The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

The sand, biscuit and putty shades
bid fair to continue their popularity, and
though a month or two ago 1t was hard
to find these shades In the materials
one wanted they are available now in
every sort of silk, wool, linen and cot
ton. Coverts are in great demand, and
IL Paris indorses them for spring they
viii be more than ever mania: but
there are many other lightweight wor
steds In the covert coiorings ready 10
contend for their share of feminine ia
vor.
Paris promises to do much with vio-
let's. grays, the tan tones and certain
blues. and IT is practically certain that
ali white, black and white or white and
black effects win be extremely modish
Some charming models have come over
in white and black stripes and In white
and black stripes with tiny flower sprigs
or vines in the white stripe or with
hair lines Of color introduced. Some ex-
ceedingiy attractive radium silks are OF
this last design. inch wide stripes Of
white and black being llvened by vari-
ousy grouped hair line stripes OF gay
color--Eold or rose or blue or cerse.
Stripes figure prominently IN an
classes of material. and the manufac
turers have evidently counted confident
ly upon their success In silks one finds
stripes in every width from hair lines to
three inches. the latter usually IN one
tone eoioring and alternating stripes of
soft taffeta and satin. Sometimes the
saffeta stripe VIII be of shot coloring and
one of the loyeliest new things shown
among recent importation of fine
silks has a three inch stripe OF ciel blue
satin alternating with stripe of the
same width In shot cel aud violet.
The sprigged and large Powered tat
fetas and failes are very lovely too,
and particularly bewitching are certain
soft. shimmering ivory white tafYetas
embroidered thickly In the most minute
of flower sprigs. a host OF flowers and
colors being represented.
The hand blocked ehintz floral de-
signs on crepe, radium, taffeta. cotton
voile cotton crepe, &c, are beautiful,
and similar designs 10 rather small fig
ures on chiffon suggest exquisitely
dainty summer evening frocks.
Linens of many weaves are In evil
dence and some OF the newest are Pc
culiariy soft. which is fortunate thing
A material of still more softness and
yet OF body that fits 1t for the sort OF
models to which linens are dedicated
Is cotton gabardine which is very
likely 10 meet with conspicuous sue
cess. II is made by the domestic manu-
faeturers in admirable quality and
wide range of attractive colorings, liz
said to launder web and altogether is,
very desirable where thin cotton Is rot
wanted.
Cotton whipcord. cotton Bedford and
cotton corduroy all .coue IN good color
ings too and win probably be much
used for separate skirts. sports pur-'
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Cotton voiles multiply as the sands of
the sea, and fine cotton crepes are not
far behind There are particularly de-
itghtftli stripe designs in the fine voiies
rough silk stripes in the same color
as the ground OF the material or in con-
trast3ng material and even more fetch
Ing stripes in white and color of the
same weave but IN varying width A
delicate rose pink wolfe. say, will be
broken into inch or inch and half
stripes by groups Of hair lines in white.
alternating with the plain spaces OF
pink. OR the ground may be ~hYe
and the groups Of fine lines in color. Or
between inch wide groups Of delicate
co.ored hair lines "A Attie vine stripe Of
the tinlest blossoms and leaves may run
along a white ground.
Dots are effectively used too among
the shear cotton stuffs and are in every
size from the small snowflake dot TO
the coin dot as large as IA cent piece.
or even larger Black dots on buff. light
blue or rose have a certain Snartness
that is likely TO commend them.
OrEandie dentelle, an organdy with
an open work weave suggesting shadow
lace printed IN delicate floral designs,
is among the novelties of merit.
Bordered materials do not Seem as
inslstent as they usually are in the
early showing of cottons. and yet the
new season promises rather more scope
chan usual for their use. Borders are