Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-17
THEY WILL BE DISTINGUISHED
BY MUCH FINE HANDIWORK.
LINING AT ALL |
NO
The Comfortable Fashions Of Our
Grandmothers Are Reproduced for
Warm Weather-Many Fancy
Things Handy Maid May Make at
Her Own Home.

med with collars and fchus of lace
which she can make herself in Honi-
ton and Battenburg patterns, and with
dainty silken embroideries.
The finest lace is in the form of
round collar, chokerless and deep
enough to reach almost to the elbows,
and she may fasten it in front with a
quaint oId-fashioned brooch of gold
and jade This is to complete a frock
of waite dimity which has a quarter
inch stripe at wide intervals of old
fashioned grass green, quite the
be circular one laid in two rows of
shirrings about the very short-waisted
belt of grass green ribbon, which ties
behind in a bow with streamers to the
hem of the frock. where there are two
narrow bias ruffies of the muslin
edged minutely with little Honiton
braid. Little of the bodice shows
under the handsome collar, but it is
simply gathered softly down under
the ribbon belt. The unlined sleeves
indeed the frock has no lining at all
are gathered into the armholes, but
are drawn tightly down about the arm
by broad band of shirring just above
the elbows, ending in a ruff1e of the
muslin edged with Honiton braid
The frock is to be completed with
red shoes and red stockings and leg
horn fiat. trimmed solely with green
rose leaves in a garland effect.
The petticoat to be worn with such
a frock is a fitted scant affair, hanging
from a very short-waisted bodice with
shoulder straps; the waist line show
ing under the gauzy muslin must, of
course, be yelled in straight lines to
carry out the directoire effect, and it
must be corded to fit that the slender
effect may be retained. Fine white
nainsook is used with a mass of ruff
fes, valencienes edged on the shaped
dounce from the knee down.
A Battenburg collar in sailor shape
with long revers in front that reach
of Manufactured khaki. The skirt
is to be killed in the fashionable man
ner in vogue today. Quite a differ
ent affair it is from the killed skirt
Of a decade or so ago, when straight
breadths were thickly plated into the
belt band. This skirt is accurately
circular and the box plaits are the
merest tucks set widely apart, stitched,
and gradually growing wider toward
the knees. where they spread open to
give a rather scant f1ounce effect. In
khaki this skirt has no end fetching,
especially when it has a plated bodice
to correspond, it's front slightly
pouched over the sharply pointed belt
of white taffeta ribbon-a belt that
is drawn out widely behind, but which
is gathered down into a point in
front to be fastened with tiny white
pearl buckle. The lace sailor collar
trims this bodice smartly, its points
meeting the belt buckle, and the
plastron built of tucked white silk
muslin with a choker to match with a
narrow shaped motif of Battenburg
clasping it's lower half and forming a
slight downward point in front The
sleeves are plated and stitched with
white and end with lappet of lace.
She will wear the correct white straw
sailor hat, whatever that proves to be
later in the season.
Her embroidery may take the form
of bouquets of tiny flowers done in
SillzC h1,f in
tional effect, stitched straight over and
over with no attempt at shading or
veining, in a manner especially deco
rative, These aer scattered at broad
intervals over four-inch widths of
white taffeta ribbons, and are to be
mare with alternating hoops Of white
valenciennes insertions to form an
enchanting little skirt over pale rose
silk foundations. the hem to be finish
ed with a ruffle of valenciennes. It Is
to be gathered slightly all about the
waist-line. and will drag ever so lit
tie, giving a very quaint effect, which
is added to by the high taunt girdle of
folds of rose pink taffeta fastened in
front in double-breasted fashion with
old-fashioned paste buttons which
are the cherished relics Of a grand
mothers treasure box. The little low
necked bodice is built entirely of en-
circling narrow ruffies of valenciennes
lace, caught on each shoulder with old
paste buckles and having the cutest
little shoulder caps of lace insertions
sewn together and edged with tiny
beading, through which a narrow pink
ribbon was run and tied saucily on the
outside of the arm. Some beautiful
long white lace mitts sent to her re-
Gently from Paris are to be worn with
this enchanting dancing frock next
summer-they are Of the finest of val
encienens lace and reach almost to the
shoulder, the hand piece just revealing
the pertty tapeirng fingers and modest
girlish rings. Pink silk slippers with
a white lace rosaceous on the toes are
to be prepared later.
Endless are the pretty conceits
which a girl handy and fond of her
needle can accomplish to make charm
ing her summer frocks-effects which
the smartest gown builders use lavish
~ and charge dearly for. There may
be made entirely by hand at ones
own (home) a simple frock of white
nainsook. The skirt is a nicely fitted
five-gore, trimmed at the bottom with
FIVE narrow hemstitched shingles