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OCTOBER, 1894
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A TAILOR GOWN.
563—Berkshire Coat.
Sizes 34, 36, 38, and 40 Inches, Bust
Measure.
The most desirable dresses for traveling
and general wear are the tailor-made
gowns, which have neatness and good
style to recommend them. This jaunty
coat with its stylish waistcoat is a favorite
model to wear with various skirts, or com
bined with the “Fraser” skirt it completes
a neat and becoming costume. The coat
is open almost to the waist in the back,
and has plaits at the side-form seams, like
a man’s coat; it is fitted in front with one
dart, and flares away to disclose the waist
coat. A blouse-waist or a basque may be
substituted for the waistcoat, but the
smartest suits have a waistcoat with a
front of silk, pique, or marseilles, with
which is worn a linen chemisette and tie.
The waistcoat can be made entirely of the
same material, and if sleeves be added, it
could be worn in the house without the
coat. Covert-cloth, homespuns, tweeds,
and serges, are the popular materials; and
for summer wear costumes made of linen
duck or canvas are exceedingly stylish and
cool. Rows of stitching are used to finish
the revers, sleeves, and edges of the coat.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price, 40 cents; to our subscribers, 10 cents.
524 FRASER SKIRT.
Sizes, Medium and Large.
This is a popular skirt of conservative
fullness and outline, fitting the front and
sides trimly, and flaring in graceful full
ness just back of the hips. It is a combi
nation of the circle front and sides with
three godet plaits in the back. To give
the rounded appearance to the plaits and
keep them from crushing and creasing,
they are interlined with a split sheet of
wadding tacked to the lining; and they
are held securely in place by being tacked
to inch-and-a-half wide ribbons placed
across them on the inside. In some of the
newer models a modification of the old
time skirt-extender is used, a fine steel
spring in a casing, which is tacked to the
inner edges of the plaits, and the ends are
connected by ribbons and tied so as to
give the desired contour to the back. This
skirt is most suitable for silk or woolen
fabrics, and combines well with any style
of basque or waist.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price, 86 cents; to our subscribers, 10 cents.
Ideas in Dress.
For Woman’s Work.
SAVING MILLINERY BILLS.
I HAVE always been fond of “projeckin,”
A and some months ago my task for this
amusement turned itself into a new chan
nel. You might have entered my kitchen
almost any day, and found me hovering,
witch-like, over a bubbling caldron; and
had you asked the nature of my employ
ment I should probably have answered,
“I am dyeing, Egypt, dyeing.”
I succeeded very well with woolen
goods in different colors, but this is not the
interesting part of my “projeckin.” I had
gotten hold of a little book on ‘‘home dye
ing,” setting forth the possibilities of cer
tain dyes, and determined to experiment.
One day I rescued from the lumber room
a “military cap” belonging to my little boy;
a cap of straw, formerly white, with band
and visor of velvet, once blue.
It was battered, dingy and dirty, ap
parently past redemption; but I ripped it
up, gave the cap itself a hot bath in
golden brown dye, stiffened it with starch
rubbed on the inside, and pressed it dry
over a small stone crock. I covered the
band and visor with fresh black velvet, of
which I had some scraps, polished the two
brass buttons, replaced the gilt cord with
anew one, and behold! a jaunty new cap
which the little man wore all summer.
After that I found a bunch of dejected
white daisies, which had done duty on two
or three hat?, and seemed ready to give up
in despair. I unwrapped the wire which
confined the stems, and, taking each flow
er to itself, smoothed out the petals with
a thumb and forefinger, dipped in starch,
and let them dry. After which, with the
aid of a small portion of bright yellow dye
applied with a brush, they blossomed out
into gorgeous “nigger-heads,” which pret
tily adorned a smart hat of black lace.
My next attempt was the renovation of
some faded pink velvet forget-me-nots.
I pinched and straightened them into
shape, and, with a small brush, delicately
applied a weak solution of rose-color, and—
there they were in their pristine freshness!
