The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-27
acknowledgement.
,,,ITEH uNDEK.GARMENTS.


x,,ucrous Suggestions Of Value
S.il red flannel Of good quality Is the
material Tor undcr-garments, ant
;,,,,,n by women whopay much attention
h,. rir.tic. Of the toilette as well a. by
~ 'la,s who look only to utility and dura'
%ili,,, By using red silk for binding
a"5 white .eving.silk for stitchings, this
,n,,rri,l can be made to look extremely
we'll,
IN, combination garment can be cut
' limo the ordinary undervest for d
~ ,, . n, far as the waist, and the un'
Pa ,Tr,wrrs below the waist, The draw
't'u .bo@ld be made to fold around the
en- t., s". ,nI long stockings should draw
e "sr them. II child's dress Is in ques'
y'" abigh.recked waist OF cotton il the
s" ,, garment, and it should be furnished
,,i,h buttons At the lower edge to suspend
W., T," .,orkiugs and skirts, The stockings
' 'SC have two loops Of narrow tape
s"gSJ oneithcr side Of the lop, and a band
"foIa.tir. with . loop at one edd and an
VI O,tra niece oielastic scwed on, about four
t ta.bS. irom the other end, to form an A,
u ~i,b buttons upon each foot, to which the
'o"p n Of the stockings lit, should be used
Ia suspend them,
" %S,i should come wooden skirt OF
,bs same material as the drawers, and
o "I tbat the dress. In this way your
I'll, I'LL are AZ simply and as sensibly dress.
81 a. yolr boys, and that is an immense
s,in IN time and trouble. Of course any
mother Of taste will sec how easy she can
make his underwear form part Of n pref
10 costume, It's only necessary to have
me stockings match the under.Clothes and
tbedre.s to be slightly lOoped or tucked up
nyer ,he SCARLET flannel skirt, to make q
charmingly effective peasant costume.
The flannel can be varied in color to suit
different requirements, but II would be
ale to say that for eight or nine months in
tbe wear such dress as We have described
couIi be worn with comfort, substituting
new and thick flannel for old and worn,
"a the weather grows cold, and the reverse
for the opposite change. Two suits Of
scarlet flannel and one Of blue would
clothe a child as thoroughly and much
more bccomingly and healthily than ten
ara dozen suits Of merino, pique, silk,
cotton and muslin which are now found
to be necessary, and which are pcrpet-
ually becoming unreasonable, or out
grown, or oId.iashioned, or something
Which neccessitatCs total change in the
wardrobe once in every six months, in
spite Of the unreasonable quantity pre-.
pared.
So much for childrens clothing. For
the mothers or grown daughters, the next
garment after the under one Of flannel
4 u 4houlder.strap corset, which can be
found at almost any furnishing store, and
costs two dollars. The stockings are
to he suspended from this, as in the di.
rections above. Over the corset, II one
chooses, can be worn u white ChemisC,
which takes the place Of corset cover and
nnderskirl-but this is not by any means
necessity. Next comes the flannel
skirt and over that the dress, Some Ia
dies substitute for the flannel skirt .
quilted one Of silk, stuffed with wool or
down, but this has the disadvantage Of
noticing washable, and entails a necessity
Of other skirts. We know ladies' who
have used this suit as n mountain dress
for the summer, with a plaid skirt draped
over il and blouse to match, thus max
Ing most effective costume for climbing,
Waiting or boating, being both warm
and light. Ladies' have cotton and linen
suits made upon the same pattern to
wear under silk or other tOilettes during
warm summer weather. In the summer
garments the hens Of the drawers may
be trimmed with embroidery or rulling,
aud large button.hOle opening Is cut
half way between the knee and the waist
to allow the elastic Of the cotton slls-
pendcr to pass through and button on the