The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-19

Winter Fur and feather pieces are at
their: newest and best when they follow
the cape or the shawl shapes Those that
''throw" scarfs that were all 30 much q
la mode last year are totally discredited
ftts season. For one thing their repro
duction In cheap and imitation pelts was
altogether too easy a task for the manu-
facturer not to take advantage OF. and
the pieces that commanded high price
In ermine and sables were reproduced In
dyed cat and rat furs to a sembiance OF
the expensive originals. Hence. the ele-
gantes this season are trying shapes and
designs whose workmanship rTiu involve
an amount Of labor that the maker of
cheap and initiation furs cannot anoro to
turn out
The care Of the sink petticoet 10
little item that the average woman
does not understand. One hears on ali
sides how utterly unreliable even the
most expensive silk skirt Is liable to
prove In wear; but those who make that
complaint are oftenest the very ones who
never take any Intelligent care Of such
IT Is not so much the care as the intelli-
gence that directs II that counts In the
preservation Of the garment
A silk skirt. be II a petticoAt or O. drop
skirt, must be thoroughly brusho 1 In the
open air after every wearing. There 10
nothing that cuts silk, matter what
Its quality, 80 quickly as dust or CRIME.
The sharp particles OF dust and SAM
grind their way quickly through the silk
and a slit a hole Is the consequence
There are several silks. even among the
less expensive kinds. such a. sedo,s or
kedo. etc. whose wearing qualities -
guaranteed--but with this ! iso. that
intelligent care be taken OF the garment
After the brushing. and II II best done
with q soft bristle clothes brush rather
than q hard and harsh whisk BROOM IL
. eyfdeHCe8
or stain dilute grain alcohoi-never the
wood variety-wfth an equal amount Of
water IL the stain be bad one. or With
three times the amount Of water II just
for ordinary cleansing. and sponge the
skirt all over with this. Contrary TO the
general opinion and usage. Pr freshening
purposes ammonia should never be used
on silk. as the afkaii win assurediy weak
the vegetable fibre and aid in it's early
destruction
The Dress Shield is an item that 10
all to woefuily neglected by the average
dressmaker on this side OF the Atlantic.
Far otherwise L. II In Paris and Lon
don. where the number and variety OF
those attached aids to daintiness are far
In excess OF those seen here.
So many elderly women perspire freely
n the back and along the arms that
espe-.-Ishields are used abroad tust to
Light as gossamer the protecting 49,
pieces are tackled down the back Of the
waist, and in the elbow crease Of thu
sleeves. as well Is in the more usual
arms!ze-
Even good dressmakers here slight the
sewing Ia Of the dress shield. To be
accurately and acceptabfy applied-for
where 1t IL needed at all It 10 required to
stay firmly in place without chance Of
crumbiin1 up into an ine0ecfnal ball
under the arm, and adding to the chances
Of what 1t II supposed TO preventive
stitchin9s on the outside and three on
the sleeve side Of the shield are neces-
sary. S4vesals brands OF shields on tho
market indicate the sewing point By Mt
tie stars, and another brand shows
slight little dip In the shield at lust
those points Tc finish on the thread