The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-08
THE SEASON or RIBBONS.

-.
THE SEASON or RIBBONS.
This Il what the Present summer
May Truly ne Called.
81 Ribbons are conspicuous and delight
ful features Of woman summer ward
robe. One hardly sees frock without
q knot or belt of ribbon. Even tailor
made mao gowns have fiat applicat ions, here
and there, Of it. Jacket revers are
faced with some smart plaid effect. Or
there is 9 tiny vest, or a wide girdle.
which lends the note of gay color some
times 50 desirable, even in plain cos
tune. !. ..4. sssF
Thin dresses luxuriate in ribbons,
whole pieces being consumed when the
fancy runs that way, for skirt rufdes,
miscellaneous waist frillsand sash ends.
Silk and light wool fabrics no less rev
81 in what some writer's prefer to call
"ribands," because that is the old-fash-
Toned way of spelling them. i.
In the great dry goods shops ribbons
have outgrown their lawful corners,
and have stolen to center store counters,
where other feminine articles rightful-
ly belong. 1t is upon these prominent
tables that many choice bargains now
are to be found. But one must have a
knowing eye, else she will buy great
yards at small prices of lengths which
are not suitable for her purpose at all.
An example is the picot scallop edge
taffeta. which abounds in some rem
nant ribbon counters. Fashion and
good taste have agreed that ribbons
with little scallopy edges, whatever
their width, are trivial in character.
Consequently these are desirable only
for the trimming Of the most summary
of women's frocks, or for the .fussiest
among children's gowns.
The woman who does not know buys
ribbons with fourished edges to trim
both her Sunday gown and church hat.
The same type of woman writes hand
that is more or less "curlcycues."
I spent the morning yesterday in ex-
aiming the latest things in ribbons,
says woman in the New York Press
Mostly they are marked by excellence
in the color combination and certain
character in design, which, for want of
better name, one calls "smartness."
Smartness never has to do with indie
cision. This is emphatically ribbon
season of plaids and stripes.
Brocaded ribbons are out, and so are
nearly all floral designs, except expen-
sive ones in '<washed-in' effects, or sash
width. And few others in odd Dresden
patterns, especially for children's use.
Stripes and plaids come in all ribbon
Embellishments, satin, surah, taffeta,
linen, gauze. Colors range from dis
tinct Scotch and shepherd plaids to
line combinations in the faintest tints
on white backgrounds. The present
trimmings. But as more delicate hats
are required, the gauze and linen rib
bons are to be used lavishly.
The colored combinations are usually
made vigorously. For example, a rib
bon runs blue and green and black.
The black stripe is an inch wide, and
joins the blue and green without any
shading. One may find nearly any
color union she fancies ready arranged
in ribbon. Thus, lilac, canary and
white. Gray, black, white and gerani-
UNI. Violet, green, cream, white and
| black. Indeed, some women select a
ribbon and make a dress after the rib
bon's color scheme.
One beautiful gauze "riband" is white
with quarter-inch stripes of yellow
shading to orange. A clever woman
would see possibilities in it for the key.
note-say the belt and neck ribbon of a
charming afternoon gown. Another
ribbon IS three-inch cerise MORE, with
an, inch white gros-grain edge. This
again, has half-inch edge of black vel
vet. A black gauze ribbon has plaidings
of scarlet, orange and white. A sugges.
ton for some one to use in fashionine
black frock. OF course, the scarlet
orange and white decorations must be
applied judiciously.
OF ribbons in solid color, one which
resembles the old "Louisine," and which
is made on an alpaca loom, is the newest
and most beautiful. Ifyou can imagine
what alpaca would look like if it were
made from silk, you can see this ribbon
exactly. 1t is liked in nine-inch width
for "crush" hat trimming. But this
material is too soft for many pretty
dresses. For these the taffetas and
moires are preferred.
Ribbons for sailor hats and belts are
of plaid in any coloring you can pic.
.ture. Hat-bands, ready-made, to hook
on easily and take off with equal ease
are to be found on the ribbon counter
In wash ribbons nothing especially new
has developed. But the dealers say that
colors get faster and faster. BY which
they mean that they wash better. Vel
vet ribbons In narrow widths are used
generously, especially in black, on many
silk waists.
One cannot go wrong fashionably
then, if she trims her gowns with rib.
bons and ribbons. But she must take
care not to trim the striped dresses will,
striped ribbon, nor the figured ones
with figured, or there will be sorrow in
the hearts of those who behold her.
ribbon usually should sum the color
notes of costume or lend harmonious
tone to it.-St. Louis Republic.
| Fine Skin Creams.
For those who have occasion to use
much cold cream, the following recipe
will prove not only most healing and
delightful, but can be made at one-quar.
ter the expense that one is in the habit
of mourning for creams of best quality
Take one-half pound of the very best
lard and boil five minutes in pint OF
water, then place in cold water to cool
When perfectly cold, boil in exactly