The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
SUMMER STYLES.
Gauzy, Dainty Fabrics Seen
Now in the Shops.
Dimities, Organdies and Batistes
Are Very Attractive.
NEW COTTON STUFFS.
Fetching Robe Dresses of Dotted
Swiss and Batiste.
Pale Soft Pastel CoIOrs a Feat
ure Of the Fashion.
NEW COTTON sTUFFS.
TFrom the New York SUM-

TFrom the New York SUM-
The exciting semi-annual season OF bar
gain sales has come once more, bringing
a merry harvest time for the women
who are shopping. and, more than all,
the chance to take all they can get ana
give as little as possible in return Inc
mysterious and sometimes misleading
blacard, Great Reductions" conspic-
uously posted in the shops has some
magic charm which never fails, and wo-
men hover around it like bees around a
hive not quite sure, perhaps, where TO
elight but ever watchful for the posi-
bilities lurking in a bargain Gentle man.
ners are completely TRANSFORMED by these
Eo-called economical opportunities an9
she who 1ostles and pushes regardless OF
consequences wins the prize package. an!
INT is it a prize. after ALP Calm ret1ec-
ton sometimes says no; odd Iengl q
this, that and the other are never Geslr-
able purchases without careful thoushI a.
10 their usefulness.
Bargain sales have double purpot5I 5
however, since in close proximity 70 the
bargains novelties in summer fabrics are
temptingly displayed. To be sure. lH 9es
gauzy things will not be required DeLoFe
next May but the most charming pat
terms in organizes, dimities and even lou
sold in January. It seems early to de-
eide on summer gowns when the temper
who hesftates in the organdie depart
ment, thinking she viii hnd something
prettier later is sure to be disappointed
THE choice designs are soon picked up.
New ones are added from time to time,
of course but the first months of the new
wear are the harvest time for pretty nov
elites in cotton fabrics Tor DAINTY sum-
1ner gowns, as well as the golden period
for reapinga bargains.
A cotton fabric which is not all cotton
IS one of the novelties at the organize
a dainty soft mixture of silk and cotton.
something between an organize ana a
batiste in texture. 1t comes IN the pref
test delicate colors, quite plain, with a
hairline stripe like a tiny cord, or IN
white grounds with a striped border and
Powered designs, scattered over 1t. The
special novelty, however, IS called Pm
cess Eugene, and is a fine white lace net,
hand-Dainted in the softest colors imagin-
able, with different flower designs IN sep
arate sprays. 1t is expensive, but 1t
comes in double width, so that less IS re-
quired for your gown, and 1t IS so ex-
IN effect, that the price Is hardly worth
consideration compared with the result
which can be produced with this charm
The new dimities with a satin stripe
are pretuer than anything OF the KIND
ever shown before, and as they are OF
yard width and only so cents a yard,
they are well within the reach of every
at 121z and cents yard are really very
attractive too, but the finer class of cot
ton dress goods will be a. temptation IN
deed this season, if the early display is a
torerunner of what the new few weeks
will reveal to US. Batistes of all kinds
and conditions will be worn, and organ
dies, always charming, are here in more
varied designs than ever. One special
style is a striking stripe of fine lines
shading from light to the darker tints of
one color, and eliminating every two
inches in a wider satin stripe. There is
q variety of cOlors in these stripes and
the effect is very unusual Other things
paign of dress, are the robe dress of dot
ted swiss and batiste. trimmed with lace
and embroidered insertion, and edg1ng.
The skirt all ready to hang and the ma
teria1 for the bodice, decorated in the
department. is q. robe dress of while and
colOred lawn combined with a wash dot
the net in waved stripes and various con-
Nenuonal designs and finished on the
edge with a fine end. These dresses are
TO be made over a silk OF lawn lining
matching the color Of the lawn used in
One feature seems to be very evident
among the new goods and that is the pale
SOFT pastel colors so much seen now
beautifully illustrated among the new
foulard silks which never were prettier
~ oeslgn or color1ng- There are Persian
designs very soft in the mixture of coll
ors; pale blue. green and pink grounds
knot sort of pattern in black and white
lines varying in width. and still more
charming in all the pastel tints. Dainty
colorfngs. a glossy finish and a soft cling
ing texture are the three ruling elements
an the make up of the new fOulards. The
new dark blue patterned with white. al
ways so desirable for serviceable gowns.
are of a rather bright shade lighter than
the navy tint which has been worn so
much, and clusters of white rings with a
polka dot in the center are one of the
Another interesting feature of the new
silks IS the very evident Improvement
among the silks of American manufac-
lure They have advanced materially in
the three necessary qualities. and are
quite as soft and pliable as the import
Cd silks, as well very dainty in de-
signs, and colorings, and glossy in I'm
ISM Just how these pretty materials will
be made up is a matter of conjecture at
present, but it is pretty safe to saw that
any or the tucked and plated skirts
winch the latest winter models have es-
tabllshed will be in good style early next
summer The very latest modes Of one
season are pretty certain to be forerun-
ners OF the early styles for the next
ne skirt which IS most popular in Paris
JUST at present is the one with plaits or
Iucks IN the back with the sides and front
qulte plain At the same time the skirf
most becoming to the figure is the one II
choose and whatever fullness there is
Fnouid be arranged to suit individual lines
lne most slender appearance possible
from the waist to the knees is the fhinS
20 pc desired, and just as much of the
pretty flare and fluff below that Doint a :
your purse will admit. Some features ~
ne latest gowns which will doubtless Dut
IN an appearance on our summer cos
tunes are the boleros. full rosette boyvz
OF chiffon, velvet and lace and the soft