Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-10

FOR WALKING \ EECEP 1ON.
ribbons. One house is making a sort OF
theatrical background of trees and Il villa,
to set off the delicate fabrics in store for
tho 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 q lot of sacrifice
is made to female beauty in the way of fur,
feather and silk The delicate lovcliness
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 batistcs in every imaginable pattern,
some in large and some in small designs.
Imagine anything more lovely than IA 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 as
paintings. Then there are other linen
batistes all white with a sort of chevron
weave, which is well defined. yet does not
destroy the thin shcernoss 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 ont. fine enough for
the purpose, except the valencien mes,
which will always be a suitable garniture
for light stuifs. 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 shade OF
InAtrr Tho IntC nnn ohDIrf tho sim nf
pinheads. There are others as large as a
pea, but tho smaller ones are prettier. The
lawns are also shown in floral pattern
and occasionally in palm leaf designs,
while "a few of them have blurred figures
to initiate the cheney silks. There ara
linen ginghams. | 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
colorings 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 we'll. The mixture of col
ors is very artistic and tasteful.
For shirt and blouse waists-and there
will be plenty of them next
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 he much seen. Indigo
blue and white stripes makes a pretty
stuff, and a useful, fadeless one, that will
stand any amount of racketing.
There is linen luck 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 fol
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 iti
soft, greepish gray, and this will be trim
med with lace to match in heavy gray fia1
thread and braids in pretty patterns.
In cottons there are the daintiest French
organizes, printed and in plain oolors ant
also III plain white. These are among thu
very finest Of all the new goods. The In
dia dimities are very tasteful and pretty
and are shown in light solid %colors, ant
, also in plain white as we'll as printed. A
white dllnit", with moss rose buds scat
! tered over ii, is "A dress to be desired
b Brilliantine is an old, old favorite resusci
: tated from the grave of oblivion. This /
70 "A sort of soft jacOnet, with brocaded figure
r always of the some color. In white it /
a like satin, and it washes well. In tan o
D other fast color it is equally pretty. TIL
r lilacs nearly always fade, and the pink
/ and blues so far have not been very "trust
r able"-that is, they were not in those oil
, days. Perhaps the dyes are better now.
> This by no means completes the list o
. next summers dainties, for there are Pt
sian lawns, india linens, and 1t Is sa
4 that a whole gown made of these will p
through IA finger ring without crushinp
K and l almost believe 1t. Victoria lawn