Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-19
ECONOMICAL DRESSING.


ECONOMICAL DRESSING.
How to Clothe Oneself Cheaply and Well
A Grand Desideratum.
Dressing for the street is greatly SIM
plifed, and was never more economical
than at present, for it is quite allowable
for lady to use one cloth costume on
every occasion that will take her out OF
doors during the winter; or, failing in
this, she can have long cloak that
will completely cover any house dress
she may prefer to wear. The street
suit is, as we have said before, now
made of wooden goods of heavy quality,
such as the heavier camel s-hair, bison
cloth. Cheviot, or else ladies' cloth of a
very light weight. 1t is best to choose
this in single dark color instead of
the mixed cloths used last year. Brown
is the fashionable color, and the first
choice with both young and elderly la
dies. Next this comes plum-cOlor, gray
or blue, then black, but the black cloth
suits are considered rather elderly
looking. Dull red and wine-colored
dresses are less used this season, and
require the best materials to make them
attractive.
The WOODEN suit that finds most favor
! is made of three pieces, viz, the skirt
with drapery attached at the belt, a
basque, and an outside jacket. For
such suit eight yards of material are
required by tailors, and this stuff must
be fifty-four inches wide. From 81 to
So yard will be asked in the shops for
the various fabrics suitable for tailor
dresses. The least costly of these are
the cloth-finished fiannels that when
closely woven have the effect of the
! finer camel s-hair cloths. For So there
are excellent camel s-hair twills and
serges, and the various kinds of ladies'
c.oths cost So or S. yard; the latter
should be selected for its light wei ght,
while the former are more sleaZily
woven, and are best when heaviest.
There will also be needed material for
| the foundation skirt on which such
dresses are now made. This false skirt
may be of alpaca or of wool satteen
under cloth, instead of being made of
silk, for, as the English and French
tailors say, wool dress should look
like wooden, and should be made over
wool that it may hang ike wooden;
they also add that it is only the ex-
travagant American women who insist
upon draping woolens on silk founda-
! ton skirts.
When the waist and sleeve Innings
and the small buttons are purchased,
this is all the expense, as braiding or
| fur can be dispensed with except for
elaborate costumes. A small collar
band and separate cuffs of fur now
| 70 81 al nd IN,
| the spring these can be dispensed with
| can scarcely be too severe for good
style. Straight folds or single bands
| of cloth stitched and finished with
roll or cord of braid on the edge may
trim the foot of the skirt, either in front
only or else all around, and above this
is drapery of two cloth breadths,
that may be arranged to suit any
| figure, whether long or short
drapery, and this covers the remainder
of the skirt lining. Tucks are by no
means abandoned, and sometimes the
greater part of the front of the skirt is
covered with half-inch tucks that are
in the cloth, when it is bought, or,
| still better, they are put there by the
needle, as hand-work is especially de-
sirable on these very simple dresses.
| The newest basques of cloth are now
made short and round behind with
out pleats), and are heightened to
point in front. But these require a
border of some kind of trimming,
such as fur, braiding. velvet folds,
or of Astrakhan cloth; hence for
| the plain dresses we are now consider
ing the position pleated back is
retained. The fronts are single
breasted, and the standing collar is
very high. Very simple stitching fin
ishes the sleeves without cuffs. All
| f1ounces are superfuouso on these dresses,
as they only add to their weight, and
the pleated skirts are objected to for
the same reason. For short women
who must have lengthwise trimmings
the front of the skirt is arranged in two
wide flat panels that meet in the middle
on smaller pleats, or else there are
three large double box pleats that give
the effect of three panels. At the foot
of these panels there is an interlining
of crinoline lawn, and the cloth is
turned up inside. The jacket is single.
breasted and the new style like that of
basques is short and plain across the
tournure, but the prevailing taste is for
the frock-coat that has been described
in former papers. So fixed is the rule
of cloth dresses for the street that Ia
| dies who have two new suits order one
of rough cloth for mornings and plain
wear, and second of broadcloth or
fine ..corkscrew' cloth for afternoon
visits and for church.-Harper' b.
ear.
That Boy: If his sister is kissed
by anyone, he is always the person to
witness the performance and tells of it
before crowd. He is always the one