Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1913 — Fashion's Fancies MANY WINTER FABRICS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fashion's Fancies

MANY WINTER FABRICS

TROUBLE REALLY IS IN MAKING ONE'S SELECTION.

Description of Some of the Most Popular Materials May Help Some One Who Is Still Un* decided as to Choice.

So many different fabrics- are H on the market” suing for favor that it were convenient at least for buyers to know one from t’other. It would be disappointing to rush in for a bargain in armure and find that you really thought it to be bengallne. Armure is a weave that produces a fine pebbled surface. - ~ Bengaline is a silk fabric that has thick threads or cords at intervals from selvage to selvage. Frequently the cord is of wool covered with silk and in this season the two-tone effects are popular. Beige is a fine fabric woven of threads of two different colors. These two are twisted together, giving an uncertain effect in the light, although the general coloring is a monotone. Beige is also the- color of natural wool.

Camel’B hair is a loose woolen fabric with long hairs. Bourette is a rough effect gained by introducing lumpy, knotted yarns at intervals in the weaving. Challis, either cotton, wool or a mixture of these two, is a light weight fabric, usually printed. Mohair is a lustrous fabric, light in weight and dust shedding, made from the hair of the Angora goat. Tulle is a fine silk netlike maline. made from the silk of the wild silkworm that feeds on oak leaves. When pongee and shantung are heavy and coarsely woven they are called tussah. Melton is a smooth, stout woolen cloth like broadcloth, only heavier. It is suitable for tailored costumes. Ladies’, cloth is a fabric for tailored suits and long wraps similar to flannel in construction, but with a high finish on the surface which gives a broadcloth effect. Terry cloth is a weave with a looped effect. It is a velvet in which the loops of the pile have not been cut. The name is frequently applied to cotton fabrics of the type of agaric and sponge cloth. Sicilian cloth, or siciliene, is mohair of heavy weight. Cravenette is hot a fabric, but a process. It is a waterproofing process applied to any material, either silk, wool or cotton. Raye means striped. Tulle is a fine silk netlike maline. The French apply the same name to blonde or cotton net. Panue is a light weight velvet with the pile "laid” or flattened. Oxford was originally a wool fabric in dark gray and white mixtures. Of late years heavy cotton and linen fabrics have been known by this name. Granite is a weave in which the yarns are so twisted as to create a pebbled surface.