The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-25

your proportl0ns, possessing good eyes
and who carries herself well, being de-
scribed as ugly, because this is not the
case, feel sure. Try and forget your
face and give all attention to details
of dress, bearing in mind that where
the figure (silhouette) is seen twenty
times, the face will perhaps be met
only once.
In regard to your wardrobe, you
seem to me to be pretty well pro-
vided for. fancy you are just tired of
your clothes, and SO think you want
new ones. Personally, I don't care for
ready-made clothes, because they all
seem to look alike, but it is possible
to get well-ftting, becoming, plainly
tailored gown sometimes and then have
1t touched up according to personal
preferences. In this way gown cost
ing at first $15, with an outlay of SIS
for material and labor, will be as at
tractive as one made to order for $50
or more. A personal experience was
blue serge Elton suit, perfectly plain,
then trimmed with quantities Of black
braid and fascinating little vest and
cuffs Of white broadcloth and black
and gold braid. Think Of the number
Of fittings saved, to say nothing Of the
anxiety as to the final results when a
new gown is being made.
I consider good corsets and good
shoes a wise investment, tho So for the
former and S. for the latter is ample.
Boot trees should be provided and will
cost rs cents only. A dollar a pair is
sufficient for gloves, unless elbow
length. In the matter Of wash frocks,
think one can do better buying ready
made, adding a little individual touch
afterwards, say perfectly plain shirt
waist is purchased, then small en-
broidery square or round yoke may be
added strapped in with the goods (cut-
tings) the strap covered with French
knots, and deep cuffs be added to
match, or an embroidered applique
spray may adorn the plain front, ten
drills Of embroidery being put in by
hand, giving the effect of all being
hand work In this case the cost will
be far less than buying the material
and then getting it made up, and the
result possibly handsome. Then as you
are so tall, band Of insertion about
the hips or knees, possibly both places,
would change a plain frock into a
smart afternoon gown, or, anyway,
take away the ready-made appearance.
Beginning with the black wolfe, I
should do one Of two things, either keep
the skirt exactly as it is, wearing it for
theater or evening with the cream net
waist and a handsome corsage belt of
pretty Powered ribbon, or have the
train removed, and, with the parts cut
away and the discarded waist make a
fancy bolero, not necessarily remov-
able, but as part Of the waist. For in
stance, have very deep corsage, fitted
and boned, then swathed with pompa-
dour silk arranged to come over the
skirt. A small yoke of ecru lace laid
over the silk, and then the fancy coat
| connecting the two. The corsage may
run up almost to meet the yoke in cen
ter front and the bolero be drawn up on
front edges displaying the pretty silk;
A band edged with knife pEeating will
trim the coat all around, the finish a
lingerie frill following the same line.
| The sleeves will be as fanciful as you
please, ending at elbow, meeting long
tan gloves. A large picture hat of
black lace will be trimmed with bow
of pompadour ribbon holding black
! plume, and your parasol will also be
black lace, if you can afford it; if not,
| black satin, and then you must apply a
| lace motif on each section as border,
cutting away underneath. The secret
Of good dressing, you know, is not the
cost, but in having everything in keep
ing and then wearing them properly,
and I can conceive Of no toilet hand
somer or more becoming than this, tho
you paid a hundred dollars for it.
Practical, too, because while suffi-
GENTLY smart for almost every occasion,
such a gown would be in perfect taste
worn upon the street at any time. This