| Show THE NEW RADIUM SILKS they are of the most exquisite tone and fine texture radium silk has finally arrived somewhat slow have we been to take up this soft exquisitely toned material which has had such vogue in paris tor the last few months the best gowned among our women have al ready learned the charm tor dainty dressy costumes but the fall and win ter promises tor it a regular furore surely there are few fabrics that can better stand popular favor there is a delicacy luster and wonderful color to the radium silks that make them peculiarly satisfying to a refined taste akin to the best foulards and the liberty gauzes is it with the best atles of both heavier and finer weaves than the latter it has all its graceful with greater dura bality while the softness and simple patterns of the former are enhanced by a high sheen caused by being woven of so fine that the single thread is barely visible but the chief beauty of the radium silks is their opalescent coloring so in lovely A pink will have the soft blush of the heart of a shell the tint of the sky shining through a fleeting cloud on a sunny day is seen in the blues while the lavenders greens yellows even the darker colors have all the soft undertone that gives them a beautiful iridescent ef feet with all its softness of texture this silk does not wrinkle easily this pe adapts it for the elaborate gowns for afternoon and evening wear for which it is chiefly indeed one might say exclusively used for ordinary everyday purposes the radium silk lovely as it is would scarcely prove satisfactory even in the darker tones but made up over a material that takes the strain a taffeta for instance it is very desir able it cleans as well as crepe da chine and may even be washed with great care in a pure soapsuds this latter process however is not advised as the material is apt to pull with rub bing whatever the lasting qualities ot this silk after all that Is largely de pendent on the wearer herself its beauty is undeniable whether in the exquisite pastel tints for evening shell or rose pink maize bluet or turquoise taint pinkish lavenders sea green or champagne or in the deeper toned dove and silver grays french and navy blue a bright dark heliotrope soft yellow browns and tans or warm rich olive a shade by the way that promises to be very good this fall the plain radium silks have a charm of coloring rarely seen |
