The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-03
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
GinRham md Other Wash raveIina
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bingham md Other Wash raveIinp
Dresses.
tits the custom this summer to wear
gingbam dresses for travelling. For
short journeys these are the most COM
Portable dresses used since buff and gray
linen travelling dresses were universally
worn. They are so easily clennsed after
the journey by washing that they are
not n source OF anxiety on the way;
they are OF dark coloIs thatare not con-
spicuous; and il greater warmth is
needed, IL is supplied by the travelling
cloak of English homespun that has
superseded the linen duster. Among
the dark quiet colors chosen the prefer
ence is for stone blue, with grayish
tinges, in checks OF two shades of blue
without any white, or else broken bars
of blue on white ground, or irregular
| stripes ottwo or three blue shades, with
perhaps some thread lines of red or buff.
To make these look still darker, they
are trimmed with bias bands of solid
blue gingham sewed on the plated or
gathered llounces. and as a bordering
for the apron, basque, collar. cuffs and
belt. The white Hamburg work used
to brighten blue gingham dresses that
are meant for the house and street is too
dressy for these plain travelling suits.
When made in tie best manner, and of
Scotch gingham, such dresses cost ut
the furnishing house from $l2 to Sl7.
The basques are not lined, and are made
with as few sc TINS a. possible. The
neck is usually finished with a turned
over collar in Byron shape. or else ex-
tending lower on the bust in the
notched olrectoire shape. Among ex-
pensive ginghnms are stripes of two
shades of peacock blu or else of green
there are also olive green checks or
irregular plaids that make up most
effectively. The black and " bite broken
bars are alsJ in favor; for elderly ladies
tn ese are trimmed with pllitings of the
same, while young ladies add some pip
ings of Tnrkcy red ca ico and they also
put narrow red plating around the
foot of tbe skirt.
For other wash dresses, whether OF
gingham or lawn, embroidery is the
trimming preferred this season to lace.
The Hamburg work in open patterns,
or else quite close, with dots, diamonds,
almonds or stars, is best liked for
gingham dresses; there is also woven
trimming called Swiss embroidery
which is effective and very inexpen-
sive, costing only eight or ten cents
yard in widths suitable for edgings.
For thin dotted muslins real embr oidery
on Swiss muslin is used, and is very
different from that just described, and
far more costly. Very few embroideries
are found suitable for the soft sheer
null and India muslins; hence lace Is
used for these dresses, and is almost con-
fined to them. For thin mulls, Lam
guedoc, point d'esprit and Breton laces
are most liked; Valenciennes is seldom
employed, at least 1t is not bo1ght from
choice. though ladies who have nice
qualities OF this lace continue to use it.
Fol white dresses, and indeed for most
of the colored wash goods, very little
starch is employed by the laundress. and
there is no effort to give them gloss
from the iron. The fancy at present is
for the soft finish of Oriental stufis,
such as India null or mummy.cloth,
or the Turkey red calicoes. Gathered
made too scant for tluting, and are more
stylish when ironed smooth and plain.
Plated hounces are pressed perfectly
fiat half their depth, while below this
the plaitings are pulled upward and
apart by the laundress' hand to give
them the appearance OF great full
ness. When a single border tlounce
trims the foot CT dress skirt,
it is now the caprice to have the head
ipg almost as wide as the lower part of
the hounce, and if this wide heading
fails TO stand erect. and droops over at
intervals, it is all the more stylish.
The heading is for this reason often
faced with gay red or blue cambria.
The linen lawns are prettier this sum-
mer than usual, and are more highly
appreciated for their GOODNESS and cheap
ness. The polka-dotted patterns-black,
blue, brown or red, on white-make up
most stylishly, and are sold in nice
qualit les of pure linen from twenty-five
to thirty-five cents yard. Fifteen
yards are required to make short dress
with round waist, apron front, and
straight full back simply trimmed with
border founce. Dark red or blue
satin ribbon in long -looped bow at the
throat, with a belt OF the same tied on
the left side, with short hanging ends, is
all the ornament needed. The neck
may have handkerchief tichu which is
pointed behind, or else a Byron collar.
Pretty evening dresses are made Of the
cream white seaside zephyr, which
initiates India stufls with crape-like
finish, and costs from eighteen to
twenty-one cents yard. 1t requires to
be made in full bouffant fashion, with
much festooned drapery, and is trimmed
with Languedoc lace and many loops of
pale pink or blue ribbon. Hayper's
Bdzdr.