The Washington times., 1904-05-22

done in the most secure manner, so as
to stand the strain.
Beautiful neat girdles of suede leather
can be made in this manner Strips OF
elactic are set in over the hip which
will then have nice natural curve. The
front is now fastened with "a handsome !
clasp And. of course. there is a wide
clasp, or buckle. or ornament Of some
kind in the hack.
Yet the back ornament Is in may
cases being dispensed with. and the
front buckle or fastening is all that is
used. Again the front of the girdle is so
folded that Il needs no buckle or fasten-
/ ing. for 1t can depend upon its own hooks
and eyes. which are employed invisibly-
A suede bet in sand color had a piece
Of elastic set In beneath the suede right
/ over the hips This, when the belt was
| clasped in front, made a very pretty
I hip curve. And the same plan might
! be followed with satin ribbon without
cutting away the satin.
Almost everything is done TO maintain
the hip curve. which is not an easy task
/ when skirts are made full and when
! bcdices are very baggy around the hip
line.
A Return to Tight Lacing.
This deep hip curve almost suggests
return TO tight lacing. Yet with good
modern corset one can get this curving
line without difficulty. The incurve at
the back and the hips with the graceful
waist line with the low dip IN front, is
one Of the features Of the seasons neat
gowns.
The wide girdIe IS universal It COM
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waist It IS made of any material which
oomposes the gown, and 1t Is most effect
I've in satins and suede. Chiffon velvet
makes a girdle that is At 10 wear with
the finest summer gown.
IF I were asked to make a thoroughly
fashionable girdIe." said a modiste. zone
that would be correct with am gown.
should select n shade OF chiffon velvet
Approaching a golden brown. Yet little
, on the bright tan order. This suits more
gowns than any other color.
How to Make It.
Il should take this and lay 1t in folds.
And I should shape II SO it would come
down pretty low in the middle of the
. front To insure it's keeping the right
shape I should set two-incn strip OF
elastic on each side underneath the
folded silk Or I might make the whole
over a strip Of elastic to give 1t founda-
ton and shape.
"In the middle of the back | would
! set a big rosette of chiffon velvet double
and made like a cartwheel. l would
make il as big around as a saucer.
, In the middle Of this rosette / would
set a handsome metal ornament round
in shape and set with cOlOred stones
"A very pretty ornament was made
for a velvet rosette by taking a curtain
ring Of conventional size. This was
T worked with golden brown silk until II
I was entirely covered. This silk ring
1 was then sewed In the middle Of a vel
a vet rosette.
] "Or, II the gown would permit: that
D is, If it were long I'm the skirt, l might
h make a departure I'm girdles ] might
make a girdle of taffeta. And to the
middle of the back I might fasten two
hanging silk ends, each end finished
h with a silk scarf with deeply fringed
e ends. This has something of the pos
tiIion effect without the stiffness of the
= position.
= Making Your Girdle Daily.
! There is a pretty girdle which car
. be made daily. II requires three yard:
Q OF satin ribbon three inches wide. The
Y ribbon IS fastened in the middle Of the
front and is then carried around th'
h waist again and again. The girdle car
+ be made as high as one wishes. II II
fastened with fancy pin, or /, can b'
secured invisIbly at the sides.
THE great advantage of the ribbon
! girdle is that it can be pulled tightly
: as the ribbon is wound round the waist
= and this, 20 the woman who covets {
= slender figure. is "A great deal. A tur
. quoise satin ribbon three yards Ions
l and three inches wide could be utilized
G as a girdle very effectively.
a zone hesitates TO tackle the subjec
R OF stocks, for :; is getting to be "A ques
c ton of no stock at all! So many of tn