Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-01

70 asist in keeping it spread out to % ra
Tppci skirts and jaohes are .till ussaiu eos-
tuHss, but are considered pass, for suits, the
posonAise. a. was announced some months ago
NE fashionable adjunct ofthe season % vkll-
nG skirts.
HOOPS are not worn q, eli. or 20 very small
LAT they are not perceptible- Baircloth skirts
nave been introduced Tor summer wear with a
nal hustle formed .t ths back Of pGfhnss,
ofasn IN With hair cords Bows are beginning
20 Az ne Place OF buttons upon jackets and
French waists, always the reales, and simp.ss,
ion m OF blsh body. are used for lswn and mus
Black srensdine sni,s promise 20 Ne yer,
fashionable for summer wear, bat are no lops.r
ulnmed in eolors, The most approved method
OF trimming IL with scant rulees OF the maternal.
bound with the same, OF stitched, and edged
with narrow black guiPure lace.
As IL = Necessary 90 wear black silk under
black grensdine, great many ladies simply
founce the grenSdine upon an old black ak
skirt.
Anrufies and aounoes are made with As u,,'.
or scoIoped. and bound. Flat ple.ilnCs are
much used instead Of ruffies.
ripinss OF q different shade. and OF q richer
material, as satin upen silk, and silk upon pop
I'm, are employ ed 20 edge crescent fOl1fs made
OF the same material ss the dress.
LADIES REApNNADE CLoTHING.
ne prediction thst the time ~Ouli come
y
clothing for the family a. IL 10 now for them 10
st.h And weave the cloth " rapidly berg tut
hhed. Ten wears ago there we're only two i'm
portant ladies furnishing houses in New Nors
csty, and the business of these wss wholly CON
hned 10 the costly bridal and other outfits OF a
lev wealthy persons, To-day the ladies aud
cbildrene furnishing houses are az numerous A.
the dry goods and thread and needle stores. Ia
fact one OF either hardly exists without the
other IN any part Of New York CITY. The =, q
ana Workmanship OF tie garments found At
PSI flNhV WI - l.
generally very indifferent Thsy have Improved
however, very much within the past wear aud
some houses now furnish undeTclOthiRg Of a.
Kinds, well cut and neatly made AZ the hare Re
tail cost Of materials and labor. Factory mad.
undo rctothing Is turned cut IN such iunmeu~,,
quantities that IL n a marvel where % al eoss
70, ls al cut and wretehedly made, ana
therefore cannot he called cheap, even
AZ the low prices ~ which IL is soId. bnI
~ must nnd many purchasers. or
would not continue in demand. The
All machine made articles, and recommend
English" hand-sewfng and English" hand
embroidery a. the nttest methods for the pret-
sIsuon OF Inc uos-eaus. Fine hand -seNiUr
brings much higher price than machine sew
ing, while band-embroidery and tnckinc done
IN the material, are 30 costiy ~ 60 render -
mented in this way than TO have them don.
here.
Fine linen drawers, exquisitely embroider..
upon the material, the work manship dural
as the linen itself can be purchased OF Enropf
make Tor 30 per pair, which would cost ter
the garments were homemade. There IA a nom.
worth noting about the French and the English
drawers and upderstirts, and that is that the
bands spound the waist form ORA wing -cases for
tape strings, which can be looseued OF drawn IN
Al pleasure, thus saving an lnnnitude of treablt
IN enisrging buttoned bands.
fne tucking, and embroidery wrought into
the material itself, h. the most fashionable
methoo OF ornamentng chemises, night -gOwns.
and ladies' drawers. and IL 20 be commendea
because IL is durable a. well as beautiful: but 10
psinfui 70 think how many beautiful ewes have
oeen actually wrought into the fabrics they have
assisted 70 sdOrn.
Many ladies include in their orders for a
trousse0H q dozen hne linen cambria pillow
covers. with initial, or monogram embroidered
IN The center The letters are very large. and
cost, 10 embroider, $40 the pair for a simple
initial; . monogram, which requires a special
design, costs more
houses, there IL a class Of medium furnishing
establishments which do their own nsnufsc-
turIngs are much better patterns and deslgpS
cut with more precision and eNactness tban the
lower grades land execute q much n CHER class
OF workmanship. Less tawdry trimmings -
used Tor this class OF articles and the cloth Or
material used 10 much better. The prices com.
mence AZ about dollar and a half for chem ses
Two dollars Tor night gowns, and one dollar per
par Tor drawers. Tucked walking skirts CON
mence at seventy-rve cents each, and very hue
flannel skirts, finished Tor wearing, a. one do
lar and fifty cents.
Children's underclOthiug of every des .rip'lor
can he obtained i'm all sty les. and al almost al
prices. Nice little drawers for babies a wear
OLD, finished with bands, buttOnholes, ana
tim ming, can be purchased for Seyeuty-lvs
cents per pair, and upwards, and All other ar
ucies OF clothing, including night drawers
small flannel drawers, and KNIT d undershirts
al very reasonable rates. JENNIE JUsE.