The sun., 1916-01-23
, ELEANOR HO,r BRAiNEpD.

:he tempting VI tht ioih WIN ~ Sou'n.
and ,ook.ng at these forerunners OF
summer they can dream dreams and
see visions OF summer outnts.
What the French dressmakers have
TO say in February may MODIFY the
dreams and tne VISIONS, out al ieast
one has had the fun ana IL IL simple
matter to begin all over again.
Many woman is even puying ma
ierials for many OF ner summer trocks,
though the making VIII prooapiy walt
until we have more dennlte Idea OF
the general direciion IN whicn NINE.
la Mode viii take her promenade
next spring. IL isn't half oad idea
either. this picking up materials Tor
summer frocks during tne nrst Janu-
ary showing, tnouen one neeus 10 ex-
ercise cohsideraoie oiscreuoh ana put
a curb upon one enthusiasm FOR
woo'len stuns anu i"r silks IL Is oetter
n wait longer ne wno'esa'e oeaiers
are showing loVeiy tn'nes IN. poth SILK
and WOOL uu' 'ne re'ai s"ops seioo'n
nut OUT tne cnoice 'ninss oi tnls sort
50 early
As 10 couons however rauition Is
diherent. WIN tne mrs. OF 1ahuar!
always comes the oioomine OF airy
summer mushns' ana WINE many
other novelties come iater. IL Ia true
TOO that one sees IN 'his nrst assort-
nent many charming materials that
one falls TO ma wnen spring mas really
arrived
Each year the nrst cottons seem
lovelier. parity because OF the prom
ise OF winters end that they hold.
hut partly too because there mas been a
tremendous Improvement IN the quail
ty OF the cottons turned out by the
MANUFACTURERS ana particularly u! 40
mestic manufacturers. When II comes
20 the designing and making OF hne
coitons Rodier iseasiif KING. Noone can
quite rival MN IN the beauty ana va
r!ety of output. and his goods this
wear are rs exquisite an usual. In spite
~ the obstacles war conditions have
'hroNn In his path.
This season. as last season. a very
large proportion of the sheer cottons
are OF vote weave or OF voile in con-
rection with some contrasting weave.
Powered voiles. striped voiles. cross
har voiles. cotton roiles interviewer
with cotton velvet. cotton voiles with
openwork designs, embroidered cotton
voiles and a host OF others are In the
showing. and the colorings are very
lovely.
Domestic voiles. which we're much
finer last year than ever before. nave
gone step further, and though they
cannot show fancy weave designs to
compare with those OF Rodier are very
barred classes Cotton velvet stripe
designs are among these domestic
ftuhs as well as IN the imported
fabrics. and some very good one tone
wash velvets are beng made over mere
and are much used Tor southern sports
costumes, as are the imported cotton
velvets.
U linens. 30 We are told there 10 10
No scarcity. Inc max heios nave
|~en destroyed In many parts OF
Europe, ana even where the mahuiae-
'ureS ahc workmeh are reauS tne "aA
not As consequence tne rrehe"
Fashion autocrats VIII prooao.! W! u
hunch some substitutes io' "hen On
the wave OF puoic raVor' 'noush az
ne moment tnere seems 10 pe p.en.s
n, handkerchief linens anu ia'ry
good supply OF heavier hhehs NJ 'he
market Inc domesuc nue"s' nov
ever nave th'nSs more 'he" wv" ""'
'han usual
for'uns'es une'e are "s"s go
'o''ohs Oh uu'ap'e 'eA'u VIE. VIC. ,,:a',s
s'na,' su'"',e' noo"r a - liz,
nhes ~ w :, S-ano. tro,r
80 N'.e ,,, 20 ,,,nnrtod
80 -" 80 " 49,, hound but
D.. ho. oood s,,bs,i,ute that
-. -, ,n,a ,,o,. ard there are
,n,,arn,,s .rec,ivs corded cottons.
Th. nev snor,s clothes. which are
nor,ans tho mos, interesting mart of
~. Snu,born sbowinu are more often
o.rgh, weight wooI or silk than OF cot
,on or linen I'm, many good looking
separ,te white tub skirts Of wash cordu-
-oy are offered. and the chances are
that this material will renew it's last
YEAR popularity in this connection
There are good separate skirts a so In
loose weave. rough cotton stun that
resembles homespun In the heavy cot
Ton cords and in linens. and these are
worn with the separate sweater or
sports cna. and thin tub blouse.
But the sports material par eNce'-
lence. II one is TO judge BY the iates'
models, is the jersey-wool, SIX ano
wool or all silk. These materials nave
had considerable vogue here Tor year
past and abroad for longer time; pu'