Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01

other odd design, never floral There are
patterns of silks where there are figured
dots over plain or changeable surface in
colors and in black The satin stripe and
Place combination Ia very fine and Is
counted AS one OF the best of the season.
On some of these there arc five colors In
the flowers on the satin stripe Pongees
of every description are shown everywhere,
printed and plain. There are taffetas
that by multitudes of broken white lines
over dark ground give an effect of plaid
that after all is not plaid. There are also
quantities of checked tatfetas, some in
orange and blue. Other silks, india,
think show design made up Of narrow
stripeNNvhich form wide stripes according
as they are close or far apart The black
silks are hrucades, tatfgtas, with woven
dots or swivel woavcs, all in very small
figures ] must mention II lovely silk 1t
is shown in two shades of porcelain blue,
the dark rich tone blended with the pale
ashy blue, making beautiful combina-
tion This is to he prime favorite If its
sale is criterion. The manufacturers
told me they could not prepare it fast
enough to meet the demand.
d After the black grosgrains and gros de
londres come the rich repped silks and
the black silk grenadines and fancy silk
crcpons. The grenadines have q stripe of
q mesh like the iron frame, but firmer
and finer and stripe of crinklPd silk
somewhat like crepon hut the gathered
portion falls into natural folds instead of
being pressed so. Between each silk stripe
and grenadine one is narrow satin stripe.
This has also proved an excellent seller.
1t is as strong as body silk and is particu-
larly suited to middle aged ladies require
ments Faile is seen, and so are IA few
heavy reps and small amount of plain
satin and surah, as there is always "A de-
mand for those silks, but the figured tat
fetas and printed silks are in greater de-
mand. The taffetas where there is fan
cy dot or figure, the whole overthrow
with handsome MORE pattern, is grea;
favorte for very rich dresses.
There is some plain MORE shown, but
the most of the MORE is arranged in fancy
design-that is, that Illuminated, irregu
lar streak which makes the design, instead
of being apparently put on haphazard, seen
wrought into set figures like convention
allied leaves or flowers. This makes
very rich skirt to wear with fancy wais
1 of light chiffon or silk. Black chiffon
too, is largely used for very handsom,
waists, beaded, embroidered or plain.
saw one very good thing among TIN
grapes. 1t is a waterproof Grape whicl
comes in three or four weights 1t is no
rainproof, but water has no effect upol
it, and it may he soaked in water indeh
nitely. and 1t is just as fresh as ever whel
dried This will be a very great benefi
to ladies who are exposed to all sorts o
o bad weather, which is so destructive I
/ the beauty of other grapes.
: In new woolens the soft cheviots hol
a their own, and they are next to absolut
, perfection. Serges, cravanettes and mix
9 lures are all sterling standards, and the
$ never go out of style, though each seaso
sees whatever variety that can DO adde
a. TO them. Black cashmere sublime, sill
n warp henriettas, fine whipcUrd and ally,