The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-29
F0REcASTING THE FALL

Importattons in Dress Goods Ar
irving DniIy-NoVei Braids and
Trimmings-VeIvcts ExtremeIy4
Prominent - PopIins IA RecedtS
Observation-Disclosures Holds GoodJ
Heuriettas and High Grade
Cashneres in Vogue Skirts
Fuller and Well StiGened
While the world feminine IL amusing
! Itself by seashore and lake. by mountain
and meadowIand, the SHOPS both big anal
| little, making strenuous efforts to iir &
| range and classify the goods that are mr.
| irving daily in anticipation of the autumng
| trade that starts IN when Madame retuFnss
| 10 town.
The custom-house officials have passed
| the sweltering summer in examining bolts
| and bales OF cloths and furs--m materials
| that only TO look at viii agEravate thcE
| heat. while the handling of them seeHoss
! to make The mercury wellnigh jump OUT
| of the thermometer tube.
| It is interesting to the privileged few
| that are admitted 10 wholesale ware-
! houses. to see so far in advance Just what
| Dame Fashion Is going to favor some twos
! or three months hence. The city isl
| thronged just this writing with mer-
| chants and their representatives. from ALL
parts of the States selecting and orderingl
| goods for immediate and future deliver
les. Dress goods seem 10 occupy the ma
| for share of attention Mt THIS nlou{erf
| and while the array Is bewiideriug sone,
| Il may he narrowed down to such as age
| positive successes. At this season many
| things are represented which viii fail On
the future to win popular approval. Dame
! Fashion is said 10 be tickle lady, and nI
! nothing does she manifest this chanRealtiel
| quality more than In the dress goods Sec
| ton.
! With the extreme vogue that has at
| tended Irish linens, Irish crochet al.i
| other products OF the Emerald Isle Ii Isl
| only In reason TO suppose that the Iri3l
poplins that have been famous for a ce9-I
| fury or more should have their due quosi
| of fashionable attention. Queen Aiexar-
dra of England and her daughters ttiie
| Queen of Norway and the Duchess az
! Fife have always been extremely partidl
10 this fabric. There is Il new weave ID
| this rnodlsh goods that partakes of tle
| so-called chiffon finish that Is applied To
| well-nigh everything these days. Thk
! late one is quaintiy known as the coie3l
| popun In Gaelic the word colleen meaning
| n pretty young girl There Is no doul,r
! whatsoever but that the younger, as wei
as the more staid and elderly sections or
| society, will welcome this decided noyeltg.
! II presents a slightly ribbed surface, D
! high slIken gloss. and, better stiil, =
| wears like Iron, lfgnratIyciy speaking. AZ
| Of the rnodish coiorings are shown.
! Eroadcloths of high luarer and coy
! spicuously light weight well repre-
| scented on the wholesalers counters. Color
! Is to play a very important part I'm thess,
| trimmings Of all sorts and characters
! are slated for most enthusiastic inning
| uenriettas aud cashmeres, the highf
grades he &c we'll unaeEstood, are bouup
| TO extend the favor |tftat has been showh
| to them I'm the late spring styles. IN
| deed. many Of the models purchased "
| dressmakers and buyers now 10 Paris ars
| made up i'll those effective goods. RIG
| bon velyets are the trimmings, par excel
| ence, for those; and so far as the fac
| fashions have declared themselves, it zip
| be The horizontal line ig applying thosf
| that Is TO be followed.
| Mohsir Is another material TO be af
| corded strong favor in the fail sbowipgA
| The newest designs from the other sidt
| are In all the staple coorings--Drowt
| green, blue, etc, and there Is noted I
| strong tendency toward boFeity effects II
| the form Of the woven dots, dashes ana
! stripes Of self and contrasting coiors, the
| background showing a melange effect "
| white and pastel cCIors, OF which oraagf
I seems 10 be the fayorite.
As for the new color card, IL does not
| display anything that Is strikiuely novel
/ Paris leans nightly 70 some nrw br0wnS
( chiefly IF the bpFuished and golden cop
/ per varieties: and IN goods Of high Instet
/. they are certainly most attractive. SOM.
/ snuff and cinnamon shades are attracting
/ quite some attention, anu mere are SONG
/ blues, which follow half tones rather rbaa
/ aggressive shadings. that are bound -
| meet with approval. Those iiluslye and
/ elusive shadirgs appear only in the more
/ expensive goods, such as ailkEn yeiiugs
/ ana such Ike hlmy weayeg that are clear
( ~ intended TO be made up over sdkca
Innings
| And. by the way, there Is 70 be q very
| decided vogue for Innings Of atroffgis
/ contrasting shade to those TRANSPARENCY
! aud serEltrauspareEt weaves that havs
{ lasted for mere than one season now.
T Somewhat Tentatively have tie plaid and
checked silks been used beneath plain
I yoiles and the finer twine cloths
Gray IS already slated to continue it's
vogue, but the new shades are all OF theK3
I softer and even more intense than were
/ those Of the springtime. The extremely
i light fints. as pearl and nickel. are passed
/ by in favor Of the denser smoke and fos
J grays, tie TaaFechaUx. the souris, Geeps
eniuZ into peculiarly soft castor ti1c
| which declares hint of yellow In It's
| dyelng.