Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-02-25
THE SPRING STYLES.
NOVELTIES IN COTTON, SILK AND
LINEN DRESS GOODS.

Wash Japanese Silks-The Challies and
the Wash Cottons-Fancy Ornaments
For the Hair -soutache Cloth-The FL
garo-Hands0me Dinner Gown.
copyright, 1897, by the Authsr.]
do not know when have seen any
goods more striking than the new scroll
patterned silks and fine mulls and or
candies. The designs are all duplicated
in the three fabrics, and nearly all Of
them are produced in the new blues.
There are dark indigo blue, pale,
whitish delft blue shade, Caspian sea
blue and two or three variations on the
standard navy blue. These are combined
with white foulard and india silks. The
blue is also sometimes printed on a
ground of egyptian gray. These blue
scroll and arabesque designs are all pro-
duced in the light cotton goods, too,
with excellent effect. The wash goods
in these patterns are very pretty and
warranted not to fade. Even the delicate
kashmir and directeur green's will wash
without changing. cannot describe
these two colors better than to say they
look like grass stains upon white cloth.
One is little darker than the other,
and that is all. Green mulls and other
diaphanous goods will be made over yell
low Innings. These are new ideas, but
not unpleasant after all.
The new wash goods include japanese
wash silks, some of them of exquisite
design. These wash as well and much
more easily than calico. The printed
foulards in the dark and very compact
designs and colors are very pretty. They
have very old fashioned look, but will
doubtless be popular. These come in all
the newest shades and tints Foulard
silk, though not presented under the
head Of wash silks, will wash, and nicely
too
Next to the silks come the challies,
and these are exceptionally beautiful
both in colors and designs. The most Of
them are in the scroll, floral, arabesque
and geometrical designs in both light
and dark colorings. Some have satin
stripes. These challies are very delicate
and soft and have always been favorite
goods. The French challies sell from 80
to 39 cents yard. The darker shades
require very little trimming.
The wash cottons are very dainty and
tasteful and follow the same patterns
produced in the foulards and challies,
with the addition of few exquisitely
delicate and beautiful floral patterns In
the finest of the batistes. The linen
lawns and batistes are here again, but
in the new designs. There are French
organdies, thinner than those of last
year, but equally pretty. There are Irish
dimities with all imaginable printed de-
signs upon them, and some in plain
white, ivory, pearl and tinted pink, buff
or blue. The French plumetis is as raw
ishingly lovely as it was last year.
There is a wonderfully beautiful array
of delicate Scotch zephyrs and ging-
hams, some striped and some checked in
open design, like canvas, but saw no
lace. stripes. The tints are all light
There is zepherine, another canvas
weave gingham; French linen etamine,
which is almost coarse enough for
seive and mostly in dull colors, with
grassy tints among the threads. The
Scotch lappets and the Anderson ging-
hams are marked by higher colofs and
larger designs, and they are also very
durable. Genuine Russian crash as the
ugly, coarse stuff is called, will fight its
way by the side of the beautiful Scotch
crashes and canvas weaves. Some per-
sons would not care for thing unless
it is SO ugly as to attract attention.
Linen batiste and pineapple cloths will
be as much desired as before, and the
worst of it is that the price remains
the same as it was last season. I saw
some very handsome percales in indo
and white, also white and cardinal and
white and directeur green.
Still, the list of washable goods is not
complete There are the cotton Japanese
ehallies; ginghams with boucle stripes,
with light and dark grounds; lace lawns
with chameleon stripes; silk and linen
batiste in plain colors, and also in plaids
And there is jaconet in all sorts of light
tints and colors to use as Innings to the
lawns, etc. There are grenadines too,
in numberless colors, mostly in linen
threads and resembling the old iron
frame.
Among the side issues found lot
of ladies' sweaters in fine wool made in
the most fashionable styles. Some are
of tartan plaids, and others are in garter
snake stripes. The exception to the rule
of brilliant colors was that there were
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