Evening star., 1898-12-17
Their Continued Popularity is As
sured.
WAYS TO MAKE old ONES LOOK new
Takes NimbIe Fingers to Do Shir-
ring and Tucks.
LATE STYLES AND MATERIALS
al Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| NEW lORh, DeCemDer 1915
| In spite of all predictions to the contrary,
separate waists and skirts continue to be
prominent feature Of the wardrobe of
women Of all degrees Of smartness. The
very qualities which brought them into
favor keep them there, and although ru-
| mors may come and go as to their retire.
| ment into oblivion, they reappear tri-
| umphantly every season as soon as the
| serious business Of the very latest and most
expensive gown has been disposed Of and
women have time to make up their minds
| what they shall wear for "go-betweens."
Separate waists are restricted, to be sure,
| but 1t Is question in my mind whether
| they should not always have been worn
with more an eye to the fitness of times and
| seasons thar they Were. It is indeed a
wonder that they have survived in our af-
| fections at all when one remembers how
| they were made to do duty on all and every
| occasion, many women rather boasting that
| they did not have one skirt and waist
which ma tched each other
For the theater the separate waist IS in
valuable. No economical woman who looks
| to the freshness of her gowns will ever care
! to wear her handsome new skirts in place
where not only will they be quite lost to
| view, but Will be rumpled as well. Then
| there IS the coat and skirt gown which is
| so excellent for running about, for travel
| ing, shopping, and many other occupations
| at which a tightly fitted boned cloth waist
| Is uncomfortable and unnecessary. And for
| evenings at home, when one should ALWAYS
| look attractive, yet cannot bear to sacrifice
| her best gowns, which are meant for festive
occasions, the separate waist is d boon.
And these waists can be made of so many
different materials and with the present fit
tings only in spots are not an ordeal to
make over at home. For they are seldom
made without a vest or yoke of some con-
trasting color or of the almost inevitable
| white, which means that large amount of
material is not needed for the foundation.
| One industrious woman whose means al
low of plenty of new gowns, but whose in
born thrift makes her use whatever she
has as well as what she purchases anew,
Is rejoicing in several very pretty waists
which are partly constructed out of the
balloon sleeves of two silk gowns of the
| mode of three years ago. She had enough
material in each pair of sleeves to make
the tlght-Htting back and rather fun front
OF the waists. Then she made yoke and
vest for one of tucked white satin, and for
the other of white chiffon over the remains
of pink china silk matinee. On the lat
ter she made the sleeves of the old matinee
sleeves, and covered them with chiffon.
But for the former Uhe material of which
was black SATIN she bought cnoiigh new
black satin to make a pair of sleeves with
the old yet fashionable coFding at the top.
What Clever Hands Did.
yellow satin waist which was quite out
Of date on account Of its enormous sleeves.
anu WHICH IdC also mad nara wear, mas
been pulled to pieces. and out of the tops
of the very large sleeves, which are not at
all shabby, little zouave Jacket has been
made The waist itself has been fresh
| ened and put together again and covered
with imitation Irish point lace. Any lace
which one happened to have could be used
in this way to cover up worn places
A broad girdle of violet velvet, pointed IN
In the back and down In the front, after
| the prevailing French fancy, has been
ADDED Ihe stock is of velvet and has
high points just under the ears Tie
sleeves are also of velvet and very small
Three tiny straps of velvet, held in place
py crystal buttons, go across the frort
from one edge of the zouave to the other
RMS Is really beautiful waist now, and
the only new material employed was the
velvet, as the lace had once been used for
something else. Where one is going to
cover the body Of old silk waist with
chiffon, lace, net or some other transpar-
ent material, and can utilize the sleeve
tops for an overjacket, and make yoke and
sleeves of white or of a different color the
possibilities of remOdelfng are endless.
have spoken of a remodeied black satin
waist. Black satin is a favorite material
for waists for afternoon or home wear
Usually, they have corded or tucked vests
of white satin. Many women have the re-
mains of a black satin gown which would
certainly contain enough good material for
all of the waist except the yoke and vest
And experience has shown that it really
does not pay to get very expensive satin
for the yoke and vest. There are many
qualities which are reasonable. and quite
| good enough for the wear they get on this
part of gown.
Fine T1ckinS and Shirring.
The cording and tucking which are such
a feature of separate waists and of gowns
too. for that matter, is an item to be con-
sidered in making over gowns or in making
new ones. 1t is slow work, and amounts
to quite an item in having remodeling done
at home. The woes of women who employ
dressmakers at home, from two to three
"a