Evening star., 1916-04-13
Local Merchants Present Lat
est Novelties in Styles of
Feminine Dress.
AWNING STRIPED CLOTH
IN THE new SPORT SUITS
Complete Array Of Weaves From All
Quarters of Globe, Including
American Products.

All tne stores IN washington IN tnelf
windows and on their display shelves
are now illustrating that local merchants
have not only secured every fashion
which European brains and looms have
managed to evolve. but. reaching be-
yond the red zones. have gathered
strange, new fabrics from those farther
stretches which we call the four corners
Of the globe. And to these war-won
treasures are added such a splendid
range of nade-inAmerica weaves that
what BODIED to be a colorless season
has blossomed into a piquancy of form
and hue.
One establishment is featuring the
new sport suits of awning striped cloth.
While the central figure is attired in a
skirt of barely tnch-wide violet and
white striped crash-sport coat of all
over violet and hat of purple straw
the natty young wax lady seated near
is delightfully."- conspicuous in regulation
awning stripes of tan and white. topped
with a small. pert ribbon-banded sailor
Of panama braid Other natty young
wax ladies similarly attired, except for
individually contrasting stripes-aiue,
pink and green-give authority for the
assurance that the sport suit is to con-
tribute jaunty liveliness to the coming
summer.
More Daring Combinations.
Other and more daring combinations
Of cotton colors come in broad tri-color
stripes of pink. green and black or any
three shades fancy may select, all to
be made with boyish simplicity for the
girl young enough to wear untrimmed
little coats and skirts as plain as the
proverbial pipe stem. American looms
also are introducing every lovely field
flower on ground of white voile, which
seems, somehow. to have ousted the old
time Indispensable lawn.
For the woman who likes the novelty
of something sartorialfy new under the
sun the stores are introducing silver
bloom" fabric warranted to wash like
a handkerchief, wear like buckskin and
look like finest silk. trio of advan-
tages that. from a strictly earthly
standpoint, seems too good to be true.
Importations include wonderful dyes in
Syrian and Thracian crepes, Asphodel
and other wonder-weave silks. and silks.
again Of frankly garish plaids and def
antly wide stripes of mellow blues and
cinnamon and red.
An inspection of leading stores here
proves that some of the futurists fash
ions are still limited to the printed
confines of the colored page. The
widest skirts seen here do not average
over three yards-many are much mar
rower-and though the ordinary walk
ing suit may have it's folds or peplum,
the. plain and we'll cut jacket is still
supreme and the general effect the
same. Any little extravaganza of
fancy holds good in the afternoon dress
and dancing frock.
Old.time drastic limitations to cut
and dried lines no longer hamper the
woman who aims to dress well.
Reminder of Old Times.
1t looks like old times to see the silk
petticoat Haunting its vanities in the
foreground of the new seasons styles.
At G street store where ultra fash
ion prevails a peach pink model is
trimmed with seven rows of tiny ruff
files from bottom to hip. Each is
headed by a silk-covered cable cord
the efect producing a blushing hint of
innatfon which mayor may not
prove advance agent for the long
threatened hoop.
into The Wofkns dns nss bss sa
mode model seen yesterday in an F street
cred. rivet-snapped bank on the sub
stantial hem, and was quite roomy
enough to hold a couple of nickels and.
say. diamond or two.
The leghorn fiat. which the one-time
Empress Eugene declared to be the
loveliest hat that feminine vanity
could produce. and which lost its su-
premacy when the panama came along.
has returned to It's long-obscured
street has caught this royal straw
blown back by fashions whim. and Is
showing many models.
Feminine Interest in the Blouse.
Feminine taste may have its varia-
tions as to hats and gowns. but the
sex. to a woman. is vitality interested
In the blouse. whether pronounced
shirt waist" or blouse" And the
blouses this spring are worthy of the
high place they fill in woman's esteem.
Practically they are the same in cut
as the winters official models-long
harinE collar that forms the desired v.
The newness lies mainly in the ETHEREAL
fabrics that come with georgette crepe
in the lead.
els, extends at each end to a dainty
| bit OF flap. On one Is a button. The
other shows buttonhole. 1t can be
| worn open or fastened across the
| hidden, but the charm of lace and frill
| gives to the face softening touch
which the grim linen collar never even
| claimed to supply.
| mere showwindow pilgrimage along
the center shopping section, down Mar
ket space way and up 7th street. proves
| that present-day styles are not only
nation now at war. including Mexico's
sombreros. but that they reflect. In
some more or less illusory fashion. the
| history of the world. With all the
gathered treasures. however. Egyptian
scarfs, Greek draperies. gold wrought
tissues of the orient. sturdy Irish lin
| ems, barbaric jewels and the fnes
weaves from the looms Of all Europe
| 1t is a game bet that the awning striped
sport suit will have the right of way.
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