Show JNEW SPfcHG STUFFS INEXPENSIVE AOVELTTRt FOR TIlE C03IIAG SEASON A Ifotanle Revival of the Grand mothers Mohair Grenadines Crepes Cheviots and Chiffon Con linne to licnd in Fashionable Favor The first fact that strikes a spring shopper is the cheapness of the new goods Prices prevailing the two past seasons have startled the economical so that one feels a sense of relaxation l r from strain in seeing 75 cents 1 150 marked on the novelties That they are far and away prettier than EXpected ex-pected is another cause for gratitude Crepon is more than ever the vogue Its coruscated surface has become more rugged than before but its body is measurably lighter Its width is the same and its price appreciably lower For spring evening wear it will supply 4 every need making the freshest of dancing gowns Cheviot the Scotchcst of the Scotch j1 stuffs is the smart thing for street wear It can Tie made up with Puritan primness or garnished with whatever shade of velvet and coarse late is most effective Brown and green are the favored shades a hunters green and a brown that is decidedly opposed to I Havana few tones of yellow admitted 1 the und r weave showing in black red or green The quality of mixed goods that came In as the leaves went out is mot good form any longer It was co quickly vulgarized by imitation that the snart lolk abandoned it for imitation is the bet noir of the exclusively inclined Consequently to be in the upper ten of fashion ones tailor gown or rather stuff must be of solid weave very heavy looking large meshes nnd if jKSsible ait aggressive orded diagonal stripe on its surface Before Christmas the price ranged from 175 to V3 for such a piece of goods now ne may make a selection at 125 and this at the best shops It is fortyeight inches wide bringing the entire cost of a gown to less than 10 A pleasantly serious downfall wheii compared with preholiday times Canvas cloth is seen on few ounters Its little spurt of last autumn was not sufficiently encouraging for it to bloom luxuriously again although the shopkeepers shop-keepers predict for it more of a vogue in the later heated season The hearts of the oldfashioned will be elated over the recrudescenceone must be Kiplingesque in these days of silk mohair It is a stuff for whose return our grandmothers have yearned nothing like it for shedding the dust my dears they have repeated as each successive year unrolled its fashions minus the beloved material At length it is here and it is fashionable and its it-s among the gist of things probable that many an old cedar chest will disclose dis-close its treasure in the way of mohair laid in tissue paper and lavender that was relegated to the garret as the child of a day that is done It was the same when Irish bombazine cameo < came-o the fore again some seasons ago And the grandmothers are right There is no material equal to silk mo liair for shopping or traveling it is a bit expensive but earns its price by years of good service For the flimsier more summary materials ma-terials the embroidered French batiste is already swinging its airy breadths in the shop windows It comes in every ev-ery dye in suit lengths and by the yard A small earnest of its coming popularity has been seen by its frequent fre-quent use in trimming other gowns But now the summer maiden to be fashionable will wear it after every style Severe and simple with leather belt for the breakfast table and early morning or embroidered and festooned with fluttering plaid ribbons r one must be a follower of Rob Roy in their vhoice of ribbons this sprinSfor the giddier hours Batiste rewards the buyer of it also with excellent service for it aundries daintily and looks ever fresh v When the shopper reaches the silk counter and silk is to be quite fashionable fash-ionable when the balmy days come the lirst thing she will be assured is that unless she owns a bodice < ir gown of taffeta please she may acknowledge herself unwritten in the book of good style Taffeta please is built of stripes of cry much crinkled taffeta silk with entredeux of satin stripes holding the gathered edges The variety comes in the satin being in a contrasting color to the silk Old rose or yellow with black bands black silk with violet crimson or lilac bands are among the colors It resembles fine needlework or gathered puffs rolled and whipped intO bands of inserting As a stuff it will carry out the French style of waists that are so popular with crepon skirts Its woven fullness is admirably adapted for make up with a simple gathering band at waist and throat It is the usual silk width and brings 165 yard Light weight satins are hrough out with conspicuous designs all in black and that ever dainty quislte faiLric silk grenadine to > be ono of 13ie smart things to wear The designs in black > are especially artistic ar-tistic and many pieces are figured with colored flowers These are to be extensively worn for visiting gowns oer colored silks and trimmed in satin or velvet ribbon to match Plaid and striped velvet was not imported im-ported this spring Its success was somewhat equivocal though Felix and Paquin did staml it with their approbation appro-bation Moire seems to have also been relegated to the past leaving satin plain or figured as cock of the walk for ornamental purposes In the evening silks the quaintest i I Designs are shown some of the best proudly be it said coming from American Ameri-can looms Dresden patterns are favorites fa-vorites and tlr Louis 2OIL wallpaper idea J > f tiny blossoms inclosed within solid bands of old blue or da Barry pink makes a daintily artistic dinner gown These arc selling for 125 a yard as the Persian palm leaf vattens in faded eastern colors are also doing For trimming purposes or perishable dancing gowns the new chiffon bears silk nosegays on its shimmery surface or ivy leafs or single moss beads all beautiful but not to be glanced at by ILbe economjo young woman ADELE M7ALIISTER ttt a oFt T = > t9 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