Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20

kinds of goods, both Imported and home
made, in the market, and the demand
for them has been steadily on the in
crease since the first OF September.
The silk and wool mixtures, both
American and European, show Il ten
dency to run into stripes of one kind or
another. These stripes in the richest
goods consist of br0che effects in small
palm leaf, drmHrc and other antique
and oriental designs of silk threads and
various colors thrown up in chameleon
effects on rich dark surfaces-garnet.
duck breast, and gendarme and navy
blues, and dark browns and greens
being the tavorite colors These mix
lures are' some times in close patterns,
without any striped effects, but for the
most part stripes prevail. They are in
tended for the upper parts and trim
mings of dresses, the skirts OF which are
of dark all-wool goods. matching in
color the plain stripe or the ground of
the figured goods. These plain self
colored goods are frequently striped too,
but the stripes are what is called invis-
ible, that is, striped in the weaving, not
in color. and the stripes rs frequently
run crosswise as lengthwisc the goods.
The stripes are termed weted, ana pro-
ducc fiat corduroy effect. with plain,
soft, and smooth-iinIshed surface that is
very attractive in appearance. Other
self-colored goods are satins and monte
cloths, to be worn as skirts with
basques, panieS, draperics, and trim
mings of similar goods. striped or figured
in bright colors, the threads shot into
the fabric and forming the pattern being
of silk of the brightest and most sharply
contrasting tints. Yellow and red ap-
pear in all, or nearly all these com bina-
tions, and yet these two pronounced
colors are so admirably blended as not
10 produce n staring or loud effect.
In mixtures of all kinds. whether silk
or all-wool goods, the variety is actually
bcwildoTing There are frequently
eight different bright colors. so COM
bincd and mingled in the weaving rs TO
produce solid effect of the quietest.
sobercst tone imaginable. The chamc-
leon effects thus obtained are not start
ling or offensive, although pronounced.
Some of the India cashmere and Chinese
effects produced in mixtures of silk and
wool exceed everything that has yet
been produced in France in imitation
Of Oriental ideas. The gray wool goods
in mixtures present equally novel but
more sober effects. For the skirts, are
shown narrow stripes in chcrron effects,
TO be worn under broken plaids and
checks in gray mixtures.
Plaid jacquard is another genuine no.
veity. the large plaids being produced in
variety of novel and striking comhina-
tons of sharply contrasting coors
woven in jacquard loom, which,
while they initiate the size and colors OF
tartans, are very unlike them Broken
blocks. squares, and dashes OF color are
produced in the midst of wool mixtures
by threads of bright silk thrown in, the
predominnting colors being old gold.
sapphire, and turquois blues, cherry and
other shades Of red, and bright shades
of green on dark brown. green, garnet.
and blue and black grounds. These
jacquard plaids will be used only for
trimming costumes.
Velvet, plush. and satin, plain and in
stripes, and with corduroy effects. will
also be used for trimming dresses. In
the plain velvcts and satins for trim
ming purposes are seen no less than one
hundred and fourteen distinct shades Of
different colors. To each of which is
its distinctive name is given