The Washington times., 1912-02-08
Seen IN the Shops

Bordered foulards are to be quite the
vogue this spring In the one-piece street
dress for afternoon wear. Beautiful
patterns in this material are displayed
In department store In Market place,
near Eighth street, this morning, and
II Is "A inches wide. This silk is shower
proof, and the texture is soft and lus-
trous. Pretty conventional designs in
rings, irregular dots, and scrolls on
backgrounds Of all shades OF blue,
brown, and green. with deep borders
eight to twelve inches wide, are offered
Tor H,S9 a yard.
A furniture store in F street, near
the corner of Tenth, on the north side
of the street. has window full of old
mahogany furniture and each piece Is
marked SO. There are some quaint old
fashioned writing desks. Priscilla
chairs and rush-bottom rockers In the
gain. One small round card table where
the top folds down when placed near
the wall Is exceptionally desirable.
Satin roses nestled among green foil
age, which are worn so extensively this
season for corsages, are offered tEis
morning in a Seventh street department
store, near New York avenue, for 10
cents each. These flowers come IN
yellow, and blue, and the foliage around
each rose is a soft shade Of green. The
rose Is quite a full-sized flower, and
would add bright touch to dark
gown.
A department store in Seventh street,
near the corner of ID, has quite collec-
ton of pretty ostrich plumes. which are
reduced exactly one-half. White and
as s. cents each, and they are decidedly
good looking. A hat trimmed with
these feathers and arranged upon q
small chapeau in the back in such a
way as to droop toward :he front would
be quite chic and Frenchy. There were
also longer French plumes In black and
white for 95 cents each. The collection
Of colored and two-toued plumes was
marked 6s low as 81.
Dainty lingerie is greatly reduced in
department store in Seventh street,
between e and F streets. this morning.
The shopper saw some pretuly trimmed
night gowns, with lace and embroidery
in the neck and sleeves, marked 40
cents The underbodies are also pref
THY. designed in lace and embroidery
marked % and 80 cents each.
Strictly tailored waists made of a
striped silk messaline are displayed in
window in street, near the corner
street These waists are made with soft
turnover collars and turned back cuffs,
and the stripes are dainty lavender,
blue. pink; or black, In a whits back
ground. They are marked $29S.
Odds and ends of cretonne and ckintz
in artistic designs and beautiful soft
colors are displayed this morning in a
G street department store, near the cor
ner of Eleventh, for IS cents a yard.
This material can be used for 80 many
useful purposes III the house and give a
bright and cozy look to the rooms. Pill
| lows can be covered with ii, couch
covers, and bed spreads can be made
of It, and II a shirt waist box Is needed
one can easily and cheaply be made by
covering 1t with chintZ or cretonne. II
curtains are desired to complete the fur
Fishing of the rooms, patterns cut from
cretonne and appliqued upon plain white
| or eCru scrim would make artistic dra'
peries and also very cheap ones.
\ stylish little one-piece dress is dis
| played In an + street store window, near
| Ninth street, this morning, and 1t is
| made OF a soft golden brown serge II
fastens down the front with a row OF
! rather large white pearl buttons ant
the collar and cuffs are trimmed with
heavy ecru lace. The price of this frocL
is S. 9S.
Long and three-quarter length whit,
/ serge coats are to be used extensively
this spring, and when worn with the
one-piece dresses will be a serviceablt
fashion. An F street store, near thu
corner of Tenth street, has few heav!
diagonal white serge long and three
quarter length coats of the newes
spring models, which are decided!
pretty and stylish. They are mad
| rather plain, with huge shawl collars
and fasten low at the side near TIL
| waist line, with large fancy buttons
One long coat Is especially modish
made with a large sailor collar which
| is faced with a rich brown MORE silk
The cuffs Also are faced with this ma
terlal and large brown jeweled button
fasten It on the side. 1t Is marked
$3.50 The three-quarter coats ar
marked SIS.