The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-02

made of weil-shrrnk nainsook or long, cloth. If detachable fouuces are pro- vided, the arrangement will be perfect The flounees may range in degrees of fneness and elaboration from lawn, cross-barred diu1ity, figured or dotted Swiss to handsome embroidery or lace trimmed ofgandy and French lawn. There will be better protection to the hounce if the slip is allowed to extend in full length underneath it. Gather the top of the hounce into d narrow band. Work in it buttonbcies, about two and one-half inches aparf, and sew buttons on the skirt at correc+ broidery or ribbon-run beading, stitched to the buttonholed band at the upper edge only, will conceal the buttonho10s. Using the Slip With Two-Piece costu 10 :. It is not only under a princess d .css that the princess slip will be apprecia ed The avoidance of extra belt thickness.
 and adjustment is quite as mucsi to be desired under a skirt-and-waiSt cos-.
 trne. A misses costume shown in the
 shops is not model that requires a
 lining in the making, but when devel- oped in the lawn, batiste, Swiss, silk muslin or serpentine crepe for which it is so well adapted, the one-piece slip
 beneath 1t will improve both its fit and appearance. This model, by the wat
 may be made into semi-princess by
 uniting the waist and skirt by band of lace or embroidered insertion, match This is the most practical way to
 make the princess models in sheer ma terials, which have not enough body in. their texture to hold the shape of the smooth prircess lines. The shaped prin-
 cess is extremely effective when made of au-over- embroidery Aii-over enbroid-
 cries may be bought at very moderate
 price if a simple design is selected.
 New Ideas of Figure
 There IS no question: about the good
 style of the princess models, nor the
 general favor that is accorded them
 Now that we are realizing the fact thai
 a pinched-in waist is not the sum-in-zll
 of good figure, and that equalization
 of measures gives not only better b71-
 ance, but absolutely a more youthful
 carriage, the princess gown in well-ht,
 easy fit is not the forbidden garment it
 has been to many women. Fortunately,
 too, for in some of its many possible
 notifications it is embodied in the
 changing styles. The long panel at the
 front, from neck to the bottom of the
 skirt, is all that remains of 1t In some
 models, but this is really the essential feature, of the style.
 It is introduced with excellent effect
 into girls dresses, when the regular princess or Gabrielle model might not provide enough fu1ness on the slender
 young figure A plaited skirt is gen. orally preferable to . gathered model for lightweight goods. White lawn,
 Indian linen or figured muslin may De
 used, or one of the difnities or printed
 silk-and-cotton fabrics, for the dress,
 with plain color of the same material for the stole-yoke, sleeve bands and belt. For wear under thin unllned dresses there is French under waist
 and-pctticoat combination, which has the long waisted body-portion and hounce ff1at may be made to button on, permit ting the same variety of hounces to be
 used as on the misses or ladies' skirts Finishing Armhoies
 A frill of lace will give the necessary finish to the neck and arrnholes, and the pattern includes straps, to be stitched in | indicated positions to the inside of the body-portion, to which the drawers may be attached, making an extra underbody | for this purpose unnecessary.
 HELEN D.. PURDY.