Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-15
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Her Work.
Wrinkles under the arms of waist
show that the armholes need to be
cut out deeper.
strain of a snug fitting lining, but
good quality will. It is poor economy
to use inferior Innings.
Black kid gloves are worn with even
ing costumes which are trimmed in
black, but they are not as popular nor
as dressy as white glace gloves.
Storm suits are usually made OF
black or blue serge which has been
shrunk. The newest storm suits are
plain in design, with the skirts at
least three inches from the ground.
French chalk will remove grease
spots. If allowed to remain for "a
hours and then brushed off it will re-
move all spots from any light silk
without injuring the fabric in any
| way.
For short waists. Your apparent
waist length may be added to by the
proper underclothing, well boned lin
ing, and shaping the front of the dress
two inches longer than the back in
a rounding point.
Tiny handkerchiefs six and a half
to nine inches square are sold for 20
cents for trimming with Mechlin or
Valenciennes lace an inch and a quar-
ter wide. Allow once and half more
of the edging than the space to be
covered.
Figured goods should have a cut fig
ure matched at the seams even though
the pieces have to be moved up or
down the material and lot of it thus
wasted. Allowance of at least yard
to gown should be made for a plait
or figured fabric if it is to be made
with matched seams.
Elderly ladies prefer capes, as they
are convenient to slip on and Off
Such capes are made of black taffeta
fit smoothly over the SHOULDERS, and
are made with bias flounce. They
are lined with silk and edged with a
tiny fringe or mousseline ruching.
Pay at least dollar yard for the
taffeta.
Cotton shirt waists. Even at this
early date it is quite safe to make
up white pique, lawn and fancy hem
stitched goods, also striped percales,
Irish linen and Madras. White is to
be the favorite next summer, as it was
last. Make the sleeves, of the shirt
waists small, and use tucks of every
description.
Habit-back skirts are still much
seen, especially among the ready made
suits of moderate price, but plain
habit back does not now mean an I'M
calmly tight fit. Many women permit
their skirts to train from four to six
inches on the street, but among the
really stylish dressers this uncleanly
fashion is rapidly vanishing. Demi-
trains properly belong to the house
and carriage.
The new skirt is made with one box
plait down the center back, spreading
gradually at the lower edge and laid
four inches wide at the top, where it
is firmly caught; the remainder of the
plat is pressed into shape and caught
with loose stitches here and there.
Such skirts are made with either
three, five or seven cores, measure
four yards at the bottom and have
six-inch interfacing on the edge. All
trimmings are omitted on skirts made
in this way.
Automobile red is the newest of the
red tones, and is cross between a
cerise or cherry and the Jacqueminot
shade. The latest color card from
Paris gives prominence to the faint
pastel shades, especially those rather
on the crushed strawberry, which col
or is now quite toned down to an old
rose softness and is exquisite in solid
color materials. Such shades are
called miniature reds and pinks. Close
rivals will be the Vatican blues, which
resemble the softened tints of old up
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