Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-09-02

Another was made of black surah cut
all in one piece, the bib part being
formed by laying in four side plaits and
one box plat in the center. These are
stitched down all around the sides,
and twice around the bottom runs a
pinked she'll trimming of the same silk,
while swiss girdle forms under the bib
and is carried to the back, where it ties
with black ribbon with very long ends.
This is very handsome over light dress.
One young lady occupied good many
spare moments in making an apron of
polka dcttsd india silk of pale blue with
black polka rings. There was black
lace bib in front, with bretelles formed of
ribbon and lace. The ribbon was pale
blue and was run through the meshes Of
black fshnet lace, and there were falls
of Spanish lace on the shoulders. There
were rosettes formed of stiffened Tom
Thumb ribbon. The bottom of the
apron was trimmed in the same style, the
loops of ribbon standing out beyond the
edges.
A dainty fancy was worked out in a
pdiS mac pIiHttd SIM Win rune Vi
white oriental lace at the bottom and a
band of embroidered purple satin ribbon
above it. Pockets were banded with
ribbon and finished with fall of lace.
The bib was made in the form OF a
bertha. with the purple ribbon and lace
design and with deep point formed by
the ribbon finished by the lace. A wom-
an would describe this as too cunning
for anything.
A very elegant design was worked out
in plain black grosgrain silk, with shell
pattern ia tlHee inch black chantilly
lace, which oordered the whole bottom.
There was pointed girdle band of
cream white satin, and over it laid five
narrow ribbons with rosettes in the cen
ter, and it Joined with one large rosette
and five long fish tail ends.
The taste of another young lady led
her to make an apron Of peach leaf taffe-
tas trimmed around the bottom with a
fall Of black silk guipure lace. Above
that she Get numbers of limitations Of
emeralds, and above that were five lines
of narrow gold braid. The pocket bands
were decorated with the emeralds, and
so was tho pointed girdle belt. There
were bows Of pale emerald green over
the pockets, and ribbons to tie in bows
and long ends in the back of the same
shade. Thi was very bright and effect
i've and ehorld be worn over rather
plain colo-ed dress to get its best effect.
There are many young ladies who 90
to kirmiss who think that no apron is Sc
suitable as Russian. Bulgarian or Ital.
ian more or less ornate. The Russian
is woven in stripes and then embroidered
in cross stitch in any preferred color.
The Bulgarian is in dull colors, with
fringe and elaborate cross stitch en-
broidery III woods, and sometimes a lit.
lie tinssl. The Italian apron Is very
brilliantly colored, Of wool, and long
and narrow, and is not embroidered, bu;
woven.
4 In the Italian aprons there Is always a
tinsel pattern that makes them show OF
prettily at evening. but the material i
too stiff to be at all graceful, and they
leave but little chance for individuality.
The Russian style allows one to exercise
much ingenuity and eleverness in stitch
ing embroidery patterns. If there IS an
old forgotten sampler worked years
ago by grandmother, 1t is just the thing
to furnish designs to work fron-queei
flowers, prehistoric birds and unheard d
astral bodies. All these are the kind tc
put upon the Russian kirmiss apron.