Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

~HE design In ;odays page Is one
of the most practical have
shown you. and ! sheuld like.
first of all. to tell you how to
accomplish the perfectly fitted peck line
gun. Now, ! am able to give you only
enough Of the front ana Of the back
to show you the design placed round
the low neck line Of the bodice por-
ton Of sleeveless one-pisce frcck
the seasons jumper dress No seams
are allowed. This garment 10 extremely
popular. and our design will prove Just
as effective II worked out In silk SOU
tache upon delicate cashmere for
pretty house dress az It will upon sneer
or heavy linen soutached with cotton or
linen braid. II Is an aii-the-year-round
design. and. indeed. = perpetual one, Tor
when do we not decorate even the high
necked dress round the shoulder liner
In this low-necked affair so much OF
the final success depends upon the SNUG
fit around the top that want tn Insist
upon your lifting the seams and then
opening the underarm seam to datfen
the garment while you braid It. but Sow
ing the shoulder seam SO that you may
then carry out your braiding pattern N
one single line. beginning at about the
center Of the right side Of the back. II
you follow this direction. the braid VIII
be held properly in place by your LETT
thumb. so that you can turn more per
feet circles.
One way to make the braiding design
work out in It's original beauty 10 to
make the corners AZ sharp as possible
1t is the prevailing opinion that brajding
is very simple. and 1t is: but. like all
other sewing or embroidery. It may
.eventuate bad" like the eggs In Eu-
gene Fields poem OF the setting han.
Now, the hen started wrong. It not only
is possible to start wrong. but II 10 easy
and slipshod to go to . very disastrous
finish by keeping ones mind on some
thing else and forgetting all the nice
kinks and corners which develop the
pattern. If you are one OF the very
careful braiders who do not stretch the
work In hand. you may leave the fac
ing Of the neck until the work Is done.
and then the bias piece may be hem
med back by hand to the wrong side.
II you aren't sure OF YOURSELF. face tho
neck lire before you braid 1t. to avoid
stretching.
Braiding in its simplest. as we'll as its
most involved form. has become = pop
uiar past!me and q favored trimming !:
indeed. in many cases almost part Of
the gown. IN the development OF the
fashions Of the Middle Ages in modern
dresses for maids and matrons. 1t Is but
natural that ornamentation should re-
ceive ITS goodly share Of attention. The
primitive woman was a fancy worker:
indeed. to some of us she seems little
else! Embroidery In all its forms was
her portion. to such an extent that she
comes into our minds as a pathetic fig-
ure. simply sitting before some frame
work. occupied forever with q needle
which she piled in and QUIT up and
DOWN.
believe. in reality. she was something
She Is proved by this very handwork to
Tor all that was picturesque. The gar
ments and embroideries OF women in
those early days grew 30 apparently out
OF the history Of the period AZ to be-
speak knowledge on the part OF those
quaint women OF their system Of gov
eminent: and. indeed. many Of them are
known to have shared with their lords
and masters the secrets Of the state.