The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-20
WHEN THE THRIFTY
GIRL BESTIRS HERSELF.

Now is the time for the thrifty girl
to visit all the really good shops and
buy a well-made linen frock or tall
ored suit of the p~lainest kind she can
discover as to the trimming, for here
is her opportunity to elaborate with a
little handwork and braiding, which
will completely change the model into
a very smart gown. says Vogue. Com
ing back rapidly into favor is that kind
of hand embroidery known as cut
work." and which is done by button-
holing the entire design, cutting out
the linen after this is done, in the
proper spaces, and across the spaces,
connecting the edges of the button
holed parts with ~buttonholed stitches,
or else lace stitches OF the ordinary
twisted variety, which every needle
woman often makes This "cut-work"
can be introduced as medallions, and
is particularly nice for the collar and
cuffs, and has so newly rearrived that
one would be quite among the leaders
of this style by adopting 1t now.
Another easy way of converting a
simple lace into a YER ornate one, that
to buy would be expensive, is to darn
flet or antique lace in a color in some
design or else to emphasize some part
of the lace design by a color. These
waists, darned in navy blue, are very
chic when worn with a blue pongee or
iHNiA suit dlu lhSCItlUHS SIMILARLY
treated are charming In the pretty
chiffon wolfe costumes worn for the
races or for the club piazza gatherings
on cool days.
The present style of having the arm
hole outlined by a wide bias fold of
silk h color of the frock opens up
great possibilities for the gown that
has grown too narrow across the back
or chest, and so do the bias folds in
tuck effect with which many of the
newest dresses are trimmed. When
the armhole is trimmed as mentioned
the rest of the waist is generally in
Elton coat effect with a fa~ncifulIy cut
band at border, and is worn over a lace
or net waist with rufHed sleeves in
elbow length. What was formerly the
sleeve In the waist can be transformed
into a sleeve cap, loose and short, and
with these few touches the old waist
Is completely up to date.
by getting a plain net waist made in
some pretty way, and hand-embroider-
ing 1t to its yoke depth and on the
lower part of the sleeves in silk of the
same tone one can have a very charm
ing blouse as the result at a very small
cost, The most expensive of the net
and lace theatre or bridge waists are
embroidered In coarse silks in some
conventional design, and the effect is
beautiful.
n investment In a white or cream
mohair skirt that is in ankle length,
circular and prettily Jared below the
hips, will prove a great saving, and be-
sides one of these simply made skirts
Is always smart and trig. If trim
ming is desired, either folds of self
lone taneta in tuck effect, or else a
mohair or silk gal1oon, are the pref
tiest ways to make 1t less plain, and
with 1t n Kind of a batiste or silk OF
even lace waist can be worn, and an at
tractive little costume for either in
door or outdoor wear is the result.
A dress sent to be dyed should have
the hem ripped out. as the mark or
dlnarily at hem edge is effaced during
the This. too, makes 1t an
easy matter to remedy the shrinkage
as a false hem of silk can be added
with comparatively little trouble. The
walstoand should always be left on
and IL the skirt shrinks in breadth as
wei as length the extra length gained
by the false hem permits the skirt tc
De raised at waist line until wide
enough at hips when the belt is finally
taken on In the ~renovating process.