The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-28
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can woman. wore 4 pair Of silk mitts at
a dinner given at Rlenheim Castle. They
were in hesh-colored silk with a small
conventional raised vine upon the back,
all in pink and gre an. Her fingers were
loaded with handsome rings, ard brace
lets adorned her arms.
Another guest present wore black silk
mitts embroidered upon the back with
pink roses. These roses were r2ised and
were remarkably pretty, matching the
gown, which was shell pink wolfe, per-
fectly
The effort to relieve the embroidered
kid glove is not meeting with A great
deal Of success. The new gloves are so
eXquisitely delicate that IL seems a pity
to work the backs of them I'm any man
ner, besides there Is always the fear
that embroidery will make the hands
look larger
The fashionable house glove with the
long sleeve is the one-button glove. Two
buttons are worn also. but there is a
quaint prettiness about the one-button
glove with the fiat band gold bracelet
that appeals TO those who are on the
lookout for novelties.
With the short glove one can wear the
black velvet band around the wrist with
small diamond pin as a fastener. There
arc ways TO spend money, even if one
does economic on the number of glove
buttons.
Learn 10 make the Greek Key de
sign" advised a EuOd-natured dress
maker to a client. You can get mare
good out OF it than out of a knoN-l-
edge OF the whole system of dress
making. With one good skirt and blouse
pattern, and the knowledge Of how 70
braid Greek Key, you can make as
fino a frock as you would want.
Il embroidered a Greek design upon A
London smoke tsffeta gown for fail
wear. The design was done in brown,
very conventional, the regular Greek
Key. / used the design upon the wide
turnover collar. upon the lower edge OF
the Elton jacket. and upon the wide
girdle. The skirt of the gown was
plain and needed no embroidery.
The Making of a Gown.
Il get very fine results" said she,
with embroidery Of all kinds. L re
Gently received an order from a Gus
toner asking for a dark blue taffeta
gown. The style desired was the tail
Ored gown of the present season. You
know what that means. The plated
skirt faring around the foot but tight
around the hips and the blouse with
wrinkled back and fun front and wide
girdle.
4 purchased such a gown outright in
the shops. plain and pretty. Then l
brought # back 20 my workroOms and
set my girls at work upon it. ] set theIa
embroidering a vine Of forget-me-nOts
around the neck and working a vine of
81, q, 10 he1
also Get them put a touch of embroidery
upon the hips, choosing the darker
tones of the forget-me-nots. The gown
was a great success and my patron was
delighted
Il wonder that more women do not
take advantage Of the handsome dresses
that are sold, ready made, in the stores.
They can BE easily altered 70 fit: in
fact, they do fit almost everybody now.
And they can be made distinctive and
elegant by a touch of embroidery or by
braided design.
There ready-made suits come in wolfe,
etamine. silk, satin, cloth, serge, and
every other known material. They are
exquisitely tailored and cost much less
than il costs to buy the material and
make it yourself. ] saw a Teady-made
gown the other day for SIS which You
positively could not duplicate for S25 IL
you bought the material and made it,.
It is my candid opinion, and the opinion
OF other dressmakers, that patrons
would do well TO patronize the shops for
pretty gowns"
So many OF the sleeves fall back from
the hand that one must be forever on
the lookout for glove fads. One OF the
most recent is the fad for trimming the
tops of gloves. To do this you take n
frin Of lace and set it upon a shirred or
plated ribbon which is set around the
top of the glove in such a way that the
lace viii fail forward over the glove.
Another glove fad shows a little box
plating OF white satin ribbon set around
the wrist or top Of the glove. There are
imported gloves showing a contrasting
color in the lining and. in such a case.
the ribbon must match the lining of
the glove, and even the buttons are
made to match