The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-08

monized color contrasts. beautiful
deep taupe, for example, may have for
backing just the right tone of violet
or green or blue. seal brown shows
a reverse side of exquisite purple or
dull, soft orange. A very deep blue is
combined with rich fuchsia, red or mall
achiteN green Iron gray consorts with
the deep straw yellow, which has been
a summer fad In Paris. Black is faced
with any and all of the soft, yet glow
ing fashionable colors.
Changeable colorings also promise
WELL not only in the taffets, which have
been summer mania abroad and have
been taken up to a considerable extent
here. but in other silks as well. Moires
showing more or less pronounced cord
, ing in their weave and changeable COL
oring are among the loveliest of the
new silks and there are also change
able bengalines and some very effect
i've louisines in color shot with black or
; white
Two especially successful offerings
in the louisine weave, which has not
been much to the fore In recent seasons
and which is much more supple than
1t originally was. are in light, silvry
gray shot with black and white. which
merely give shifting, shadowy play over
the lustrous moonlit surface, and irf> a
yellow approaching the new biscotte
tone, though with a touch more of
| bronze shot with black.
One is inclined to put confidence in
the success of the grays this season
Exquisite shadings of this color are to
be found among the loveliest of the
| new materials which cannot fail to ap-
peal 10 the taste of the fastidious.
| Purple seems to be extremely popu-
lar and is likely to be done to death on
| that account. Much of the early milli-
merry and many of the advance model
frocks and accessories sound this pur-
pie note: and while one must admit its
effectiveness, the woman who cannot
afford to buy early in the season and
throw aside later will do well to be
cautious and to avoid the lure of the
purple.
1 Wash suits are featured for the flag
end of the summer season by nearly all
the big shops. Judging from the num-
| bers displayed, women are favoring the
/ suits of linen, particularly the rough
| weaves, which do not wrinkle so easily
! as those of smoother texture. Aside
| from the large collars and cuffs made
of contrasting colors or striped linen,
| there is little or no trimming on the
most popular noQelS. many, III TACT
are built on mannish lines and have
the simple. notched collar and coat
sleeves typical of mans garments.
Natural colored linen seems to be
most popular, although white and the
varying shades of purple and lavender
are seen to some extent. Havana brown
navy, delft and light blue and few
of the darker green shades are also
included In the list of popular colors
II The newest suits from abroad show
jacket averaging from % to 80 inches
in length. These are to be the mos
notable in early fall designs They are
shown in varying styles. some being
straight cut from the shoulder to the
hips, while others are made to give the
short-waisted effect. This short-w waist
ed style is principally used on the
dressier suits, while the straight cut /.
used on the plain and practical ones
II good deal of attention is paid tn,
collars, revers and cuffs, which are fire.
/, quently of satin or silk, while som,
are of linen in contrasting shade
/ Plain black satin remains in favor FOL
trimming.
|! The incroyable revers are again mucl
in evidence, and some of the new mod
/ els show a revers on one side only
/ While the sailor collar is not so promi
nent as it was, it has not been entirel,
eliminated Many pointed collars ar
shown. and the fall models will proba
| bly, show the large round collars witt
hood effects at the back. The skirt
adhere to the present fashion o
|, straight lines, close fitting about tn