The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-22
FEMININE FANCIEs.

good hint In regard to shrinking
wash gowns is given in Harper's Bazaar.
In making up Bingham, madras, pique,
etc." it says, especially when domestic
material Is chosen, the goods should be
shrunk before cutting This may be done
by dipping the fabric quickly in water.
allowing it to remain long enough to wet
it thoroughly, but by no means soaking
1t. Lift 1t from the water and drain
without wringing; hang that threads
run straight, and shake from time to
time until almost dry, then press care
fully with a hot iron. The rapid drying
thus induced will result In the desired
shrinking. Heavy linens and fine French
or silk ginghams do not require treat
ment of this kind. but these Should be cut
invariably according to the thread. 9TH
erwise they will be sure to hang uneven
~, after their first visit to the laundry
One source of trouble In wash dresses,
1t goes on to say, as we'll as frequently
with others, is in using too fine q ma
chine stitch. which causes the seams to
pucker.g .at
A pretty girl who wore rose color
flannel shirt waist the other day adopted
the popular fichu With it. drapingV 1t just
around the shoulders, drawing 1t down
with a little point at the back, the lace
ruffie falling over the top of the sleeves
and the fichu ends brought round across
the bust in front, where 1t was tied once.
Around her throat she wore white silk
stock The fchu was one of net, with q
friil OF lace.
Here Is q waist which is just being fin
ished for handsome and stylish girl.
which seems impossible, and would be on
some women. 1t takes certain amount
of style of presence to carry a snowy
gown and not have 1t unpleasantly con-
spicuous. The groundwork of this waist
is a fancy silk with a foulard pattern
In lively purple shades. and 1t is made up
with one of the handkerchief that have
been so much seen, this one Of q sage
green ground with large white polka dots
upon 1t. The pattern is so distinctive
that the polka dots have almost the eff
feet of being appliqued on. There is a
good deal Of the green in the front of the
gown around the neck and in the back.
and no one would call it an inconspicuous
waist, but on the girl for whom 1t was
made it is very attractive.
Here Is another gown in which polka
dots figured with good effect 1t was
worn at a. concert the other day, at which
there was @ fashionable audience The
gown was OF light blue cloth, hut blue
with the softness of the cadet shade. Tbs
skirt was made plain and finished at the
lower edge with a fat. narrow plating of
the cloth, above which were four overlap
ping bands Of the material, each edged
with black The polka dots were of
white about an inch and a half in diam
eter appliqued on to each band. each with
a narrow edge Of black and about their
own width apart.
There was a plain Elton Jacket effect,
little loose In front and fitting Snugly in
hnt1E ffN-QA
inches above the waist line. and was I'M
ished with a band of the cloth, narrower
than those Of the skirt, but ornamented
with the same size polka dots. This made
a Straight line around the body, and De-
low, coming to meet 1t were narrow.
perpendicular pipings Of black about an
inch apart. This gave the desired erect
Of smallness at the waist and a salts
factory increase Of size above. band
with the white dots finished the tops of
the sleeves, and the fiaring cuff was p.ped
with the black. and showed row OF
smaller dots The soft hat was Of blue,
finished with black tulle and ostrich
plumes. 1t made a most effective COS
tune.
Nothing is handsomer in the long coats
than black and with the black nothing
Is more effective than a white satin lin
ing. One of the handsomest of these
coats, worn by woman who wears eff
fective clothes, is OF broadcloth: 1t curves
in little at the waist line In tho back
and out over the trained skirt. Around
the lower edge are two stitched bands of
the broadcloth The upper part IS OF Per-
sian lamb in the form of a sharply point
ed yoke and Medici collar, while IN both
front and back are two pieces of the
cloth. coming from the side and poin ed
like handkerchief corners, the points OF