The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-09

who are below medium height, wear
them even narrower. The quantity Of
velvet required depends upon the style
OF overdress. "A surtout with omen
seams calls for an all-yelvet skirt, while
long, round overskirt, draped BY shir-
ring, may be worn with skirt merely
raced to the knee. Such underskirts are
frequently made plain, but favorite
trimming for them Is box-plaiting two
inches wide, set in, not on the skirt. at
I the lower edge. Satin skirts are also
much worn, and are trimmed in the
same manner. Corduroy skirts are for
! wear only in cool weather.
INN, loosely woven fannels, flannel
nnlsneo Delges, as they are called, make
cheap and useful suits for seaside and
mountain wear. Such one NAV be
made with short, round skirt, with a
s1x-inch box. plating at the foot and two
scantilY box-plaited rufles halt as wide
above it on the front baeadths. The bod
dice is a round waist in front, with q
vide belt, and has coat basque at the
back, on to which two full, strait
breadths are Joined by wide cluster of
shirring, hanging plainly in tull folds at
the back to form the drapery. These
Dreadths must be lined with thin foulard.
besides which the suit is trimmed only
with machine stitching in several straight
rows. Such dannels cost TWENTY-FIVE
cents per yard, and ten yards are great
plenty tor the suit. They are soft and
tine looking and the dress is a pleasant
one to wear on damp cool days.
III could have but one dress.'' once
said practical economist, who went out
a great deal, 'it should be black silk.
with a calico wrapper for morning. =
long, half-ftting sack, with round skirt
trimmed with Spanish founce, calls for
about two yards more material and is a
much more serviceable dress than the
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. It washes even
better than white cloth and always looks
neat. After the dress has seen its 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
TOT 10y, the only expense being the silk
OF which it was composed, and beng
made on the garment, was accordingly
handsomer than if bought and sewed on.
Glnghams and pongee sunshades are
fashionable, and these may be made at
| nome at small cost it 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 have your
tensions just right, and fasten on strong
" to the frame through the holes made
tor the purpose. Silk umbrellas may be
covered in the same manner; it is only a
question of great painstaking not to
stretch the cover.
Lovely giants de Snede have been made
at home from chamois skin, using an old
glove ripped apart for a 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 ofnalnsook or Victoria lawn will
make eight or nine, and they may be all
be Authenticated, hem stitched or
embroidered, and more or less elabo-
rately.
Lace mits are excellent gloves for poor
people, costing no more than kid and
outlasting 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 a matter Of economy Door girls
cannot aoffrd to wear cheap laces, OF
even crepe lisse ruf1es. A few real iaces
| are tar cheaper in the end, since they
last indefinitely and are always nice
| looking If clean. Linen collars must be
worn for morning, and luckily, are styl-
| 1sh tn any dress. But after all it is
the way in which clothes are cared for
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 up
| smoothly after wearing; ties should be
| smoothed out and wound over paste
board, and ruffies and flowers tende1ly
picked out when they are crushed, and
laid carefully away in box; while a
dress should never, when taken of, be
| tossed down on a chair, but brushed or
at least shaken, and hung up wrong side
out. FL - T'aeL xxi. - ~
Coon AND BAD NEws.-Bad news
weakens the action of the heart, op-
presses the lungs, destroys the appetite,
stops the digestion, and partially sus-
ponds all the functions Of the system.