The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-04

: There is, for example, one shot silk
| in a pastel blue and light golden
brown with the tiniest of dots of the
blue and as tiny crescents of the brown
pOwdering the shimmering changeable
background; and another silk, in the
| same old-time coloring, has the shot
ground with a design of minute inter
laced rings, one brown, the other blue.
The green and blue color schemes
show no signs of a. fall from grace, and
there is among the taffetas, surahs,
mesSa1ines, etc. a good deal of the
fruit red, popular this winter. These
reds are. however. as a. rule, robbed of
much of their warmth and obtain
summary GOODNESS and bloom by being
mixed with white. as in the case of a
shot red and white tuffeta covered
closely by pin-point dots of white.
Shot effects are as popular as checks
in the realm of what are called shirt
waist suit silks, though they are used
for dresSy froclxS as well, and these
changeable silks are by no means al
ways modified by check designs. The
plain shot silks in taffetas- surah and
messaline are liked. and dots Of all
sizes, or fine stripes or blumed flower
designs not printed, but woven into the
fabric are often shown upon the shot
round.
One of the Ioveliest silks shown in
the house already referred to is the
softest and creamiest of gray MESA
line shot with white and with a blumed
conventional figure in most delicate
blue or yellow or rose. The figure as
well as the gray is shot with white and
its outlines are hardly discernible. the
rose seeming to melt into the gray
with a silvery bloom over all.
The buff, corn color and light orange
tones enter largely into the silks, as
into all the new seasons stuffs. and
low combinations with white are de-
1ightful.
The Burlinghams and other silks of
that class come now in a beautiful line
of coloring, representing all the seasons /
favorite soft light greens and browns |
and bluffs and blues. etc. For the silk
coat and skirt nothing will be more |
popular than such one-tone silks with |
their suppleness, which gives the lie 70 |
their apparent coarsenesS ana Fousn-
ness of weave.
The India and China silks, too, have /
bowed to the now color fads and in ad- /
dition to the plain colors in these silks,
one sees dainty stripes, checks, etc, IN
willow green and white. brown ana
white, buff and white.
After all is said and done, there's
nothing prettier for midsummer wear
than ali white lingerie stuffs, and each
summer the white lingerie frock IS OF
vital interest to womankind. But the
lingerie frock doesn't necessarily mean !
a frock that will wash. A large snare
of the white frocks of wash stun are
made with no view to Tubing. and,
now that dry cleaning has become an /
l.
with lace and fine embroidery /
are wisely trusted to the cleaning es-
ADJUSTMENTS
that are really safe in the hands of
good laundress are a comfort, Tor
white that is not immaculate is dis
.ressing and cleansing establishments
are not always close at hand.
A complicated looking gown,
though simple enough in effect and
reality, is fashioned of plain, very
white linen and of linen equally hne
out embroidered all over in openWork
eyeIets. This alIover may be bought
0y the yard and its foundation match
ID in plain material and, though like
IN good openwork embroidery, it is
somewhat expensive, it does not APP
1roach in price the more elaborate
1roderie Anglaise alloyers-
still easier to make. though less Sc
7ere in effect, is q frock CT fine batiste
whose full skirt is trimmed in two
LOUNGES of batiste embroidery. Above