Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31
STYLES FOR SUMNER.
SOMETHING FOR The LADIES.

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Those who do Not Kaew.
Belted waists, says Harper's Bdzqr,
are in great favor for summer dresses,
and are especially popular for wash
dresses of cambria, gingham, sattecn,
Chambery, batiste, and the most mex
pensiye prints. There are several ways
of making these waists, but those most
easily ironed are plain on the shoulders,
and merely gathered to belt IN the
middle Of the front and back. The
fronts are buttoned up close to the
throat with small pearl buttons.
round as pea, but with eyes
sunk in for sewing them on. The
back is made all in one piece, and
STAYED by facing Of linen beginning
on the shoulders, following the outline
of the armhole, and being sewed in with
the belt. Others prefer to keep the
waist separate from the skirt, hence
they extend the whole bodice finger
deep below the waist line for this part
to pass under the dress-skirt after
drawing-string has drawn it into shape,
or an under-belt has been used with
the waist gathered outside it. Imagine
a brown Chambery dress with this waist
fitting the plump figure neatly, and fin
ishcd on the high standing collar and
cuffs with several rows of white linen
braid. The skirt has kilt pleats that
do not lap deeply, yet are very wide,
and there is very simple apron over
skirt draped high on each side by sue
cession Of buttons and loops placed a
few inches apart, and to be unbuttoned
when the dress goes to the laundry.
There may be as many as ten rows OF
white braid on the pleated skirt, and
half as many on the overskirt. SINH
lar dresses are made in blue Chambery.
in Scotch Bingham, in linen singham,
and dark blue cambria in which there
are red figures. A braided belt may be
used, or else one Of alligator-leather,
morocco, or Seal-skln.
THE SIMPLEST MoRNING-GowNs
For the morning dresses Of house
wives, misses, and young girls the
housemaid skirt without drapery is
used with the plain belted waist just
described. -Four breadths Of yard-wide
muslin will suffice for this skirt for
women of medium size. The front
breadth is sloped narrower at the top,
and it may be necessary to slope slight
" the parts Of the side breadths next
the front; the fulness is massed be-
hind. and the front is left almost entire
w plain. If the material is a light
print or an inexpensive Bingham, the
skirt is finished with hem four to six
inches deep, but tucks are added for
nice lawns and muslins.
More fanciful belted waists are made
with a cluster of gathers at the top Of
the front just below the collar, and also
at the waist, while the back is in fan
shape, with fitness extending to the
shoulders from the waist line. These,
however, should be made on a lining,
as there are side forms which require to
be fitted smoothly. The tucked belted
waist is now made with a few very
small tucks down the middle Of the
back and front, and resembles the Eng
lish jackets made by tailors. The sur
plice waists Tapped to one side is
the most dressy Of the belted waists,
and is much used for thin lawns
and batistes. The fronts are tucked or
edged with lace, and instead Of being
cut ont to fit the neck, the straight
front is gathered to the back at the top,
thus throwing a pretty fulness over
the bust. The yoke waist so much
worn last year will still be used it
will be tucked for plain muslins and
lawns, and embroidered for dresses that
are otherwise trimmed with embroid-
cry. 1t is in nicer taste to have the
yoke Of the dress material than to have
a colored dress with a white yoke re-
sembling the guimpes Of children's
dresses. The spencer waists, or
round waists with a basque be-
low the belt, will also be worn, made
Of white Swiss muslin, with lengthwse
insertions Of embroidery or of lace, a
ribbon belt, and a rullle of the trim
ming around the part below the belt.
For variety the trimming may DO set in
to represent Zouave jacket, while
others have V-shaped piece Of the en-
broidery in front and back; and still
others have a vest of embroidery set in,
or else the vest is outlined by gathered
rufle Of embroidery. High, straight
collars and those turned over in points
in English fashion are on many Of these
dresses. The square-cOrnered Byron
collar turned over all around is still
used.
LIGHT GROUNDS.
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 economist
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 in fast colors,