The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-12
SEPARATE SKIRTS
AND SEPARATE WAISTS.

Grenadine Is very wide and IL II Ia used,
two yards Will be enough for pair OF
sleeves. In buying grenadine 1t Is well TO
count money In ones purse before going
shopping. II you ask merely for grenadine
tho clerk win very likely hand you down
grade OF material which he Will COM
placently inform YOU Is 1850 per yard q.
This by mental calculation you will see
will bring your sleeves up to 80 pair,
exclusive of the silk foundation But II
you are bargain hunting and do not pro-
pose to pay that price you can say some
thing cheaper, please" and can eventually
suit yourself with grenadne at, say 80
cents yard. Two yards Will make you
made is a plain bishop sleeve. The bishop
a pair OF sleeves.
THE SLEEVE PATTERN.
The pattern from which these sleeves are
sleeve In cut out and made After 1t Is
completed 1t Is put on and ribbons are
tied around 1t at intervals Of two or three
inches each, leaving little puffs In between.
II stirring is preferred to ribbon the sleeve
Is marked and shirred. 1t is well In maxi
Ing such a BISHOP sleeve to allow four
inches upon the length which Is taken up
afterward by the putting.
A great many people who wore bishop
sleeves when they were In style and VINO
have very good dresses now with such
sleeves in them. are Transforming them by
this method. and the result Ii very
beautiful and up- o-date sleeve. Indeed,
n great many of the pretty summer sleeves
are brought about In this way by trans
forming old sleeves by means OF ribbons,
shirrings. tucks and puns. 1t Is one OF
these littlo acts Of charity which our dress
makers practice, that they allow MS 10
make over our clothes so that we VINO
have to wear our gowns two seasons can
escape the absolutely Gothic look which
We would otherwise certainly have. no
woman wants to look ANTIQUE, and by
adapting her old sleeves to a new model
she can escape even the suspicion OF last
years accusation.
You would be surprised to know how
many Of these fancy waists are wash
waists. They are positively made out of
wash goods which are fashioned In such
pretty styles that they look more like sum
mer silk, tafeta. Chiffon challlo and other
fne materials than like null. lawn, ging-
ham and like fabrics.
WASH SKIRTS.
a great many of these ruffled skirts are
wash skirts. They are cut out of percale,
duck and chambray. But for q wash skirt
1t Is better, perhaps, TO trim II with bands
than ruiilea, for unless a careful iaundrcss
handles them. the ruffles will have windy
look when destroys all dignity OF carriage.
These ruffles should be done no absolutely
without starch. merely made firm by
shaping IA little stifening into them but
IL starched ruffle In as abomnaton OF desc
lation upon a wash dress. Bands are put
on tight upon tho skirt so that they be-
come a part of the skirt and they are done
NJ without difficulty.
Even these duck skirts are lined with
bright colors. and the girl who crosses tn >
street and lifts her dainty white duck skirt
displays sky blue lining of marvellous
beauty.
MAKING A WAIST.
great many people make waists and
sleeves separate OF different materials.
They do not so much combine colors rs
they do fabrics With u simple cream col
orod lawn shirt waist you will find that tie
sleeves which 70 with IT, are OF null OF
course In u combination like this tho lawn
must be OF very good quality to ,ook a
very dressy goods. With very iine lawn
and coarse quality of null the comhina-
ticn IL both beautiful and effective. Cream
colorcd ribbon can trim the sleeves aad O
cream belt ia worn with II. A yard and
half OF lawn Is sufficient for the body q
the waist and the remainder of tue goooi
Is used In the sleeves.
lt Will be seen that this summer is mel
remarkable for It's plain dresses. They art
quite fancy. though fortunately, the nate
rails are not quite so expensive.
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