The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-11
FASHION NOTES.
INTERESTING NEVIS FOR OUR
 LADY READERS.

tistic-soft satin and silk Llnings i Being Used in Preference to Taffetas.
 The story of silks is, perhaps, the most universally interesting of all those with spring. Silk costumes Iare in vogue for all occasions, even some simple tailored ones for morning wear all of which is quite in accord with the note of luxuriousness that pre- vails throughout the realm of dress, It is all so different from what it was
 few years back, say twenty, when "the best black silk was the phase with which to conjure. and made it's appear ance only on state occasions, prlncl- lpally weddings and funerals.
 | It is a veritabe treat to go into the exclusive shops and hear the history of the new weaves, of which there IS a sufficient number to dazzle the eyes of even the eonnoisseur, and as for the names, well, here one may be excused flor paraphrasing, for certainly if the
 words of the man behind the goods is of any worth a silk by any other name lis just as good will wear just as long, and is equally stylish. Also a piece of silk. in this season of 1907, plays many parts, For example, silk, glos- sy, rugh woven and of firm texture, is known at the importers as Tuscan foulard, at one shop it goes by the name of "amaranth," while still another firm answers to the call for it, when 1t comes, as voile surah Hence, it is well Ito seek further when enc does not at once find the silk desired
 i All of the silks show an unusually wide range of beautiful colors, both light and dark shades. This range in Icludes almost every tint known here tofore. reinforced by scores of new ones, many of them novel In the French | me dels these odd shades, which are perhaps in themselves trying, are cley- erly worked up into combinations which not only render them vastly becoming,
 but distinguished looking.
 There has not been a season in many a long year when we could So aptly say
 the old things have passed away" We may still make use of old materials
 old colors, old Ideas, but they must en- ter into calculations rather as access
 sories to be combined with new sug- gestons than as whole. The spirit
 of change is abroad in the land, and il
 makes itself felt nowhere more potently
 than in dress. We may wear last sea
 sons clothes, but not as they were, and
 to the economically inclined this must
 be a season of pure delight for the old
 things never lent themselves so adapta-
 bly, to refurnishing as now, and here
 again silks are their salvation. It it
 the exception when a gown of silk It.
 self is not trimmed with a silk of an.
 other weave, if not of a different color
 Taffeta is used rather for ornamental
 purposes than as entire costumes, ex'
 cept in black, which is as popular al ever. A smart suit of black taffets
 seen at one of the recent exhibition: is well worthy of mention and sounds new note in the construction of thi'
 somewhat hackneyed toilette. Th' skirt was laid in half-inch knife plait' arund the hips and stitched to deptl of ten inches, and pressed the rest o their length Around the bottom wert two four-inch folds of satin sparsely
 scattered with pin dots and headed
 with just the narrowest possible piplnl
 of green silk. The bodice was of poln Venise lace, with shoulder caps ant
 strappings of black silk bordered, witl
 the silk pped, satin bands of the skirt and over this was little coat, shor pony effect, with d French back, thu seems outlined with the full widtl
 bands, extending from the shoulde and having two wide revers of satir notched, piped with green, and trim med with tiny metal buttons of greer
 and gold
 The Parisian dressmakers and cer
 tain modistes on this side are using tht soft satin and silk Things in preference to tafeta. These are exclusive mfwy , to taffeta. These are attractive, shim
 mering through the thin, loosely wover materials which we are using, bat tho , average American woman likes a lining ) with more body to 1t, and, incidentally she likes the slight, almost imperceptl l ble rustic of the new taffetas although like the sensible being she is, she ha! foregone the aggressive cracking taf fetas that she adopted with so mucl zest few years ago,
 The majority of silks are figured yet, plain weayes are, strictly speaking just as good, Satin duchesse, which ha! been on the market for many aeons, fl
 heralded as a novelty for coat silks and those of it's construction are indeed very smart. For this purpose, both col , ors and black are in order, but as satil duchesse is heavy and warm, it Is onl,
 desirable for the earlier spring days
 and, on the whole, seems much bette 7 adapted to fall wear In lieu of th 7 there is faille francaise, which Is nor, ' suitable but best of all are the Ori l ental silks and all silks of rough wea l yes. Tuscan, shautmg tussah rajah
 and mirage. All are popular for day ant 5 evening costumes for coat suits, fo . formal or informal occasions, for sepa } rate coats or for entire suits, They re ) quire but little trimming, drape grace ) fully, wear well and altogether posses. l those qualities which go to make up satisfactory spring. fabric Most of thes 1 silks come in monotone or fancy effects Z One of the prettiest Of Tuscan design
 shows cresents of varying sizes, inter l spersed with solid dots. The little fig ures are shaded blue, on a darker blu, ground, or brown or green, a goodl,