Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
CORSETs AND PETTICOATs.
Some of the Latest Idens In These
Articles of Dress.

Some of the Latest Idens In These
Articles of Dress.
A word about summer corsets The wo-
man who fondly imagines that she can
wear black corset with thin waist. with
che thin corset cover, made Of rows of in
sertion and lace. to cover 1t from view,
rever takes a good look at herself after
she dons her clothes. or she would dis
cover her mistake. Some very pretty
toilets have been ridiculously marred by
that blunder. The lacelike summer corssts
are no. bit of account for person Of
stout build, and if you want to look like
anything at all in summer attire, and not
seem to be boiling over in your clothes,
you would better get fine French coutil
corset, even If it does cost little more,
for the satisfaction is so much greater.
woman should not be uncomfortable
in her corset, and she will not be If she
selects them with care and has them
properly fitted. A very light string should
be used for the lacing; silk. if you can
afford it, for unless the lacings are quite
fiat they leave their imprint on the back
Of the thin bodice by a tracery against the
crossed strings, of all the dust and CRIME
on car and carriage seats, chair backs. ETC.
If you must have thin corset, the pongee
silk corset isn't SO very bad, but you will
have to wear a double corset cover with it,
it will show dirty white through a thin
frock.
Petticoats are much handsomer than the
dress skirts. because the latter are not
trimmed at all and the former are trim
med to death. Such masses of embroidery
and lace and ribbon bows, silk and linen
and cambria as are piled upon each other
in the name of ''petticoats" never were
worn before Some of the newest petit
coats are f1ounced to above the knees with
stiff embroidery. Others have linen ruffies,
edged with the cobwebbiest kind of lace.
and a great many are made with a very
f,,l1 f4n of ,1,rni fl,n
foot, and over that falls a wide, extremely
1ull ruffie of embroidery, stiff with needle
work, and with two or three rows of in
sertion let into the skirt.
To make these skirts yet sitter, white
featherbone is stitched, three or four rows,
into the hem under the narrow ruffle. 1t
launders well. 1t Is somewhat remarkable
that a woman of dainty tastes can be so
The best fitting dress skirt will be ruined
in it's set if you wear badly-f1tting petit
coat. The petticoat should be only mod
erately full, two yards and a half is ample
width for a medium-sized woman, and
three yards and half Of embroidery. a
big allowance for a ruf1e, no matter how
wide.
The skirt should be well gored at the top,
end be exactly the same length all around.
Exactly remember, and If you get 1t a
suspicion longer on the sides or in the back.
if you harpen to wear 1t on the stage or
on any elevation above the crowd of peo-
pie around they will get a good view of ii
| from under the front of your dress skirt.
An otherwise irreproachable costume was
simply ruined recently. when a pretty
young. singer in a charming new gown,
mounted the high stage. and displayed
about three inches of soiled lace-trimmed
petticoat. while she scared to the vicinity OF
high &c" n somebody's plea for some.
a woman with SO little gumption as to
| wear badly fitting petticoat in this day
| and age.