News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-02-16
How to Make Cotton Dresses.

Cotton dresses, which are to be the
age the coming spring, Horper's Bazar
says, have short skirts with very bouffant
poufs about the hips, antique waists, to
which the pouf drapery may be attached
In gathers, surplice fronts, and plain
sleeves, either half-long or reaching to
the wrists. For instance, stained
glass coloring of soft green, pale blue,
and rose satinette is made up with plain
olive green satinette, the entire dress
appearing to be of the figured stuff,
with puffs of the plain for trimming, and
some white embroidery in lace pattern
on the neck and sleeves. The waist
points in front, but is short on the
sides and behind, and the pouf about
the hips is shirred in rows on the edge
of this corsage. The front forms three
large soft puffs of the figured stuff, sep
| arated by narrower plain green puffs,
and there are side draperies of the green
also. A balayeuse pleating is at the
foot, and the back drapery falls low
from the panier pouf. The neck is
pointed quite low at the throat, and
trimmed with puff of the plain goods.
The elbow sleeves have plain cuff.
A similar dress in which blue pre-
dominates has four deep gathered
founces of the figured goods across the
front alternating with very narrow
pleated frills of dark PLAIN blue sati-
nette. Above these is bouffant puff
on the sides and back, while blue rib
bon outlines the point in front, and is
tied in a bow with ends hanging. The
open throat is furnished with blue
pleating that is wide in the back of the
neck, and tapers narrower on the bust.
The half-long sleeves have pleated cuffs
turned upward, and there is white en-
broidery in the neck and wrists. A
parasol of the cotton goods accompanies
such dresses, a dog-collar of black vel
vet is high around the neck, the Manila
bonnet pokes low on the forehead, and
the long Swedish gloves of pale brown
have slender bracelets to hold them up
smoothly without wrinkles to the elbow.
The most modest toilettes are those of
the polka.dotted cambrics, made with
polonaise or basque, apron over.skirt,
and charming little fiohu scarf of the
dotted fabric over plain skirt covered
as far as is visible below the over-skirt
with three deep founces. The throat
is high, and there is wide full collar
of null and lace, with wide ends in
front.
The split straw poke bonnet has a
great Alsacian bow of null and lace for
its only trimming, the parasol is made
of the cambria, the long -wristed gloves
are of white dog skin, and not a single
article of jewelry is seen except the
slender bracelets on the gloves. The
Greek designs with drapery carried up
high on one hip are repeated, with fig
ured goods for the over-dress, showing
gIimpses of gathered founces of the
plain stuff of the lower skirt. Bordered
patterns are made up with pleated lower
skirts, having the border at the foot for
trimming; these pleats are very large,
and may be either side pleats or box
pleats. Some very pretty shirred plas-
irons or chemisettes, made of white
null, are inserted in the front of these
basque waists; they are broad and high
about the throat, and taper to point
at the waist line. In all these dresses
the drapery is higher and more bout
FAINT than that worn last summer.