Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-03
For the Ladies'.

Tucked waists belted and round
skirt with tucks and no overskirt are in
favor for simple wash dresses of white
Victoria lawn. linen lawn, plain colored
Chamberys. ginghams, etc. The wide
belt Is covered by u sash of the material,
which has large bow and tucked ends
In tho back to.serve only MS drapery. For
the skirt Of such dress of Victoria lawn
three breadths are used, two of which
are straight, while that in front is shap
ed toward the top, and these are gather
cd to belt, with the fullness massed
quite far back. Ten or twelve tucks each
two and half or three inches wide, are
straight around the skirt, covering
it from about fourth of yard below
the waist almost to the foot, where
single frill of embroidery or a tucked
and gathered flounce of the lawn gives
n aeat finish. The gathered belted
waist is cut long enough to extend over
the hips, aud all that part below the
belt is concealed by the skirt, which is
put on after the waist is adjusted; the
belt is stitched on outside the gathers,
and this belt is concealed by stitlly.
lined belt of the plain lawn or insertion,
which supports the soft muslin sash, that
may be passed around the entire waist,
or else only attached to the sides. and
tied across the back. When tucks are
preferred in these waists there are usu-
ally six or eight half.inch tucks placed
lengthwise in the front and in the back,
half of them being turned each way to
meet in the middle. A Byron collar and
q single frill Of embroidery finish the
neck and sleeves; long-looped bow of
rose, blue or ivory white ribbon is at the
throat, and smaller bow catches up the
embroidery on each sleeve. These
dresses are easily 'done up as the
fashion of making them is excellent for
the simple prints, percales and lawns,
that are pretty by reason OF their fresh
ness, aud must therefore be freqceRSy
washed aud ironed.
Instead of pleated skirts for surahs
and India silks, there is a fancy for
having them fall in one deep gathered
puff from beneath the drapery, and
gathering this fullness into one row of
gathers 10 or II inches from the foot,
letting the space below form a tlounce.
These gathers are now made in a casing,
or else in q tuck, aud in this is run in u
thick cord like a rope, which gives a
pretty effect. The puff above this r,pe
is not allowed to droop upon it in the
least, but simply lies full on the founda-
tion skirt. Festooned lsmbrequin drap-
cry falls on front and sides oil such a
skirt; the back drapery is long, and is
draped very high at the top in two
dropping puts beside each other-not
one above the other-and the material
below these putfs is pleated in several
plests to meet in the middle or else in
two large double box pleats. When
longer drapery is preferred, the deep
apron is confined to the front, and is
opened on one side or on both to show
gathered side bresdths or putfs of low
er skirt; there are usually three of these
puffs gathered on cords, with II
tiounce finished with lace at the
foot. For black surahs when lace
hounces are not used the French mod
els have three deep gathered tiounces
nearly covering the front aud side
breadths, and each hounce is cat in
deep and slender leaf scollops. Two
festoons that lap in front, or curved pan
iers, or else the lambrequin drapery
with a short festoon on the left side aud
a deeper one ON the right, are above
these hounces, and the back has the
long drapery just described. One
founce only passes entirely around the
skirt, and this is nearly hidden by the
long drapery, which consists OF two
breadths Of the surah, without other
trimming than pleats or tucks may
give.-Daily ErchaRge.