The Irish standard., 1899-06-10
THE HOME DREssMAKER.
Some seasonable Suggestions Re-
garding the Latest in Costumes
for Various Occasions,

Some seasonable Suggestions Re-
for Various Occasions.
Tailored Gowns.-These have become
an actual necessity for every season,
and include the severely plain and
braid-trimmed suits as we'll. A June
bride should include in this line, when
she has $500 to spend, a braid-trimmed
gray cloth, a stitched plaid cheviot, and
a china blue pique. She should also
have white and pink organdie,
black taffeta silk skirt, two silk blouses,
black serge rainy-day suit and plenty
of cotton shirt waists, also a white
pique gown.
For one in mourning neat rainy-day
gown may be made with serge skirt
having Tapped seams, and hy-front
REFER Jacket lined with black taffeta.
With it may be worn short waist of
taffeta in lengthwise cordings with
stock collar to correspond, and toque
Of black straw trimmed in tatfeta and
quilts, and black veil. Everything
should be quiet, stylish, and yet thor
cughly subdued in tone for deep
mourning. Do not wear Grape on a
rainy day unless you use the rain-proof
English make.
Cotton dresses are to be much worn
this summer. A nice supply for the
young lady visiting through the sum-
mer would include china blue jacket
suit and white dress of pique, one white
organdie, one pink figured organdie,
green or blue and white dimity. Plen-
ty of comfortable, cool shirt waists in
white lawn and pique and colored per-
Gale, Madras, gingham, cheviot and
pique will complete this wardrobe.
Any of the wooden SKIRTS may be worn
with the shirt waists, but if two new
ones are bought get natural-colored
linen crash and black serge made
with tailor-lile finish, very plain but
well cut, and evenly hung without any
dip ut the back.
Girls Dresses.-There is no striking
change in girls frocks. They are still
made with the round waist, yoke effect
and revers, with tiny jacket fronts,
small sleeves, and slightly blouse eff
fects. The new gingham and pique
froclls are made with yokes or gimps
of white tucked nainsook or embroi-
derry, but the wooden dresses have yokes
of taffeta, white or colored, made plain
or with lengthwise or crosswise tucks.
Velvet and satin ribbon, braid and lace
insertion are all used rs trimmings. In
materials, children wear just about
what their elders do-serges, cheviots,
cashmeres, poplins, challies, foulards,
tatfetas, piques, ginghams, organdies,
dimities, lightweight fannels and
fancy dress goods.
Colorcd pique dresses are in favor
this spring. A large heavy rib, express
ly for jacket suits, is as high as dol
lar yard, but very pretty domestic
goods may be bought for from IS to rs
cents. A not too heavy weight should
be selected for a gored skirt and blouse
waist with shirt sleeves. Buttonholcs
for studs and link buttons should be
made i'll the plait and the cuffs. The
yoke may be made with either straight
or diagonal tucks, or with Hamburg in
sertion alternating with tucks. The
doublc-skirt effect will be noticed in
shaped iounces, ruflies rounding up to
the belt, and long-pointed aprons or
peplums, but none of these will iron or
prove as servicenbIe as five-gored
skirt made with few tucks rs Dor
der. The material should be washed
nfterward.
Bridesmaids costumes should never
be of extremely expensive materials
unless the girls are all sufficiently
wealthy to endure the tax. A pretty
idea for an early spring wedding would
be white organdie for the six brides
maids, with pink flowers, pink sashes
and collars. pink chiffon hats, and
white gloves and slippers. Trim the
gowns with ruches of the material
edged with narrow white ribbon, using
lengthwise rows on the waist and
dimities, lightweight fannels and
sleeves, and several crosswise rows
above the knee flounce of the skirt.
The flower girls should all be in pure
white; the maid of honor might be in
pale green organdie over white, with
WAiIe HoWefs, gloves, SIsn, collar and
hat. The brides dress of dainty organ
die should be trimmed with many rows
of lace inserting, with ribbon sash.
Her veil should be of tulle, and her
bouquet be all white. None of the
gowns suggested are expensive, us ex-
cellent double-width organdie may be
bought for 60 cents yard; better
quality at dollar is 6s inches in width.
Emma M. Hooper, in Ladies' Home
Journal.