St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-09
New CoIors and Fabrics,

The constant introduction of new colorS
and new fabrics calls for careful study in
the combination of tints and materials.
The woman of taste must understand her
strong and weak points in order 10 make
her costume in harmony with her
own individual style. She is certainly
fortunate if she is able to employ a
first-class modiste who can arrange her tot
lettes for her. but if this be not the case.
she can at any rate arrange her own gowns
if she give time enough to this important
part of her duty. 1t is impossible for a
woman to dress well unless she devOteS
thought to her wardrobe. As well may she
hope to excel i'm any branch of domestic art
or science without study and labor as in
this. If every woman would learn what the
true beauty of dress is there would be fewer
of the monstrosities that so often offend the
eyes of those who love harmony. There
will always be those who are OutTe in their
attire. but the number may be diminished
if women of refinement will conscientiousiy
avoid the bizarre and exaggerated. The
really well-dreSSed woman, as has so often
been said. is she who conveys feeling of
repose to the beholder and whose Taiment
is so fifty chosen that one cannot specify
any detail. but simply feels the harmony
of the toilette as whole.
Many of the best modistes now make the
corSage of dress in such a way that il is
difficult to tell where it is fastened, and it
has almost the appearance of growing on its
wearer
Women have their clothes for the sum-
mer by this time. Now is the season for
fancy work. Among other new materials
for art embroidery comes very narrow,
silky, tspe-like ribbon, finely cTimped by
machinery SO as TO be slightly
elastic. and which some dealers
call ribbosene. others braidene, The various
uses to which braidene or ribbOsene is APP
piled are too numerous to be named. Ii
comes In all shades of embroidery used for
flowers, but not for leaves. its use in en-
broidery is principally for the formation of
petals of flowers. into which il works up
easily and rapidly, requiring less dexterity
1 than many would suppose from the effect
iyeness of the work when finished. The
stems, leaves and caiyxes of the flowers
wrought in braiding are done with floss in
Kensington stitch. Patterns and materials
cln he bought from the dealers in art en-
broidery goods. The stamped pattern is
commenced in one corner, showing how the
work is done.
Outline embroidery on canvas and
twilled linen, or monte cloth. on pongee
and Indian silks and on boiling cloth, has
been growing in popularity for sew
eral years, but seems 10 have
reached its highest wave this summer.
ANY one who can do plain sewing can ex-
ecute a pretty picture, etched as it is with
the needle, on any of the fabrics named
above, or even on cotton or plain
linen for pillow shams, splashers, bureau,
wash-stand. table and buffet scarfs-
Artists of rare talent are employed in
the creation of the designs sent out by
the best houses this summer. The
cost of the materials for this kind of
work is another cause of its popularity.
Then it can be taken up at any
moment and dropped without interference
with the design, and we have known sew
eral members of large family of girls
keep but one piece of outline work at
time in hand, each one putting in few
stitches when not otherwise engaged. until
that piece was finished, and then taking up
another piece of the same sort, say dozen
tea or luncheon devices of tine table mats.
The Latest Agony i'm Bathing Suits.
Abroad there is taste for red-not the
pigeon-blood or brick, but the pure Egyp-
tan tint. Naturally, TO please all tastes.
| there are bathing and other costumes OF this