Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-12
M|tADY PREPARES
FOR EASTER PARADE.
BY BUYING At HOME
SHOPS OF CITY GIVE HER FIRST
AND BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
GET LATEST AND FINEST IN
RAiMENT FOR COMING STYLE
REVIEW.

Ottawa women, who as Il set starr
searching through the hat shops
bnOteries. dry goods stores and ladies
shops for fitting adornments to weal
during the beautiful days Of The
Easter season. The local stores ar
filled most OF the time now with .dSh
ion seekers, who are Teasing theli
eager eyes on the large assortments
of wearing apparel which the mer
chants have purchased to make ii a
= great incentive to buy at home
Michigan avenue shops cannot surpa.E
the local stores for styles, materials
and values.
a few springlike days and every sin
gle mortal OF the feminine world
wants to buy and wear something ne"
and springlike. Already the great
change from the somber winter gar
ments TO the frivolous styles of spring
and summer is taking place.
Suits and dresses are made in trico-
tines, Poiret twills, twillouize, hol-
enza. serges and goltone, The modes
vary so much that we have the tight
b0diced hip flare coat type down to
The severely plain and tailored type Of
suit coat. The skirts for the most
part are made on straight lines, but
some with the extreme touch have the
hip flare Gay embroideries, of wool
yarn and silk ornaments and suits
and dresses.
Top coats are made up in jerse%,
dardennella cloth and fancy plaids,
and many are trimmed with angora
trim collars and front turnins Of Il
contrasting color
Some OF the new colors in suits are
designated as French greys, peach
bloom. tweed mixture, French blue
Pekin blue and the pastel shades.
The dresses are almost ineXplain-
able. they are OF so many types ana
surprises as to their makes. There
is no one who cannot purchase or
have made dress BETTING her in
dividual style, so great are the mum
Der of ways OF making. One thing is
set style, and chat is the short
sleeve edict.
Hats are being shown in all shapes
and trimmings, but the predominant
note of the early spring styles in
headgear are those fashioned from
Batavia cloth. straw and patent
leather.
Shoes are more along stad lines
this year than in others, the great re-
liable styles OF black and brown
shades predominating in the makeup
However. pearl gray suede. chocolat.
, browns and matching shades for suits
and dresses may be had by the per-
slstent and fastidious dressers,
Dresses will be short as to ski;
length this year but in America the
fashions do not run to he extreme
as they do in the foreign countries
which labor under the impression that
they dictate the fashions OF the world
and who must stagger under the
knowledge of the reconstruction their
models undergo before they are az
ceptable to the American woman, who
Is more conservative dresser than
her foreign sister. The extreme Of
style will always be met with just As
the extreme Of politics, etc. is even
present, but the great trend OF fash
ion is toward the beautiful and not
the freakish connections OF the ate
! lers of the irrational type of dress
designer
Fall business in velvets, pushes
and other pile silk fabrics, particular
~ those OF the imitation rur variety,
is progressing satisfactorily, accord
ing to manufacturers and selling
agents. The women'S coat trade has
bought particularly heavy OF such fab
RIGS. say the selling agents. in antici-
patton OF Il large season in coats o.
tnese materials. The high cost Of real
furs. according to pile fabric men,
throwing increased business toward
limitations. pushes and velvets.
Manufacturers Of pile fabric coats
already have made up their fall sam
pies and have started statesmen on the
road with them. While it is early TO
obtain definite trends on the volume
of business that may be expected in
these lines, statesmen $ reports OF early
sales appear to be satisfactory.
The pile fabric end OF the silk bust
ness, according to reliable sources, is
about the only part of the trade that
has been willing to work SO far ahead.
In general, silk lines for fall have not
been shown yet. Manufacturers are
watching the market trend carefully
i'm order to shape their future selling
policies to new conditions Some
manufacturers are taking orders for
delivery only three or four months
ahaad and will not sell hpyOnd this at