The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-10
WHAT LADIES WEAR.
New Styles in Under Garments--Close.
fitting Garments all the Rage.
Chicago News.


selves. The style of garment known as
Jersey underwear" is also superseding
the old fashioned creations of muslin. A
dress can not fit perfectly or be artistic in
effect if the underwear beneath 1t does
not fit without wrinkle or fullness. The
chemise is unsatisfactory for it has been
found almost impossible to make it so
that the dress worn over 1t fits as well as
If there was no chemise at all. Albeit,
there is no other garment which by itself
is so pretty and altogether delightful as
the almost discarded chemise. 1t seems
to be the one garment selected by fashion
upon which unlimited flights of fancy
and experiment can be INDUCED. 1t may
be made of cobwebby linen lawn and del>
icate frosty lace of crepe de chine, of
muslin trimmed as taste may devise, with
valencienes Torctan, or embroidery, OF,
it NAV be of dotted linen lawn with white
ground and tiny bits of color In brown,
blue or pink, profusely decorated with
narrow flat Var lace There are draws
ers to match this style of chemise and
ladies who cannot accustom themselves
to wearing woven nets alone are making
great use Of these garments for travelling
purposes. There are other chemlses in
delicate blue, pink. and batice, and 9th
ers of gray. long in the skirt and plain
about the bust, with just dainty edging
of lace They are dainty, exquisite. aud
Quakerish IN effect The prices of these
coIored chemises range from so cents to
SO each.
I'VE do not sell one fourth as many
chemises as we did before the introduc>
ton of the fine woven wear, SAID State
street saleswoman. That is made to con,
form to the figure so perfectly and to as"
sist to satisfactorily in the making up of
figure by artificial means that the ma
| iority of women who take genuine pride
in their appearance are using IL eXclu>
slvely Many wear corset covers, seem.
| ing To think they cannot be dressed with
simply Jersey vest and corset or waist
under garments And those with fine
| natural figures are apt to wear nothing
but the vest and corset beneath their
dresses, for they dou't care to destroy the
symmetry thus brought out. Depend up>
on it, woman with fine bust and should
ers is not going to swathe all Their lines
out Of sight in ruttled aud lace trimmed
muslin. Ii she's made up She do it, but
not otherwise But the woman with the
fine waist and bust is lacing this year ter
ribly Why, the fashionable waist now
must not exceed twenty inches. and eigh-
teen or nineteen is better. Last year the
regulation waist was twenty four or TWEEN
| " five inches. Look at the French faSh>
ion plates. The waists in them actually
run down to point. There was plump
and beautifully. shaped young lady here
not long ago ordering underwear corsets,
bustles, and so on. She is regular cus>
TONER and we knew her measurements. |
selected the same number in corsets
that she is accustomed to wear. NO,
nor she exclaimed. Give me an 1S-inch
corset. I'm resolved to bring my waist
down to that size il there are corset laces
in Chicago strong enough to do it,
What material in woven underwear is
most used?"
"Of course more CT the gossamer is
sold than anything else. for it is cheaper
and satisfactory in every way. Many
ladies of good taste make exclusive use
of imported balbriggan wear The Amer
lean balbriggan is good article. but the
sleeves in the vests are not set in TO ii
the shoulder as well, and the yokes Il
the drawers are more clumsy. They are
consequently, not so desirable for thosI
/, who have a tendency to embonpoint Tht
American goods sell at 80 cents, the En-
| IL 70 ha ~
81 so to So. The natural tint is more
used than the white or gold. Ladies who
become accustomed to woven vests ant
drawers will not wear anything else. The
stiff, starched, frilled things they onct
walked around in are regarded as abom
nations. Balbriggan drawers impart al
! ease TO motion impossible to exercise
when the legs were incased in the oh
, fashioned arrangement.
DO the vests have low necks and shor
sleevesY"
Some do and others have high neck
= with sleeves reaching to the wrists. %
do the vests require alteration
Seldom Some ladies with very slen
der waists have piece of the carmen
taken out. There is little likelihood o
getting a woven vest too tight unless
draws under the arms and across tn
bust, and the ma ority of women eXpel
fence no difficulty in that way. If th
, under garment does draw too tight acros
9 the bust it will ruin the looks of the dres
q for it gives fiat appearance. Silk IN
derwear is much worn by invalids, pan
ticularly those troubled NTH rheumatism
q and neuralgia. 1t ranges in price from s
to SIC. Some prefer the silk and worste
q and claim it generates more electricit
than the pure silk. These garments ca
be bought from $3.50 to 81. Here is som
{ underwear for babies,' she said, exhibit
: ing tiny vest of fine merino with daint
facings of soft silk and exqisite littl
catch stitches. There are garments nov
j for babies from the age of one hour up
, ward. They cost from IS cents to 81 pc
e set, and can be had in fine merino Bel
r lin wool ard silk"
"Are the woven garments used for bri
Dial outfits?"
= mot altogether. Most brides are SUP
= piled with complete stock, but they in
variably make use of more elaborate gal
ments of linen lawn. fine cambria, @
| crepe de chine, and let their woven I'm
4 derwear remain in the boxes. We had a
y order for q bridal set not long since this
: was marvel. 1t was night dress. chen
!, Use, and drawers made of crepe de chin
and mass of genuine Valencienness an
Z satin ribbons. The drawers were ope
d at the knees, and tied with four sets c
Il ribbons. The nightdress had no buttons
but was also tied with ribbons down lh
front. There is an effort, by the way, {
y introduce style of drawers, open at th
outsides of the knees and tied with rit
bons, but don't believe they'll take, ez
lcept for very dressy occasions"
What is the fashionable nightgowni
Either q Mother Hubbard, or a Wat
n teau back and full front Ilexpecl tt
e next thing we get will be jersey filth
= night robe. just imagine it, in case {
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