Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-08
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RUSSIAN cross-stitch embroidery on
red and blue is very effective in batiste
and other thin fabrics.
HANDSOME bows to ornament dresses
are made of three, and even four,
kinds and shades of ribbon.
| BENGALINE is a fine quality of nuns
yelling, and is especially adapted for
summer dresses for young girls.
New gossamers for coaching and for
travelling are long redingotes of ecru
mohair, made perfectly waterproof.
They have an elbow cape, and are
buttoned with large wooden buttons.
The new way of putting lace in sleeves
is to have two frills, each containing
seven-eighths of a yard of lace not
quite three inches deep; these aregath-
cred to lap, the upper frill nearly COW
ering the lower, and most of the full
ness being massed at the outside seam
| of the sleeve.
VERY rich black dresses for summer
| wear are made ofChina Grape embroid-
cred or brocaded for the skirt, while
the overdress is made of lace, either
entirely OF the piece lace or else of
| Hounces formed into lengthwise stripes
that alternate with bands Of plain
Grape or Ofwatered silk.
A PRETTY modelfor a surah or India
silk has a round waist with belt and
| buckle, and a round skirt with the old
fashioned long, round tunic. This
falls in irregular folds almost to the
foot of the dress, except on the left,
where it is caught up to show a broad
side panel of lace, either cream, white,
ecru or black, as bests suit the dress.
WHITE Ottoman silk with deep founc-
es OF Oriental lace, made with short
sleeves and lace vest front, with white
suede gloves reaching nearly to the
shoulders, and very long tulle veil
with broad hem surrounding it, is
favorite Partisan bridal toilet for
very young bride. White flowers are
worn in profusion with this simple
toilet.
BoNNETs composed entirely of tulle
and lace on a wire frame are in course
OF preparation for summer toilets Of
ceremony. The strings are of tulle ex-
ceedingly wide, and tied in a full bow
under the chin; the frames are very
high in the crown, and the only trim
mings are punches Of fine flowers or
many loops and ends of pale or white
satin ribbon rising in pyramid on
the top Of the conical crowns.
WAISTS pointed both 10 the back and
front rival regular basques on import
ed dresses, especially those of silk,
lace, or sicilienne. The point of the
back is sharper than that in front,
but not so long, and sometimes the
short sides and back are finished by
a knife-plaited frill of silk which is
about four inches deep in the middle
OF the back, but slopes away to only
| half an inch under the arms. Some
times this frill is caught up in a she'll
like jabot in the middle of the back,
to give it a more bouffant effect
BATIsTEs and cambrics are again
largely imported, and quite rival the
ginghams and percales so long in use.
From twelve to fourteen yards are
sold for dress pattern, and the econ
omist accustomed to making her own
dresses, knows that she can often cut
from even a smaller quantity. The
fancy is again for lighter-tinted
grounds, such as ecru or porcelain
blue, lemon or pearl color, instead OF
| the dark and snowy grounds that
looked warm and were commended
| because they did not need to be
cleansed often. The cool-looking
white grounds strewn with clear figures
fo5 +
ers, especially when simply made, as
they can be sent to the laundry with
out fear OF fading, and be made as
fresh and dainty as when new.
The American usually purchases
her fabric first and then decides how
it shall be made up. The French
woman, on the contrary, selects her
style or pattern, and then seeks a. ma
terial that is suited to it's form and ef-
feet. There is sound wisdom in the
French woman's method, for she finds
that which is suitable to her own style
in the way of arrangement before buy
ing the fabric, and, therefore, is always
well-dressed, because she lis never guilty
of an incongruity. How often is a
beautiful fabric marred by the manner
in which it is made, and how often is q
fine model rendered Insignificant, nay,
positively shocking, by the material
on which it is developed. That a
French woman, no matter to what
class she may belong, is generally better
dressed than a woman of any other
country, is a fact accepted by the
world. The reason for this is because
she studies the fitness of things even
to the slightest details.
MADGE is a pretty good child, but, in
common with many of her sisters.
fractions drive her mad" and she
has been obliged to remain frequently
after school to prepare examples on
which she had failed during the arith-
metic hour. One afternoon recently
she was half an hour later than usual,
and her mother asked why she had
been detained so long beyond the time
ordinarily required for the prepara-
ton of her neglected lesson. ''Why,
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