Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-11-17
one Woman's Dress Album.

"A dress album Is Row tine popular
fad. | saw most interesting one
lately, one that had been kept for years
long before they became fashionable
The owner is a young book1eeper, with
an artistic faculty, who is always ez-
quisitely dressed on a most moderate
salary.
Her album contains scraps of nearly
every gown she has worn from fha
dainty baby dresses to her latest tailor
made gown.
my grandmother taught me when I
was little thing to string pieces ot nv
dresses together with thread and needle,
she said, "and had always kept up the
custom till few years ago, when the
idea of tacking the scraps into an album
came into my mind, though had narer
heard Of any ones doing so,H and sha
opened a large scrap album to the first
page, where are pieces of the white baby
dresses, with scraps 0f delicate Ice and
embroidery.
''Of course / cannot remember these
she said. my recollection begins will
this, which was favorite dress when
child, = pointing toa pretty pink spriygea
lawn.
BY an odd blue ana white plaid 4.
written: my first silk Eighth birth
day" Then follows am array of school
girl dresses. each labeled with some
brief reminiscence or date.
One page is given Tip to scraps from
her wardrobe when she first went 10
boarding school Under d light sun-
mer silk are tie words, First trained
dress" I'll pale blue wool She had her
First proposal. Declined These sim
pie and pretty gowns culminatein scraps
of india null and lace, which bear the
momentous date Of Graduation.
The explanatory notes grow in inter
est after this. There are baI dresses
with initials Of senders OF bouquets; a
scrat from riding habit with initials oh
escort; street and house dresses with
some piquant suggestion cf adventure w
interesting occurrence.
The dresses for a. particular season
are grouped together under heading
Summer f0r winter Of IS" Then fOl-
low the scraps with more elaborate notes
Bits Of the trimming accompany each
gown, with brief descriptions Of the style
in which it is fashioned and name Of
modiste
rr--r urrvrsT =IElzH
line: June ~, 18-. I'LL. u. accepted
Under a soft golden brown wool ~ writ
ten, Dearest Of dresses. because II
loved IT."
T-he, e.,,4.e a ,,.,re ,f ,,,,,,,..,,s s.- .,-
ments worn for the man whose wife She
was ~ have been, ana fUr the father
whose dearest pleasure Lad been tne
qualification of her every wish.
The dresses became less costly after
this, for She had been thrown upon her
own resources, like many 4 pgttrl chill
Of luxury, and by plain blue flannel
is written, First dress I bought WITH
money 1 had earned myself" The gowns
begin 70 be made overnOw. vi seal brown
wool trimmed with velvet appears ai
the next winters page in c0mbinaIicl
with a harmonizing stripe, while the rai-
vet in used as collar. cuffs and revelE ca
a lavender cashmere tea gown; but the
dresses are as tasteful and dainty IVY
WHICH, AuhhItas ui NuAAaIs MeEI hlf fta.tft
in them.
a cheviot dress dates from the iil~t
trip to the seashUre; " pale green evening
gown bears date of grand reception
while here and there are noted names.
Wore this when introduced 10 Ir4
- This to aSorosis dinner ~This
when c. p. r. called.
There Is more than one gown Jy wlicl.
is written the initials 0f some nnfortH-
nate man with tho terse legend. .Re-
jected.
''And when viii You add the wedding
dresssH / asked
Never, sho answered sadly. turning
back ten years to -4The dearest Ofdrn t-.
because H loved II"
JESSIE =. O-DoySEl-