Evening star., 1919-12-30
Of Interest.tO Women
ABOUT SILK AND WOOL JERSEY.
ny ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

There is no reason why America
should discard jersey in silk or wool.
The former is a difficult faprlc 10
manage for it is so soft that 1t re
uuireS drapery. and yet. because II
is used for sports 1t must De huhS
in straight lines.
1t is not easy to hang silk jersey
plumb. The hem OF the skirt Will sag
in "a disa sreeable manner rms Is
more noticeable in the chcapiY made
frorkS. bat il is not absent from Tue
ones that command a big price be
cause of the houses which sponsor
them.
Wool jersey has admirable quail
tiles. and it lends itself to the va
rious lnanipulations demanded by OUT
door clothes. and for for tins reason
the Americans may adopt the fren'h
system of using an excellent qudilty
of silk Jersey for restaurant and al
ternoon gowns aud laying stress upon
tho WOODEN weave for all manner
of serviccable frockS. those intended
tor the town As well as the country
Worth of Paris has not hesitated to
use bronze silk jersey for some OF ms
best crockS for gaycty. Smartly
dressed women have appeared in
these at tea dances. at big receptions,
and even for informal restaurant DIM
rers that preCcde gong to the thea
ter. This house, which puts tho
stamp of conservatism and "lcCanc,
on all its clothes. even goes so far as
10 cut silk Jersey frOckS low in the
neCk and short in the sleeves ahhinG
sold embroidery to the edges and the
belt
Wool Jersey for the south.
Those who are preparing clothes
for the plea sure seek "rS. the kind
that viii set the fashion tor the
spring. arc playing up wool Jersey
IN strong manner. They find tina
they can get a supple texture that
CiIngs to the figure, wears well, and
ENDS itself to several kinds Of orna
mcntation. We can dye material
very well now. and French blue.
GeraniuYn pink. lacquer red and
bronze are among the colors to be
gotten.
The popular choice goes toward
French blue and bronze. especially the
latter, brown is in high fashion. II
is not easy color to wear brown.
and the misty horizon blue of the
French uniform makes much wider
appeal.
The women who can wear red are
in the minority. but when they can.
they make point of doing so as
an act of bravado. The dreSSmakers
have learned to offset the brilliancy
of red jersey by touches of dead
white. If they feck the surface in
this way and break it up, then put
white next to the face. they are
usually certain of an agreeable COM
bination and one that keeps woman
looking we'll. Every one found that
the addition of a broad white fur
collar across the back of the neck
of a dark suit was a happy instinct
in dress, and the majority of women
who wished to bring out the tones
of their skin took up this way of
avoiding lace and dark, harsh line
on the skin at the same time.
Embroidery in White Wool.
There is nothing startling or novel
in the treatment of white wool en-
broidery on a dark surface, but one
cannot look for novelty all the time :;
something in dress must be endured
over and over because of it's durabili-
ty or its charm.
Objection may be made to this type
of trimming for the spring season,
but dresSmakerS and their patrons
have long ceased to regard the cal
endar or the temperature as of i'm
pOrtance in clothes If a woman wants
to wear a frock embroidered in white
WOOL in the middle of August when
the thermometer is over ninety, she
Will not only do it, but will feel COM
fortab
The sketch shows a gown that will