Next I got out, with some hesitation, a
bunch of expensive flowers, which I had
previously thought were totally ruined by
mice, The little pests had gotten into my
band-box, and cut each separate flower
exactly in the centre, for the gum
with which they were stuck on. The
The flowers were the size and shape of
lilacs, and each little separate bloom was
severed, leaving a tiny hole in the centre.
I made some very thick starch, and with
a tiny portion on the tip of small brush
stuck every one of those flowers to its
place—O, (a la Bo Peep) and it did not
take long, either. I let them dry, and,
with the rose-colored dye, I restored the
color which was somewhat faded, put a
speck of yellow in each center, and they
were as good as new.
Now, thrifty but impecunious maidens,
get out your old millinery this winter, and
by spring you may have a hat to match
every dress. M. B. A.
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538.-539.
READY FOB OUTDOOR PLAY.
538—Zara Dress.
Sizes for 6 and 8 years.
Practical, as well as very becoming, is
this little dress, which is an excellent
medel for all seasonable goods. It has a
full, straight skirt, and the full “baby”
waist is kept in shape by a fitted lining.
The bertha gives it a very stylish appear
ance, but can be omitted, if desired, and
the simple yoke waist will be very becom
ing. If washable materials be selected, the
skirt can be made separate and buttoned
to the lining, and a tape run througn the
bottom of the outer part of the waist will
give it a blouse effect and make it easy to
launder.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price, 40 cents; to our subscribers, 10 cents.
539—MANRICO SUIT.
Sizes for 6 and 8 years.
Convenience and neatness are features
of the ever-popular sailor-suit, and for
school, mountain, or seaside wear there is
nothing that can compare with it. Serge
and flannel are most frequently used for
it, but it can be made or any washable
materials; as galatea, cotton cheviot, duck,
or gingham, trimmed with white or colored
braid. A very practical idea for the wool
en suits is to have the vest, or chemisette,
made of white or colored duck or linen,
trimmed with narrow white braid, or with
stars or crossed anchors embroidered on it,
as it then can be easily laundered.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price, 40 cents; to our subscribers, 10 cents.
FOR AUTUMN DAYS.
665- Raymond Waist.
Sizes for 14 and 16 years.
Simple and useful, this autumu street
gown is composed of the “Raymond”
basque and “Tadelford’’ skirt. Thebasque
has a vest of fancy goods, and also a broad,
notched collar, which is rounded in the
back and forms revers in front. The
basque skirt is cut in circle shape and
added. Covert cloth, crepon, silk, mohair,
and all the pretty medium-weight woolens
are the popular materials for this costume.
If a contrasting material be used for the
vest, broad collar, and revers, the effect is
exceedingly stylish. Our model is made
of blue covert-cloth and trimmed with
silk-and-wool novelty goods having a
blue ground with white-and-gold pattern.
If a round waist be preferred, the circle
skirt may be omitted.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price of pattern is 25 cents, but we will
mail to any subscriber who sends us only
10 cents in stamps.
548—TADELFORD SKIRT.
Sizes for 12, 14, and 16 years.
This is a very popular style of skirt, cut
with five gored breadths and a bias seam
in the back. Any of the popular dress
materials can be used for this skirt, and
when finished with rows of stitching it can
be soloctM to complete any of the tailor
made costumes. If a dressier model be de
sired, it may be trimmed in any preferred
way with contrasting material, the same
as is used on the waist.
A special illustration and full directions
about the pattern will be found on the en
velope in which it is enclosed. Retail
price, 25 cents; to our subscribers, 10 cents.
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difference in cost. The old style, inferior papers
carried by local dealers cost twice as much as the
new style decorative wall papers, when secured
from Alfred Peats, the largest wall paper dealer
in the United States. New designs can be bought
from 3 cents a roll, upward. His Guide “How to
Paper, and Ecomomy in Home Decoration” will
tell you all about it—how to get a SSO effect for $5.
Send 10 cents for potage on samples of wall pa
per, and the “Guide” will be sent free. Address
Ufred Peats, 136 West Madison St., Chicago, or
30 and 32 West 13th St., New York City.
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