The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-22

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The Emperor of Germany denotes the prov
ince of woman as being "The three great
K's-Kirche, kinder and kueche-church, chill
dren and cooking-and points to his Empress
as q worthy example for the maidens of Ger
many to follow. The Emperor is credited with
having no sympathy whatever with woman's
rights movements.
Insertion is used for trimming 80 often this
Summer that ruffles have lost fully half their
sway. The bands of insertion are sometimes
sewed right on the material though by rights
they ought to be set in. In some gowns the
insertion is set in and lined with the color used
in the other trimmings. Valenciennes Irish
point and torcbon lace are all suitable for this
purpose.
A pretty greenland white striped gingham-
the stripes fine and close together-had the
rather full skirt trimmed with two inch bands
of Valenciennes insertion, over plain green
silk little darker than the green stripe. The
waist had short jacket fronts. opening over a full,
fluffy white vest Of soft null. The null had
straight band collar of white, and the jacket
fronts turned away in pointed lspels. In the
back q little straight collar Of the gingham
turned back from the white ono. A pointed
girdle of the plain silk confined the full front
and laced neatly in the back. The big sleeves
we're finished at the wrist with band of in
sertion just above the hem, and tiny frill of
lace at the edge.
Little blouses of black silk are striped with
bands of white lace insertion. They are finished
at the neck with high collar of folded black
satin and a broad belt of the same material,
also folded fastens under huge satin roset
The sleeves are finished with q narrow cuff of
the satin, and lace frill falling over the wrists.
Sometimes ruffies of black, edged with narrow
white lace, are used at the wrists and for
bertha effect, but tho simpler blouses are quite
as pretty.
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Satin Is very popular for entire dresses as
we'll as for belts and bows. Even the young
ladies are making evening gowns out of it,
choosing the palest Of yellow, or pink, or blue
or the bridal ivory-white, but it is q material
that seems better fitted to the married women
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a very becoming gown was worn by woman
who must have been 30 or 40 years old. Al
though she was only of medium hight, the two
rufles. about four inches apart, that trimmed
her skirt did not make her look "dumpy."
First, because the ruffies were below the knees;
second, because the skirt was 80 well made. 1t
had four gored breadths. slightly faring at the
bottom, but unstiffensd. The waist was plain
and close fitting in the back, pointed below the
belt, and edged with jet. In front there were
the ever-present jacket effects, but these came
only from the shoulder and side-seams-were
more like jacket fronts. They were without
lapels. and the straight edges were trimmed
with beautiful piece of jet trimming about
an inch wide. The jackets orened over vest
laid in fine, straight folds, from the collar to
the little pointed jet finish at the waist. The
straight band collar was jetted, and there was
q jet band at the wrists. The sleeves were
widened at the top and fitted at the wrists,
after the prevailing fashions.
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