Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-24
HOUSE DRESSES,
Economic Fabrics for Summer Wear In Als
most Endless Variety.


most Endless Variety.
The thin fabrics for midsummer wear
are shown in great variety. Many OF
the so-called canvas goods are classed
among them, but since they must be
made over satin or silk, they can not be
considered cool. They will help utilize
old satins and silks that are good for no
other purpose. Unless this canvas is of
superior quality it will fray and cut
on the seams. The extreme close-fit-
ting style is observed in making all thin
and delicate materials. This really
seems to prevent their design, since
any thing clinging or close Is uncom.
Portable in hot weather; yet they look
cool with low Innings and no sleeve lin
ing, and comfort must be extracted
from appearances. 1t will be well for
women making their thin dresses on
their own responsibility to remember
that any fitted thin material not placed
upon close lining should be made
with French seams-i. G., the cutting
should leave space for two narrow
seams to be sewed first upon the right
side, near the edge, then turned and
scwed on the wrong side, thus forming
a fell. Yet Fashions laws allow wide
latitude fortunately, and there arc easy
and graceful designs that give the free
dom that is always graceful in warm
weather and at the same time preserve
the general outline figure. robbed of its
sharp angles. A useful dress is made
in the following manner and is easy
laundried, which is one important point
in making up wash goods. The goods
should be plain on the shoulder and
fulled at the waist as much as the un.
cut darts will permit in front, and al
lowance made in the center back-seam
for a corresponding fullness in tho
back, and all to be sewed into q belt.
The skirt should be plain and full, with
deep hem; the sleeves scantly fullcd
at the shoulder and rather short at tho
hand is a style pretty in itself, and forms
basis for elaboration that may give
wide variety. The waist may be laid in
perpendicular plaits, and the skirt
finished by group of tucks
above the hem, with the
sleeve matched, as fall of lace, broad
or narrow, placed around the neck and
extended to the waist line. This style
is by no means new, but affords COM
promise between morning wrapper
and something more elaborate, and re-
tains its popularity for ginghams, cali
Goes and cambrics. The above design
is the first tremove from severe simplicity.
Even in wash goods low peasant waist
may be added; this is very pretty made
of gingham, sateen or chambcry in solid
colors-pink, green, blue-in contrast
with or matching, which is better, tho
figures of tho body material, the same
being used for other trimming, bands or
side panels, in which case these are
gored, or the front is entire, made of
the solid oolors, Draperies are as buff
fant as ever and tournours as largo.
Sleeves for thin fabrics begin to show
more generous proportions. Elbow
sleeves broader than those worn for n
long time are promised. Sleeves made
puffs from shoulder to wrist, between
which tho fullness is drawn on cords
around the arm, and similar puffs
lengthwise, are made occasionally.
The old fashion of white waists with
colored skirts is revived. These are
commended for economy and useful
ness. Basqucs of thick white-fgured
goods like vestings arc provided for
home and street wear. These are
ornamented by large buttons of gilt and
other metals. Stripes arc conspicuously
prominent in all the new goods: some of
the striped ginghams are beautiful, both
in texture and colors. Embroidered
| ginghams are among the novelties of
the season. Embroideries and laces arc
the most desirable trimmings for all nice
wash goods, and never was the market
so well supplied with these as now.
Both are to be had in widths from the
narrowest edges to tn)so sufficiently
broad for skirt depths, These are made
full, with gimp waists, the lace to bo
worn over under-slps of color, with
broad sashes, having belts of ordinary
width to match, and made over stiff
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