COLLARS AND TIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 11

COLLARS AND TIES.

.: Sonie, .■ beautiful: ■ satins ar.e , being .shown, and-.one'kind. called..Satin':Venus. is specially designed for ■ street • wtor.'i.-'■ It has a very glossy, surface, 'arid, a >good deal, of eubGtanco,- Then-.thcro are'silk ottomans, terry :silks, 'each of ■ which has a oorded. finish' tosturp',' andi'qilito.a. number,of eilk and wool mixtilrra '.of kindred style!': Bayadere and ottoman;a-Ipois arc .tho names'given in ono that in ihlj bfliors possess perfectly different -names—silk: .finished ma-, .terials. with,a stripe going, across instead of. down, raahy.of tnem' having also straightdpwn. silk, stripes.. It is in these,, and iu ,tho ' diiferent varieties', of; ninon,. that the ;nbvelties df-.thd season are.'to be found. They'.are "very"'beautiful, and many, of them arojimaziiigly inexpensive. The-.'nihons'.will ; bo much, worn,', as-will, bo the striped raarquisottes.'. Fqiilarrl,' which''is,.a]l : lho:rago at Homo' just , now; ; has hartjly.'iirrivod here. Some liandsomo -satin' foulards are shown— tamo or taoni : with'' roots, sown , very closolj

together; others;with ttho'tiny..wire-netting; pattern that looks eharmine'iir pale blues-or pinks,, but: rather coniuionplaco m dark blues and purples,*; ". '~',.' .::'•..' :.. '.'.■ ■'.-., -Woollen, Goods. .' '. Tweeds, cloths , , arid cashmeres of different varieties «'ill this season .take the place of Sicilian for hard-wear 'frock's. , The summer ■tweeds arc .very-soft : in quality,' arid,generally have a satin finish. ■: 'Also .. they aro striped in designs,'exactly; liko men's suitings.. In these tweeds' the; stripes, aro quite narrow and subdued..,; Tweeds, with almost invisible stripes" are. shown,, ill ■ the' most fashionable shades—paori, ~ reseda, v and amethyst—and these .-are most' attractive. There are many varieties of cashmere,. taffetas, voilcaj and mixtures' of' ,silk and wool, and almost invariably the material has a fine satiny, finish. '~"\.'..'.'' . •'.,■;- . Cottons• axd Linens. • '.'. ':. . ■ "Tins'is to be a great season for'cottons and linens,"' said one man. '• "'Wo are."more, .heavily -.stocked' with them, tliau "lever- before, and a great - many of them arc niercer'ised." ■ The linens with' self-coloured stripe that we knew last seaspn have.returned this, and with them soft-finished linens'with ■ win-don-blind'stripes that.aro 'moro smart thanartistic, but that arc selling very'fast.'These are chiefly in white grounds,-with stripes of .quo .or of several colours. French cambrics eomo in practically the came , designs,:as well as with narrower"stripes;, .AH cotton goods that aro.not plain are striped. Ono:reay look in vain for any checisj and even floral designs,will probably be , little used.' Thero are manv ■' new mercerised cottons. Cotton Sharihihg is a'very successful, imita■tion of Shantung 'silk,'aiid'is. supposed not to crush'. ■ Cotton Bilkade.'is • another good mercerised imitation-of' ottoman silk, with the line of the cord running acrocs the .material. . This': is ■ said .to', wash well, without losing its brilliancy. The cotton foulards are so highly mprcerised,that -yards, they-'.would; deceive anyone,.and- they ! aro shown in the ■ newest- foulard designs.; Striped cotton Shantungx α-ro also to be Md —coarse-grain.ed cotton with- a dull finish and .narrow 'coloured 'stripe. : on ,'a white grounds. A , '. ' , ,- ; '''. ■■'.-"" -."■ .-;.'■ THE ftIOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. "AVhen Rodin, 'the sculptor, was'recently, asked what country piiiuueed- the 'most ■ beautiful -'irorncn-,? , . cays in. : English- periodical, "his, reply was,. .'All' ,of "them.. Each country' -.ha?. its 'own' beauty!': He. added: 'What is beauty ? ■No esact-' definition can bo .given. '.Thos'o- who; nitit rospmblo ' thp classic'type ..'are .some of .tho Italian models from the'south',-and from. Sicily, rcally.tho. Greek'part of Italy. Thcsp also have- a pe-. : cujliarity; rarely fonnd : nowadays :with U3, .that of the sceoud tq£ being-lender than, the big toe. -"On-s finds- it invariably iuVGrcokv jstatucs. ' Another classic ! feature,- tlio aiosooSr.tinuirig the .lino of the' forehead,' is rareri, I;'fl'r,c'e saiv- it in a -youngiAmerican»womanj Miss.D., vho.had produced it artificially- by. injecting paraffin'.to "fill up the-hollow at t'lio bvidgo of the ; iiose.; The elfcct ' was, very Ugly." \ ' ','-' : .- ■;■■'.-■- '•■. -'. '■ - ; .:\ '■' '