Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

10 add her quota to the worlds pleasing
pictures.
1t is every persons duty to look as well
as she or he can. 1t Is a woman's duty
to give certain amount of time 10 that
end. The woman who wishes to be pleas
ing to herself and to her friends does give.
indeed. Il considerable amount Of time to
her gowns and 10 the fashions of her day.
The vast amount OF ready-made lingerie
offered in eten the smart shops needs
making over TO set on any figure. and
that whether the figure be thin, fat, or of
ideal fullness and curves. Take. for ex-
ample. the petticoat No matter what
its fabric, it has gathers or plaits at the
top. the darts, II there be any, are not
cut out and pressed fiat. There is bind
ms or hem at the top, and through this
IS run some sort of tape or ribbon. SUCH
skirts, ranging from the cheapest ana
coarsest denominations 20 the high-priced
French affairs, show the same defects.
These plalts or gathers even the hem and
tape Will make ridges and add to the
size OF redundant hips and bodies, or on the
thin persons give bulk merely without the
curves which they mistakenly hope to take
on with the material. The writer Knows or
but one shop where there are sold ready
made petticoats and princess slips that do
not add to the size OF the too plump and
yet show what suggestion OF a curve-even
II II does approach an angle-there may
be the thin. These garments are made
with tailored seams, tiny yoke pieces are
fitted at the top, and there is not a dart
or DAall. unless one WISHES u Sly te SHOWING
four tiny plaits in the center back, which
the plump figure needs as much. though
for an opposite reason, as the thin. These
columns are not used as an advertising me-
dunn for any concern and the writer can
only suggest that the skirts purchased ex-
hlhitng the defects mentioned be recut
and fitted before being worn.
First the top band should be removed.
and then the skirt should be gored until It
ATS smoothly without darts or plaits. 1t
IS best even TO omit even the plaits in the
center back In the usual skirt unless the
materials be extremely fine, as otherwise
ridg IS likely to show at the back when
one wears thin or circular dress skirt.
bias yoke OF fine nainsook not over an
inch and a half wide over the hips ana
two and a half inches IN the center front,
where IL should be pointed. should be basted
10 the under side of the top. In putting
the skirt and yoke together the edges
should be turned in and basted, and the
stitching be done afterward instead of
stitching the yoke on and then turning II
over on the skirt. The first way insuras
datter seam and also q more perfect ut.
The opening may be in the center front, or
preferably at the side, midway between the
lips and the center front. The front should
lap over, toward the side, being faced down
with nainsook, and one or two of the haS-
test tiniest pearl buttons should close Il.
Even the thread used for the stitching
should be as fine as possible In order TO IN
sure the greatest possible daintlness.
Corset covers are another important biz
of lingerie. and yet these sold in good shops
are objects of wonder. They are coarse
bulky, full OF gathers and extra fullaess
and altogether are clumsy and ungracsful
on the thin figure II does not matter so
much although even then bulk does make
curves. The least offensive OF the aver2 ge
ready-made cover Is that having eiss
skirt piece attached to It. but even then
they are almost impossible. One can put
corset covers that are smooth Citing, made
50 by the way they either tie. or button.
covers that have not gather or pint in
them anywhere. that draw the too-fuil bust
TO the front and hold IL there firmly and
gracefully. This Is the ideal ready made
cover for full and good figures The thin
woman the hat-busted must study out
her syn salvation N the matter of corset