The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
FRENCH BRIDES OUTFIT.
EXQUISITE LINGERIE WITH
 EMBROIDERY
Moro Than Lace-Attrnctive Petti-
 cOatss

A prospective French bride is having made trousseau of the daintiest de- scription, and it includes good many novelties. The underwear of the finest
 linen lawn is remarkable for the beauty
 of the embroidery used and the small amount of lace. Except on the long white skirts and a few of the night
 gowns, the lace is Valenciennes or a
 narrow edge of Cluny. The seams of the entire outfit are finished by an in- sertion of tiny, openwork beading.
 This is used in the seams about the
 shoulders and yoke of the night gowns, the joining of the sleeve to the yoke, and in the tiny darts in the pantaloons that take the place of all unnecessary fullness.
 A pretty design in night gowns has
 the yoke embroidered in leaf design
 on the upper edge. This is cut out, and
 has tiny edge of Valenciennes, mak-
 ing half low decolletage. The same
 idea is used on some of the corset cov-
 CTS. One pretty night dress has an in-
 serted bolero of embroidery and lace in-
 sertion. This garment is also cut half
 low at the neck. The sleeves on most
 of the night gowns are elbow length. Some have little hanging cuffs of hand
 embroidery, edged with lace, and others
 ruffies. One pretty sleeve is shirred on
 the inside of the arm. Another has q
 straight cuff made of three rows of en-
 tredeuX, with ribbon run through and
 tying in three little bows on the out
 side of the arm. This garment is ar
 ranged across the bust with three rows
 of entredeux, ending with bows on each side. Some of the night gowns are
 made with short choker and little turn
 over pieces, for the big, elaborate collar is demode now. A bertha effect is bet
 ter, if one insists on an elaborate night
 garment.
 All of the corset covers end at the waist, with a ribbon run through entre- deux. Handkerchief points make a
 pretty trimming about the decolletage,
 and afford an excellent opportunity to show exquisite embroidery. One corset cover has flock of butterflies, not only
 on the bertha, but down the sides of the
 garment. An excellent idea Is a set of
 corset covers made little higher in the neck than the ordinary garment, and with little puffs in the armholes to be worn with thin shirt waists. Three lit- tie darts are taken in front of the arm
 holes to give better support to the bust, With the low corset in vogue, the corset
 cover becomes a most important gar-
 ment.
 There are some lovely corsets in the outfit, charmingly embroidered by hand.
 One corset. in pale pink silk, has ge-
 ranium pattern in shaded silks run
 ming over the front. A white satin cor
 set, embroidered In white lilies, Is per- feet. An excellent eontrivance on these
 corsets is the hook in front, made per- fectly flat, but strong enough to hold the petticoats. The corsets are laced in
 three parts, and there are hooks to hold the lacings.
 The Colbert embroidery is one of the successful items in underwear, although one that can hardly become common. It is done entirely by hand, and a good deal of it is openwork, resembling al-
 most lace applications. Another com bination of openwork and hand embroi- dery is called the riviere.
 The white petticoats in this outfit are trimmed largely with Cluny lace. deep waving insertion heading the shaped founce This fiounce is mounted over two or three smaller ruf1ies. the upper one trimmed with lace. One lovely shaped fiounce Is tucked in groups. wirh two rows of entredoux separating the groups.
 An attractive silk pettlcoat is of
 black and white striped silk, with ruff fes and f1ounces of white mousseline de soie, embroidered with tiny black sat in ribbon. Another pretty affair of white silk has a fiounce of white lace, inset with black lace figures, and mo- tifs in black Chantilly running up the
 seams of the skirt.-New York Tribune.