat has a longer, moro shaggy polt which gradually grad-ually becomes matted, rough and dingy after much wear and exposuro to dust. Redressing tho fur will help keep near-seal In Its glossy, dark rlch-e jiess of toxturo, and an occasional MilllllMilSW sponging off with a wot cloth with subsequent vigorous shaking and hanging to dry in a cool placo will keep tho pelt In dustless condition. The Hudson seal coat, however, is a muah better investment for Santa Claus, even though tho price Is almost doublo that of a near-seal garment. Hudson seal wears bettor than tho moro shaggy pelt of dyed ottor, and its satiny, beautiful toxturo roinalns through many seasons. Notable Christmas Fur Coats of This Year. When Santa Claus wfshos" to do something handsome something out of tho ordinary in tho way of a fur coat, lie selects broadtail, which Is such an exclusively cxpenslvo pelt that only vory fortunate folk cau wear It. There is a-distinction thereforo about .gonulno broadtail which cvon sealskin may not asplro lo. A photograph which Is interesting becauso of a now feature novcr beforo demonstrated in fur coat wearables, is presented today. This coat has a conccalpd hoop around its lower edge? a very light, supple hoop, but a hoop nono tho loss, which holds out tho flaro of tho garraont from the knees, giving an exceedingly chic lino. You will note that the coat falls rather closely to the figure as far as tho waist, then fiares out decidedly Into a lynx border. The ilarc Is mostly at tho back and sides, a trick accomplished accom-plished by exceedingly clover cut of tho broadtail. Collar and cuffs are of lynx, the cuffs having a graceful trimming trim-ming of tails and paws. This hooped Linens. Asqiled l11 fili T3y-aTKciua:I Hoop m si VKe Knee f&W fur coat attracted a great deal of attention at-tention when It was first exhibited and is considered a notablo expression of tho new mode. Another beautiful gift coat that -will pass from Santa's hands Into the hands of a charming debutanto of tho winter, Is tho model of moleskin and fox, shown In another picture. This coat Is as soft and graceful in lino as the broadtail coat is daring and chic. The cut of tho sleeve, tho fullness at the shoulders and the sash tying in front suggest tho Informality of a kimono but tho loose graco of this garment Is well suited to a slender, girlish figure, fig-ure, and tho coat is exceptionally smart- Tho fox fur used In trimming is dyed to the shade of the moleskin and is. in Itself, a gift representing a substantial sum. Fur Wraps Cost Santa Clans a Small Fortune. I Somebody has to slip a big check i Into Santa's pocket beforo ho sets out to select an opera wrap of chinchilla, like, tho one. pictured today. Very probably the woman who recolvcs such a wrap will not bo any happier over it than tho blissful schoolgirl whoso undo sends her a rnulf and neckpiece of delectable gray squirrel on Christmas Eve; but there is a vast gulf between tho intrinsic values of tho two gifts. Porhaps no moro regal fur coat will be seen at tho opera house this winter than this chinchilla wrap with its costly trimming of pointed fox. not only at tho collar, but all around tho wrap, and up the slashed sides! Ermine wraps aro favored gifts with the plutocratic Santa Claus. bub not a great many of them change hands at even the gift season for such a wrap represents a fortune. Ermino is ono of tho most beautiful of furs, but as has been said. Its usefulness is confined to formal, evening occasions. and tho woman whoso fur gift at Christmas must be something practical, passes by ermino as a rule. For tho woman who goes out a great deal, and whoso WML, m- ''&&W?M$k H W4 . zmmM H slH v 7 h j H ainly CombinHlion; )j ; H Silver Cnracul sxy3l m ' H sTLVriiileKyac.inL'hsS ft) ; H wardrobe boasts tho rich costumes H that ermine demands as a back- ' ground, an ermino scarf and muff liko H tho ones pictured will be a charming H Christmas remembrance. This set is M made of unspotted ermino and the M exquisitely soft pelt 1b mounted an equally soft whlto brocaded satin. The M muff Is as supple and graceful as tho I M scarf and the dead whiteness of botl. H is relieved in smart contrast of tono ' to by a fringe of little ermine tails, black- H tipped. As pictured, tho white ermino IH set is worn with a theatre gown of M Nattier bluo chiffon and silk. Tho H velvet hat. In a deeper shade of tho H samo blue, has white plumes. Tho H whlto fur against this symphony In H blue Is particularly lovely. H The Christmas Fur Set. H A good many moro women receive fur sets at Christmas than fur coats ' M and wraps. Santa Claus buys fur seta i H by the millions, ono might say. this H wide land over, and every sort of pelt H Is represented, fox, bear, wolf, lynx, i H squirrel, o'possum, beaver, seal, civet M and even ono moro than suspects. H common cat. Most of tho Christmas H furs aro fox, and Indeed fox has lnfi- H nlto variety, from tho cheapest dyed H black fox, through all the grades of IH red fox, cross-fox, smoked fox, pointed H fox up to silver fox, most costly and H most rare. Cross fox is a favorito i H with younger women becauso of tho gaiety and warmth of its coloring: iH pointed fox, rather an expensive fur. ( is one of the nanasoniubi. Lurwunas m pelts. Tho powdery white hairs against H the dense black ones give this fur a H very soft effect which Is exceedingly I H becoming to tho complexion. A typl- IH cal 1915 Christmas set of pointed fox IH is pictured. The neckpiece has tho H bulklness which gives this year's fash- JM ionablo swathed effect around tho H throat, and the muff is small and H round, as muffs are Just now. Both H muff and scarf aro lavishly trimmed H with tails and paws. Another Christ- H mas set combines a circular capo of H silver gray astrachan, collared with M black fox, and a hat trimmed with fox IH and silvery whlto hyacinths, Thl3 set iH comes from Paris. ' Fur trimmed negligees are another , H phase of Christmas business. Lovely , H gowns of shadow lace and chiffon aro f H bordered with skunk and fox and thoro H aro rich hued lounging robes of bro- ( H cado and of corduroy with white fox H collars and cuffs. Ono luxurious H Christmas negligee is of whito velvet. H lined with soft white coney. Imagine H wrapping one's self in this, after ono's 'to bath, for a siesta! JH |
