The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23

lures OF the spring ST. les nave pee"
decided. there IS always great
deal of uncertainty about spring and
even summer styles which IS quite
decidede by autumn. The fact Is
that no style. even if t is intro
duced in spring is really accepted
until it is tried out at Deauville ami
the races in tHe late summer by
women OF fashion, Even then the
fashionable clever woman adagts
the styles 20 suit her individuality.
Her Coloring. her figure and her
personality all enter into her clothes.
AS one person sad. one can tell
What kind OF housekeePtr wom-
an is by the way she adjusts her
collar but hardly knoA if that
applies to the present day, for
there seems to be an absence Of
collars-or probably it would apply
to wells. A veil is rarely adjusted
twice alike by women.
SKIRTS.
There is nothing in TIE new styles
to create a sensation Probably the
silhouette We have at last come to
recognize as our own and not that Of
harem dWeller viii be slightly diff
ferent, for PrCmet, Who insists on
the hustle, " Il probably gain q hear
ing If The hustle viii change the
silhouette from the shopeless throus-
erlike skirt We are wearing. il is
to be hailed with delight, but it.,
too. will probably pass through sew
eral changes before We accept It
with acclaim.
COTTON MATERIALS.
And the cottons, They rival he
silks in design. weave, color and
expense Very charming and beau
tifully adaptable to draping and in
all the loose, baggy effect some ans
at nowadays.
They lend themselves to the shlr-
rings and rouches, ruffings AMI hounc-
es, pam ers and drapinss which W.
are to use on our spring finery
WEAVES AND DESIGNS.
The crepe veayes lead in silks
and woolens. as we'll as cottons, the
plain being inconspicuous amid the
numbers of marvellous designs and
waayao rbiraCa daci1rr ~, ;ntr,
duced in the bordered embroidered
materials These bordered mater
ials, of every kind and descrpt on,
will be most popular, for they in
terpret ,he fashions with the leas'
amount OF work.
The myriad crepe" is another var
iaton of the crepe idea. 1t is
composed of knotted yarn and a de
sign just seen under the myriad Of
knots gives a charming yelled effect,
for the knots only run one way II
the mater al.
Material of this description re
quires very little else to comple.e
a frock
The yarns of these surprising
cottons are dyed before they are
woven, the best of dyes and the
rarest of designs are used in their
construction,
NEW AND CURIOUS EFFECTS
Rodier shows a new effect using
ratine stripes on a crepe BACKGROUND
in Scotch plaid design.
The yoiles will hold their own
prominent place in the eyes of the
practical woman. For mourning
frocks, they are very serviceable as
they launder beautifully.
1t is said that wool black satin
will be in vogue for tailored su is
as we'll as onepiece froCks and VIII
be close second to taffetas ScOtch
plads will be worn without a doubt.
Their vogue during the winter in
Paris as trimming or part OF cos
tune met with more or less success.
Embroidered white linen of tho
finest and sheerest quality is the
chic material for blouses. 1t need
no. be tucked nor SHRED but there
must be enough of it to lie in soft
folds about the figure and to form
indefinite lines.
Laces of various sorts, but parti-
cularly maine meshes, are made
into blouses, some of them frilled
and partially draped with ruby, sap
phire or sulphur-colored chiffon.
Others have high bodices in dull-hu-
ed satin, and still others are length
ened with peplums in self-toned
silks.
Embroidered crepes are made up
into charming looking blouses, band
ed with satin or with velvet ribbon.
For real service there are fascinat-
ing silks in printed and Roman-strip-
ed designs, novelty velveteens and
sheer linens in the loveliest of past
ell tints.
So fascinating are the new mater
ials soon to be brought out, that
every woman who gets peep ct