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An Unusual
"Lucile"
Creation.
The
"Overall"
Gown
of Bin
Velvet,
1th Bash
of Citron
Brocade.
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(By ay(Duff-oron
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LADY DUFF-CORDON. the famous "Lu
cile" of London, end foremost creator of
fashions in the world, write each week the
fashion article for this newspaper, presenting at
that is newest and best ia stylet for well-dressed
women.
Lady Duff-Gordon's Pari establishment brings
her into dose touch with that centre of fashion.
Dy Ltdy Duff-Gordon.
TWO seasons ago I via using
yc how amusing th colored
fare and wigs were. This
season they are among my flrrrt
-Moa'ts," o flcUo ta Dam Fashloa
N4 "tricks" this season, and yat the
feet that Paris la bo longer aur
"Mecca" la In bo way responsible tor
jttsa return of our beautiful, whole
some brown, black and gray p.U.
I present her to-day two all-fur
coats, leopard and a brellschwans,
or broad UIL The former U a square,
seful garment, with UK buckled
and a good warm collar -of skunk.
Th latter la for town wear, and la
realty moat charming.
Yob must not fail to notlc It long,
walsted Coat, with a long skirt of fur
Jwlted from on td and around the
hack and buttoning under th tight
arm.
A dear UtU soldier glengarry, with
a tiny paradls of tet d negro,
shown with thiu coat la th picture I
consider one of th smartest hats I
have aver made.
Next to tar le, of count, velvet-
and what colors bow haa on to
ehooa from! Every seaaoo when
aeelng my new collections 1 feel It
Impossible to better them, and every
season as it comes sorely surpasses
th last by leaps and hounds.
Just look at (he littl drees pictured
oa th right It la la a striped Tri
vet of purpl and blue, with a band
of skunk and a collar of lac. Around
lh sack should be worn on of th
"comfy" fur "neck muffs' 1 spoke of
last week.
A curious garment Is th on la
hlu velvet shown abov. It Is cut
all la on piece, with a hoi to slip
th head through. "Overall" ta th
only appropriate nam tor It, and for
many women It will be found most
becoming, with its sash of citron bro
cade and a facing of green aatla.
Skunk again appear la thia oa cuffs,
muff, neck and hat.
To have a fur wrap entirely and
exquisitely different from Just th or
dlnary fur coat la the smart women's
great ambition at th moment- And,
always supposing that ah b poe
eesaed of a goodly amount of money
to spend on the new possession, aer
deelr caa be quit easily and most
fully realised.
For, though it Is 1st ta th seaaow'
aow (or the appearance of new
models, some different and distinctive
way of manipulating fur sems to
be managed and dlscloeed every day.
There is, to begin with, th coat,
which Is not a coat, but a very clever
ly contrived combination of coatee
ana court mantle
Moleskin, broadtail or fine Russian
pony skin arc the skins used (or such
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Little Dren of
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Purple and Bint
Velvet with Band
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This All-Fur Coat of Leopard Is One of
the Season's Most Striking Models.
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modela, a special supplenesa being, of
course, a primary consideration and
necessity. And In some cases a trim
ming and a contrast of akunk will be
provided, while la other black or
"blue." or smoked fox will be the
choeea finish, it having been very
wisely decided in th case of these
somewhat extreme but verr graceful
style to keen to subdued color
e b e m e In
wardly as well
as outwardly.
th linings being
of some softly patterned and
subtly shaded crepe d chine,
wkh, perhaps, a few shimmer
ing threads of gold or silver
Interwoven her and there ta
some of IU scrolls or blos
soms. Night bin and black
and silver will be thus brought
together in th lining of a.
broadtail coat; while th aoft
tones of moleskin will be re
peated ta a crepe d chin oa
which a cobweb tracery ta
wrought In gold and allver.
And as to th actual mark
ing of th fur lleelf a band
of skunk will, tor Instance, be
fastened closely and cosily .
about th Back, aad th broad
tail will then button down the
centre, above and beneath a
swathed waistband of black
panne, th aleovea In their
turn being finished off at th
wrists with a band of the con
tract fur.
That their armholes extend
to th waist tin Is a detail
which they shar la common
with any number of other and
nor ordinary coats, bat, of course,
this arrangement facilitate consid
erably th transformation of sleeves
and coat at th back Into a aeamlesa,
atralghtly hanging cap, deeply bor
dered and weighted Into position, too,
by a band of akunk.
8tnd fastener are attached to this
drapery, so that it may be manipu
lated la several different ways, on
corner, for example, being drawa
round to th frpnt and caught up oa
the left hip, while It U also posslhl
and more protective to fasten ita
fold together all down th left side.
Th mor eccentric and careless
looking th effect the more success
ful and smart It will be considered,
th on thing to be remembered and
managed being to have oa sld of
th fur bordering caught up abovs
th other. It would b quit a fatal
fault If th two were accurately
Joined together, as at on Urn waa
considered necessary and inevitable.
