The Washington times., 1908-04-13
ORIENTAL SILK
T0BE POPULAR
DURING SEASON
Pongee Favorite for Coats
and Skirts.

There's no limit to the rage for orr
entail silks this spring" says a Boston
dealer.
I'VE sell them just as fast as we can
get them, and find II hard 20 buy more.
The real Chinese hand-wOven pieces
have been imported to France in i'm
mense quantities and dyed 10 every
fashionable shade imaginable IN the last
year. but there isn't a bit TOO much on
hand Tor the spring rush
"FOnEee mas so many advantages over
otler silks, you see. II takes the soft.
new coIors which designers are con-
gtantly launching. better than any
other One-tone silk silk on the market.
In the better qualities Il is washable,
and doesn't spot-great point in p six
dress 20 the mind Of every woman
Natural coiored, il is as cool looking
as white, but not nearly 50 hard on the
laundry bills It's dTessy enough TO be
worn anywhere. but not too dressy for
comfort. It's no wonder that women
Ike Il, and are planning 10 keep the
manufacturers busy from now tin sIu-
mer making enough o. II 70 last the
season
Dressmakers say the same. The head
OF one big establishment says tina. she
is making three tussah, rajah or pongee
gowns for one of any other kind OF silk
this month. And the best OF IL al is
that it's such a variable material. and
can be used In so many beautiful com
binations that there's little prospect OF
our firing Of it.
FOR coat and skirt models OF the
lighter sort. 10 wear when real warm
weather comes. there's a prospect that
the cream or biscuit cOlOred raJah VIII
almost drive linen of the feld. It's
Just as cool, and doesn't crumpie merry
are quite suitable 20 fashion these mod
els on and since they require no lining
and little fitting they viii be verttable
boon 10 the woman who loves TO make
such pretty things for herself THESE
coats can be trimmed with the hand
some ffIet insertion. which has been
initiated so successfully At low prices.
and ara washable.
or, II one likes a color. the very mar
row sOutache may be found in all sorts
OF pretty shades. IN the best ready
made models II is sewed on by hand,
and the home worker viii doubtless find
II easier than attempting too much
elaboration with the machine. Another
pretty way OF trimming Is with the
bands OF the same material in another
color. The light champa gne-colorsd
Tajah is stunning With bands Of blue,
green or even old rose, al Of which are
easily found.
These fancy colored oriental silks viii
be especially handsome in three-picce
suits. Or in princess jumper models
with a tiny bOierO to match. Besides,
tina princess has been worn so much
that IL IS no longer the least bit eX-
irene, and Well-dTeEsed women Will
wear these gowns almost as common
as they would a smart Bingham or
linen suit. However. by trimming
little more deliberately. such a gown
NAV be made suitable for almost any
thing but evening wear
Some very handsome patterns IN these
oriental silks are found with borders of
colOTed stripes and are not half so eN-
pensive as such novelties are apt 10 be.
In fact one saves very much on trim
mings II such gown. FOR the bOrdercd
edge is used in the waist. making trim
ming. except a few buttons, uuneces-
sary. Even these are a simple matter
for the home dressmaker. being covered
with the material and decorated with
q few French knots or some other SIM
pie embroidery.