Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-03-05
LOVELY LINGERIE.


To the woman who loves pretty I'M
derclothes the displays of the latest
lingerie are simply fascinating. One
thing is at once apparent. Simplicity
no longer marks the elegance of under
linen.
Embroideries of all kinds will be
the chief feature of spring and sum-
mer lingerie. They will not only be
used for trimming, but in some in
stances will form the garment itself.
One of the bits of underwear of the
sort is a loose corset cover, made from
web embroidery, which is neither mus
lin nor lace, but an imitation Of both
in entire deux fashion, length of one
and of the other
The fabric is not expensive, and the
result really is pretty, if one is not
insistent upon real lace or something
which you could readily mistake for
it. The new corset covers depart from
the model of what is merely useful
and reflect the present feminine de-
mand for what is slightly even though
unseen.
Something new in corset covers is
greatly in vogue Contrary to the
usual way of adjusting, it is put on in
front and crossed in the back, surplice
effect. The cover is cut low at the
neck, and is made to extend only to
the waist line. Guipure edging and
valencienens lace are used as a trim
ming.
The low cut corset covers, with rows
of insertion alternating with tucks,
are becoming popular. They have
handkerchief points falling over the
arm at the shoulder, and are made of
handkerchiefs with the dot pattern
and edged with valenciennes insertion
and lace. This cover can be bought
only in Persian lawn and real lace,
but being simple garment it could
be copied successfully in lawn or
dimity, the trimming being of imita-
ton lace.
Some very chic imported chemises
are made without sign of shoulder
straps. Where they begin they en-
circle the body in straight line at
the armpits. They are stitched on to
a ribbon beading an inch or more wide,
and made large enough to pass easily
on and off over the head. "A ribbon,
run through this, is tied in 'front.'
above the bust. The Tightening of the
ribbon fulls the body of the chemise
slightly, otherwise it is without gath
ers. If the ribbon is insufficient to
hold the garment in place, others
Topped through the beading at the
sides are drawn up and tied on the
shoulders.
structed Anyone who has decided to
be guided by the latest importations
in this line must be predetermined to
sacrifice bodily comfort at the altar
of aestheticism. In the first place
the collars are large, fiat ichu-shaped
affairs, scalloped at the edges and
trimmed with a double plated frill,
calling into requisition the long-dis-
used f1uting irons in the laundering
thereof. Such a big, full collar seems
ever to be vested with smothering
propensities that make one give
credence to the volition of inanimate
objects. Then the sleeves, which are
full length, are slit open from wrist
to shoulder, trimmed with much lace
and left hanging loose with the malig
nant intention of strangling if the col
lar fails to smother.
The high close-ftting collar of our
street gown is seen also on new night
dresses. But its use at night is not
commended by those who consider
comfort and hygiene. 1t is quite
enough to constrain the throat during
waking hours, many think, without
throttling it again at night.
There are night dresses, however,
that are both fashionable and comfort
able. One novel night dress that is not
a torture because of it's being beautiful
has deep yoke, extending well down
over the shoulders, made of lace in
sertion alternated with strips of sheer
nainsook. The strips run up and down,
and the yoke is round behind as it is
in front. The sleeves, which are
lace and nainsook in up and down
stripes. A long sash of nainsook, edged
all the way around with lace, is
puckered together at the middle and
tackled to the center of the yoke be-
hind. The ends are then brought for
ward under the arms, and knotted at
the bust at the center of the front, SO
that the scarf hides the whole lower
edge of the yoke. In reality one edge
Of the scarf is stitched to the bottom
of the yoke. A ribbon, tackled to the
center of the yoke behind, passes over
and under the scarf, which is draped