Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-14

count, A womsn's lsces come under the
same rule. The %softest, finest webs are
Iluxuries dearest to every elegant woman's
heart, and though these may be had from
$40 to $500, il Is likely most girls will
spend 500 for laces if they can take the
money out Of something not 80 priced.
Under %lsnnels and two flannel skirts will
cost about S18 to 800. For such
parts of a wedding outfit as jewelry and
toilet articles no estimate can be made,
az they may cost the smallest or the
largest amount. A fan and a shopping
bag are essential, and 80 is a dressing
| case, with the thousand and one little
conveniences of travelling and toilet dear
to a woman's heart. Fifty dollars would
be a fair estimate, exclusive of the Jew
elry.
WHEN SHE DOES SEWING.
While the above estimates are very
close and based on the actual bills recent
ly paid by tho father of an expectant
bride, they are at the same time much
beyound the power and perhaps the am
bition of very many young women In re-
spectacle society, who expect to marry
and maintain social relations, and have a
full intention not to call on their hus-
bands for dresses within the orthodox
year. Such a woman at one stroke would
sweep away a large item of expense by
making a part of her garments herself
and getting the rest made under the
supervision and with the aid of a visiting
dressmaker. The more opulent young
woman did no sewing. Our present
subject does nearly all Of hers, and prob.
ably does it as capably, as enthusiastical-
ly. She will be married In her cloth
travelling suit, which need cost her only
$50, and be very pretty and becoming,
If possible, however, abe will have a silk
costu ne-the chef d'evrs of the ward
robe-and this will cost $50. She will
want a stout, serviceable street costume,
at from 500 to $40, aud q cloak at $50.
She, TOD, will have a morning dress,
pretty and graceful, of silk and
cashmere, costing only $15, and
her dress bonnet will cost but So, and her
travelling hat So, for she bought tie
materials, stole the styles at a fall open.
ing and made them triumphantly herself.
Thirty dollars will cover the cost of her
muslin undergarments, and collars, cuffs
and ruches will take the place of laces.
She will content herself with three pair
of gloves at $1.50 a pair, one-half dozen
cotton stockings, costing SO, one.half
dozen cambria handkerchiefs at So, and
two pair of corsets at 81 90 per pair.
The lannels will cost her no more than
So and her toilet articles So. When she
has acquired q travelling bag at S. and
waterproof rubbers and umbrella for Sc
more her outfit is complete at a cost of
about $3.50. Yet many a sweet girl has
been married on much less and been
happy and made her husband and friends
immensely proud of her. Wonderful
stories are told of what may be done with
cleverness and $50, and the man would
get q prize in the bride who gave herself
a credltable outfit for that amount. But
certainly the last estimate could be con-
siderably reduced. Tho silk costume is not
an absolute necessity, and the travelling
suit may be made to last a year as a
dress. Nobody knows, too, what
bargains may BIO picked up in
the smaller articles, and those muslin un.
dergarments may still be heavily cut
into. Gloves need not cost 81. so, nor
oonnets $13. Besides the above figures
into account nothing the bride may
posssss. They give her every
article new. But, of course, all women
ire more or less well supplied with most
Of the Articles named, and very many
would not consider it necessary to pur-
,hase any more than a single new dress
md bonnet, with gloves and boots, be-
patching up glazing deficiencies.
And for the comfort of all whose purses
re limited 1t may BIO said that no woman
With n decent dress need to refuse to
marry the right man.
A RATHER LUXURIOUS OUTFIT.
For the convenience of such as may be
contemplating matrimony, and also as a
und of "Reminiscences and comparison,
he following list of articles In two
of wedding outfits are appended
n form convenient for cutting out:
)ne wedding and reception dress. .....S 100
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