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Worn with the New Winter
Costumes They
Supply a Novel and
Fascinating Touch
yj ADY DUFF-GORDON, the famout "Lucile"
W of London, and foremost creator of fashions
in the world, writes each week the fashion
article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest
and best in styles for well-dressed women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's new Paris establishment bringi
her - into close touch with that centre of fashion.
' Lady Duff-Gordon's American establishment is at
v No. I 7 West Thirty-sixth street. New York.
By Lady Duff-Gordon ("Lucile")
rHY should a muff remain a
plain, ugly cylinder of fur
rhile erery other acces
sory of the Winter coatume ia de
signed to pleas the eye, as well as
for 'utility? The flat muff, and
muffs' of satin and ribbons, fur
lined, mere Improvements and
.now I am submitting; as a further
concession to the artistic what
might be called the "twist muff."
The Illustration shows how Its
pliable construction of Yur-llned
satin bound about with silk cord
makes It a graceful addition to the
costume whether actually worn as
a hand warmer or carried on one
arm.
Shown with the same costume ia
a new hat, very high, and with lta
Urge, drooping plume having the
appearance of a busby. Like the
twist muff. It Is a. strikingly pleas
ing addition to the Winter costume.
That the tailor-made costume
portrayed for-you here la some
thing quite t new Is at once pro
claimed by-for example the apron
curves of the skirt front, the double
braid-bordered tunic effect at the
sides, and the belting of the coat
to get a very high waist line.
8o It only remains for you to
Imagine, as the material, a black
cheviot striped with rather bright
green, and well to note the exact
position of the military braid which
figures so prominently on both coat
and aklrt, while you must not
undervalue, either, the decorative
importance of that aforementioned
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belt as carried ,
out In black
patent leather
and white kid.
the . two con
trasting leath
ers being Joined
together in the
bands of many
little gold but
tons, strengthened by a piping of
green cloth and a line of gold cord.
The other gown shown . here
achieves Its effect, and success, by
Its subtle blending of colors, and its
long, graceful lines. The satin
charmeuse Is shot with mysterious
mauves, deep blues and purples, to
each of whose soft tones an equal
prominence la given by the arrange
ment of the skirt draperies.
Black chiffon, too, is utilised for
the fashioning of the right side of
the corsage, where Its nlmy folds
are edged narrowly, first with flame
color and then with vivid sapphire
blue, beyond which again there
comes just a glimmer of gold, while
ewathed about the waist is a sash
whose device of blue and gold is
wrought on a background of bronze
brown, one end of this we.rm-hued
silk being taaselled with ornaments
which bring together each and
very one of the colors of the
gown. And as the aklrt draperies
fall apart with every movement
they show Inner secrets and treas
ures of color deep moonlight blue
shadowed by a cloudy black chiffon
and the gleaming gold and blue of
the tissue underdress.
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How the Imperishable Concrete Body of the Zoo AnlmaJ of the Future
'la Made.
'Fixing" Our Wild Animals
for the Zoos of 2000 A. D.
Caliph"- the Preserved Hippo, in Life Long an Attraction
at the Central Park, New York Zoo. Hi Hide, Covering a
',' Plaster Body, Is Now Used as an Educational Figured
One of the Forerunners of the Inhabitants of the
Futirfe Zoo4 When All Wild Animals,. Will
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An Original Now Winter Cestume with Hlgh.Bslted Coat Showing Also the "Twitt Muff"
. Plumed Hat. Both Photographs Are from Exclusive "Lucile1 Models-
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'HAT will the. sooa and menagejrlea
have to offer the public when all the
wild 'animals the elephant, lion,
, . ., tiger, hippopotamus, sebra, giraffe
, become extinct? ' For that la bound to hap
pen, so naturalists agree, at the rate they are
being killed off by hunters for pleasure and
for profit. ...
These animals cannot be bred successfully
In captivity, and It la estimated that another
hundred years, or less, will aee the 'last of
them. Are our great-greatgreat grandchil
dren to know about them from books and
pictures? . '
Fortunately, this threatened deprivation hai
been ' foreseen, and there Is an Interesting
new handicraft which ta already preparing to
etock the xoos of 2000 A. D. with specimens
as nearly lifelike as human ingenuity can
make them. Externally skin, hair, horns
and tusks they will be the real thing; the
reit will be plaster, modeled from life. The
specimens already ahown are very much more
reallstlo than those-tamed out In -the ordi
nary way by "the taxidermist, besides being
virtually Indestructible.'
Instead of depending upon photographs,
which invariably prove unsatisfactory, giving
false perspectives and distorted ehspes, the
Idea is to work direct from life.
With the intelligent and spirited' tebras
posing only within a few feet, the sculptor is
able to incorporate Into his model the minut
est detail of proportion, the characteristic,
natural pose, and particularly to catch all the
delicate gradations of muscular anatomy
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.which are dUtln
gulsbing traits and
the real charm of
the finished mount
ed figure..
In the case of
the ebra of the. The Zebra Poses- for the Statuette.
Inn nf 2000. AT)
with the limb Preservation of Wild Animal Types
bones, the skull for the Museums,
and the pelvis
put Into position on a temporary framework,
the wet clay is applied and the anatomy and
form of the tebra is gradually worked up to
the finished state. Each figure la modeled,
of course, as the animal will be without the
skin. This takes Its place finally on a manni-,
kin cast.
The akin Is temporarily tried on at inter
vals, and the figure .can' be immediately
altered at those polnta whera improvements
are thought necessary. From the finished '
sculptured form, a plaster mould la obtained
from which a thin mannlkin cast ii made,
having a lining of burlap introduced," to com-'
bine strength and durability with a minimum
of wtlght. ' '-
On becoming dry this is given several coats
of taxtrlne to make It waterproof, when the
fkln Is permsnently fitted on. The finished '
male sebra mannlkin weighs a little over luO -pounds.
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One of the most commanding of African
mammals Just mounted is Caliph the hlp
popottamus which for thirty years was the"
leading attraction in Central Park menagerie,-
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The First Stage in the
New York. It was twelve feet long, fourteen
feet in circumference and weighed four tana
when alive. O.wlng to the great bulk of the
hippopotamus and the peculiar difference of
. texture of the akin of a water-living animal,
it required a different scheme to adjust the
skin.
.The working , of the huge skin into the
many folds and wrinkles, especially around
the massive head, neck and leg, which axe
all marvelously brought out in the mannlkin.
is a most difficult task. The great skin
weighed 1,200 pounds when first removed
from the body, and in some parts was six to
eight Inches thick. The akin was shaved
down to only alxty-etght pounds for final use.
This required the service of six men for four
days. The skin contained 100 square feet of
surface and was from one-quarter to one-half
Inch in thickness when ready for It'j final
place on the mannlkin.
The accompanying . photograph Indicates
irow Caliph will look In the boo of 2000 A. D.,
aurrounded by school children lifelike, but
no longer to be feared.