Evening journal., 1915-02-11
LATEST FASHION NOTES
FROM THE FASHION
CENTRES

n TEW oolors and new fabrics arc
" sure TO be questions Of vital
interest with any change OF
season. While il is true that we
have had so much mild weather that
we may safely look for real winter in
the later weeks Of the season, the
latter part of January is, nevertheless,
quite certain to develop questions OF
what is to be and what is not TO be
worn with the coming Of Spring. This
year the very unusual conditions
abroad have made the problem coui-
plicated one and we are confronted
with the questions of how much we
may expect from Paris and how much
We must depend upon home talent
That we can make beautiful materials
and dye exquisite colors has been
proven and no less an authority than
Messrs. B. Altman & Co. are respon-
sible for that statement, for they have
put forth a most interesting color-card
showing salome satins, poplins, mar
quisettes, messalines. chiffon taffetas,
Georgette crepes and all the favorite
materials dyed in the new and Won
derful oolors that are as beautiful and
as rich as any that we have ever
seen. That they bear American names
adds 10 their interest, although as is
commonly the case with color-cards,
The names are more or less fanciful.
We will all recognize the fitness OF
Arizona silver and of Palm Beach
and and assuredly of Delaware peach
and there are others that are equally
suggestive, but it is not so much
the name as the quality that is inter
esting and each shade in itself is a
study. Those on the inside have long
known that America can produce ex-
quisite fabrics, and when we add Won
derful oolors, VIC should have a per-
iect output, and if this great tragedy
that holds the world enthralled proves
TO ourselves our own ability, It will
have done us a service. As a nation
We are perhaps in too great a hurry
We have not the tradition of delibera-
ton and slow processes that belong to
the old world. As families we are not
identified with any given products
and before We can achieve really great
things, we have much to learn, but
what We can do, is daily being proven.
In the old world, perfection is matter
Of pride with any output that is asso-
ciated with any name Of family, and
certain manufacturers have for genera
tions been controlled by certain fami-
lies. Sons and grand-sons follow in the
tread of their elders; each generation
seeks to enhance, TO improve and TO
add to, but not one would think of
sacrificing an atom Of quality or repu-
tation. The get rich Quick" idea that
has such an unfortunate hold upon
American manufacturers has hereto
fore largely interfered with a similar
result on this side of the sea. II we
could only educate our manufac-
turers 10 believe that there is a market
Tor perfection, from whatever source it
comes, we would be able 20 develop
along higher and more interesting lines.
IL is told Of certain residents of the
town of Paterson that were visiting
Paris that they purchased some won.
dertul silks to bring home as evidence
OF the best that the old world wa.
doing, and that upon displaying then
with pride TO certain close friends anC
relatives. they were met with th,
undeniable proof that the same silk
were manufactured in their hom,
town, had been exported and sold il
France TO be returned and cNploite,
here. Labor means more money her,
than abroad To produce a certain
product, we must pay more, but sine.
We have no duty TO meet, we shoulc
al least be able TO compete on equa