The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-18

Leaving the modest sum, of $50 for /
dresses, gloves, millinery and shoes. A /
nice problem TO make those come out OF /
so little and yet one which clever women |
find certain pleasure in solving. They |
like to cheat poverty i'm its very face, !
and play all sorts of tricks with 3 ten dol |
lar bill, drawing one thing after another
out of it. as the conjurer takes nest after
nestful OF eggs from an empty hat. All
the things woman cannot do--without,
coming from this paltry Sl5 a season l
warn YOU that no elegance can be ex-
pected from this sum, except that of good
taste and extreme neatness. On this small
allowance this first year, our young
woman must deny herself many pleasant
things. wear shilling calico, instead OF
cambria, and merino of the cheapest quail
ity. The greatest expense will be for
shoes. There are two ways to lessen this.
One which will meet with general favor,
whenever tried, is for neighbors TO club
together and buy box OF shoes az whole
sale. If they can find friend in the city
wiling to select these from cheap stocks,
the savings will be from one-third to one
half the price asked in country stores. A
sill cheaper way rather hesitate to men
ton. for fear, in this ready-made age, OF
shocking somebody's sensibilities. But
wears ago, the art of making CATERS was
quite fashionable for a year or two. can
say from personal trial that there is moth
ing about making common laced garter
or slipper from stitching to 'soling that a
girl OF IA cannot do with anahour's show
ing. More than one pair of CATERS, cut
from the farmer'slsatin of old vests, has
the writer lined, bound and sewed to the
sole with last and waXed thread in true
cordwainer's style, and they used to fit, too.
The heaviest item of an outfit, and the
most extravagant, considering all things,
is the shoe bill, aud this being disposed of
dresses come next. The most essential
are two dark, shilling prints for working
wear. Thanks to the taste of American
designers, calicOs are now as pretty as they
are cheap, Small figures are the rule, and
subdued colors, both for the sake Of econo-
my and of taste. Very dark, almost black
grounds, however, seldom wear well. Tor
the color destroys the cotton. The eye
tires sooner of bordered prints than oil
those without. The more simply cheap
dress can be made, the better, for II Is moi
good taste to put much work in ru1iles and
| fiOunces on dress that cannot last. Inc
French gathered waist or blouse, the goreo
sacque wrapper, or the gaDrlelle VIII
| II N.
| it is advisable to make up calico, and they
take the least number of yards. A narrow
ruffie. or fiat bands above the hem, are tht
only finish allowable for the skirt, and i
would not seem necessary to say this, If
had not seen fiOunced calicOes with ruffie(
capes and sleeves worn by these who ough
to have better taste. The gored wrapper
cut to clear the floor is the best dress TO
Homework. A lady should remembe
bedroom, kitchen and pantry are no plac
for pulled and ruffled paniers, and sweep
ing skirts. Every thing should be as clos
and neat as possible, and the nearer this
comes the better it will look. Ten yard
of wide print is ample for good dress an,
all the ruffies that taste will allow on II
If lined throughout, these print dresse
will last year of constant wear, and oil
calico is the best lining, because it vii
shrink like the outside and wrinkl
less in ironing. Print dresses dc
serve more care in washing tina
they ever got. They are usually throw
f into strong soap suds which spoils tn
color, and get the last of the rinsing ws
: ter, so that they never look clear after In
: second washing. A calico never shout
, wait five minutes before it is washed, an
the mildest soap only should be used o.
, Il it. 1t should be washed quickly, we
: rinsed and dried in the shade, hangin
wrong side out that the sunlight may nc
! affect the colors. The incest way is t
wash and rinse in blood-warm water
: which quart of wheat bran has bee
: boiled in a bag. The water will be starchy
/ and cleanse rapidly without affecting til
incest colors. Very little if any soap
needed in this process, and calicoes washe
by it look as well when worn thus, as tn
? first time they come from the laundry
J Of course no separate starching is needed
: To these dark dresses, must be added
l light one, or a seerSucker shilling gins
e ham for warm weather. If made loos
E and the neck and wrists, where the warmt
t is always felt, are faced inside with narro'
] strips of linen, the working dresses wi
not be found uncomfortable in hot weathe
! as they look well if worn without corse
' and belted lightly. To the ample apron
( which, beside the dress Innings, are the OIL
j ly things our farmers girl is expected
| furnish from her old dresses, must be al
, ded deep cuffs of brown linen to butte
2 over the sleeve and keep it clean, custol
! of the French shop-girls, who keep the
: neat stuff dresses from wearing out or ge
: ting soiled as ours do, on the fore-arl
r sooner than any where else. School teacl
: ers will find these long mdrchets Ofservic
/ for the wear Of school desks and dust
very trying on the sleeves of nice wo
e dresses. These cuffs may be scalloped al
: worked with dots, daisies or vines to
! tasteful as the imported sets of the san
{ material which ladies wear in travelling.