The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

remote and costly Joys this year 1t
comes in smart colors and the texture
is good for tailored and semi-tailored
garments: as 1t promises well.
Then there are the rough surface,
rather heavy cottons initiating closely
the wool tweeds and friezes, Nit most OF
these are Imports and coming from Brit
ish looms they are not so scarce as
French cottons.
Cotton corduroy, piques, weaves on
the order Of ratine and crepey weaves
striped In rough knot weave all promise
to be popular. and the piques striped
narrowly In color are being consider
ably used for Southern outfits A new
linen softer In texture than any we
have had is likely to meet with great
success and all the familiar linens are
offered, though the soft. heavy cottons
are likely to rival them in favor since
they adjust themselves more readily TO
the new fulness in skirts.
Il will he interesting to see what
happens to those skirts when summer
models arrive. The sheer muslins. soft
stuffs like crepes. voiles. &c, will be
easily handled, for, though circular cut
is impractical for sheer cotton goods.
straight fulness hounces and general
billowing amplitude are suitable for
such materials II the fashion makers
insist upon our subscribing to them
With heavy cottons and linens the sit
uatlon is different: and especially II
they are TO be made up with n view
to Tubing possibilities circular or
even partly circular cut is hardly to
be considered by the wise.
Well. we shall see what we shall
see. Meanwhile the advance models
for Southern use show nothing -adi-
cally new. except in some cases their
ma terials.
or course there are many white
serges, white gabardines, white cordu-
roys, and, this year. many white broad
cloths too. hut they are made up on
the lines familiar through the late sea-
son models in covert, sand color and
white CLOTH with perhaps some dis
tingulshing note in buttons, pockets,
collar and belt The short coats seem
to lead and the popular covert models
and sporting models are duplicated In
white.
Sports suits OF bright colored one
tone Irish frieze are being included
among the Southern costumes. and the
bright coored Corduroys, in softly gay
IpSt, llEUt fitdT biueS, anu greens, are
made up into clever little costumes
either 81 sports suit lines or in style
slightly more formal, as illustrated in
the short WASTED jaunty suit OF rose
corduroy sketched for this page.
The short waist line which has ap-
peared in many smart coats since the
beginning of the season Is featured in
some Of the best looking Southern suits,
M ghprf ah In, ,,,tts In cot
fetn. &c, are many. Some of the very
. sheer soft hordered volles and other
cottons are made with straight full
skirts with the border around the bot
tom and little short waists on which
the bordercd stun forms only a bib or
lower section, while the upper part OF
the bodice and the little puffed sleeves
are Of fine cream net. dantily corded
and shirred after the fashion beloved
Of our grandmothers
II the guesses Of American designers
are right and Paris des gners follow up
their moves of last season, It will be
possible for the modish modern girl to
.ook extraordinarily like her own grand
mother this summer, but the mode will
not be accepted hv every one and the
skirt fulness in many Of the new models
confines itse.f to straight clinging folds
with only enough fulncss to stamp
them as Of the new vintage but with
no eXaggeration.