The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-19
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK.
New Goods From Europe Arriv-
ing In Abundance.
SPRING AND SUMNER NOVELTIES.

Lace Over TaTeta-Spring Out of Door
copyright. 1893. by American Press Asso-
ctation1
New goods and samples ore now arriv-
ing fast from Europe and from our own
factories, ard it keeps one pretty busy to
see them all. Thcro aro so many classes
of goods too. One finds now kinds OF tho
beautiful volours which arc put forward
for spring wear with great assurance
These velours IRE called velours PERSIAN
messaline, MORO and 1cuc dc vclours Tho
MORO figure is in many of them arranged
Oh very different lines from any before
scon Some resemble chain lightning,
others four circles Brought together, and
still others waved and Zigzng fancies. A
few have flowers woven up in satin over
tho velours surface The general appear
nncc OF this goods is that of terry velvet
with wntered designs ovcr it, They are
SNOWY withc3t being Gnudy and aro spc-
cially liked Cor the separate skirts that will
DO woriI Oh into next summer If present
indications do not fail. a novelty is in
satin with moire figuring over it. some
thing never before attempted on satin.
Among the lighter silks ono finds paids
of many kinds most of the plaids be-
ing made up of fire cross lines, some Of
them simply silk and Others of satin. Some
even arc Of velvet. There are many de-
signs in faconne taffetas in very small,
neat figures, and for the most part dark
colors, intended for the shirt waist, of
which probably millions will he worn.
There arc many very pretty foulard silks.
These arc useful and durable when tho
seams arc taken in deeply and bound.
Pcau dc SOLO and satin duchcsSe arc the best
liked Of the heavy silks
Granite silk is one of tho new designs.
1t resembles q very close sort of dumnsk
weave, the figures being irregular and in
form like " stretch Of coarse sand The
taffctn glace will bo worn for shirt waists
and for very many other uses where silk
is admissible. 1t is well adapted for young
girls. There are so many designs in the
fancy brocadcd taffctas that one dcspuirs
of mentioning them. Some of them show
peacock and pheasant colors in their
weave beneath tho small raised swivel or
brocho figures. FAINT stripes in gray and
white, with sometimes fine black line or
delicate green or pink, are seen in some
of the now silks The line clan plaitlS 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, bouscs and lntcrskrs
Speaking of blouscs reminds me that
some of tho pretticst Of thc new blouscs
arc made entirely OF lace over taffcta Of
some handsome color. One design had the
tight sleeves CT the lace over tho taffeta,
with ruiilcs ut the wrists The entire
waist WAS covered with the lace, which
was pouchcd in trent The stock and full
Sleeve caps were of the taifcta. The belt
even was of lace over stitfcned silk Ono
other of these lace blouscs was equally
handsome. IN this case the tight sleeves
were OF vclours MORE and the stock and
caps wcro of lace. There are many very
rich danassc silks for grand occasions
Tho richest OF them has an arnurc 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 revampcd, newly christcned 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 arc cnshmcrcs woven
in cross colors, which makes them alto.
gcther new. Cashmere is always refined
and worn to II greater or lesser extent, like
chcviots and cloths, but it is expected that
it will be very popular material this
spring. Black is finely woven and white
is almost MS rich rs silk. Tho white cash
nero Is n most elegant stuff for young
ladics for dinner and reception, while it
Is ideally lovely for tea gown. Plaids
in soft wooly woods are very popular.
and will bo for yet Il long time Some of
the small checks have little round tufts
on each crossed bar. Cloths in tan, mode,
fawn and blacl, are among the fine spring
goods. These are to $50 tailor made and
trimmed AS beet salts Tie wearcr.
Bareso i'll a rather heavier quality will
be inado up Tor some of tho light spring
gowns. Nuns yelling is also presented to
us, but row it is finer and softer than be-
tually new goods. Tho dealers say mat
the alpaca mohair and siciliennc in tho
finer qualities will DO much worn all
through tho coming season, though per
haps there will not be such II furoro as
there was The goods are too pretty and
too durable to throw aside over and
think they will settle DOM into the list of
standard dress materials like cloth. cheviot,
cashmere, serge and covert. In silks there
Is also u list of standards, like Grosgrain.
Grmurc, failic, satin duchosse and pcau dc
sole. All the rost are novelties, but these,
like bread, AFRO part OF each seasons out
put.
Nslvcts ore unusually popular. There
arc figured and plain ones. There arc
rlai1s where tho body of the fabric is satin
iniilc, reps or surah and the pIaids are in
velvet. This makes very rich material
1t is chiefly used rs trimming, though
some OF tho ultra fasbionables have their
swell capcs lined with It, Some of tho