Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-22
TIE WORLD OF WOMEN.
INTERESTING MATTERS FOR THE
WOMEN FOLKS.
Hints to Amateur ress-Makers--
Making Friends and Keeping
Them--A Woman on a.
Horse--Handicap OF
Wardrobe.
Hints 10 Amateur Dress-Makers.

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Hints to Amateur Dress-Makers.
A pretty fashion, when darts are
taken in the waist OF thin fabrics
lace, grenadine, crepe, or India silk
is to stud them thickly with jet nail
heads. A single dart is taken on each
side ofthe front, and thisis the second
dart, the fullness between be
ing held or gathers or laid IN
fiat overlapping pleats. A new
way to dispose of the fullness in front !
and back of bodices above the waist
line revives the old-fashioned French
gathers made by alternating short
and long stitches, thrusting forward
the edges OF thepleats and laying these
very close together, This is most
effective on wool stuff and thick silks
French modistes are making dress
skirts closely gored in front and on
the sides, with bias back arranged
in new way that gives stylish scant-
ness at the top and great breadth AZ
the foot. To get this effect the back
is composed OF three straight breadths
, of silk sewed together, and hungto the
| belt from one corner, instead Of from
| their top This makes u straight side
next each gored side breadth, and
leaves the middle oil the back perfectly
bias. The point at the loot is cut OFT,
and the end OF the skirt is gracefully
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back, to cut otfthe upper corner about
eight inches across, and gather this
| slightly, instead of literally hanging
the back from n point. In double
| width goods, such as ladies' cloth,
single breadth forms the back, and
the slanting seams seen IN silk are thus
avoided.
/ Economists who wish to remodel
skirts OF Chantilly lace with scolloped
edges should cut off the worn scallops
at the loot, and add agnthered tlounce
OF lace. A similar tlounce gathered to
the edge OF the bodice will further
freshen the gown. A skirt OF piece lace
can be given the appearances OF having
u flounce at the foot oil the front and
sides by slashing it upward from the
lower edge in five places, and inserting
pleated net in each slit The slash IN
the middle OF the front should be only
six inches deep, and those toward the
sides lengthen gradually to twelve
inches. A hali-yard OF net is pleated
in the deepest slashes, while that III
the middle is only ten inches wide
The pleats are laid close together at
the top, and fan outward to the foot
A bow-knot Of jet heads each pleat
and narrow jet gimp, OF which tins
bows are formed, crosses the skirt as
if heading tlounce.
Another good planfor the economist
is to remodel her black skirts OF sur
, all or faille or OF lace to wear with Z
single pretty coat bodice OF blacl
I foulard strewn with blue or pinl
t, blossoms. or figured with some brigh
: color. The skirt with bias back
slightly long, and bordered with tw,
i or three narrow ruhles, is the best
model. The foulard coat may b
: slashed all around below the waist
the tabs faced with silk the color O
the flowers, and the only trimming
double rufile Of chiffron placed aroun'
the neck, down the fronts, an
around the wrists. Two sets OF chi
. from rufIles for one dress are usefu
one set OF black chiffron to use whe
wearing the coat with q very plai
J. skirt, the other set OF yellow, rose, 0
Re blue the color of the blossoms in tn
) foulard, to wear with better skirts {
grenadine or net.