Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-22
The Modern Woman.

Long bridal chests of mahogany or oak
are once more part of the up to date
brides outfit. The fashion offers an OPP
pOrtunity for eXtrava gance, too.
The aunt of Il recent bride presented
her with such chest which she had
made after an old English pattern and
filled with linen enough TO last lifetime.
Old English oak was the material used
and the lining was red cedar.
Each side of the chest was divided into
panels and each panel was carved with
the likeness of some member OF the girl
family, while the ends showed scenes OF
her home Every piece of the table linen
as well as the bed linen was hand woven.
The cost of the chest ran up into four
figures. but for the girl of moderate
tastes there are chests TO be had for from
500 up. One young woman who had an
heirloom in the shape of an old fash
toned mahogany bed left to her and who
lived in a fiat where there was no room
for it lad it reconstructed into a chest
for her trousseau. But a chest of red
cedar will answer the purpose nicely and
without carving it can be bought very
reasonably.
| Cigarette cases are one OF the popular
| gifts for this years brides in New York.
/ One recent bride had an even dozen IN
/ her collection of presents.
|
! of workmanship, some of gold with the
owners monogram or initials set with
! jewels; others in silver, chased and
plain, and one of them brought from
! Italy was entirely set with mosaic. Of
course, to make use of twelve or even
| six cigarette cases was out of the ques-
ton, so that those not marked with the
| brides initials were exchanged.
But jewelers. do say that instead of
| n bride with q silver henry
spoon, salad fork or some article sim
liar, the cigarette case is being largely
| given And so far as the expense is con,
cerned, it is quite possible to spend as
much as $500 on one of these trities.
One Of the latest freaks of fashion in
the way of ornamentation is the wearing
of cluster of enamelled butterflies upon
the corsage Of a reception gown or a
dressy street costume. These butterflies
vary in size from three inches from tip
to tip down to tiny ones not more than
half an inch across.
1t is the fancy to keep them all alike
in coloring, and one pretty troop recent
~ seen was enamelled in blue and pur-
pie and six of them were worn upon the
jumper waist of dull blue wolfe, made
up over purplish red silk.
The butterflies are made in the shape
of clasp pins, and in this instance they
reached from the center of the waist al
the bust to the right shoulder, one ap
parently following the other in their mer
ry flight toward some red and purple
roses which formed the trimming of The
mushroom hat.
Trunks are being shopped for iust
now by those looking forward to summer
trips. According to one trunk dealer il
{ New York, trunk of Eastwood will Civ,
, the best satisfaction. Such a trunk. wei
: braced and trimmed with brass monut
! ingS, should last ten or a dozen years
, If one can afford it, it is best to get
skirt length trunk, hat box and a shirt
waist box, for then ones various gar
ments can be well distributed and easil,
p packed.
Those who like novelty and have tn
money to spend can have trunks for thei
, parasols, their golf sticks, their hats
l their boots and shoes, and their books
{ The last variety is an English affair
enamel covered, and provides places 70
' a couple of dozen books and magazines.
Muslin underwear for women has gon
: up in price along with lot of othc
: things. Many women would be satisfies
I. if they could obtain for a moderate pric
/ | simple underwear, fine in quality and no
t too atrocious in cut, without bit of lac
c upon it, but that is quite impossible.
n For corset cover, Tor instance, who
enc could buy a few years ago for 81 o
$1.25, one now has to pay $50 and VI
:, ward, mostly upward. And when
d comes to the same article in lawn with
t very little good lace, beading, etc, it
2 necessary to pay from $3.50 to 81 or s.
. a nightgown for $3.50 isn't elaborat
, at all, and generally speaking one wit
= lace at that price is cheap and shoddN
So that unless Il woman makes her CIV
e undermuslins there is no alternative bu
to be content with a cheaper article
4 which is never satisfactory and nevc
4 wears well.
n -tuuDAgr tan