St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-25
A FEW NEW MODES.
Rfbbons-some Dainty Dressing Gownnas
Thin Women.

L Thin WomGn.
Ribbons are more used than ever as
| a garniture for summer costumes, ana
| il is interesting to note in what an
immense variety of ways they may
be employed. A harness" of ribbon
liz one of the most popular arrange
ments, and as this is separate from the
| dress and may be- worn with a variety
| of toilets, it is q useful adjunct to
summer wardrobe. 1t takes Just ten
wards TO make one of these arrange
ments, for it should always be borne
in mind that no economy of material
must ever be apparent in a "good-look-
T ..ng'' costume. The least makeshift or
stintiug in quantity quite destroys the
effect of gown, however well thought
outit may be in coloring Or style. Bows,
therefore, should have. generous loops
and generous ends, ard a good many
of both, for the bow OF to-day is a very
different affair from the double bow
knot as of yore, and is twice as elabor-
ate. So, although ten yards seems a
large allowance for bretelies, shoulder
knots, collar and belt, it is no more
than sufficient. The ribbon harness
has V-shaped bretelles, extending from
the shoulders to the waist, back and
front. The ribbon should be at least
four inches wide, and is plated to a
point at the waist, and on the shoulders
is gathered over the sleeves on the
upper edge so as to form an extension
or epaulette, over which is placed
bow knotted with four loops and
couple of ends. The belt and draped
collar have both full bows at the back,
and are made of the same ribbon. Some
Of these harnesses have cross pieces
of ribbon extending from bretelle to
bretelle. yszf.=s.-.
A loose, easily-adiusted dressing
gown is an absolute necessity in the
warm summer months, when one needs
at least an hours rest every day in
ones own cool room. Cambria and
lawn are much better fabrics for these
than flannel. Delaines are excellent
also, as they furnish q trife more
warmth than cotton goods. A beau
tiful dressing gown seen lately was
of Chantilly silk, which washes per-
fectly and requires no lining. The
gown mentioned had deep hem, lined
inside with jaconet, and the yoke was
made entirely of fine tucks. A very
pretty dressing gown of deIaine has
skirt to fall from the shoulders to the
feet in one piece. A sharp and continu-
Gus slope outwards at the under-arm
seams give the necessary spring, and
account for the somewhat godet ap-
pearance. At the back short, square
yoke fits the shoulders, and the skirt
is set into this in a double box p1ait.
In making the collar have it suf-
fciently high to clothe the threat with
out being as insufferably close and
tight as a stand-up collar. The large
collar should be cut svithoat a seam,
If possible.
The majority of dressing gowns have
bishop-shaped sleeves, the fullness at
the wrists being laid in series of
short. tuclls
Sometimes it seems as if all the
fashions in this world were designed
for the slender women. The tall, thin
woman may easily look elegant if she
dresses well. There are all sorts Of
fluffy things which she can wear to
give her figure the appearance of
plumpness. For her there are trimmed
skirts, long sleeves, high collars, sashes,
corsclets, broad belts, and all sorts Of
frills and furbelows.
In the way of modes, there are
number Of designs expressly dedicated
to her, the basque, pannicr, barrel
hoop trimming and flounce. There is
6aly one thing she must avoid, and
that is stripes. If there is anything
which makes q thin woman look ridic-
ulous it is stripes, and, curiously, she
takes to them as a bicycle learner does
to curbstones. Tall women always
want to wear stripes.
q Blouses are becoming to slender
women, and SO are all sorts of full
bodices, and godet basques with rib
bon girdles.--Philade1phia Inquirer.