Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-24
TIRED OF RUFFLES
REACTION AGAINST ELABORATE DECORATION OF UNDERWEAR.
Strong Probability That Trimmings of vaIenciennes Lace and Pink Rib bons VIII Soon Be a Thing
 of the Past.

Give me lingerie that is buttonless. ribbonless, laceless and laundry proof. exclaimed an eminently practical young woman. I'm tired of dancing attendance on my underwear. Life is too short" Many other women have come to the same conclusion since the extraordinary run of Val lace and pink ribbons, which began with the lingerie waist fad. Every laundering means solid hour of mending torn lace, patching rufies and running in ribbons, until women who have any thing else in the world to think of be. sides the fufiness of underwear that never shows anyway, are giving 1t up. This reaction happened just at the time of the mo hips" fashion, when everything that increases one's size is reduced to minimum, and the result is the plain embroidered underwear. Many women are even abandoning the dainty nainsook which they always considered a necessity of well-bred life. for long cloth. This stocky ms terisl isn't so soft and pretty as the nainsook, but 1t is much finer than ordinary cotton cloth, and wears fully as well. It's said by some to stand the attacks of a steam laundry better than anything else yet found Some women who will be dainty at any cost have compromised by using cambric. This is especially good for long white petit coats, as it takes starch beautifully. As for trimmings, primeyal simplici- ty. in effect, at least, reigns supreme. No more auffy shoulder rufies and frills down the front. The very incest underwear shows either the fine em- broidery or insertion and embroidery combined, and everything is put on fiat. For everyday wear nothing lasts so well as the buttonholed edges and French satin stitched flowers. Women who never did any hand work on their underwear before are doing this work now instead of setting on lace.
 q think it takes less time in the end than continually mending fine lace, said one woman. Some who begrudge even this time on things that don't show trim their underwear wholly with narrow linen lace, which stands laun- |, aering as though it were made of cast iron. This lace costs bit more than cotton, but it's 3 very little more and lasts at least three times as iong.
 In giving up ribbon-trimmed under. year, except for very best wear, many busy women have found substitute in marrow linen tape. This can stay in during the trips to the laundry and comes out beautifully white. It is g good plan to catch these strings to the beading or run in the middle of the back to prevent them from pulling out.
 Pale shades of mole color are much In favor just now.
 They are most becoming and com bine all the advantages of light and dark tints in themselves. They also ] lend themselves to curious color com. binations. For instance, 8 mole-colored cloth skirt is trimmed with a curious embroidery carried out in black, dall l crimson and deep purple velvet. This is laid around the skirt in two bands one at the hem and one just below the knee. The design is black velvet trelliswork on which lies the deep pur. l pie miniature arum lilies, having crim- son velvet pistiIs
 The style of the dress is the sdll ia. yored Empire at the back, where it is caught up onto the bodice with small
 bows of black velvet. In front it is drawn down to the natural waist line and finished with unobtrusive folds oi l mole-colored silk.