Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-03
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1886.
THE SHOP EK0CK.


1t may be said: ''Nhy pay these high
prices for making cheap summer
oottons and woods when they
can actually be bought ready
made in any large shop for the cost
OF makinKY That any woman should do
50, or especially one who earns her
money, or with whom it is not plentiful,
seems ABSURD But although the fact
does operate against dTessmakers and in
favor OF the shops, still there are many
women who would like to do it, who
never buy ''ready -made' dress II they
can help it; the three principal reasons
being first, the difficulty of obtaining right
kinds and colOr5 OF material; second
good fit, and third, good finish. Stock
suits and costumes are always made OF
left over materials. They are cut on
general principles; not in new styles or
to please individual tastes, and as they
are made by cheap workers, the work
mansnip is very imperfect and requires
much subsequent editing"
W bite, ready-made dresses and cos
tunes are too often delusiOn and snare.
They are advertised for what they are not;
are either puerile or elaborated to such an
extent with ribbons and embroidery that
plain women cannot wear them, aud re-
quire all the resources of French laun-
dry to make them clean when they are
derry upon tinted cottons ia very tempting,
while its cheapness renders il available
for every one VINO can afford to dress NJ all.
One way Otuulizing them-pcrhRps the
easlest-is to buy "robe." They can he
purchased with founcing, or an all
oNer' embroidered SKIRT, from Sd TO 50.
The robe Will make two pretty skirts,
! and for 81 TO 81 80 can be bought very
well cut and well made sacQues, shaped
into the NunTp ri lAnlrt
and as border with insertion and en-
DrOidery. No one whose time is worth
anything would make them Tor the money;
nor could the material alone be purchased
at retail prices for mucn less, and thus
for from So to $40, and even less, with
only the trouble OF putting together the
simple skirts. which require no draping
or oVer-making, two pretty, white, house
or morning dresses may be secured,
which are good for frequent wear through
the summer for TWO or three years.
PICTURESQUE LITTLE GIRLS.
Summer dressing III the country is
charming this year, because delicate
tints in cottons and white woods are much
used. IL is real pleasure to see the re-
tura to straight, simple skirt; because IL
IS such comfort To TIL tired, and wei
come relief from the wei lAJ and burden
some character oi the "COstume.' Fig
ured c0ttOns should not De made up with
a basque or plated (N0rfOlk) jacket
they SHOULD be made WITH gathered bod
dice, belted in TO the waist and English
"housemaid" skirt; straight at the back
and full, but with an apron turned over
and "tuCked inn on one side.
There never was a time when white was
so much used or adapted to so many pur-
poses, from the white cotton skirt and
sacque to the India muslin enriched with
exquisite EN- broidery aud t1imsy valen-
ciennes, from the tinted flannel and vi
cuna cloth lined with corded silk To the
satin and lace, which is the regulation
evening toilette. This refinement Of color
is the DISTINGUISHING mark OF high fashion
and the best society" Tue great ma
iority cannot afford 10 wear white dresses
that will not wasu or that cost almost as
much to clean as TO buy new.
The outdoor life obtains a picturesque
ness belonging solely to these later years,
from the quaint dressing Of the children,
particularly the little girls. The quaint
medieval or early English frocks and bod
ices, the granny" bonnets or large
''witch' hats are all reproductions OF
Christmas pictures and story books,
which have grown out OF the Greenaway
idea. But they are charming all the same,
and will influence in indirect ways the
art and dress OF the future.
JENNIE JUNE.