The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-09
FOR THE FAIR SEX:
Cheap Dresses.

4AS ouo SA'oA q smdIA allowance. now to
utilize it to the best advantage. Thus.
suppes1ng that a girl has but ten dollars
to spend upon her summer outfit, her
wlsest plan would not De to- buy five
dresses and hat as she does in one of our
exchanges, but to get smaller number
and have them better. Let us see then
what she may do with her funds in hand
doing her own dressmaking, as a matter
of course. E.-'..
There are very few women who are 50
lmprovldent as to have nothing left over
from season to season. A practical econ
omlst buys every dress with a view to its
appearance afterwards in new form, and
1t is unwise for any but wealthy woman
TO purchase an expensive dress which
cannot be made over. And IN this sense
the word expensive must be taken com.
paratively. For our girl it would mean
summer silk, cashmere or a French
bunting. One Of these, then, she has on
hand from last year, and this is to be
made as good as new. The dress must
be ripped and pressed, and If the bunt
ing or cashmere is black, it may be
sponged with water to which hartshoru
has been added in the proportion Of
a teaspoonful Of ammonia to a Quart u
water. The best of the goods must be
kept for the body and the front of the
skirt unless the old body is not too much
worn to serve the purpose again, which
will be.a great point in her favor. Clev-
er continuing will hide spots and thin
places, and put the worst spots where
they will show least. Shirring covers a.
multitude Of faults, and narrow plait1nes
may be pieced again and again. If the
old skirt lining will do, she should use
It by all means, as every cent counts.
Three yards of satin at eighty cents a
yard will trim the dress with pipings,
revers, color and cuffs, put band four
inches wide on one side and make a
wide belt. Three yards of ribbon ia
match at twenty cents yard, will furnish
a bow for the belt and two for the side
opposite the satin band, jet buttons at
twenty-five cents dozen will suffice, OF
plain chrochet buttons at forty cents NAV
be beaded at home with five cents worth
of beads. Sewing silk, button-hole twist,
skirt braid and yard of w1ggin to line
the satin will be needed and will cost
sixty-eight cents, viz. two quarter-ounce
spools Of silk, forty cents; one ounce of
black cotton, five cents making S4.13 as
the cost OF our young lady's best dress,
There is Juror this season for ging-
hams, and neat American makes may be
had tor twelve and one-half cents a. ward.
There are two qualities at this price
one thick and heavy for hard wear: the
other, the zepher bingham, which is of
lighter weight and much more dressy in
appearance-this is what she must buy.
Twelve yards will be 81 so; q dozen plain
smoked pearl buttons, ten cents. and St.
teen yards Of white Hamburg edging, for
trimming, at two cents a yard, brings
the cost to 81 80, and two spools of cot
ton, for sewing, rounds out the So. This
may be made with the baby waist. g..
with yoke and plaits-if the wearer is
slender, or a coat basque, if stout, and
the trimmings are to be rufies edged
| with Hamburg, which is very narrow
merely tiny scallop and eyelet. but
which looks very we'll Or, if she prefers
lawn to q bingham, that may be had at
the same price, and trimmed with Ital-
ian lace at fifteen cents the price, of two
yards. ..-=..-.
Three dollars must buy another dress.
and in this she has quite wide choice
Victoria lawn. at twenty cents, trimmed
with tucked rufdes of the same, huted. is
very pretty. Dotted Swiss, made with
rutf1es also, is much more dressy and it
costs five cents more yard. but since
white muslin can be worn always in the
evening, this last will be probably her
wisest choice. Her hat may be Fayal,
lined and trimed with white muslin. and
twenty-five cent boquet, rough straw.
at thirty three cents, with band and 8
large bow of satin ribbon, or an embroi
dered reed hat, at twenty-five cents. with
the brim faced with bright foulard and
bright scarf Of the same twisted around
the crown, either of which will come
within the compass Of the eighty-seven
cents left from her dresses.
Very pretty and indeed handsome over
dresses tor wear with satin or velvet
skirts, are made of the cream-tinted lin
en- canvas which comes for curtains. This
is woven in small, square meshes Of
twisted thread, is torty-eight inches
wide, and sells for twenty five cents
yard. Five yards are enough for a full
overdress and creamy Languedoc lace at
So for piece Of ten yards is the trim
ming An embroidered vine done in
crewels or silk adds much to the beauty
Of the garment, which, indeed, IS hand
some enough for wear IN a fashionable
ballroom. Cream-tinted buntings and
bareges are other inexpensive over
dresses for wear with such underskirts.
AS fashions go this summer so they will
probably be this winter. a black vel
vet SKIRT is among the most useful gar
ments which a lady can possess, since it
may be worn the year round, and is styl-
ish with almost any overdress The
velvet used for the handsomest skirts
costs five dollars a yard, but very good
9 uality may be had for, $3.50. Such
velVets are all silk. Trimming velvet,
and cotton, backed, is the next
choice, while ladies who must consult
first cost rather than true economy buv
velveteen at $3.50. Walking skirts are
very narrow, two yards and quarter
being the average width, while ladies