The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-24
New Corset
Covers
FRENCH IDEAS WHICH ARE
WORKED INTO A REMARK
ABLY ATTRACTIVE LOT
OF GARMENTS

~ Ne Of .kc hest things out the Icw French
corset covers Is tha, u lot OF them are cu'
~ rather his, in the neck
That mas been the great trouI-, with
D.: .,.Icir covers 80 far-neariy every one has been
II; ow to be ugly. IL OF them even coming
elo~ tie top Of the corset. wh = high corset Is
Usually :e- are full enough to alloy' for draw
ing up on ribbons. but ut their bcs; that " one
rrcx. objection TO them.
No, tina, the ncx h:h-,hcv re any
'nuG bu: tiat-bIt the at the neck is broad.
,ai!er ;han deep. drawing up in the same way -
-!ose Of fCo low CT. That difference makes u
pon,;crfu! improvement
E:uoroIcry--hand work. coursc-is more ii,
csderr- than il such thing be possible. Ai"!
.a.,cicHnc> larr-the real vaicncicnnes--P:- -iS
-cens absolutely mad over. Yet. most Of t..c new
things. only the edge of lace is used. often
!ccG;cv >ei under sinP. embroidered scai:"p I"
soften the rather outne-on exactly he sane
principle tI: nf lace ruciiInG does the collar
Ui bousc. Occasionally bits ci lace set in. il:
unusual. interesting ways rhaPs the mcres;
scrap set in in Il curve like crescent. one edge
gathered up 20 n.a.- the turn n! set IN ~ tein:
whipped 70 carefully rolled edges.
Sometimes quite elaborate designs arc resortc':
.o involved patterns Of bowknofs. Of wonderful
butterflies. their 10 delicate lines o:
h,o:'c.y. and on, The outline of their wide. grace
:ul wings Indicated by the lace.
Eut the pret.iest of all the work is h.i.d,
.nb: oidcry. with jas, edge o! lace around neck
aud arInholcs. and perhaps 'uck,-wee. f:c ones
appearing unexpected ,ni". rals resolving thew
selves .u.n..os into a harmoniously beautiful d.
sign whole.
Occasionally q corset co~cr--hut these arc III"
:arc-t "f al!-iS made {" strips Of vacncienncs and
Of sheer white str,f-'hc material shaped into
wedge shaped bis. set tina the lines taper TO-
ward the waist. ie:wccn the .n--rtious of lace the
material Is cn.ro tcrcd and perhaps :hc cmbroder-
s,rays Of onto the lace itself.
The trick vf joining the material and lace in
srr'ion together with lin" Of handcmbroidery--an
idea which WAS expressed on only the richest Of
last spring. lingerie h!ouscs-has been tried upcl,
lingerie ard Is exquisite. Eu. it is ever so much
more work which accounts Cor its sparing Use 50
far.
In pctticon'.. more interesting ways Of intro
duci,s emb-oiJer, have been invented. The riches,
a: the pct'icoats a mass of real vale sncennes--
nsrrow widths used. but quantities Of il. The hounce
is very FULL ard the lace insertion strips il all the
way round. with every third and fourth rows sepa-
rated not like tie rest. viii, narrow strips of ma
'sris. but with long tr'anelcs of it, each embroid
cred with three polka dots big one s in the wild
est part a smaller above and above that. one
still smaller. Above the hounce polka cots are in
'roduced the way-in three sizes. the larges:
just above the joining Of the founccs.
Everything 10 handkerchief linen. or ba.iste. o,
q sheer stuff that seems to be nanelcss but has
'he general charac;crisfics-it in sof. and
ligh. and firm.
For large women. that is. for their corsc: COW
crs. all three o! these materials light, zoo
large woman necessarily prefers her covers
little tight.
For them there's another weigh; Of linen. made
nf apparently threads handkerchief .incn
hu. close and firm the other is sheer and deli
II isn't quite pretty. o: course. tut IL is IN.
rnn., satisfactory s,uf invented. and can BE-
made into attractive If the style lie refuily
chosen ard no; toe much trimmed
Nearly s!l o: the cover. are made with
'a,i.riece. bits. for 'h. mos. psr' which