Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-21

r HAVE weakness for cake. "Mrs.
i Jimmy" is aware Of this and bakes the
most delicious angel.food this side OF Para.
disc, whenever she wants me TO be particu-
larry agreeable Last week she called me
over for a feast, knowing that after eating
cake ] would grant her any request-eVen
unto half my kingdom. After We had
stuffed" to our hearts content, she led the
way upstairs to the guestroom, Here a
dozen or more frocks were spread out over
the bed and chairs
Behold my trousseau," she said In tragic
tones Did you ever see more dsap'
pointing array? There isn't more than two
frocks smart enough to wear this season
Profit by my mistake, Robin; never allow
your dad 20 spend what mine did for your
trousseau. It's all foolishness for a girl to
buy stacks OF lovely clothes that will only
hang in closets and become out-of-date
feel that I'll have TO wear these things
because they cost 80 much, when I'd like TO
give every one of them away. DO you think
anything can be done with these evening
frocks2"
There were FIVE OF them--made OF the
lovelest materials yet they lacked style,
gauged by this seasons standard. love
to design "fussy'' dresses-another weak
ness OF which Mrs jimmy knows--so she
was careful to call my attention TO the
evening frocks.
I picked up one model Of silver lace and
tulle while Mrs Jimmy held out another,
OF pale blue and silver brocade. at arms
length, for my inspection At that very
moment saw vision OF the finished frock
IF you have nothing else 10 do this
afternoon, III stay here and help you TO
rip these dresses apart BY combining the
two we can make something pretty good
looking" ] said.
As the frocks were mostly hand made Il
didn't take long to rip them Then we
saaN full .a.N-
slightly dampened piece Of cheesecloth over
the top of the brocaded silk. The next day
we began the frock in earnest
The white satin foundation of the lace
frock served as nucleus for the new one
over 1t l hung the medium full skirt of
white silk net which had formed the petit
coat OF the white and silver dress To II
stitched the three fiounces of silver lace
placing one above the other until they
reached above the knees
used pale blue tulle for the upper nor.
tion of the bodice, arranging it in hori.
zontal folds across the front and back Of
the square-cut decolletage. The short
puffed sleeves are formed of a single layer
of tulle, as Mrs. Jmmy's arms are plump
enough TO stand this sleeve treatment
The lower half of the bodice is of satin
and fitted II rather snugly.
Then taking the silver brocaded silk I
Joined the sections to form one large piece
to be used as an overdrapery. i arranged
this In long sweeping folds from the center
front on one side, while on the other it hung
In graceful cascaded drapery. A long
slender end extended from the center OF
the back forming a train, and as II looked
extremely well on Mrs Jimmy decided to
shape the end and leave it there
folded strip of the brocaded satin
about the waist to form a girdle. The gown
was lovely, but We decided that II needed
a suggestion of a darker color. Mrs Jimmy
had some strands of sapphire beads and
we arranged them over the shoulders They
produced the desired effect, and the remod.
eled gown is as smart as any French srea-
tion that I've seen this fall
Mrs. Jimmy says that she'll keep me In
her house and feed me on chocolate iced
cake until every one OF her trousseau froeks
are made over.
It's about time we entertained some more
company Margery Kennedy is due for a
visit.
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