The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-05

was simply awful. And the jacket
was almost as bad In the first place,
the turncd-back cuff is supposed to
stand away from the arm, and so out
in n rather long point. This point flop
ped down like a limp rag.
We Stitfened it ana the points of the
jacket with buciram and that made the
and the jacket instead of clinging to
the lines Of the figure, struck straight
out.
The other dress we attempted for
Ada, and we cut them all out the first
thing. before we began the fitting and
sewing. was an evening gown. 1t is of
the nlmiest silk. made over a taffeta
slim and the great advantage of this
model is that the fitting from the bust
line to the curve of the hips IS all put
in 10y means of tucks. You can see for
yourself how simplo and charming 1t
looks.
The Corsage Is very low and there Is
a tucked. graduated tlounce to finish
the skirt The short sleeves are in two
puffS. tucked between them, and the
lower puff is brought into n tucked
floun"c Just below the elbow. This also
looks simple and pretty.
Those were fine, dainty little bodice
;ucks in the picture, but when we got
the material tucked to look about as
the designer thought it ought to look it
didn't come within a mile OF Ada S
waist We took the tucSs out and ran
them deeper, so as to take up the cX-
ira material, and then they puckered
ana pulled so that they didn't look rs
if they had anything to do with gradu-
ated tucks.
have tried TO show how the dress
looked at the top and bottom of that
tucked part, In the illustration 1t will
he seen that the ends or the tucks just
seem To melt into the plain part of the
cloth, without either n wrinkle or a
break. AS matter Of fact, there is a
miserable, bunchy place both above
and below that nothing on earth will
smooth out.
We learned our lesson when we
were wrestling with the body OF the
dress, so we hadn't so very much trou
bic with the sleeves but that neck
See how beautifully it fits over the
shoulders. just as If The figure had
been nodded into 1t. When Ada got
the dress on it wouldn't stay up on her
shoulders ut all.
had almost as much trouble will
Mabel's things as with Ada's, although
she ought not to be hard to fit. She
is healthy. bouncing girl, quite ath
letic. and has never worn stays. She
was never hard to suit in the matter
of clothes until she got hold Of those
fashion books. Then she began to real
lie how different she looked and she
began to grow dissatisfied. l prom
sed TO let her have the most elaborate
dress she could find, and here is wha
she selected.
It is a Creation" In pale blue ba
tiste, trimmed with applique and Va
lenciennes lace, and is created alons
the line of the shirred flounce. Her,
again we came in contact with tn,
awful circular design. The advantage
of the circular skirt or iounce, | an
informed, is that it forms such grace
full ripple. The disadvantage, as
have learned 10 my sorrow, is that |
hangs like sin,
The bertha and sleeve fiounces stant
out so crisply ir .he Illustration that
thought there would not he the slight
est difficulty about making them lool
right, for The description of the dres
declares the whole thing is made o
| batiste, and batste, as all the worl,
| knows, is soft and clinging. Well. tn
| bertha and sleeves hung about as linn
and sloppy as the lounces Of the skirt
| | am quite sure that the only way
! could make the dress look like the d,
! sign in the fashion magazine would b
| to put it on II wire frame. The wors
| part of that dress Is the way it fits, o
| rather refuses TO tit at the waist.
! The most tragic part of my story