The Jersey City news., 1902-05-31


londres and some grosgrain, all plain,
and these are suitable for outdoor
dresses in tailor style.
Peau de levant has soft and closely
twilled surface very rich in appear
ance, with a regular crepe de chine I'm
ish, and this silk may be laundered as
often as calico. Peau de cygne comes
twenty-seven inches wide in black and
colors 1t is very handsome and lus-
trous in black and makes up elegantly.
The skirt is not to be lined, and the
bottom is made to flare and be COM
Portable for warm days. In black all
silk pongees are also among the fash
ionable silks for summer, and they are
SO light as to be delightful for the COM
ing warm days. This is thirty-one
inches wide and therefore cuts to bet
ter advantage than the narrower goods.
Some of the liberty silks have jac-
guard weayes, and until the shopper
examines this particular fabric she has
not seen one of the most attractive OF
ALL This is light, like all liberty silk,
and has. all the luster peculiar to the
fabric, with the addition of the woven
figures.
Leuisine is another new favorite. and
tiny checks. Some have blue and
white checks in different sizes from
pinhead to half an inch square. There
are red and white, brown and white
and black and white. The smallest
sizes are the most refined, and gown
made of this style of silk is decidedly
French. And there is something ex-
tremely neat about this design. One
dress was made of the fine blue and
white check, with all the accessories
cuffs, revers, collar and fan shaped
slashes-at the bottom of the skirt of
blue solid color in taffeta. White lace
was used to trim the dress, and it was
particularly neat and pleasing.
Crisp and often iridescent taffeta is
seen among the silks for summer wear,
and there are said to be over hundred
colors and tints. This makes an eco
nomical dress, for it does not require
laundry work 1t will not hold dust.
and much Of the taffeta silk is now
made waterproof White corded taffeta
is employed mostly for the shirt waists,
as are the shantungs and habutais.
These are washable.
Some of the taffetas are striped in
different colors, and others of better
quality. Those mostly for evening wear
are warp printed, which gives them
delicately vague effect. Some Of the
louisines are also printed in tiny white
polka dots on dark ground, like navy,
garnet, cadet gray, dark blue and
black.
One lady told me that when she saw
the dainty muslins she felt that she
never wanted anything else, but when
she saw the silks muslins suddenly
seemed so cheap to her that she fairly
hated the pretty thin dresses she had
| thought so beautiful short time ago
| What we have is never SO desirable as
| the things unattainable.
I had intended to<describe tailored
suit of peau de cygne in rich dark
| gray. The skirt is cut SO that heavy
| folds form fans at the bottom, and
these are backed by fans of finely
| plated crimson chiffon. each fan hav-
ing braid zigzagged across il. On the
| outside are curicusiy wrought designs
/ of black silk castle braid. The basque
is in the form.of position at the back
and has a vest front made like the
fans at the bottom. A more striking
costume could scarcely be imagined
Thus we may see that silk is rot for
| gotten. for parasols and ribbons for
hats are also OF. it. We cwe debt Of
Fratitude to the industrious little
worms for providing Us with the fbers
% make such lovely things.