Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-03-13
SUMMER FORECAST.
Prediction as to the Modes for the
Coming Season.

Predlctlon aS TO tne mooeS ioi h'e
Coming Season.
To anyone but the fashionable up
to-date women the display of gauZy
summer fabrics in the shops so soon
would be disheartening indeed. But
nothing in the line of prospective
needs in dress can daunt the twentieth
century woman.
No self-sacrifce is too great for
her to endure if she can buy her
July clothes before the winter has
fairly begun; so the willy shopkeeper
spreads out the new satin fOulards,
silk mousselines and batistes in the
most alluring manner, soon after
Christmas, to catch her eye when
she came to exchange her presents.
He knew the temptation would be If
resistible, and so it is.
The patterns are attractive, the col
ors fascinating and the prices so low
in comparison with the winter vel
vets and cloths, that two or three
gowns can be purchased for the price
of one of the heavier fabrics. But,
alas, the few yards of material does
not represent a 1.-THE of the expense
which rolls up later when you pay for
the making However, this consider
alton is matter so far in the future
that it has no effect on the shopper
zeal
The new satin fOulards are chiefly in
small patterns and we'll covered. Diff
fel ant sized polkadots and oblong
spots are arranged to form a design
which has a striking effect OF course,
there is great variety in the patterns
but the large distinctive patterns
conSpicuously outlined against a light
background are in the minority in This
first Importation which is enCourag-
ing as an evidence of good taste. The
prevailing colors are navy blue, pastel
blue and tan patterned with white.
with sometimes a bit of black in the
design.
Black and white fOulards, or, rather,
white with black patterns, are very
attractive, and will be very popular,
as everything in black and white is
sure to be. If the display of tan
shades in all the new fabrics has any
significance they are to be much
worn.
There is large variety of tans and
biscuit colors among the foulards. and
you see them in a great variety among
the batistes and Swiss musIins. A
novelty in linen batiste is embroidered
by machine in silk of different coIors
and different designs.
Then there are pretty batistes with
Persian stripes in silk, plain satin
stripes in different colors, and the al
ways pretty pOlkadots. These are in
linen color, but there are other ba-
tistes in dainty tints of blue and pink
and heliotrOpe.
The new blue Swiss muslins en-
broidered with white are charming
In the merceriZed cotton mousselines,
too, there is great variety in design
and colOring, costing only 80 cents a
yard, so there is something dainty to
suit every purse.
Novelty serge is one of the new
fabrics shown in a variety of plain
cOlors, while still another also in
plain, delicate colors is the cotton and
silk crepe. 1t comes in all the pretty
as if it were all silk.
Cotton and silk grenadines add dain-
ty variety to the list, which lengthens
every year, especially in the depart
ment where cotton dress goods are
sold. Each succeeding year shows
some new mixture of cotton and silk
cotton and linen; some new weave
new in finish DISCUSSES the
of the cotton completely.
AS for the new shirtwaist materials, |
they are in bright stripes, wide and
snowy, with three or four cOlors in
the combination. There are pretty
new wash silks. too, with tiny cords
and dots, also for shirtwaits. Among
the more elegant silks is a Duchess
satin, inset at wide intervals with |
medalliOns of lace.
Hints of spring come to us not only |
in muslins and batistes, but also in
5hirtwaists of the thinnest descrip- |
ion already on sale. Thin white
in January seem a little
but here they are as
in evidence as if they
never had given place to the flannel
1nes.
Other suggestions of spring come
through the gowns which are being
for the migrations to the
south. and these are chiefly in white;
White nuns yelling. crepe de chine.
,eige and cloth being the leading
abrics. 1t is not alone white gowns.
nut white hats, white coats and
White blouse waists.
It is astonishing how popular the
eparate waist in white has become
{ you have any doubts about it one
matinee at the theater or opera will
ecide the question most effectually.
very other woman has on a white
5aist of some sort. and if it is not all
yhite, it is black and white, or blue.
T pink
Pale blue ranks next to white
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