The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-07
POINTS ABOUT SHIRT WAISTS.
some SUBSCRIPTIONS which May lie OF
Service 10 the House Dress
maker.


First-claas dressmalxers say That
many women now design their own
gowns. This is anew departure for the
average woman, and, indeed, many Of
us might do worse than turn idle mo-
ments to the designing of our dresses;
we should find out, says the Washing
ton Post how much there is to learn
ere Il perfect costume may be eproduced.
We might study ourselves as well as
bur gowns, also, with advantage, many
of us-obserye the effects, not only OF
the shade or color used for contrast,
but the proportions in which we should
use 1t. What blendings, too, best be-
come us Is another subject Of study;
for example, green may not suit you,
but green with mauve may. Again,
mauve hat, perhaps, massed with vio-
let's, may rob your face Of its color;
but add plenty green fohage thereto,
and, behold, success, the fresh green
neutraHzing the ballor-induciDg infu-
ence of the other tone. The fact is,
there is d horrible lot to learn if we
would look our very incest and fill up
the sum Of our possibilities. Again,
there is the question Of hat and gown,
4 question not only Of color, but Of OUT
line and comparison. One can hardly
be too critical in the mating Of hat and
gown, dithis being even hypercritical
does not, as many say, lead to desper-
ate extravaganza. Very often one
spends much money on a hat which
does not hit the mark, andithat would
be better mated with something we al
ready possess, or could easily conjure
up slightly altered. The mere fact OF a
hat being costly Partisan model does
not make it the right hat for a particu-
lar gown by any means. Either the
gown must dictate the hat, or the hat
must dictate the gown. "There must
not be two masters in the household
When the vogue came in for facing
collars and reyers to cloth coats with
spotted velvet, the question was per-
petually cropping up as to how to
match the two. Plain-colored velvets
there were galore, but spotted was an
other story. Obviously the one and
only solution Of the difficulty was to
handsspot just the small piece OF vel |
vet required for this specific purpose.
And from this small beginning has |
sprung the present prevailing end OF |
hand-embroidered spots on both silk
and velvet.
The stores are crowdedwith an enor-
NOUS variety Of shirt waists. tits diff
cult to predict, but it seems as II
white season is being inaugurated.
Thin material in these white waists IS
the rule, the figures Of several seasons
past being almost entirely unrepre-
sented When this material is used, It |
rs Of the finest, softest and lightest
make possible. Lawns, organdies, bar
tistes, silk, striped, ginghams, and
many beautiful novelty goods made
this years waists really artistic crea-
tions Yokes are seen rarely, and the |
shoulder seam is directly on the shonl-
der as in dress waists. A new collar has
made its appearances; it is cut with
high rounded points under the ears, |
and closes at. the back. On thin waists I
this collar may be made Of linen, or OF |
the material, but all are stiff. There
are many turn-down collars that Is,
collars turned down over a high, soft /
band. Cuffs are also in most instances
soft with turn-back edges. Sleeves are
smaller than ever, and there is very lit
tie fullness in the slightly bloused
fronts. A dainty fancy is to wear
narrow black velvet tied around the
collar of white waists. The waistband
must then be also Of black velvet rib
bon about three inches in width.