Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-06

easily laundried when folded in the
middle and ironed like ruflie, then
opened. A shirred band two-eighths
wide, with a ruffie ON each edge, will
also be placed on hemmed muslin skirts
without fiounces at the top of the hem.
Two or three narrow flOunces, with
two shirred puffS in each flounce, make
pretty trimming for striped Summer
silk skirts. Striped silk or WOODEN
flounces may be bias, but straight
shirred flounces wash best, and will
look quite as well in muslin, batiste,
linen. Other pretty puffs are made of
reversed pleats like the familiar mar
quise puff. We have described above
the pretty heading made of clusters of
Tapped bias folds turned upward.
For making Spring dress of two
shades of silk the prettiest model is of
brown faille-sOft dove-cOlor with
dark leaf brown. The square basque
of dark silk has a straight plastron of
the dove shade, fastened by two rows
of buttons down the front: the back is
round waist, with a fan sewed on,
made of alternate pleats of the two
shades; the light Medicis collar shows
its dark lining along the edge; light
| sleeves, with dark cuff and stiff Henri
Ill. puff around the armhOle. The
demitrain has three light front
breadths separated from the dark back
ones by four folds of the two shades
laid down the second side seam a
drawing string holds the back in posi-
ton. Around the foot is the new
pleating of two shades, only a finger
deep in front, widening too three fin
gers behind, where second row is adj
ded. The tablier covering the three
front breadths has clusters of wide
pleating that show only the dark
shade, headed by narrower light pleat-
ing, and four upturned folds of the
dark brown. The intricate bouffant
drapery behind consists of four halt
breadths of the alternate shades corded
on the edge, and tied in u puff with
hanging ends.
How to make Spring costumes for
church, visiting, and brides travelling
suits is the query of correspondents.
Pretty shades of gray, either the clear
hue, or the slate gray, with blue
tinges, or the greenish sage gray, are
selected for these; the skirt and sleeves
are silk, the over dress and flounces
are cashmere or vigogne. A tasteful
French design for these has sage
gray silk skirt, trimmed with q
straight vigogne tlounce three fingers
deep in front, and much deeper be-
hind. The lower edge has bias
green velvet band two inches wide,
while the upper part is sewed down
twice in reverse pleats that form a
puff. The long apron over-skirt of
vigogne, corded on the edge with vel
vet, has the front breadth buttoned
down each seam by large buttons in
velvet-bound button-holes; it has two
narrow side cores and full back
breadth, is draped high by green
velvet bow on the left side, and hangs
long on the left. The English basque
of cashmere, corded with green velvet,
has silk sleeves with velvet cuffs, and
velvet Medicis collar. An extra gar
ment worn over this is sleeveless
loose jacket, quite long, with q point
ed velvet hood, side pockets, and a
breast pocket. -
Even stripes of white with a color
are chosen for Summer silks. A pref
ty fashion of making these is to have
one deep bias shirred fOunce around
the skirt or else two narrow ones. Let
the Overskirt have sharp-pointed
apron of two sloped breadths with a
seam down the middle, on which are
four bows of bias silk; its three draped
full back breadths are square on the
sides, and the whole is edged by bias
ruffie headed by a band or cluster of
upturned folds. The basque is much
longer in front than behind, is trim
med with fringe or rut1ie, and the
coat sleeves have cuffs with bias scarf
tied around them. Medicis collar and
ruff of the silk Harper's Bazaar. ~