The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
POINTS WORTH KNOWING
 CONCERNING A TROUSSEAU

The girl whose rousseau Is ordered for her does not have the thrills of joyous preparation that are belt by the girl who must stitch away on her own aainty belongings if she would have them dainty.
 True. the stItcher may know nerv- ous thrills that the other girls is spar ed, but these are unnecessary If the worker starts in time. does not at- tempt too much, and does not push herself physically for the sake of pretty clothes.
 Such lovely things are to be seen this season that can so easily be cop led by the skiiiful needlewoman. To buy them would be out of the aues- ton. but it is not hard to carry them out for ones self with simpler lines and in less costly materials, says the New York Times
 Every girl wants at least one hand made. chemise in her trousseau. Bet ter yet. the bride can work her own wedding set-night dress. chemise, drawers, petticoat. and even the un- dervest.
 It depends upon ones figure of just what this set shall consist The stout girl should go in for combination ef- fleets. There should be no chemise. and her underwaist and drawers should be in one, with perhaps a short skirt added
 It Is possible now to get good-htt- ing patterns for undorclothes, so that the sole bother will be in the trim ming. Sometimes the garments them selves are made by a seamstress. and the bride-to-be adds the handwork. But for the best set at last 1t is nicer to do everything by hand.
 The materials to be worked depend upon how much can be spent. Fine handkerchief linen Is the incest save perhaps for the main part of the out CT petticoat; but as that Is beyond the means of most girls who must do their own embroideries. soft-jnished nainsook is the next best choice. This can be bought in fine soft grade.
 Batiste is sometimes used for the wedding outfit. but 1t Is hard to em- broider and quickly washes into holes Dainty and inexpensive sets can be made of a fine barred muslin or swiss. This material being decorative in itself. less elaborate embroidery is needed to make it effective.
 Satin stitch and eyelet work. with fine buttonholed edges. developfng 2 floral designs of small sprays or vines is the favorite method of treating this fine lingerie. This can be grouped around inserts of lace medalions. Or rows of insertion are set in shaped de- signs.
 Never use a coarse common looking lace to accompany fine handwork. A good quality of German Valencien- nes is always in good taste and wears well. Sometimes the finest linen laces are combined with Valenciennes. but this is generally too complicated for the novice.
 Join the seams with a narrow entre- deux. Make tucks of thread depth. or at widest not more than a sixteenth of an inch, and run them by hand with tiny stitches.
 When one does not wish to go to the expense of much lace an exquis- itely simple bridal set can be made by drawing a thread or two for each tuck and hemstiching 1t. Finish all edges with a delicate buttonhole seal lop, under which can be run a row of lace or not, as preferred. Instead ot entredeux the seams can be sewed In a narrow, flat fell and briar stitched on the right side.
 The ruffte on the ends of drawers, petticoats, or chemise can also have this buttonholed edge with clusters ol | the hemstitched tiny tucks above. 8 l treated there need be no more intri' cate embroidery. A few delicate sprayi of flowers can be worked between tho tuck clusters on the corset cover an6 front of the night dress with good eff feet.
 It is not the amount of elaboration but, beautiful stitching and hneness oi material that counts.
 Ruffles should be joined. if possible by a wide beading or casing of lace through which ribbons run. This gives the "fussy. frilly" look that most girls love. If one is not going to have time afterwards to keep ribbons ! run in, 1t Is we'll to use the insertion 1 casing, as 1t will not look so badly when empty.
 A good-looking finish Tor the bar red muslin set would be to turn in all edges into a tiny hem not more than an eighth of an inch deep. Button