The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-24
WORK FOR THE DAYS OF LENT
The Thrifty Matrons of New York
Now Get White Sewing Out of
the Way For Summer.

The good matrons of old New York
when it was distinctiveIy a thrifty
Dutch town, took the month of Apri
. for their summer sewing.
They brought forth from chest ant
drawer, yards and yards of white
| goods, out of which they fashioned the
summers wearing apparel.
Nor was it all of home spinning
Mulls We're brought from England
| ginghams from Holland, and off in the
! hills of Rip Van Wrinkle, back of the
Palisades, stood a fine mill, turned by a
natural stream, where was woven many
a yard of French tarletan, thin goods
as fine as a fairy wing, to be worn next
summer by the rosy checked girls of
| Manhattan.
| This custom has descended, and to-
day, if you happen of a morning in the
homes of the best matrons of Greater
New York, you viii see a cheerful sight.
In the largest living room in the house,
with her materials spread out around
her. sits a busting little seamstress,
! while surrounding her are the members
of the family, mother and daughters,
assisting and doing her bidding The
seamstress measures the goods and
cuts them out to be basted by one of
the daughters; after which the little
seamstress does the fitting, leaving the
finishing for the willing fingers of
mother and daughters. In this thrifty
way dozens of light summer dresses
can be turned out and the cost of max
ing extends little beyond the first price
Of the goods, for the seamstress works
at So per day and less.
GETTING THEM MADE.
There are visiting dressmakers in
New York who command So per day.
They are expert filters and are we'll
posted in the newest modes. One of
their qualifications is an annual trip
to Paris. They call themselves tail
ors, and their services are sought for
the most elegant of tailor-made gowns.
as Wen as for very elaborate wedding
and reception dresses. They are worth
their price, when You reflect that for
similar work you may have to pay the
price Of 500 at any very fashionable
ladies' tailoring establishments.
The selection of the materials that
are to be rebuilt into August dresses is
a serious one for the person who un-
dertakeS it. Ones own taste is scarcelv
reliable, for the goods of the coming
summer are so new and so strange that
it is impossible to picture them made
up. 1t is much safer to observe the
ready-made models, to study the fash
ion pictures, and to follow the regula-
ton lines, adapting them slightly to
figure, personal coloring and purse.
Lace cloth is the name given to the
new summer fabric which will be most
worn. 1t has openings, regularly emf
in the material, and so resembles lace
Lace cloth can be worn over a silk
slip. Or ribbons can be run through
it, after which it can be made up over
a silk lining. 1t is capable of such a
variety of treatment
A modiste, when asked what wou1d
be her faVorite model for summer
lawns, replied that if she were making
one thousand dresses for the summer
girl, she would make nine hundred of
them with separate waist and skirt
Then she explained that the waist
would be cut upon the round" pat
tern, without yoke in the back, and
with only the very slightest bag in
front, not nearly enough to be called
blouse"
Said she: 1.-THE skirt would be fitted