The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-21

Some exquisite fabrics are shown In tha
new importations. The reign OF color Is on
us now. Many Of the new fabrics look like
gay garden, or brilliant kaleidoscope views.
1t Is fact, by the way, that many Of the
figures for dress goods, carpets and wall
papers are actually obtained from the COM
binations Of the kaleidoscope.
Red will enter more than ever into the new
spring costumes, and even advance into sum-
mer. There are plain woods, as well as satines,
In brilliant Turkey red. One fact is to be
noted: While the new wooden fabrics come
in combination suits Of plain and checked,
plain and striped, or figured, there are nc
combination suitings at all shown in the cot
ton goods Satines, batistes, percales and
other cotton fabrics have the dress made all
Of one piece.
Arnold & Constable, Of New York, show
an immense variety Of both woolens and cot
tons in new styles for the spring and summer
trade.
WOODEN COSTUMES.
There Is a revival of black cashmere suits
to some extent; also plain colored cashmeres
will be considerably worn in light weight
goods. One favorite fabric among the new
goods will be brocaded camels hair bour-
rette, with fine tinsel stripe running through.
There are many fabrics with rough and
fuzzy finish, and yet the goods are soft and
loose-textured. Some Of these have rough,
bright-tinted stripe alternating with a
smooth one, the color of the ground
Of the goods. These are for combination
suitings, the skirt striped, the overdress
of plain goods. Dark myrtle green, red
and the grays will be favorite colors i'll com.
bination SUITS There are many of the broad,
bright-colored striped fabrics, as well as Of
the pin-checks. Red and gray is favoritt
combination Of color Get that and you art
in fashion. The two colors are very softly
and tremendously blended in these combina
ton suit goods. In some handsome costume:
the waist and overdress will be of gray pin
check, the skirt of broad stripes, red and gray
stripes alternating with pin-checked one te
match the overdress.
Plaids will be much worn in children.
dresses. Navy blue and red are also another
popular combination of color, though this il
not so new Us the red and gray. Wool plush
in a sort Of raised large check upon plain
ground is pretty fabric for combination
with plain goods. This raised
WOOL PLUSH
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ground is something quite new. As usual
red predominates in the check. This wool
plush checked fabric will be popular fol
wraps, too. 1t is also pretty for trimming
plain suits.
For tailor suits the plain cloths heretofore
worn will not be quite so fashionable. They
will be replaced by cheviots and tweeds IL
pin-checks. The checks and broad stripes
however, wherever seen, will not be Of the
glaring kind that hurt the eye, but soft and
SO delicately blended that they are really re
freshing to look at by way of variety. The
art of blending the gay colors SO that they
will not offend the most artistic sense seem:
to be perfected in the new dress goods this
spring. Brocaded fabrics-the figure wover
in the cloth, like silk brocades-is an idea
which has been carried both into the new
wool and cotton goods this year. In these
designs there are some pretty fabrics
FRIEzE
Is something else new for combination suits
1t is in fact, a wooden velvet-nothing more
or less. 1t has wooden pile to it like vel
vet, and comes both in the cut and uncut
forms True to the idea of brightness anc
color, tinsel stripe passes through some %
the patterns. There are fabrics especially
for lawn tennis and roller skating dresses
with gay striped skirts of red and blue.
Loose textured soft wool goods under vari
Gus names, as burlap cloth, canvas cloth, etc.
will be fashionable. SO will our ancien
friend that we used To call chaiiie, a smooth
hard-twsted wooden material. 1t has its ole
name still, and comes in design similar to TIN
satines, pretty cream-colored and othel
grounds with figures printed thereon. Goat
hair cloth is another lustrous, hard-twisteI
fabric that has reappearel.