The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-07-19
The Household,
New York Fashions.
SUMMER BLOUSES.

NEW DIX r dSulOuS.
SUMNER BLOUsES.
Blouses are conspicuous feature Of
summer tolettcs, and are made as part
of a dress, or independently to wear
with various skirts. Surah house waists
are less popular than when first intro
duced, the preference being given to
blouses of washing silks, fancy fannels,
and of white Victora lawn. Those Of
washing silk cost 81 or S. in the shops,
but can be made at home at less ex-
pense, as they are of the simplest sailor
blouse shape, with 4 very deep sailor
collar that has two rows OF stitching for
its finish, and full shirt sleeves with
wide wristbands, also stitched, turned
back from the hand, and fastened in
side the arm by linked sleeve. buttons.
A standing collar of the silk is also
worn The front of the blouse may have
wide double box pleat, or else it may
be turned back on each side and have
two rows of stitching, and eyelet holes
be worked near the edges, through
which colored silk cord is passed as
lacing; as the edges merely meet,
fly" or false hem. is placed beneath.
1t is we'll to let these blouses drop two
inches below the waist line after their
hem with its elastic has been turned
up; to keep in shape, it is we'll to haste
the turned up part permanently in the
side seams. These cool and pretty
blouses are worn in inch-wide stripes
of blue or red or white, and in narrower
stripes Of color at wider intervals on
viii e. Flannel and serge blouses are
made in precisely the same way, and
sometimes more elaborately, with three
or four thick cords gathered in rows be-
low the collar and around the shoulders
to form round yoke. The greatest
latitude is taken in the skirts worn with
such blouses, everything seeming to be
thought appropriate with them from
bingham to lace, especially for country
toilettes.
White Victoria lawn blouses extend
below the waist line, and snugly belted
with an old fashioned belt ribbon fas-
tened by one of the new silver buckles
These waists are prettist when made
very full on the shoulders, with full
mutton,leg sleeves, turned-over plcat-
ed collar pointed low at the throat, and
pleating turned back from the wrists.
Not an inch of embroidery is requiied,
and the amateur dressmaker will find
these blouses easy to fit. Thin null
blouses are made in the same way, with
the turned down collar of gathered
Valene'ennes, and frill of the same
lace extending down the front to fall as
jabot.
SILVER BELT BUCKLES.
New silver buckles for belts are
made to look dull as old silver, or else
are so bright as to be almost white, but
their novelty consists in being made in
flower designs, a row OF daisies or for
get,me nots or rose leaves forming the
oval or square usually seen in clasps, OF
else fat bunch of flowers like those
seen in silver brooches is used, and the
clasp is concealed beneath. Intricate
twisted designs OF silver cords and
ropes and large iaitial letters are seen
on other buckles.
HINTS TO HOME REss.MAKERs.
Surplice waists of thin dresses have
the fulness from the shoulders prettily
shaped into pointed yoke by drawing
ribbon through casing made by facing
an inch wide strip from each armhole
10 point lower down on the edge OF
the front. The ribbons meet at the
point on the bust, and are tied in a
bow. Surpliee waists Of embroidered
muslin have their front edges straight
from the shoulder down, then edged
with a Valenciennes lace frill, and
crossed at the waist line. This leaves
a V space at the top, disclosing the
pretty plain white lawn waist lining,
with its tiny thread buttons, and above
is turned over collar of the embroi-
derry and lace, which is first sewed on a
high standing collar of the lawn.
Eight GA ten rows of shirring around
the waist line are employed by Fiencil