Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-04

! morning robe, which in those days was
loft open in front on purpose to show the
skirt. This one w;ls made of linen lawn,
with clusters of 10 tucks each between
COWS of ''wheel pattern" embroidered in
sertion, and the hem was worked in "satin
stitch double scallops." The tucks and
insertion reached the waist OH the front
breadth Of the skirt, but only to the knees
on the four back breadths. This ''clcgant
garment" cost $50. All this work, it must
be understood, wa done by hand, and it
must have taken many neat stitches to do
all this embroidery and tucking.
Now we arc shown petticoats made Of
the pretty wash silks or the glace taffeta
which rustic and swish SO delightfully."- as
the wearer walks. Verify no starched skirt
could give so much genuine satisfaction as
these do, and besides they arc so much
lighter md more comfortable. I saw one
that was made of gray and pink striped
tatfeta. There was q corset cover to it fitting
closely to the figure and ornamented with
a sort of drapery of black lace with pink
ribbons to tic it up on the shoulders. The
skirt was cut in five cores, and under the
hem were w pinkcd rutlles. There was q
bias flouncc Of the silk reaching up to the
knees, and on this We're two black lace
t1llNC OllC NppCl oLlG 1CSUODllC4 ttilNl lltlN-
ing rosettes and ends Of pink ribbon set
upon each apex. This skirt, which is wash
able, cost SIS. There was another skirt of
striped ~taffeta, of green over oyster white,
with tiny flowers set in the stripes. This
had no corset cover and was cut with two
sides and one front gore and two straight
back brcadths. Around the bottom were
two bias ruflles, each bordcred with Il puff
ing of the same material not over an inch
wide, and the upper one was headed by a
2 inch puff of the same. Another corset
cover skirt had a ground of delicate blue,
with bayadcrc stripe in wavy lines. The
corset cover was edged with lace through
which We're drawn several lines of baby
ribbon, ending in rosettcs. There was a
pinked ruf1lc of the silk over which fell q
rutlle of lace. There We're jabot ends of
lace carried up the skirt diagonally, and
as a sort of heading to each of these was IL
piece of white net run through with baby
ribbon and ending in r%osettes. The last
mentioned cost SIG, and the skirt without
the waist cost IS.
Another handsome skirt was of cheney
pattern taffeta in golden brown and dark
green figure. Around the bottom there
was one pinked rutlle md one lace ruiflc
4 inches wide. Above these were set
fan shaped falls Of lace 10 inches wide,
each headed by u small bow and having q
rosette between them. The skirt was plain,
with cores on the sides to make it fit the
figure, and the back breadths were tied in
with a ribbon. This skirt was marked $12.
These silken skirts are to be worn with
any or all kinds of dresses except naturally
transparent white ones when null, ba-
tiste or fine lawn are necessary, though
some do wear white silk with lace garni-
ture for dancing. There is no law against
ones using old silk dress skirts for petit
coats, but it is understood that they should
be daintily trimmed around the bottom,
60 as to set the dress out a little. For ev-