Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
COST Or A TROUSSEAU.
What 1t Costs the Happy Parent to Have
Fashionable Daughter Married.

What Tt Costs the Happy Parent to Have
Fashionable Daughter Married.
There has been consider bic discus
sion as to the smallest possible sum
upon which fashionable young woman
can become clothed and in her right
mind to be led TO the altar Alter
reckoning up the cost of giants and
bottines, of bonnets and gowns. of
stockings and lingerie. it is said it
can not be done on a cen. less than
s.. 000 i good many girls in the
metropolis marry and are given in
marriage with Il trousseau that costs
less than that by a whole naught
But what of the girls whose fathers
have boxes at the opera and who
adorn the Delmonico balls with their
lovely ond expensive presence? To
begin with underwear. If the young
woman's tastes are comparatively
simple she gets Il dozen each of plain
underwear. Il is not literally plain;
in fact, it Is covered with lace and en-
broidery. and has little dainty ribbons
of all hues run through the lace; but
it is plain in comparison with the
dozen of each in surah and India silk
that arc frilled deeply and profusely
with the most exquisite quality Of
lace. These come in tints of blue.
mauve, pink, green. cream and pure
white. Ii the prospective bride has
abandoned the Old-fashioned sark, and
wears in stead the little knitted skirts
that have taken their place. then she
only has a dozen of the plain chemises
and in place of the surah ones has a
dozen silk shirts in all the same deli
cate hues, tied up with narrow,
picot-edged ribbon. Then comes
half-dozen of silk and satin corsets
that are embroidered and lace-frilled
Next in Importance are the stockings,
and there are usually six dozen of
these. some of them of heavy silk.
some of them fine as cobwebs, for
balls and operas, and others Of English
ribbed wool, to wear on toboggan
slides. for example. At all events
they are of every color. and sufficient
in number to insure her maid ex-
emption from mending for wear at
least There are twelve dozen hand
kerchiefs, all the way from dainty
hemstitched squares of cream-white
pongee to the fragment of cambria
and lace that does duty
on the wedling-day. The coll
lars and cuff, are more moder-
ate in supply. because nearly all her
gowns cane home from the tailor and
dressnIaker with folded ribbon in the
sleeves and at the throat Then she
needs bath robe, made of fieecy
blue or lilac blanket; wrapper that
is made of any thing she likes, and
two or three tea gowns which will
mingle plush, velvet. silk. fur and
lace Then come house dresses for
morning wear. notices. than three, and
three tailor walking gowns, three car
rage and reception dresses, and at
least six evening gowns, two of them
of dancing length. There must be
bonnets and hats to match each one of
the walking and carriage dresses. As
to wraps. there must be an opera cloak,
a jetted wrap for the theater, a little
sealskin visite, loose plush circular for
carriage use. plain tailor jacket and
a braided one. rs well as long cape
coat for rainy days. with which will
go a soft English walking hat All
this. with the necessary gloves. shoes
and slippers. umbrellas, she'll hair
pins. parasols. long silver-decorated
pocketbook and card-case. will absorb
every dollar of the $4,000. and the
happy parent may be thankful if these
mere necessaries do not cost much
more. a simple wedding will cost
him about 3, 500 more, and then his
duties are done. unless she marries a
foreign nobleman. N T. World.