The morning times., 1896-12-06

at the general shops. but at the furnishing
places the winter shirt waists are all sold
without collars.
These are bought separate. costing from
l3 to 20 cents apiece.
Stocks for smarter service, made Of
lace and chiffon, ribbon and velvet, are
also supplied for the shirt waists; and at
a moment : notice the linen collar may be
dropped from one of these and q dreSsy
lock given TO the simple geT-up. Many
smart hOsteSSes appear AT their Afternoon
teas iu these easy waists, which are all
without iiuing, and when the velvet ones
are topped off by fancy stocks they are
quite appropriate fUriuformal evening func-
tious.
For strictly morning house use there are
others in soft flannels in pale tints and
u--4red patterns that are very pretty and
trim
French nauneis covered with rich Persian
designs in many colors are especially in
favor for these.
AS TO the shape OF these swell winter
shirt waists IL varies only in slight details
from that of the summer article.
the bishop sleeves are finished with
the same stiff cuff and there is the same
yoke at the back and the full front gath
cred slightly at the waist and the neck
But tire new bishop sleeves are very small,
and, with velvet and cuTduror, the ful!nssS
below the yoke ut the back is often fitted
into the figure with three box Qldlts that
narrow down sharply at the waist.
With these the front is also fitted to
the neck band with several tiny box
plaits at each side, but they go down
no deeper than four inches, and at the
waist the fUlin,'Ss is IN siGe pats. 4
neck band of silk and little frills running
around the fork or the sleeve placket form
u neat finish.
rr,ce: welt that depends on where YOU
get your shirtwaist.
Quite splendid ones Of silk velvet in any
color, royal purple, blue, red, brown. or
green may be had at the mems furnishing
shops for SIS The plainand figured flannel
one for morning use cost from Sc to So
At the big stores very useful corduroy waists
are sold as low as So and neat plain and
figured silk ones from Si.oO up
t.ut II you want your winter shirt waist
to be absolutely perfect 60 to the furnish
ers for it.
Those in the big stores may be little
cheaper but the one bought at the mans
store has a trimness and rightnesS difficult
to find elsewhere
Then nothing IN the world Is easier TO
make yourself if You only know how to
go about it. You must be fairly clever
with your nee,ile, OF course, and buy
good flat pattern that will tell Just the
number of yards TO get; then after you
have bought your stuff copy the furnish
er's shirt waist to the last thread.
Made in this way a line velvet waist
that you can wear straight up to May
even later, weather permitting-need cost
no more than So, for this Is the season for
velvet remnants, and the stores are full
OF them.
As an instance of what may be done
one big Store sold last week short lengths
of velvet at 9S cents yard that had
cost three, four and five dollars! The
shorter pieces We're almost all enough
for a waist, md there Were splendid us,
rich plain colurs and dainty stripes ana
brocades without number
one beautiful background or silver
grey and white, overrun with black viewed
lin es, caught one old lady's eye, ana
directly she had bought fourteen yards
for an entire gown.
.sIt'smarked downfrom Si.s5, 'she whiS
pered to an adlniring neighbor: isn't is
lovely?''
Then-oh. kind and merciful bargain
counterl-shc added, ioyfully, I've wanted
q silk velvet dress for twenty-five years,
and I've got one at lasti''
So take warning and don't wait twenty
five years for velvet shirt waist.
Time is flying, and bargains have n way
of running out when yon stop to think too
long over them.
Besides in twenty-five years we may b
wearing coats and trousers