The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

You Have Happy Faculty Of Helping Out of Diemmas
Writes One Correspondent Advice About Dres.mang

smoothly and ending at knee length in hem and q
couple Of tucks the skirt completed by deep founce
similarly finished its lower edge, gathered at the
top and added to upper skirt under its hem. am
sorry not to be able to furnish you with PATTERN
but you see design to suit individual needs only,
SO that it would be impossible to supply patterns. In
your case, buy seven-gored faring skirt, pleat the
front and back widths just your fancy dictates,
then proceed to cut out the skirt laying the fiat pat
tern the pleated cores and cutting these as tho the
material We're perfectly fiat, and you will, Think
have trouble in developing your skirt you desire
.s.@" A Braided Elton.
Dear Miss Lee Enclosed please find sample of
my dress and the braid. Please tell pretty way
to make it. would like Elton jacket and skirt, as
do not care for the prncesse Styles How should ar
blonde and Of medium size Thanking you in adj
vance, remain, VIVIAN
The samples Of soft gray goods and the dainty
Alice blue braid show excellent taste, and am sure
you will find your suit most becoming AS the gray IS
Of wiry nature, you might have circular skirt,
the front and back widths laid in very small side
peats stitched to knee DEPTH then thoroy pressed to
the hem that they hang like killed skirt The
lower edge the hips may be trimmed with folds
of the goods and If you want touch OF color on the
skirt lay the braid between the folds the SKIRT the
folds to meet the edges of the BRAID nclosng It, as 1t
were. In regard to the coat, have group or small
tueks either shoulder both back and 'front.' taperng
to the waist line and cut the lower edge in shallow
scallops Trim with the braid looping 1T at the point
Of each scaop and bring up the fronts and around the
neck, looping at intervals as you Co. Lay IN tiny
fiat collar and vest Of white silk scattered with
blue silk French knots or pretty blue and white rlh
bon; the Powered fancy kind would answer equally
we'll if you like it better. Have the sleeves full puts,
brought in length to cuffs trimmed with
the braid Not knowing exactly the shape of your
face it is rather difficult for to suggest becoming
way of hair dressing. Arranged low in the back and
tied with ribbon there u.s. however, generally becoming
A Use for Silks.
Dear Madam: Inclosed find two samples Of silks
which have hand and am at a loss to know what
two yards of the checked goods. would like to know
what can use them for. I have two daughters, one
IA and the other Is. The younger girl is feet 81
inches good complexion, rosy cheeks, blue eyes and
nut-brown hair; bust measure "a, waist measure 23,
hip 49, The older girl is very fair, but very
little color in her cheeks, blue eyes and light hair
She Is feet 81 inches bust &c. waist % and
hip 49, I thought maybe these pieces of silk
could be used for fall afraid this is such
long letter that it will prove nuisance to you.
Please tell me, ALSO what co1ors becoming to them
Larimore, N. D. A. R. T.
Taking the six yards Of brown fancy silk first, I
cashmere henrietta or any similar fabric and combine
it with the silk in tAe making Of nice smart frock
for afternoons best for the wear Of your pretty
brown-haired daughter.
Have fairly full skirt gathered into the belt,
hemmed the bottom and above it strip Of the
silk the stripes running vertically Above and below
this add false tuck and then set two tucks In the
skirt above and below the false one, the effect being
of band of silk inserted between group of sig tucks
Gather the top of the waist which will be OF the SILK
to form yoke and bring the fulness into the waist
line. Make cape like suspenders Of the plain goods,
broad bands tapering to the waistine trimmed with
three of pale green velvet, ending IN rosettes
which will hold them down to the belt then add capes,
slashed their whole depth of the shoulders where they
are quite broad but taper off to nothing at all ere they
reach the waist-lne trimming with a narrow min-
er's fold of the silk Have full puff sleeves Of the
silk, ending in silk cuffs finished with little bows OF