East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-27
FASHION LETTER BY
CATHERINE PAYZANT. I

Q CATHERINE PAHZANT. o
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New York, Jan. 26.-The Christmas
had no sooner closed than
the dry goods merchants began dis
playing the earlier consignments Of
linen and cotton dress goods and dur
ing the past week one of the Broadway
houses made a special feature Of such
fabrics, to which they gave up for ex-
hibition purposes a whole section of
their first floor.
1t was bitterly cold outside but I
found many women in heavy furs at
the exhibit giving their orders rs they
passed from aisle to aisle, for it is con-
sidered none too early TO buy cotton
or linen gowns for next season. The
prudent woman knows there is thrift .
and convenience in this early buying;
she remembers that there is but a
week or more before the spring sew ,
ing must begin. and she knows that
the choicest designs must be secured
now.
My first stop was made before a
table on which was displayed a heavy
cotton fabric in a coarse canvass
weave in uneven threads like those in
the pongees. It was beautifully mer-
cerized, shown in many delicate col
| ors and intended to serve in the place
| of linens for suits. coats and the
heavier whole-piece costume of early
summer. .Thirty-six inches wide they
are sold at forty-eight cents a yard
| and would make up satisfactorily in
| one of the new Russian blouse de-
| signs.
Close beside the canvass weaves
were some excellent examples of Him
alaya cloth and a design for this ma
terial was shown me by a visiting
dressmaker. 1t was intended for
early wear in the South. The shade
used was biscuit color trimmed with
embroidered black bands. The skirt
was of the seven gored variety. Six
tucks decorated the bottom of the
skirt above which were two bands of
the black embroidery. The coats, of
the Russian blouse order with its long
skirt portion. was also decorated with
a band, which followed the lower
edge and up the right side and around
the neck. The sleeves were of the
usual blouse variety, finished with
cuffs of the banding. The hat to ac-
company the costume was a large
black straw trimmed with a huge
wing held in place by jet buckle.
My second halt was made among
some English novelties for which nc
special name seems to have been
found; they closely resemble some OF
| the wool mixture, having self-colored
silk designs, which in the case Of the
| cotton goods are done in mercerizec
threads Here was found a cottor
| crepe in an attractive apricot shade
voile in blue that would make W
well for a country dance next sum
mer.
! The rose pattern still obtains amoni
the organdies. There were some love
ly dressed patterns shown in both th'
| French and the domestic organdies
and one covered with tiny pin dot
was overstripped with "a silk line. :
| plain orEandy in white would De dec
| grated with the green net border tina
was woven with it, The French or
candies cost about 80 cents, Will
those Of domestic weave range from
20 cents upward
For the semi-tailored dresses ther
are the cotton popiins, crash, cottot
| pongees. The new crash weaves ar
in effect coarse, but in reality are eZ
= tremcly supple and soft with mer
- cer'zed fiQish They win be useful Il
"A suits and coats for travelling. or 70
wear at the seaside. Linen hopsack
ing ana other such loosely wove
4 materials promise to have a large fol
4 lowing from the numbers offered an
for early summer they make yer
pretty gowns.
some Of the designs TO be foun
} among the batistes might have bee
q copied from those worn by our grand
4 mothers. but are dainty, recalling tn
8 scent Of rose leaves old gardens an
4 sweet lavender buds.
The cotton or mercerized 'foulard
Z which copy so well the real materit
4 was not to be confounded with tn