The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-19
Graduating Gowns,

For graduating gown an extremely
pretty design; is made up OF lace-striped
outer skirt is mounted over thin lawn
under-skirt. The edge Of the front
breadth is trimmed with three rows of
Valenciennes insertion and Il ruff1e of
Valenciennes lace-in all about three
inches wide. At the foot of the skirt
is a tive-inch ruf1e of organdie headed
with a tiny beading. The underskirt of
lawn has lace-edged ruttie the same
depth as the one on the skirt. The back
of the skirt is gathered into about three
and Il half inches The back of the
:, list is simply gathered under the belt,
tie ribbon of which is sewed into the
under-arm seam about halfway down,
from there is crossed to the back and
drawn round in front, where it is fast
ened into loosely tied bow. The waist
in front is made of plain null, as is also
the lower puff of the sleeve. The waist
is set OH gathered yoke of the same,
with bands of narrow Ealenciennes lace
1t hangs over in pretty, loose fashion,
but so that the lines of the figure are
not hidden. Narrow edgings of Valen-
ciennes lace and white satin ribbon bows
are the trimmings.
another graduating dress which is
,a,:ch simpler is also of white organde
trimmed with Valenciennes lace. The
body is made with round yoke, and a
full ruffle is trimmed with three rows of
Valenciennes lace. The sleeves have
bands of the lace, and the skirt is edged
with ruffle trimmed with Valenciennes
laco. 1t is made with white lawn
skirt, but can he worn equally we'll over
any other color.
A white dotted Swiss which is exceed
ingly dressy is made up over white taf-
feta. The seams are all marked with in
sertion of Ealenciennes lace, which
shows the sheen of the silk through very
prettily. The waist is shirred on. the
shoulders and hangs in blouse fashion
over the belt. while the sides and back
Valenciennes insertion is let in at the
throat under a light stock-collar of rib
bon while the sleeves are finished with
ruffles of lenciennes.-Harper's Bazaar.
Gas the Romans Do.''
We are att socially ambitious. Those
who are not anxious to shine in good So
siety-the society of cultivated and ele-
giant people-are so few by comparison,
that they do not count in any discussion
of the subject: 1t is to our credit that
the savoir faire which give such genuine
charm to the intercourse of well-bred
people. The people who have yet to
learn to take food from the fork and
not from the knife. and that the napkin
should be laid over the lap and not made
fore they can make even slight preten-
sion to being conversant with the man
ners of well-bred people that they are
not pertinent to this talk. The hints
and suggestions here set down are for
the benefit of the people who have
learned the letter of social usages, but
who fail to catch the spirit of the man
,,nr Of
those who have learned the framework
of good manners, but have not yet been
able to cover up the framework with the
handsome exterior of an elegant manner.
: A good many people have good man
ners so far ais they go, but have not
enough. Others have manners enough.
but they are crude and not polished. OF
two people equally well dressed at a
given social function, neither of whom
tranSgreSSeS any definite law of modern
society, one is classified after one glance
and two words as fused to good So
ciety," and the other as newcomer
among elegant people. climber.
whose manners do not keep pace with
her opportunities.
The really elegant woman has Doise.
However perturbed she may be in real
ity by sudden cOntretempS. or antici--
pated annoyances, she maintains a calm
exterior. If she is the chairman of the
reception and seating committee at the
annual dinner and "gentlemen's night"
of the most famous metropolitan club.
and every member pounces down upon
her at the last moment with requests
for additional seats when there are none
available for guests invited at the last
moment, she has herself sufficiently well
in hand to make the best of the situa-
ton and seem every moment of the time
to be mistress of the occasion and not it's
f1ustered football. x
Mrs. Montmorency Decolletc is pre-
scented to you. She is faultlessly
gowned. You see ut once that she Is
either an artist i'll matters of dress or
has shekels enough to command The
services of an artist. But she fuses
with her sleeves. her girtlle, her gloves,
her corsage bouquet, her hair, and yo,
know ut once that she is not used 10
good clothes. They would not make her
self-consciOus if she were used to them.
She screws her face into all sorts Of
contortions as soon as she gets to talk
ing and forgets herself for a moment.
and you see that she has never had the
time or the leisure to learn to control
her muscles. She confounds "eXpres-
SION with facial gymnastics. 49,
You speak of the Forthcoming club
concert, and she asks whether the men
will wear ''dress SUITS At once you
know TINT the men of her acquaintance
look upon the swallow-tni coat as fi1e
mark Of "a great occasion and one to
which they are comparative strangers.
Otherwise she would ask whether it /
will be dress occasion or whether the