Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

she may always be well gowned She
will choose an inconspicuous material
Of which neither she nor her friends
will soon tire, it will be all wool, as
such material permits making over.
In the buying of lining Mrs. ANA
teur is liable to err, but we trust she
will not make the grsvious mistake of
investing In cheap ones.
An inexpensive material made up
over good Innings will wear longer and
look better than the expensive ma
terial made over poor Innings, as these
latter lose the little original dressing,
and then draw out Of shape.
Expensive Innings are not necessary,
simply those of fine texture, which
will hold their shape until the gown is
worn out.
For the waist fine piece OF silesia
should be chosen, that costing about
fifteen cents per yard ia a standard
quality, and is always satisfactory.
The grays are the best color for gen.
eral use. they do not crack as the
blacks are apt to do, nor are they
rotted by dyeing as the browns. They
answer for any material of close
weave, excepting of course the very
light colors. Possibly Mrs. AS gown
is one Of black, and she would like
black lining for her waist. Unless
she can afford the sateen lining which
cost thirty-five cents a yard, she had
better use the drab silesia. One yard
is all she needs for the ordinary waist,
or two yards if she lines her sleeves
with the same material, but skirt
cambria is heavy enough for sleeves,
and a yard and an eighth are needed.
Both our skirts and their Innings are
passing through transition stage, for
what today is the correct thing, by
tomorrow it will not be. Mrs. ANA
teur will be wise IL she allows her
common sense to dictate in the choice
Of skirt lining, which will lead to
the purchase Of some material of a
| fine weave and close texture, such a
quality Of lining, needs but little
stiffening or lnterlining at the foot,
and that little, light in weight. One
of the best materials for this purpose
is called ''cordet.'
The other findings which she buvs
are about as follows; paper Of hooks
and eyes, buttonhole twist to sew
them on with, two hundred yards of
sewing silk. large hooks and eyes to
fasten the skirt together, and stays.
The binding for the bottom she does
not purchase until she knows the ex-
act width Of her skirt.
Having all her materials she also
invests in pattern which does look
so pretty in the fashion plate, and
then THIS pattern will be made up
of patterns Of every little piece she
will possibly need in the making Of
her gown, and this will be such a
wonderful help. Mrs. Amateur goes
home and can scarcely wait until
morning to commence her gown. She
even dreams all night of it made up
exactly like the model she has se-
lected AS soon as the daily house
hold tasks are finished on the,morrow,
She begins by first opening her pat
tern. and, oh, the innumerable pieces
of paper that greet her eyes. She
picks up this piece and then that, try
ing all the while to discover what
part of the gown it might be.
For skirts and the outer portions OF
sleeves the patterns are excellent, but
for fitted waist can not be salts
factory. When we remember that all
patterns are bought by single meas
urement, we realize at once the alb
surdity of expecting them to fit. Mrs.
A. and Mrs. B. may both have the
same bust measurement and vary two
or three inches in waist measure or
other proportions. For fitted waist
a pattern should be drafted to meas
ure and should include sleeve lining
also. Any reliable dressmaker will do
this for trifling sum.
Instead of enumerating the possible
mistakes Of Mrs. Amateur in the
putting of her gown together, l will
try and tell you Of good method of
making gown.
The skirt should always be cut first,
as oftentimes the waist may be cut
almost entirely from the pieces. If
the skirt is to be plain one, the cir
cular shape is the newest, but is an
unsatisfactory model, because it very
soon draws out of shape. This spring
Dame Fashion is going to be trihe
more lenient than usual, and says il
we really wish, we may make ours
from that most satisfactory Of all
models, the seven QOred one, which