Another new wrap, modelled oa
somewhat similar lines. Is la very
fin Quality moleskin, th front part
of th coat actually terminating at
th waist, tut th much lengthier
back drapery being so contrived that
It caa be drawa round aad fastened
high up la front, la a way which
at first entirely conceals It divided
and distinctive characteristic. Aad
there la this further advantage about
the novel scheme, that It nable th
folds of fur to be va morcloely
drawn Inward at th back aad up
ward ta th front than would bo pos
sible la any other and mor ordinary
way. Bo, for that reason alone, tharo
would, of course, be a special demand
tor th new creations, inasmuch as
the new curve rude people might
call it a "bulge" la front la being
cultivated by every womaa and la
every possible and Impossible way.
Another new creation la broadtail
haa a long cape back, whose full folds
are broadly bordered with stranded
akunk. But thia wrap will not b
popular. 1 think, because It haa bo
-clar to turnleh a becoming back
ground for one's neck.
A Luxurious Broadtail Coat for Town Wear and One of the
Smartest Hats I'Lucil" Has Ever Made. NoU th Lonff
fiiort of Fur Belted from One Side and Around
the Back, Buttoning Under the Bight Arm.
How Two Scientists Had tie Same Dream at Once.
By Dr. Leonard Kccne Hirshberg
A,B,lll,HD. (Johns Hopkins)
ROFESSOR H. C. STEVEN 8, of the
great university of Washington, a
scientist as wall aa a ohllosonher of
th first order, give th acientifle world aa
account of a strange phenomenon. '
la telling about this event Professor Ste
ven says that on th first night of August,
last year, he and Mr. B. Karrer, another un
prejudiced observer, were at th Puget
Sound Marin Station, Winnipeg. With a
third man, Mr. D. H. Wenrich. they had been
aleeplng la a tent which waa erected upon a
wooden platform. Their tent was .ten by
twelve fat aad th platform twelve by fifteen
feet aquar. Th walla, which were boards
about four feet la height and of the same else
aa th tent, war topped by a framework
roof, over which th tent waa stretched.
Th ground upon which this tent-hut waa
built was a steep, rocky hlllsld about on
hundred feet from Washington Sound and
somewhere near fifty feet above th water.
Numerous delicate fir treea filled la th .
foreground between th front of th tent,
which was always opea day and night, and
th Sound itself. Th growth of th treea.
however, could not be aaid by any manner of
means to be dense, and patches of blue water
were always visible through th open door
from th interior of th tent, even when th
camper were lying apoa their cots.
The hillside upon which th tent was
pitched waa very Bleep. Th front of th
tent had thus to be supported upoo posts
about tea feet la height and 11 v or atx lnchea
la diameter. At the right .front and and at
th left rear end th platform was In cloa
contact with thriving firareea. On of these,
growing at th right, waa something Uk
slghteea laches ta diameter, and the ether
oa th left waa about twelve inches in cl
ameter. Th cots of Professor Stevens and
his two companions were arranged parallel
to the longer stretch of the tent, and their
heads were pointed toward the b&ck of the
tent, very cloa to th wooden wall.
Dr. Karrer occupied th left cot and Mr.
Wenrich with the Professor himself occu
pied th other two, wlib th Utter oa th
right. Mr. Wenrich was between the two
scientists, and waa not aubjected to th
Strang experience of lh other two philoso
phers and biologists. -
Thev always alent aonnillv. tint m !
tlcuUr Bight Professor Stevens had th
Strang experience of suddenly awakening at
I ju m. He sat bolt upright In bed with aa
uncanny, creepy feeling that th whole tent
and platform were afloat la th water, float
ing gently and gracefully among; th trees.
The bright light of a full moon cast dark
shadows of the trees all about th teat aad
illuminated brilliantly th water of th
Sound. 8o persistent waa this manifesta
tion of motion that th Professor could not
rid himself of it MeanwhQs, what was hi
surprise and astonishment to find that Dr.
Karrer, too, waa Bitting bolt upright la his
cot and staring out of the tent just as he was
doing! Without Professor Stevens Baying a
word to Dr. Karrer. the latter began to ten
how he, too, had suddenly been awakeaed at
l.a,s most unusual happening. Her are
his very words:
"I tslt the tent rolling slightly. I felt th
tent and bed floating forward. I sat op fa
bed, looked out of th tent door over th
water. Th treea Immediately la front of
the tent seemed approaching quit rapidly,
du to our floating, and I felt aome anxiety
as to our aafety. Wondering how to avoid a
collision with th treea. I called out. 'Where
are wr I heard Professor Stevens xdalra
Ho!' and I noticed him also sitting up In
bed. He immediately Jumped up, raa to the
door and looked out. la th meantlm I felt
somewhat relieved, thinking that he might
guard against a collision." They both then
area from their cots and walked out th
front of th tent, and, to! th strange mani
festation which they had both Independently
experienced vanished. They were unoa the
olid earth.
Th great Interest and peculiarity of thia
Cluslon lies la the fact that two agnostic,
aceptlcal. acientifle laboratory workera. in
dependently of each other, experienced x
actiy th same atrang phenomenon. They
were both wide awake, and yet neither lnflu
fnf.'d.th. other bT Pkln untll eaca ha4
. td wb.at wer xperiencint.
Here, then, for the first time la the history
or sclenc. rellgioa or literature, you have
procX of an Illusion experienced at th aam
JinV1 ".Mue pUce- Prate liv
ing minds of two aceptlcal. unprejudiced
laboratory scleausu y J
i-OpyrUhl. 18 It. by ttl Cnmnanv. Kraai Hrlt.ia
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