The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02


mostly in struggling scrollwork on
ground of another color. Rronze and cop
per as we'll as steel, silver and gold are all
initiated by clever weaving All these
taffetas OF metallic luster have overweaves
Of black or dusty white which tones them
to real refinement. There are no floral de-
signs, all being waved and irregular, or
in scrolls or set conventional figures.
Some, and they of the prettiest, are mot
tied, and these are nearly all In more sober
oolors for those who prefer them to the
rainbow brilliance of the rest Did l say
rainbow Well, have never yet seen
rainbow half as bright as are the oolors
brought together in these silks Some of
the brocades for evening have quite large
figures and are always in two tones like
ivory and pale pink, etc. None of the
silks is heavy, except the peau de sole, but
they are fine and firm.
In all this talk on silks have purposely
left the plaids until now, as they are in
some respects almost marvellous, There
are checks and ginghamlike designs also
madras, but above all are the clan plaids.
These, no matter how large the original
| clan plaid, never exceed an inch square,
| and often are less than half that 1t ap-
pears as though you were looking at them
through the small end Of an opera glass.
Every line, thread and color is perfect as
1t is In the original. Where the colors are
in very violent contrast, like the emerald
green and poppy red, there are lines OF
white as fine as they can be drawn between
these two fighting oolors both lengthwise
and across. This softens and blends the
other two into harmony. 1t is the same
way with them all. The white line is ev-
erywhere like mist of oobwebs, and the
result is pleasing and artistic. These
| plaids, and many of the brightest and
most striking of these new taffeta designs,
are made simply and solely for the shirt
waists, for they will be just as popular as
| they have been and that Is saying much.
| Only the new ones will be rather more
| blouselike and bodioelike than those Of
thin cottons could be, but shirt waists they
| are and will be called. Some of the plaids
are woven bias do not pretend to know
how, but they are. The oolors are all
warm, rich and brilliant, peacock blue and
| green, brown black and gold, fire red and
black, gendarme blue with gold color, ma
| genta, poppy, damson, prnne, all those
heliotropes with suspicion of red in their
composition and greens without end.
There are fewer browns and grays.
| The renewed lease Of life Of the shirt
| waist has made 1t almost necessary to have
tho brooaded and illuminated black wool
en- goods for skirts. Plain black, dull
surfaced or oolored goods somehow do not
seem to be rightly placed with separate
waist, no matter how nice 10 Is, and 0
trimmed skirt and shirt waist are mani
festly incompatible. Therefore these pret
ty woods. with their bright designs In mo
hair, are clearly the proper kind. Some
Or them have triangles, some dots, some
SHOWERS Of gold," others a design In
shain lightning, or arrowheads, and all
sorts of consultations of stars, and moon
shows her crescent on Others. These de-
signs are ali neat and wrought on soft
black Australian wool with mohair. The
effect is quito as rich as II the brooading
was done In silk, and much more durable
| A skirt well cut and well made of one
of these figured woods is the best form for
such requirement. These are all new
designs, and made Of silk and wool, with
mohair figures
Among the new black goods find the
tendency toward softer weaves and woods,
while yet the same surface Is shown
There was black English oheyiot soft as
Grape, yet firm and thick. This was shown
In all widths Of vale. from simnls twill