The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-24


ribbons. One house is making a sort of
theatrical background of trees and a villa,
To set off the delicate fabrics in store for
the summer girl. Cotton goods cost little,
and therefore they need to be treated with
extreme respect to make them appear de
sirable in the eyes of those accustomed TO
the luxurious goods furnished by millions
Of little worms who meet untimely deaths
for that purpose. What lot of sacrifice
is made to female beauty in the way of fur,
feather and silk The delicate loneliness
of the new summer goods would seem to
prove that all that sacrifice was needless.
Linen and fine grass cloths are produced
in the most exquisite designs and color
ings and in different weaves. There are
linen batistes in every imaginable pattern,
some in large and some in small designs.
Imagine anything more lovely than sheer
batiste printed in a Persian design with
all its artistic mingling of tints. Flowers
of all kinds, colors and sizes are seen, some
of the most beautiful having blue gentians
and other blue flowers as true to life
paintings Then there are other linen
batistes all white with sort of chevrOn
weave, which is well defined, yet does not
destroy the thin sheerness of the fabric,
which is its true beauty.
Then there are pure and fine linen lawns,
both plain and printed. These will be
trimmed with the delicate lierre laces,
which are the only ones fine enough for
the purpose, except the valencienneS,
which will always be a suitable garniture
for light stuffs. There are pretty printed
lawns as we'll as white ones There are
pinhead dots in scarlet, pink, blue, green
or black, and also in several shades of
brown. The dots are about the size of
pinheads. There are others as large as
pea but the smaller ones are prettier. The
lawns are also shown in floral pattern
and occasionally in palm leaf designs,
while few of them have blurred figures
TO initiate the cheney silks. There are
linen ginghams. I have never seen any of
these before, and rather believe the i'm
porter who declares this TO be a new de-
parture. They are in all the regulation
oolOrings and patterns, with something
about them new and differing from any
other bingham. They are rather harsh to
the feel, but will be very strong and am
sure will wash well. The mixture of col
ors is very artistic and tasteful.
For shirt and blouse waists-and there
will be plenty of them next summer
there are striped linens, some of the stripes
being chevron woven and others plain.
Indigo blue, with all the colors with which
it harmonizeS, will be much seen. Indigo.
blue and white stripes makes a pretty
stuff, and useful, fadeless one, that will
stand any amount of racketing.
There is linen duck in dark blue solid,
in light blue, white and two or three nan
kin or tan shades. Drills are also among
the output for 1896, and these are in sew
eral colors. There are other linen twills
and coarse weave" and basket weaves for
outing dresses. The style for making
them has not yet been designed. All the
above named goods are of linen: There
Is also much fine natural grasscloth In its
soft, greenish gray, and this will be trim
med with lace to match in heavy gray flax
thread and braids in pretty patterns.
In oottons there are the daintiest French
organdies printed and in plain oolOrs and
also in plain white. These are among the
very finest of all the new goods. The In
and are shown in light solid colors, and
also in plain white as well as printed. A
white dimity, with moss rose buds scat
tered over it, is a dress to be desired
Brilliantine is an old, old favorite resusci-
tated from the grave of oblivion. This is
a sort of soft jaconet, with brOcaded figures
always of the some color. In white 1t is
like satin, and it washes we'll. In tan or
other fast color it is equally pretty. The
lilacs nearly always fade, and the pfnks
and blues so far have not been very. trust:
able''-that is, they were not in those old
days. Perhaps the dyes are better now.
This by no means completes the list of
next summers dainties, for there are Per
sian lawns, india linens, and it is said
that whole gown made of these will pass
through a finger ring without crushing,
and almost believe it. Victoria lawns