The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-01-20

and for very many other uses where silk
is admissible. 1t Is we'll adapted for young
girls. There are SO many designs in the
fancy brocaded taffetas that one despairs
OF mentioning them. Some OF them show
peacock and pheasant colors In their
weave beneath the small raised swivel or
broche figures. Faint stripes In gray and
white, with sometimes q fine black line or
a delicate green or pink, are seen in some
OF the new silks. The fine clan plaids and
Roman and oriental stripes more or less
pronounced are also produced for summer
wear. Not SO much will be made into
dresses as waists, blouses and underskirts
Speaking Of blouses reminds me that
some Of the prettiest Of the new blouses
are made entirely of lace over taffeta OF
some handsome color. One design had the
tight sleeves of the lace over the taffeta
with ruflles at the wrists. The entire
waist was covered with the lace, which
was pouched in front. The stock and full
sleeve caps were of the taffeta The belt
even was Of lace over stifTened silk. One
other Of these lace blouses was equally
handsome. In this case the tight sleeves
were of yelours moire and the stock and
caps were of lace. There are many very
rich damasse silks for grand occasions
The richest of them has an armure ground
with immense raised satin figures, some
times in the same colors and other times
in different artistic tintings.
For spring out of door costumes there
are numbers Of new things, or, rather old
ones revamped, newly ohristened and in
different colors Among them we find
silk and wool noil. This is extremely
pretty and soft, but scarcely apt to be
very durable. There are oashmeros woven
In cross oolors, which makes them alto
gether new. Cashmere Is always refined
and worn to greater or lesser extent, like
cheviots and cloths, but 1t Is expected that
1t will be a very popular material this
spring. Black is finely woven and white
is almost as rich as silk. The white cash
mere is a most elegant stuff for young
ladies for dinner and reception, while IL
is ideally lovely for a tea gown. Plaids
in soft woolly woods are very popular,
and will be for yet long time Some of
the small checks have little round tufts
on each crossed bar. Cloths in tan, mode,
fawn and black are among the fine spring
goods. These are to be tailor made and
trimmed as best suits the wearer.
Barego in rather heavier quality will
be made up for some of the light spring
gowns. Nuns yelling Is also presented to
us, but now it Is finer and softer than be-
fore, and in the new oolors 1t becomes vir-
tually new goods. The dealers say that
the alpaca mohair and sioilienne in the
finer qualities will be much worn all
through the coming season, though per-
haps there will not be such a furore as
there was. The goods are too pretty and
too durable to throw aside ever, and
A..Ir l. s..k
standard dress materials like cloth, cheviot,
cashmere, serge and covert In silks there
Is also list OF standards, like grosgrain,
armure, faille, satin duohesse and peau de
sole. All the rest are novelties, but these,
like bread, are part Of each seasons out
put.
Velvets are unusually popular. There
are figured and plain ones. There aro
plaids where the body of tho fabric is satin,
faille, reps or surah and the plaids are in
velvet This makes very rich material.
IL Is chiefly used as trimming though
some Of the ultra fashionables have their
swell capes lined with 1t. Some OF the
wraps made Of rough blanket shawl plaid
are lined with this velvet plaid. There is
n now design where the silk has small vel
vet figures. The French call these cisele,
or chiseled The velvet figure rises in
bold relief from the body Of the silk. Coral
branches, pussy willows and birch twigs
are among the odd fancies. Most OF these
are In solid colors, but some- are In two
tones ON satin foundation. Striped silk
and velvet In alternate lines are among tho
new ideas. Some colored yelyets have fine
lines Of tipsel woven through In the form
" plaids. Tbey. are yerx cheerful There ls