The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-19


JUST FOR EVENING.
sleeves so as to fall down over the hands.
And if the lace is very broad. the top of
the sleeve is made in a big puff to which
the lace is sewed so that it falls down from
the elbow, completely covering the hand.
Parasols have such a deep fall of lace that
the owner must carry them very high or
her vision will be entirely obscured by the
gauzy folds which fall in straight lines
before her. 1t is to enable a woman to lift
her parasol high enough for her to peep
out under it that parasol handles are made
so long and beautifully ornamented.
tiounce of lace looks very pretty sewed
around the neck at the base of the high
standing collar. If so desired, the edge
of the lace may be sewed in where the
sleeves are fastened on to the shoulders,
making the lace seem like part of the
dress, and giving the gown much more
elegant appearance than it would other
wise have. The lace hounces which are
used around the lower edge of bodices are
just as long as the wearer can obtain lace to
make them. Eight, ten, twelve, and even
twice the number of inches, are seen in the
depth of the lace flounces which border the
bottom of basques.
If woman is possessed OF very superior
taste she can take a deep fall of lace, stiffen
it with beads and jets, and gather it hand
somely upon a jet Medici collar, which
may be bought for the purpose. This
makes beautiful cape, and is the summer
girls ideal for an afternoon wrap to be
taken on or off at will, without being
sufficiently burdensome in weight TO be
oppressive, nor yet light enough to look
like an affectation.
Care must be taken in beading. the lace
to see that it is not rendered too stiff, or it
will fail to fall in the graceful folds which
are the beauty and the glory of these lace
capes. A great amount of beads upon
them also renders the lace cape liable to
tear because of their weight, and, alto
gether, the general effect is not as pretty as
when the gauZy figures are simply indi-
Gated by dots here land there of shining
Jets or few jewels.
What was the origin of long skirts? is
question that one hears so frequently
asked. Only year ago, or, at best. two
being permitted scarcely to touch the
ground. And now they sweep it for a
foot in length. How did it happen?
How did it come about2
Well, it happened just in this way:
Dame Fashion is not such an unconse-
quential dame as is popularity supposed.
And when she decides upon change she
generally has some very real and very
logical reason for it. When the short
skirts were worn the basques, it will be
remembered, were extremely abbre-
waited. They were cut off almost at
the hips, and the short skirts looked
very well with them. But just as soon as
the basques began to lengthen the skirts
began to lengthen also, because the effect
of a long basque and a short skirt was
most unbecoming, making a woman look
stout, short and dumpy, depriving her of
every atom of grace and style which she
might ever have possessed. So, as the
basques grew longer, it became more and
more imperative to make the skirts longer
also, and that is why they came to their
present fashion of extreme length.
When jackets are very long, il is far
more becoming to have them of the same
material as the dress, because the division
between the skirt and the jacket soon dis
appears when the latter extends far enough
down the skirt TO be counted in as drapery
When the jackets are rather short, il is
perhaps more becoming to have them of a
different material from the skirt, merely
trimming them, with cuffs and deep pock-
cts 10 match the general material A vest
of hue to correspond with the skirt or to
contrast prettily with it, makes up styl-
lsh and dainty costume, and gives an air
OF one OF the Louis to the general get up.
The bodices are so beautifully nodded to
the Inquire now that il is absolutely neces-
sary that the undergarment should lit quite
as well as the waist. in order that they
will not crease and wrinkle SO as to show
folds on the outside. Many of the new
bodices are made entirely seamless in the
front and also in the back, the only seam
being where the front and back are joined
under the arms. An enormous buckle or
bow In front gathers whatever extra full
ness may be at the waist line and in the
back there may be buckle, bow of rib
bon, or plain finish that requires moth
ing at all as an ornament.
To l.. Il.
greatly In requisition, corsets must be
made to order just as the waists of dresses
are made to order. Women who dress
well have corsets to match each dress
And these are specially adapted to each
other In size, shape and material. A cor
set TO be worn with a seamless cloth dress
must be very high one, so that it will
not show line along the lower edge of
the bust. 1t must also be of heavy satin,
and 1t should be of the same color as the
dress, so as to do away with the necessity
for wearing an outside corset cover.
For white evening dress white satin
corset is required, and it is cut low to ac-
commodate itself to the decoette waist,
and it is likewise made of rather soft steel.
so that the wearer is not rendered uncom-
Portable should she attempt to dance or
indulge in any other gayeties that may re-
Qulre bending of the figure
In every case both hygiene and fashion
are consulted, and no attempt is made to
force the figure into unnatural shapes.
The day OF the wasplike waists has gone
entirely out. And while a woman NAV
not care to have her waist as large as that of
the Venus de Milo, she is very careful to see
that 1T Is not compressed so as TO make
her appear like an hour-gIass.
Ine summer woman, who is, after all, a
very sensible woman, has found a way of
carrying with her, not her bed but her
camp chair. Attached to one side of the
broad leather belt which nearly every
woman wears, there are couple of leather
attachments that look very much like the
straps with which one lifts q trunk cover,
and which, when properly applied, are
used for carrying camp chair. The chair
Is OF very light weight and is rather mar
row, so that when folded and attached to
the belt 1t liz not so unwieldy as to De at all
awkward. A properly selected. light camp
stool, closely folded and hung at the side,
is no more ungraceful than the large shop