The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-01

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nam heavily embTctdcred ia ros22 s:
y considered the latest and ~ TX
giant dress 10 Be worn. The klnr 3SS
no lcss than 50 cents yard S165
six Yards are needed. OF courso So1161
depends upon the age rAd heisbf III Z
cniiu ana tho length OF tho dress. I'll N
a child OF 4 who wears 4 iittl6 ~
to- the floor for a weddlng occaSion s1
need as much material In her dro1n
child OF who has her dress cut u
tho Knees. So far Only 81 has beea I'M
on tho dress, but tho expense coIncS x
the ombroiderlrg. There are wpmea III
make business of embroidcrine 4l63
little dresses for nice Occasions nd f6
get well paid for their work---thoukh ~
excessively 70. Three dollars ySrdS
about as high as they ask for cmbroideSin1
skirt With q band OF roses and rnssbsld3
and surrounding them With leaves Suitable
for a maid OF honor to wear TO wcddin23
Tho stitch used In bingham emhroidor3|
is invariably tho crces stitch and the who1s|
square OF the glnglam IL token Ia AZ r
stitch, so that tho work goes rapidly mi:
but II must be done by a practlced hand
or It will full and not lay flat II wei.
donc ID Will have the appearance of q
ban9 OF brocaded silk on tho EingheU
background.
CHEAP DRESSES.
Cheaper Bingham such as some 1t 10
cents yard van be treated in precisclv
the same way with excellent results. Take
tho common brown and green bingham.
such as ia used in Bingham apron. Make
up this bingham into little gown with
round waist and gathered skirt. Now take
the skirt upon your lap, run Il rapid
chain OF cross stitch embroidery around
tho hem and you VIII iind that you have
suddenly made the dress a pretty and fancy
one.
Use for a brown and green bingham
bright scarlet ribbon warranted to wash, Or
II there is no other scarlet In the dress
perhaps green or brown linen would be In
betttr taste. II you use the scarlet you
must embfoidsr n scarlet band for
he belt and for the neck This Of
course washes like iron" as they say in
the country and is neither too cumbersome
nor too nice for the little maid To wear
every day in the week.
1t is an unquestioned fact that childrcn'B
clothing ready made Ia expensive. II 10
impossible to get delicate handwork with
oui paying for 1t. Drcssmakers say that
1t is harder to twist and turn a little
garment than TO manage the big one, and
they much prefer to worn upon dresses for
grown people Nevertheless. you can lt
out tho little maid with hgr summer ward
robe for " per dress. You Will now and
then find one at 81 or SIS and on the other
hand YOU Will often have to pay $40 or SIC,
Az YOU need at least twelve dresses to take
her through the summer, you will find the
buying rather expensive.
Prudent women, even those who havo
great deal of money, often prefer to buy
but on or two dresses. which serve as
models for those they viii make at home.
No less parsonage than Mrs John jacob
Aston, who has more money to spend than
either you or 7, buys small garments for
the purpose OF ripping them apart aud us
Ing them for patterns She then releases
nice materials, upon which her sea,.1Htrcss
works.
Women whose health 10 not such ms 70
warrant fine needlework can buy very plain
lawn, dimity and pique dresses ready mado
and afterwards embelish them at odd mo-
ments.