The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05
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The Nete Crop Of Cotton
 d1d Linen Es Unlimited
America Has Gone Cotton Conscious This Season
 as it Never Has Before

Not only is it fashionable to wear cottons, but it's patriotic as well. We should help the cotton business If the south! And 5he women who .uild their summer wardrobes of cotton are certainly doing their )aat
 II you are enc of those who .'as-ify cottons and linens into the .ssual classification, it is high time rectify thas mistake. They are rue fashicnables, and a great many lery chic women gre willing to pay IS much for a good cotton or linen iress as they are for a silk It is he way they are styled and fash med that makes them such an important e,emcfs in tlc world his season.
 Line. About Linen
 Linen is the mighty aristccga. i those fabrics which are com aonly thought about as cottons. It $ the smart choice for active and pcctaSor sportswear, for afternoon. nd even for evening. There is nuch news to be learned about he 1895 linens. They have so much ulsacc integesy that they look like nly a cousin of the linen that sed to te the only thing we new.
 Natural linen is it's smartest hade. It runs from a kind of off hite, or oyster shade to the dark r brown cast oatmeal shades. 7laided, striped and printed linens Ire grand and very gay and color ul. Very often the natural linen is used for the background and gives a very smart effect.
 Some of the linens are woven } as to be non-crushable, and we new that this is some of the best ews we could possibly print. Dark r colors in linen is also good news Jack, navy and brown a.e seen ! solid co,ors, and as backgrounds or gay, colorful prints.
 Costol to These
 When you see the new cottons, 1cu will bow low before that lowly lant. It hase become 50 beauti- ul, so versatile. and so fasionable hat it is possible that the silk 9orn may have to take a back ieat.
 In cottor's again, the same theme surface interest runs through he picture.
 Ronsh Cc.tcna
 Tweedy cottons are absolutely he smartest fabrics we have seen ages. There is one especially hat is noteworthy, and will make ,erfec.iy stunning summer coats nd suits. It is woven rather loose y, checked on one side, with an .ntirely different color solid tone on the other that makes it a per feet reversible fabric. When the coat is made correctly, if this fabric is chosen, you will have two ;oats in place of one!
 The peasant weaves in cotton also belong to this rough family They are really the old crash ma- ,erials but they have become so mart that they will be seen worn y the very best dressed people
 Pretty Piques While piques do not seem so ex- citing as a great many cottons, yet hey do deserve very honorable Lention. A number of new de- oartures are felt in them. There ire new waffle piques, the seer sucker effect piques. There are some lighter weight piques which will undoubtedly be the ones you gill want for warm weather frocks ! There is nothing easier to work with than pique, so if you are not iuite an expert seamstress, ycu make a wiser choice
 Up Pops Pcplin
 Hcw long has it been since you lave had a poplin dress? Not i iince your pigtail days, we'll wager But when you take a look at the -o35 poplins, you'll probably sur ender and buy enough for sev- ,ral good little sports dresses. And ion't forget to look at its first cousin. broadcloth it's just IS attractive.
 These two materials go in for )laids. stripes, and neck-tie effect prints. They are as smart and a fashion as you will find and since they take to water ike a duck, and iron as easily as ! handkerchief, they are more than welcome additions to the good ports wardrobe.
 Seersucker Beauties
 The old ugly duckling of years go has become the little beauty ,f 1895. It isn't heavy any more. n fact, much of it is light enough 0 become your favorite evening lress! In seersucker you will find