East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19
FASHION LETTR by
CATHERINE PAZZANT.


New York, Feb. 1S.-February Is
upon us and that is the month when
women look around for those cotton
and lingerie fabrics fhch are to be
made up in advance of the season.
The question comes 10 mind what
effect will the new materials have up
on fashions" reply by creating new
textures and weaves suitable to the
straight, shortwalsted and hipless
modes now in demand.
\ glimpse at the models being de-
veloped for the Florida and Bermudas
travellers show the same decided ten
dency towards the Directore modes
of the past season.
The batistes, .inons. dimities. it's
sues, organdies, lawns. cotton voiles.
etc, all mercerized to give them lus-
tire, will take their usual place in the
printed designs for dressy afternoon
frocks and often for evening wear at
Informal gatherings at country places
For morning costumes linens are
again to the fore and there are many
varieties of them. Every year this
material is promised to be out with
fashion and yet every season is again
brought in with some new and re-
quired feature. The fact Is that linen
like certain silks and woolens Is
standby in cotton goods and fills
certain want, as no other fabric; i'll
develops too well in the summer tall
ored modes to be easily made passe. |
These costumes are always attractive. |
cool and smart looking, a little press |
ing and care makes them a constantly |
presentable costume and one that is !
within the purse limits of the major
ity Of women. The medium solid col
ors in all weights of linen make up |
satisfactorily in the coat and skirt
suits.
Bordered pongenette is a new mate
rial in cotton with mercerized groups
Of stripes in colors and embroidered
silk flowers between stripes which |
they match in color. The usual width |
is 90 inches, and the price forty to
fifty cents a yard.
Effeure is another charming cotton |
goods in 45-!nch width goods. which 1
now comes with a border, a solid
band of color that matches the flower
Of the design above. In the heavier
Qualities this material is useful for
the gored skirts with border about the
bottom edge and forming a surplice
on the waist. In one instance a buff Il
and blue strip borders a delicate Per-
sian design
some fine embroidered linens and Il
piques tina are more like musllns are
shown in solid raised sprigs or fig
lres and the linens in open work as
we'll as in solid goods are intended for
he tailored costumes.
Plain French piques in solid colors
with a soft finish and extremely pill
able texture come in self tone checks
and stripes. The widths are 27, 31I
md 32 inches wide and vary in prices
rom forty to dollar and fifty cents
Der yard; but a fine piece of goods
an be procured for eighty cents that
will serve all but the dressiest pur-
,oses.
The cotton crepes known as French
repes, as well as those varieties
allied Japanese will be much worn
his coming season and their popu-
arity as waist fabric has been ex-
ended to use for whole dresses.
'ome beautiful grey tones are shown
n the Japanese crepes and two quail
les known as Kanoka and Chijami
re very beautiful made with heavy
aces.
The new batistes are wonderfully
eautiful and display handsome solid
olor hens of bOrdered goods and as
art of the overblouse.
A grass bleached linen that is al
most white and is of great width is a
ovelty in the market.
Skirtings that come in a 32 inch
'idth and shown in fancy, white and
olored designs are being used by the
hirtwaist makers in modes suitable
} the sarly spring waists to be used
18th the new tailored waists. The
resent demand for the plain tailored
aist and the models provided makes
lis material a most appropriate ma
rial with which to gain the correct
feet.