Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-06-30
bingham Dresses.

Two colors are especially popular for
Scotch gingham dresses, viz, very pale
blue, with white Hamburg embroidery
for trimming, and the quaint dark red
shade that is called "crushed straw
berry," with ecru Irish point en-
broidery. These dresses are very simply
made, rs they are to be laundried often,
so that they may be always fresh, and
their dressy look is given by the snowy
embroidery used upon them: for in
stance, when there are the usual two
gathered tlounces around the skirt, they
are further beautiiied by band of wide
white Hamburg insertion in open de-
sign being laid Just above the hem of
each llounce, and stitched there by ma
chine; or if the skirt is laid in broad
lengthwise box plaits, tab of EN-
broidcry pointed Mt the end is laid in
each plat half its length, and this tab
may descend from the top of the plat,
OF extend upward from the foot of the
dress. An excellent over-skirt, easily
washed and ironed, is made with an
apron that has sloped front breadth
with gore each side of it sewcd to
belt, laid in permanent plaits each side,
bound down the sides, edged with a
wide embroidered rutlle, and supplied
with two sets of tapes to tie it back
properly. The apron is thus kept sep
arate from the back drapery that it may
be easily ironed. The back drapery is
straight, and consists of whole breadth
and half a bGeadth of gingham scwed
together. and half yard longer than
the lower skirt. This is hemmel all
around, is sewed to the belt in two
great double box plaits just back of the
apron already described, but concealing
its sides, and its drapery is formed by
one deep looping or plat II triile
more than q quarter OF yard deep
being taken high on each side, and held
by small button and loop. In the
middle of this drapery and slightly
lower down is another button and loop
for draping the middle. When being
ironed this is unbuttoned, and the
brcadths are perfectly straight. The
basque for such dress is OF the sim
plest shape, without lining, is edged
with the embroidery, and has Byron
collar made entirely of the embroidery,
and q belt also of embroidery. Some
times the middle forms of the back are
heightened, laid in two separate box
embroidery. The sleeves may have q
cuff of embroidery turned upward, or n
frill of ii extending over the wrists.
When basques with tucked front and
back forms are used, the sleeves are
also tucked across the wrists above the
frill. Panicr polonaises with drapery
held underneath by tapes are also seen
with gingham dresses, but the simpler
styles are preferred. Checked black
and white, or brown and white, or two
shades of dark blue gingham, are made
up in simple dresses for summer jour
neys. They are bordered with en-
broidery or with solid-colored gingham
in plain bands or in fine plaitings. The
striped ginghams OF two shades of pea
cock blue, or of olive green, or dark
red, or of ecru with brown, make pretty
dresses trimmed with self-plaitings, and
square collar and cuffs of embroidery
Many parallel rows of white braid are
used to trim Chamberys of solid blue,
brown, or dark red shades; black braid
is also used, but with uncertainty, as it
does not always wash well. -Huper'S $
Bagdr.