Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-22

fuff1e6. Inc waist was what IS known
as baby" with a full shirred edge at
the top. There was guimpe made of
shirred white null. The belt was made
Of moss green surah, and SO was the
stock. The latter had frill of white
lace. Take this simple gown and put it
upon girl, give her pair of white
gloves, white null hat with green
surah drapery and bunch of pink
roses and green surah parasol with
deep doubled white null ruffie with
three rows Of narrow green ribbon
sewed on the inside of the ruffle, and
you have something pretty to look at.
There is one mossy shade of green that
harmonizes with almost anything.
There are other neat and taking ways
of using gingham. One dainty and girl
ish design had perfectly plain skirt
hemmed deeply. There was a blouse
basque held in by wide light blue
belt, leaving sort of natural ruffle be-
low. The blouse closed on the left side
and was notched twice, the notohes hav-
ing each fall of lace. There were six
fancy turquoise buttons, one ON the tur-
quoise silk collar, three on the notohes
and two on the belt. The sleeves were
tight and plain save for little puff at
the top. The gingham was plain blue
and white, the same kind our grand
mothers wore, and always pleasing.
Blouse basques are quite popular
both in wash goods and in the light
summer stuff With very little work
they can be made to look dressy and
fine. Drawing strings are run in some
of them, and these are hidden under a
belt. The drawing strings make it easy
to launder the basque. There was
dainty fancy III one that would be easy
to reproduce. This was in etamine can
vas, the skirt being made with three
narrow bias self ruff1es at the bottom.
The basque was slashed around the bot
tom and berdered with quilting of
satin ribbon to match the smoke eolored
etamine. The blouse opened V shape
to the waist over a guimpe made of silk
muslin in the same shade in full puff
ings Even the collar was of the puffed
muslin, with plated ruffie of the
same at the back. There were small
caps of etRmine bordered with the
quilting. The belt was of ruby velvet
draped slightly and finished in the back
under dropping bow.
Among the new fancies in bodices
is the short empire waist or spencer.
This is very short jacket and is cut
square across the back and reaches lit
sle below the shoulders. In front there
are points A high fiaring collar finish
es it. These spencers were in vogue
in the time Of the Empress Josephine
and had their reason for being In the
fact that all dresses were made with
low necks and short sleeves. even those
for the street Therefore. when the
weather was cold they had to wear
something. We have not this excuse
now, but we have the spencers. with
slight variations from those of old.
Those now made have lapels, reyers, or
are plated in deep folds across the
front only. or across both back and
front TO illustrate, pretty blue and
white sprigged muslin had plain
skirt, with three rows of white lace
laid ON fiat. The sleeves were puffed
at the top and tight below, with lace
rufles These are taking the place Of
linen cuffs even in the most pronounced
of the shirt waists There was blouse
of blue and white seersuoker. with q
wrinkled belt of dark blue Blue and
white is still a first favorite in eombi-