Morris tribune., 1880-09-09

snlrrlng, hanging PLAINLY In tull fields at
the back to form the draperv. These
breadths must be lined with thin foulard.
besides which the suit is trimmed only
with machine stitching in several straight
rows. Such fannels cost twenty. Ave
cents per yard, and ten yards are q great
plenty for the suit. They are soft and
fine-lOoking and the dress is a pleasant
one to wear on damp cool DAYS.
'If could have but one Dress once
said practical economist, who went out
great deal, sit should be black silk,
with calico wrapper for morning" A
long, half-fitting sack, with a round skirt
trimmed with Spanish founce, calls for
about two yards more material and is a
much more serviceable dress than the
J wrapper, since it can be worn in the
country all day long, while wrapper is
suitable only for morning. White and
black calieo-that is to say, white
ground, with a tiny BLACK figure is excel
lent for such dresses. 1t washes even
better than white cloth and always looks
neat. After the dress has seen it's best
days the body will do for dressing
sack and an apron, or two may be made
from the skirt.
People who are clever with their fin.
gers may do much with small capital.
Ten yards of white sewing silk feather
fringe, such as is sold in the shops for a
dollar a yard, was once made at home
tor $3.50, the only expense being the silk
of which it was composed, and beng
made on the garment, was accordingly
handsomer than if bought and sewei on.
Glnghams and pongee sunshades are
fashionable, and these may be made at
home at small cost if one has an old
frame to cover, as most people have. Rip
the old cover off carefully and cut out the
new exactly by it, taking care that the
threads run straight. Join the CORES with
a French fell, taking pains to havs your
tensions just right, and fasten on strong
| ly to the frame through the holes made
tor the purpose. Silk umbrellas may be
covered in the same manner; it is only q
question of great painstaking not to
stretch the cover.
Lovely giants dc Snede have been made
at home from chamois skin, using an old
glove ripped apart for pattern, and
&numberless such economies may be prac-
tised by ladies who have leisure and in
genuity.
The white ties so universally worn cost
next to nothing when made at home. A
yard of nainsook or Victoria lawn will
make eight or nine, and they may be all
be diferent-tucked, hem-stitched Or
embroidered, and more or less elabo-
rately.
Lace mits are excellent gloves fer poor
people, costing no more than kid and
publishing them two or three times. Lisle
thread should be bought size larger
than kid, as they cling closely and adapt
themselves to the size of the hand, while
if tight they soon wear out.
AS matter Of economy poor girls
cannot aoffrd to wear cheap laces, Oh
even crepe lisse ruffies. A few real laces
are far cheaper in the end, since they
last indefinitely, and are always nice
looking if clean. Linen collars must bt
worn for morning, and luckily, are styl-
ish with any dress. But after all it il
the way in which clothes are cared fol
which tells most in the long run. Rib
bons, etc., tossed pell-mell into drawer
and ''rooted through when one is need
ed, cannot long retain their freshness
Therefore ribbons should be rolled W
smoothly after wearing; ties should b.
smoothed out and wound over paste
board, and ruff1es and flowers tenderly
picked out when they are crushed, anc
laid carefully away in box; while 1
dress should never, when taken off, b.
tossed down on a chair, but brushed O
at least shaken, and hung up wrong sid
out.