Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-02
the edge. Cream white and laven-

around the edge. Cream white and laven-
der make , another dainty combination.
These light, inexpensive bed coverings are
especially useful in cottage homes, where
they give in summer all the warmth
needed on hot nights. One of the prettiest
"comfortables" of this kind may be made
OF pale yellow cheesecloth tackled with
yellow worsted. 1t looks particularly we'll
at the foot of a white Counterpart in a
white and yellow room.
The process of making is simple. If you
do not have a quilting frame the materials
can be spread over a bed. It is not so con-
v~enient, however, and if you lave a num-
Der of "comfortables" to make, it pays to
get a quilting frame. In any case, how
ever, put down n side of the cheesecloth.
1t should measure two yards by two and a
half. Roll out the cotton and lay it evenly
on this, lacking the breadths of cotton to-
gether, where they lap, with long basting
threads. Put the upper side of the cheese.
cloth over all evenly. Begin nine inches
from the edge to put in a row of tacking,
making each tack firm with a little knot.
Continue the lacking nine inches apart.
Make a second row, beginning the tack
Ing nine inches from the first row, but al
ternating so that they fall between and not
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the comfortable" Is finished, rolling it up
as it is tackled. When it is all lone turn in
the edges, stitch them together evenly and
cover the edge with coarse buttonhole
stitch in worsted.-New York Tribune.
Women Who Wear Expensive Gowns.
To decide who has the finest wardrobe
among the fashionable women of the me-
frono1ic &c a baurilJo,;r ND ,.,l1-
hopeless task. Like the gems which the
women wear, their gowns sometimes cost
fortunes and are of about endless variety.
Some of the women in high life own as
many as 100 dresses-toilets or costumes
adapted for special occasions, such as balls,
the opera, dinners, afternoon receptions,
the theater and the promenade. Besides
these necessary state gowns, the fashiona-
BILE woman mus, include in her personal
wardrobe probably ten or fifteen tea gowns
of different designs, and she must also
have numerous carriage and shopping cos
tunes and probably half a dozen house
dresses. Very often the latter may be or
binary and inexpensive rigs"
Probably the most extensively dressed
woman in society is Mrs. George B. De
Forest, who prefers American dressmak-
ers, and who has most of her gowns made
right here in New York. They are always
of the c~ostliest material and richly
trimmed. She has a great variety of
dresses, each of which cost dizzying sums.
While her personal wardrobe may not be
the most extensive or costliest Mrs. Pres
colt Lawrence is considered by competent
critics to be the most stylish woman in So
ciety in the matter of dress. She always
dresses with admirable taste, and has the
reputation of being able to wear the plain
est gown with a grace that nails the eye.
Mrs. William B. Astor's wardrobe is, as
might be imagined, IN extensive one, con-
tanning innumerable valuable bits of finery.
All her ball, opera. reception and other
elaborate gowns are made in Paris.
The women of the Vanderbilt family
Mrs. Cornelius, Mrs. William K. and Mrs.
Fred W.-also order their gowns in Paris
when they take their customary trip across
the ocean. Of the trio Mrs. Fred W. is the
least exacting as to dress. She has fine
clothes, and no doubt plenty of them, but
she does not make a special study of her
tOilets.-NeW York Sun.