The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-27

smoother surface than pongee. The rus
tling taffetas are used principally for shirt
waists and skirt Innings.
The beautiful silk grenadines are in
high favor for summer gowns, but there
are only two kinds that are durable. All
those with satin and laCelike figures will
roughen and fray with very little wear.
These are the prettiest too. The printed
grenadines are exquisitely beautiful, and
they are smooth and firm, but cost SO. 80
to SO. 30 n yard, so that they are practically
beyond the reach of most people, That
narrows the choice to the wire meshed
and iron frame grenadines. These are
really strong and never fray or tear out,
but their beauty Is reflex and comes mostly
from the bright silken Innings and the
trimmings. These plain grenadines may
be trimmed with anything, as everything
goes well with them. l saw one black iron
frame grenadino made over fancy taf-
teta, the colors being of blue, green and
yellow in complicated design, the whole
being changeabe. The grenadine was
hemmed around the bottom and shirred at
the waist. 1t was gathered in little
round rosette at the left hip, which raised
the skirt slightly on that side, but enough
to show the underskirt of the tatleta. The
waist was of the tatfeta, with tho grena-
dine draped in surplice fashion in a way
to show the silk. The sleeves were tight,
of taffeta and with the grenadine laid on
smoothly SO that the rich colors could be
seen through it,.
There are some new moire yelours glace
for handsome visiting gowns. They look
very heavy, but are really light They
are In garnet, shot with black, green with
heliotrope, green with mahogany brown,
blue with olive and blue with tan. The
garnet and black is exceptionally hand
some. The olive and blue is very refined.
All Of them are among the handsomest
and most satisfactory of the season s
goods. They are $1.25 to $1.50 yard, ~
inches wide.
French poplins are shown to greater
extent than they ought to be, though, to
be sure, they do look well on the counters.
There are hair lines in every conceivable
combination of color. Checks are also pre-
sented, the squares being scarcely larger
than pinheads. Some of the prettiest have
hair line checks Of black over reseda, rose,
emerald, white and oerise. They cost from
$1.25 to 81. 80 yard and are 81 inches
wide. They are we'll enough for house
gowns, but not good for outdoor wear, as
dampness spoils them. There are also
numbers of new designs in plaid poplins
besides the old STANDARD clan plaids There
Is new kind Of poplin called liberty pop.
lin. 1t is sort of imitation of Irish pop
lin. 1t Is lighter and thinner than the
| original, but has brighter luster. Some
Of 1t Is brocaded In small figures, like
stars, oresoents, dots and pin points. 1t Is
pretty, but not exactly pleasing. There ia
a poplinette which has fine. round cord.
and this too, is brocaded with swivel fig-
ures. The foulard silks art often woven
with jacquard fgures and also swivel how-
or designs.
The Innings Of the summer gowns are to
DO studied seriously this season, as the
dress materials are so transparent that not
only the color Of the lining, but Its tex
ture, shows through. Besides this, many
of the fine bareges, organdies and plumetis
require special color of silken lining to
properly develop the design. The thin,
crisp taffetas are by all means the best and
the cheapest. For many gowns where an
all silk lining Is not imperatiyely necessary
the new lusterine lining may be used,
This comes iu all the new colors 1t is
made Of linen and silk and rustles as crisp.
" as taffeta and is very light. Peroaline Il