The record-union., 1896-09-27

sary in order to reach them: doors are
swung in the wrong direction; fire.
places are in dark corners where it is
impossible to get warmth as we'll as
light; laundries are too dark for the
laundreSS to know whether or not the
linen is properly washed; closets that
might we'll be large and ventilated by
a window are small and alright; mold
ings about doors and elsewhere are
made ornamental with grooves that
catch the dust. All these things can
usually be remedied without much ex-
ira expense, but it is the experience of
most persons that they must be thought
CT by the woman who is to occupy the
house and not left to the architect or
the builder.
A new laundry bag for handkerchiefs
and small pieces is of blue linen with
the top lined with white. On the right
side of the bag is worked an Empire
torch held at the pase by bow-knot
With floating ends. The design is
worked with white embroidery floss in
chain stitch.
A systematic housewife keeps a list
CT kitchen utensils. towels, cloths and
supplies of dry groceries, with the date
Of their purchase. A second list is
given to the cook and housemaid, so
that when saucepans leak, brooms are
worn out, and dish towels vanish, it
may be seen if they have lasted a rea-
sonable time.
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linen is now sometimes marked with
irdelible ink in a fashion so artistic
that it looks like etching, as the crests
and letters Of any size, in any text, are
done to order
Buttons are visibly increasing in i'm
portance and there is no danger of their
being used to excess, as was the case
when buttons We're last popular as u
garniture-three and four dozen being
often employed to decorate one gown
Tailors and dressmakers are using very
expensive buttons in graduated sizes to
trim bOdiceS and Ocats, and also skirts
that have Tapped seams. A set of hand
some buttons which have defined or
practical use are an effective addition
to any costume, but few garnitures are
in worse taste than an excess of but
tens sewed on here and there and every
where, and Of which no real use is made
simple and pretty cape to accom-
pany an autumn tailor costume is cut
rounding in shape and all in one piece
IT is twenty-five inches long and lined
with iridescent taffeta silk 1t has a
deep turnover collar faced with velvet
1t is fastened with two very handsome
buttons of large size and machine
stitched cloth straps. the cape is fin
ished with seven rows of fiat braid
stitched on the upper edge.
English corduroy will enter into some
of the most fashionable day gowns of
the late autumn and winter and will
be especially popular in dark green and
In it's familiar gray shades, combined
with brown cloth and trimmed with
black, quaint arrangement of color
that rivals the popularity of green with
black or of suede with green. A stylish
imported gown has a redingote of cloth
finished in tailor style and open over d
skirt of corduroy. The cape collar,
revers and cuffs are also of corduroy. A
tan-colored corduroy is similarly made
up, with redingote of dark Russian
blue cloth; and mossgreen costume is
in coat and skirt form, with a vest, COL
lar and cuffs Of suede cloth, overlaid
with green and gold braid
Sleeves may be different in fabric
from the rest of the costume and yet
please la mode. A number Of very
handsome Paris autumn gowns are
made in this style: one of black repped
silk with a lustrous finish, made up with
accessories of black mousselaine de sole.
has sleeves of rUsset- -colored Lyons
satin covered with the silk muslin with
ruft1es of the same at the top. A belt
of russet velvet encircles the waist, and
the collar to match is studded with
mock gems A lovely dress in the trous-
Seau of a bride of the week is made of
silky black etamine over peach -colored
satin. The bodice is of peach-colored
satin brocaded with silver, and the close
coat sleeves of the plain satin are COW
cred with puffs of the etamine, held in
place by bands of jeweled gimp. The
belt is of wrought antique silver, with a
buckle in silver filigree.