The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
THE FASHIONS.

1 that we may anticipate wearing the 1 charming warm weather frocks for an- other month or so.
 There is, however, a large class of
 women who find it advisable, often im- | perative. for one reason or another to
 plan the fall and winter wardrobes
 early in the season, and for them the
 shops already open up many faseinat- ing revelations. It is always well to be somewhat conservative in making early
 season selections, for many of the
 newest novelties" no matter how in- 1 teresting for the moment, oftentimes prove merely "fads and fancies' which give way later on to more staple pro- 1 ducts.'
 This season, however, in advance of
 East year at this time, there seems to
 be a pretty good range of colors and
 materials whose station is fixed, and, reinforced by the Paris fashion advice
 below, one may proceed to purchase without fear as to future prestige. To begin with, then, all of the rich
 deep colors will be in high favor, par l ticularly reds browns, and greens in each of which there is an entirely new range of shades. Old rose in seven
 tones, ranging from just the faintest
 flesh, called de Milo" presumably af-
 ter the Venus, to a deep raspberry,
 with more red in it than the raspberry of last year. The wine and sherry shades, reinforced by richer and more
 beautiful tones, will share equally for street costumes with all of the browns in which the yellow tones predominate
 although the latter will be claimed by blondes as peculiarly and particularly their own, a fact fully presaged by the large orders for browns already placed by several prominent women of the yell low-haired type.
 The plum shades are better even than last season, and will easily hold their own with this r1otous lot of newer shades. They will be seen frequently in combination with black, especially those tints which incline more decided ly to purple.
 There are two new schades of green which may be described, one as an emerald, with a softening gray tinge
 and the other an olive, with pinkish
 tints in it-an odd shade at it's best in artificial light, and therefore particular ly adapted for the demitoilette of evening.
 A strong feature of the coming style will be the combination of contrasting colors and of many shades. Scarcely one of the Paris models but has at least four different tones about it, and not infrequently as many as eight or l ten. Of course, only the true artist can arrange them with artistic effect, but at least there will be no monotony of styles, as no two combinations would | be apt to be exactly alike also, the combination idea sounds joyful note to those to whom economy Is a neces- sity, allowing as it does, almost unlim- l tied scope for the made-over dress. l The rage for white will continue not only through the fall In serge and the Oriental silk and wool weaves, but throughout the winter fin heavy, satin finished broadcloths for the street and in voiles, cashmeres, and soft silks for
 house wear. Of the various shades of white, those with the yellow in them are best, the deep creams, butter-coI- ors, and ecru; and costumes made of any of these will be apt to have some daring touches of color in the way of insettings, pip!ngs, bands, etc, which give them an air that is decidedly French. A handsome shade of bronze will lead in greens. This was widely sought last winter, but it has reached such a degree9o popularity that now Gall the worldp is after it. With the bronze comes a new-old shade. known as bottle-a shade a trifle pronounced but very elegant when combined with black, So much for colors.
 Tn the way of new materials, the pretty striped and checked smooth goods of early spring are just as good as they were then, until the new broad cloths, which are to be chief among the heavier materials, shall make their ap- pearance. Then there is a medium
 weight cloth, something like drab d'ete, which Is in all the new shades, with every appearance of being entirely satisfactory; and Bordeaux, a close firm weave, not unlike broadcloth, and
 which will give it a close run at a cheaper figure.
 But the most delectable of all of this class of materials Is what is dubbed, because of it's extreme fineness, spider voile. It further suggests its name in
 that its weave shows two tiny rings enclosed in squares. Nothing more ex- quiste for demidress have we had for
 many a long day and, as it comes in the new shades, light as well as dark it is sure to repeat over here the furore it has already created in Paris.
 i The embroidered voiles are Iovelier
 than ever and come in greater and more varying degrees of elaboration,
 and, although always dainty fluer-de- | lis, clover-leaf, and the numberless
 small conventional figures woven in l self-colors will retain their popularity, | there are newer ones with graceful
 long-stemmed daisies, poppies, or bach elors buttons, large scroll figures, and | strange geometrical devices woven into
 their meshes sometimes in self, and
 sometimes in their natural colors. Among silks there is nothing particu-
 larly new to be noted except the return
 of surah. Why this, once discarded,
 should be allowed to force it's way back again, pushing aside, as 1t is try ing to do, the peau decygnes, which seems in every way so i nfinite- | ly more desirable is past com