St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-23

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how they were packed-just the way
that hading and Potter have their
gowns packed, so NJ. Worth says.
Each dress is IN a long three-inch
deep tray, and between all the folds are
placed sheets of tissue paper. Then
there are about seven tapes on each
side of the tray which are pinned to the
dress and meet in the center. Her
trunks open in front, and the trays are
put in like drawers.
Her chef-d'euvre, which she is to
wear at the largest of the private balls,
is too lovely. 1t seems impossible to
think that man designed 1t. Ut course
it is white. 1t could not be any other
color and be so exquisite. You know.
she is slender girl, with such pretty
arms and throat, so the gown is made
Empire fashion.
1t has a slip of white armoure silk, a
creamy white, which is not so trying as
pure white, you know; the waist is cut
low to the shoulders and there are no
sleeves, and instead of cOrsets there are
whale-bOnes in each seam of the gown,
which is princess and laceS in the back.
This slip is covered with a peculiar
crepe of the same shade. 1t is almost
as thin as tulle and giistens like snow in
the moonlight. This is caught up in
puffS all over the dress, but in no regu-
lar way.
Ali about the top of the dress the
crepe forms little puffs until it looks
like row of white wild roses, and down
the front it falls in long soft puffs to the
edge. where the wild rose effect is con-
tinued.
Then across the waist is big sash of
the crepe, fastened well up under the
arms and tied in a full bow, the putfs
standing up like wings and the ends
flowing to the edge of the gown; and
four-inch ffounce of white embroidered
lace is placed upright in the cOESage
and held by slight white wire. Ruff1eS
of this same lace form the only sleeves.
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She has slippers of white undressed
kid and big fan of white marabout
feathers, shaped like wild rose. and if
you could see her in it, with her hair in
knot on the top OF her head, you
would Immediately imagine her one of
the Duchess's lovely heroines-Oh,l for
got. You do not read the Ducness at
college. But the frOck is lovely, and so
simple, but I believe it cost enough to
buy a carriage and pair.
The next gown she showed me was in
such vivid contrast that it took my
breath away. A crimson tulle with
bodice of crimson satin, and the entire
skirt garlanded with spikes of golden
rod. The flowers run up and down from
waist to hem in front, almost covering
it, and the bodice is edged with them.
frankie says, after looking like an
angel in the white gown at one ball, she
intends the next ball to wear the GRIM
son, for girl must be noticeable in
some way or she doesn't attract the
slightest attention.
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Then she has another seaside gown
of shell pink faille, with bodice made
entirely of tiny little pink shells-they
are real shells and about the size of
ones thumb nail-and each one is bored
with two holes and fastened with silk
twisted wire of exactly the same shade.
A fringe of seaweed borders the top
of the bodice and hangs over the arms,
and from the right side, around the
front and down the back to the edge of
the skirt, is garland of the seaweeds
strung with the shells.
Her slippers are of pink satin, with
little rosettes of the shells. and she
carries a fan made all of Seaweed and
pink coral.
One ball dress is made entirely Of
rose petals placed one over the other,
and another one is almost covered with
forget-me-nots.
They are all fanciful, and she says
she designed the floral ones herself,
but l have my doubts. What do you
think?
DOROTHY.