The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-11

A gray wooden costume made up with big
lapels, boasts of no other trimming. The
plain skirt is we'll fitted over the hips. The
placket fastens visibly, with row OF hat
cloth covered buttons. The belt Is made OK
the wooden material lightly lined and stiffened.
The wide lapels open from perfecty'plain
white vest and straight collar. 1t is essentially
a gown to feel well dressed In, If we'll fitted
and made.
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Bicycle suits for girls should be made OF
rather heavy material, otherwise they are apt
to fly up. Most Of the fullness should be
drawn from the back and put In the sides and
front; it will not look pretty when you stand,
but will be prettier than any other way while
on the machine. Tan and mixed grays are
good colors, neither showing the dust nor
looking either too warm nor too cool. Black.
however, is favorite color, some women claim
ing that it is easier to be graceful In black
dress than in colored one. Shirt-waists and
blouses are generally worn with the heavy
skirt and . little jacket of the heavy goods Is
donned for cool or wet days. With this skirt
only one underskirt is worn, and that is
divided one. cloth cap or plain sailor hat
Is the best head covering, and heavy gloves for
the hands. Some women wear fat rubber
soled shoes, while others prefer comfortable kid
ones.
A dotted Swiss is pretty made up over light
green silk under-dress and worn with light
green belt ribbons and shoulder-knots. The
Swiss with fine dots is moro fashionable just
now than that with larger figures.
So
Pink, blue, pale-yellow, and green cheese
cloth is used for bed quilts They are wadded
with cotton and tuffed with wool of the same
color as the covers, or with white. White
cheesecloth, with knots of some dainty color
scattered over 1t, Is already great favorite for
these comforts. The edges are bound with silk
to match the tuftings, or are buttonholed with
the colored wool. Challies the cheap cotton
qualities, that have flower patterns, are often
used for one side of the quilt, making the
other OF cheesecloth matching the color OF the
flowers. Turkey-red calico comes In several
qualities, but the cheaper ones will not keep
their color as tho better grades will.
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Economical girls fix us their old shirt-waists
by putting on new collars and cuffs of chambray.
Dark-blue, pink, light-blue, or red are used.
The collars are made in rather wide sailor
shapes and the cuffs fare up little. They are
made by cutting two pieces of the goods, stitch
Ing them together. and then turning them
right side out. A row of sohine-stitching or
of cat-stitching in white thread is then put on
q little ways from the edge. Sometimes belt
to match is also made and tho waists are worn
with q white cotton skirt. A cool-looking Co.'S
tume was made up In this way with dark-blue,
and had narrow band Of theblue around the
bottom of the skirt. Apretty red-and-white
suit without the band on the skirt was made
to wear with soft red Windsor tie and red
silk sash. For wear with . dark-blue skirt,
the dark blue chambray makes the prettiest
collar and cuffs.
The suspender craze did not remain long
with u.s. Though girls still wear them, yet
they are too conspicuous and, % . rule, too
ugly to, exist more than . few weeks. The
colored people. who delightin using these styles
for the most elaborate Of color schemes, make
them of bright shades to wear over gowns Of
distinctly differing but still bright color. Then
when very stout women or very thin women
put them on. the result ID Ridiculous too. Al
together the suspsnders are uglier than NOT
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It is q great point to get ones hair fixed to
suit the hat to be worn. Some hats require It
dressed high and some look better when the
hal. Is loosely knotted ct the nape Of the neck.
Some women can fasten their hair into hard
little Psyche and then pin sailor hat to II
! with clear conscience. Others will roll their
bais into just a hard knot fasten 1t lower
down. aud wear sailor. But. then. ths fault 10
primarily with tho hair. II 10 never pretty
when screwed up into tight knob