The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-10-06


blue with velvety bloom over it as
thick as that on a peach. The skirt had
deep Dewey hounoe, with a piped
cord of striped dark blue and white
Peking velvet at the joining. The waist
is in form of an open blouse, with o
deep revers collar of the velvet, with q
narrow knife plating of lavender rib.
bon along the edge. Inside the waist
was vest of lace and white silk null
closely tucked. At the lower part there
are bias folds across in surplice fashion.
One Of the new taffeta silks was used
to develop another gown. The skirt
was entirely plain, being of plaid, and
the waist a simple French bodice. This
tafTeta plaid has lines of dull green
over o bright tan. This tan is shot with
silvery white and through it all are ir-
regular and vague splashes of shaded
greens. 1t is as curious as it is stylish
The finishing touch was coquettish
little flChu of white silk null edged
with quilted lace, and dainty Marie
Antoinette hat with many velvet pim-
pGrnels punched around the crown and
under the brim in the back This special
costume was designed for swell after.
noon functions where hat is allowable.
This is silk week in the stores and
the stuffs Of this tissue brought together
are many and beautiful. There is all
entirely new idea in what they call
''swan cloth silk. " This has the ground
in soft and downy surface, yet firm
and rustling. Over it is thrown by n
new swivel weave q design of small
flowers in natural colors in such high
relief as to resemble raised embroidery.
The ground is always of pale tint like
silver gray, sage green or a faint pink,
blue or ivory. II goes without saying
that these silks are for evening only.
There are several lines of light col
ored silks with heavy black satin stripes
in lengthwiso designs. some Of the
stripes being Of q uniform width and
distance apart and others having the
lines of graduated widths. When this
design is black on pink or pale blue, it
is particularly fine. There are a very
few and choicely guarded hairline
stripes in light colors. These are really
the next sEring's patterns, but the best
houses have habit Of obtaining few
advance pieces of each desirable novelty
and showing them, to a favored few.
Some of the new taffetas for winter fes.
tive occasions have stripes locking ex.
actly like ribbon tackled on, All stripes
are perpendicular, the horizontal ones
proving drug ON the market There
are numbers Of perfectly plain taffetas
in black and colors. This silk is too
useful to give up lightly, as it fills
places that no other silk can exactly.
1t is light, firm, lustrous and durable,
and it does not take on that objection
able shine which is the drawback to all
the heavier silks, There is striped taf.
feta, the stripe being satin weave in
the same color and shade, with pin dots
between; also of the satin. Black rad
zimir is another rich new silk with 9
roughish surface with small woven dots
and figures. There is quite showing
Of black damask in very rich qualities
and also Peking stripes. l think tina
covers the novelties in silks. may ado
that silk is unusually cheap and tn,
quality good. 1t is impossible to tel
which is the better in quality or finisl
or in design, American or foreign, 70 W,
should insist upon our home production
should mention that velvet is to b,
worn in so many ways that canno
mention half Velutina for full stree
suits has been produced in Paris and vi
emma and received the stamp of popu
larity there. 1t always was liked in Eng
land. 1t makes really handsomer be
cause more solid suits than anything
but the most costly qualities of silk vel
vet
In new woolens we have soft Frenc
serge drap do russo, woolly stuff
warm and wintry drap de sole, dra
merveilleux, with soft bloom over tn
surface, and new satin molletonnt
This has the smooth satin finish and tn
warmth Of elder down. 1t is for dressin
jackets, morning gowns and knickel
bockers. These last are made in quaint
ties showing we'll for the common sens
Of our women. OLIVE HARPER