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Show New Spring Fabrics Not Exactly What They Seem New fabrics for spring togs are not what they seem. The demand for economy coupled with the Ingenuity of Parisian designers design-ers has produced cotton which looks like wool, silk which resembles fur or tweed and wool reminiscent of lace. They are the most Interesting stuffs Paris has produced since the war, and their colors are as gay as a school girl's paintbox. Among the outstanding fabric evolutions evo-lutions which smart women will wear this spring are Rodier's cottons woven wov-en In heavy ribbed design to resemble tweeds or diagonal wools, artificial silks In nubby weave which recall astrakhan as-trakhan fur and novelty weaves combining com-bining wool, silk, artificial silk and cotton In a heavy ratine effect. rialn stuffs promise the greatest popularity, but prints in interlaced effect small polka dots and Scotch plaids (both silk and wool) already are marked by fashion's favor. Prints are either a combination of white on hrown. blue or black or a welter of many bright tints. Silks for town are heavy and lus-terless, lus-terless, while those for Informal and sports wear are as light as a summer breeze. |