Evening star., 1928-02-12

" HE comic strip artists ana 10Ae
..r!fegs who have MADE such Iun
Of the recent scantness OF won!-
i chs apparel viii have TO find
something else 10 chortle over
because already We must refer 10 this
scan.ness in the past tense. Every oIk
who knows anything at all about the
recent development OF fashions knows
that more material is now needed tc
make a frocE than has been needed Tor
O good many seasons.
II isn't always especially apparent
this increased yardage-but whether
you realize it CT not 1t Is this very
feature of the new clothes that makes
them look different. Save for actual
sports wear. skirts are longer. Ine
smarter the asserablage nowadays tn.
longer the skirts. And though there
is much the same silmness Of silhou-
ette. almost all the new frocks have
a greater width Of material somewhere
about them.
Actual bouTancy is seldom apparent
save in evening frocks and picturesque
afternoon frocks: and since the wooien
materials are used exclusively for day
time wear the demand is for woolen
materials OF the lighter. softer sort
that may be used rather generously
without the effect of balkincss.
weight fianneis, cheyicts. lightweight
wool crepe. angora jersey. broadcloth
gabarcine. printed jersey. cl1allis, eta
mine. satin-back WOODEN crepe, kasfa--
these arc the fabrics you should ask
10 see II you are interested in WOODEN
fabrics for Spring.
There LIS something extremely trim
and smar. about the new lighter
weight broadcloths. When Lncretia
Bori the celebrated opera singer ar
rived In this country not long ago she
was wearing gown OF sapphire blue
bEoadcloth and at some OF the fash
tonable weddings Of the season broad
cloth frockS have been in evidence
The same material has been cnosen for
sorne OF the rather formal coat frocke
for early Spring wear.
For Spring coats lightweight fianncls
often In pastel tsnt&-~tge@dS, chrviots
and kaShas lead. And for the little
Spring frockE. almost as light in weight
AZ silk but warm enough n be worn
without wrap on warmer DAYS. there
are wooi g3orgottes and other light
weigh; wool crepca. printed Jerseys and
cf1ssl!s
Then there are loosc woven woods
thst loox like nets that are worn with
silk foundation Of contrasting color
showing through.
Then there are dressnaker8. az
there are certain individuals. vino re-
main persisteniiy loyal 10 plain mate
rizis season after season. They achieve
tgo-colored or tUo-Hned effect only
by using TWO different materials III diff
fercnt coi0fs or tones BIT. generally
speaking figured materials are decided
~ important. There are printed Jerseys
and chalIig showing small flower de-
Signs Or large ge0rnetricai figures. and
every sort u DOT tnat has c1er been
thought o! has apparently been brought
into et1den0s FOR The Spring Ghep-
herds checks and piaId&. stripes ana di-
s9onai effects arg ~ b. sfen IN the new
t1eecs ard other WOODEN materials
Doubles many ~ the inventions
upon which civilization mas becn bliit
UP were made by women, bat II is SRI
Gon that hiS1Grians nave taken the
trouble 10 recoro this fart Cile 0f the
raff-asi6 perhaps the earl.f&t~~Excep~
taons ~ this rule IL ~ me case of the
Chinese sinDseas VINO oyeF lO0D years
hff0te file Christian efa ls said ~ have
Invented FIX making ana IT, have be-
plln the cultivation II the SIX HoFrn Tor
mat piifpJse Et3iI listoslns mention
her usually nlefe!y ah the wife of the
kalss~fof Hyang~ta.
GiIk Was prpcufed hi China long be-
fore u vas RuoWa eYesl 20 the wealthy
III Other parts VI the Wpfic. ard though
II u men'ioner i3 English ifauslatioi,a
o' me EsD!s. tns besl alilnotltles heeia
" a2taf that 40 such fabric MAS knoHH
" naeH :ic a1TnHtl u the Ejb.e,
hiac We ere caity TNnllncec ~ the
pa:t Ci3Iia fas pjayed IN iile deyelopv
thfbt ci @jlk Jlfflaulleu Cfepe Dc chine
literally Ehiaeaa rfeDe fiaA s8layed
ffnpfG ~ popularity Inf world pytf
Diaf las DfGtSagty skefeded ttaa1 ~ sijY
ptlsFt material End Il Ii lnueyeat1n2 4.
Gi>a*ftt iba1 s}tfy olgH ~ prfaeHt !ldi.
falA* eHai fftDe ~ cline AJiI ~ .ye!l