The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-03
FADS FOR EASTER
FASHION is READY TO SUIT ITSELF TO
ALL THE WHIMS OF THE GAlETY
THAT FOLLOWS LENT.

to match. and frills of the same flmy
lace. A deep frill of the white lace
went all around the matinee. and was
further ornamented by big choux of
pale green ribbon. the narrowest width
ribbon 1 lave ever seen. The corsets
matched. and were of the new French
shape. viz, very short, lined with the
hinnest white silk. and p~rofusely
trimmed. but I'm front only. with lace.
No more charming set than the above
could well be found for a trousseau. /
recommend this idea to those of my
readers who are prospective brides.
since a length of chine silk. sufficient
for skirt and dressing jacket, can be
picked up very cheaply. n of quality
quite good enough for the above pur-
pose. If you desire to have corsets
also to match. reserve a piece of the
silk. There are plenty of corsetmakers
whose cut is sufficiently reliable. and
whose prices are moderate, whom you
will find glad to make it up. And
while am upon this subject let me say
how strongly l am in favor of having
all c%orsets, even those for everyday
use. made to order. More bad figures
result from the continued use of i'll
cut, ready made corsets than most
women have any idea Of. about one
woman in every ten possesses what is
ttNHiiiNdny hIoWH dS a stoCh HSuft,
and the question naturally presents
itself What becomes of the other
nfne?" Well, ii is to be assumed they
suffer in silence. And here let me draw
your attention to one important fact,
which should on no account be over
looked. Because a corset is loose enough
in the waist. there is no sign that it
Is not dangerously tight elsewhere. 1t
is just as bad. or very nearly so. to
RnVln fhn htno In nn@ Ill
stays, as IL Is to tighten in at the waist
line. The surplus must go somewhere,
and the result is invariably bad for
health.
More About Jupons.
But, to return to the jupons. model
No. 2 was, IL lacking in the fragility of
No. 1, quite as beautiful in it's way.
The material forming it was rose-pink
glace silk, for which color there seems
to be just now a perfect rage. both in
and underwear. 1t had three
N~andyked flounces, one over the other,
and each of these flounces was edged
with the finest black lace, gathered in
as closely as possible. and ornamented
at each of the upper points q hope /
make my meaning clear with lovers
knot bows of rose-pink ribbon. Inside
the skirt, at the hem, had a triple frill
OF black lace, the edges run with rose
pink baby ribbon. i do not think /
ever saw such a fascinating petticoat
before. / am quite sure If Sir John
Sucking were alive now hi would
want to write another ballad to It. The
dressing jacket for this model was also
of rose-pink silk. 1t boosted a VAN
dyked collar of the silk. edged with
lace. and, in addition, had two of the
quaintest little pockets AT the sides,
their lids composed of frills of black
lace. The sleeves reached to the ell
bows, and were semi-tight fitting, fin
ished off by double frills of the lace.
And the front of the jacket was Just
one mass of foamy cascades of black
lace. intermixed with knots of rose
pink ribon.
Now, the above also would not be at
all an expensive mode to copy, and
could. moreover, be quite easily accom-
plished by an amateur dressmaker.
There is practically no fitting needed
for a dressing Jacket. and the petticoat,
given a good pattern, is simplicity
itself.
Last of all I espied a creation of
white nainsook, fiounced almost from
waist to hem with row after row OF
broad cream-tinted valencienne. each
flounce being set i'm Under another of
white satin ribbon. The inner hem of
this skirt was finished off in a highly
original and. to my mind, sensible
fashion. Needless to say. this would
quite half a dozen lace frills.
and. in addition look tidy to the last-a
thing no lace ounce ever did yet. I
commend the idea to my readers. 1t Is
certainly worth copying, and is. more
over, a mode tending towards economy.