The Washington times., 1906-07-24

; summer negiigee which VII bring their
cost away below that Of the imported
OF fine domestic. ready-made models,
particularly il the shopper can do her
own sewing
With the prettiest OF the sack and
petticOat models, the effect is a matter
OF materials and hand work. rather
than of intricate design. OF course.
there are the elaborate models. beau
titled with delicate hand embroideries
with lace Inset IN complicated fashion
but there are also handmade models
almost as delightful in which the hand
work is limited 10 tiny tucks, to simply
inset lace. 10 seams st together bV
Veining, and 10 other devices which are
not beyond the accomplishment of any
woman who can do fine though plain
hand needlewOrk.
The simplest type OF lingerie matinee
among the French models and the do
mestic copies Of the imported models
has little yoke made of insertion set
together by hand. The lower part OF
the sack Is joined 10 this yoke, being
set on with tiny tucks. while below
these tucSs the material falls FULL
The bottom Is trimmed with inset lace
and lace frills, as are the elbow sleeves,
and knots and ends OF liberty satin set
on fronts and sleeves ada Ereatly TO the
charm OF the matinee, II tic ribbon is
eleveriy tied. One car, by the way.
ter Of any good shop If one has not the
knack. and the skillful manipulation of
ribbon is distinctly an ert.
Pretty Matinzes.
Often the lower part o. the matinee is
made Of deep embroidery fiouncing, very
soft and fine and applied to the yoke
exactly as in the model just described.
but needing, of course. no additional
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the sleeve trimming usually has the en-
broidery introduced IN some way, but
the yoke may be of either embroidery
or lace insertion and often combines the
two.
A petticoat of the lingerie material
and embroidery lOuncing is easily made,
and this style Of sack and petucoat neg
ligee Is probably the simplest o. its class.
i'm so far as making is concerned. though
the fine embroidery IS never clIeap, and
If one Is willing 10 give ones time the
lace trimmed negligee can be lnanufac-
tured at less expense than the emorold-
cry model.
one particularly dainty model shown
by a Broadway importer might be Re
produced without great outlay OF time
or money, providing some slight modih-
cations We're made. 1t is OF dotted swiss
OF the best quality and the petticoat IS
simply finished with three hOunCes.
made with embroidered scanop edges
under which are set little frills Of mar
row valenciennes.
Scalloping by Machine.
If this scalloping were done by hand
II would mean considerable trouble. but
one can obtain the same effect with
machine scalloping and can have this
done very cheaply at any Of the sewing
machine shops. The sack Of the model
IS perfectly simple i'm design, hanging
straight and slightly full from a little
yoke and finished with a scalloped bor-
der and lace frill. but this sack has a
dainty feature in the oddly shaped col
lar which gives originality to it.
The collar Is embroidered by hand, but
in very simple design which might
be copied with little labor. and even
without the embroidery the ncgligee
would be exceedingly attractive.
Fine dotted Swiss or Swiss embroid-
cred in small designs is a good choice
for the sack and petticeat negligee. Civ
ing the daintiness and washable fresh
ness of lingerie materials, and vet hav-
ing less the air Of deshabiiie than the
plain sheer lawns, linens, batistes. etc
The latter are susceptible Of more elab-
crate trimming and design than the
Swiss, but they demand more trimming