Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — GAIETY OF COLOR WILL RULE [ARTICLE]

GAIETY OF COLOR WILL RULE

Agaric and a Newer Fabric From Rodier, Called “QrlHworkWhich Haa fringe, for Spring. A noticeable innovation is the dark colors that dye the cottons and linens for ordinary wear, particularly toile de Joupy. Instead of th* charmingly gay, flowered designs we have long loved under this name, older designs are now presented. These decorations, woven in somber shades, placed solidly together; on a darker ground or set in stripes, promise, when combined with pale-tinted, transparent stuffs, a new attractiveness. Aside from this one tendency toward dark colors, gaiety In color and design ruled in the materials which at the Maison Rodier, were bountifully spread out for my Inspection. Judging from their brilliant beauty, it will be difficult for a serious-minded person to go soberly clad in the first half of 1918. • ' z The high price of aganc has not prevented its return among materials for spring and summer. This rough stitchery, done by hand or by machine, throwing its roughened surface onto the thinnest, most delicate of transparencies woven in woolen, cotton or silk, are oddly beautiful. Ais there are new plain, agaric cloths for spring tailored costumes, woven in stripes alternating with plain materials. As during last season, it may be haff in a cloth with deep borders and matching fringe woven in. There is but one other new material so prominent, and that is the pompadour flow•r design mentioned before.-Vogue.