The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-26
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
THE WEARING OF APRONS is COMING
INTO STYLE AGAIN.
Young Woman's Clever Ruse to
Evade "A CaIIer-PeopIe In and
Out of Town.

The family occupying a North-side resi-
dence came home a short time ago from y
summer vacation and it was some DAYS be-
fore a new set of servants could be secured.
One morning the door bell rang, and the
young lady of the house. who was busily
engaged in unpackng trunks and trying
TO get the house in order, was the only
one at home. She was not dressed in her
reception gown, but went to answer the
bell. A colored man was there. She saw
that an elegant carriage was at the curb
and friend was in it. The man, address,
ing the young lady, asked if Miss G.. was
at home, Miss G. being the young lady
herself. She quickly answered that Miss
q. was not in, but that she would be by
luncheon time. The man gave her the
lady's card and the door was closed. It
was a quick-witted answer, and the young
lady saved herself the embarrassment Of
having her elegant friend find her en-
deshabille and in an unregulated house
Word comes from London that the apron
is once more in fashion. There was a time
in this country when a woman would not
have thought of appearing without her
apron on. Then it was a sombre affair of
black silk or alpaca, sometimes set off by
a few dainty tucks or rows of herring bone
stitching and a little very fine lace Now
the cheapest aprons are made of the finest
white linens and muslins and batistes, and
are puffed and frilled with lace and
trimmed with ribbons until the old ladies
of a hundred years ago would never dream
that they were aprons. The finest aprons
are made of real lace, and are well worth
passing down from generation to genera
L.
an apron that cost $780, 1t is made of
Brussels rose point in an exquisite floral
scroll design, and has q border of roses.
She didn't get it to wear when doing up
the kitchen work, but she dons it when
serving afternoon tea or doing a dainty
piece of fancy work Some of the lace
aprons have pastoral pictures, in which
figures are introduced, and are very quaint
looking with their floral borders. Still
others are embellished with butterflies
birds and blossoms. Men like aprons, so it
is pretty sure to say that the fashion of
wearing them will soon take hold. Nothing
dOmestlcateS woman in appearance like
an apron, and very frivolous girl can
sometimes decoy a very clever bachelor
with one if she only knows how to wear it,
or at least that is what some of the clever
bachelors say themselves. There is a great
deal in knowing how to wear an apron
The most costly apron ever made was worn
century. 1t was made entirely of point
lace and valued at $1,000
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has an article
that will apply generally to newspaper Off
ces. 1t says: People who are not familiar
with the preparation of newspaper. copy
sometimes make very funny blunders. This
is particularly true of wedding notices.
Usually they are quite too redundant. There
is an OVerplus of lOVely.' and 'delightfuP
and charming, and when it comes to de-
scriptions of the wedding garments the
average writer finds it almost impossible
to make a clear statement. This is unfor-
tunate, because the society editor who is
always anxious to make all the personal
items as correct as possible, frequently has
to throw great deal of imagination into
the Strengthening out of these deficient
items. And this too, leads to some funny
mistakes. But it is in the proper names
and the spelling that most correspondents
wedding, written on both sides of the paper
and very highly perfumed, brought the an
nOuncement that Miss Tootsy' somebody
had united her life ties with Mr. Bud
somebody else. The society editor doeSn t
like pet names, and the notice fell into the
Wastebasket A recent mail brought we'll
written notice. which means that the
be reasonably correct. 1t closed, however,
with the somewhat startling statement that
the room where the ceremony took place
was beautifully decorated with climax =
Which wasn't such a bad place for the
climax, after all