Show r J Jf r t t f t i lR PURELY FEMININE I LINGERIE IS DAINTY LOOK LIKE THE WORK OF FAIRIES Attractive and Almost Endless Selection Selection Selection tion of Materials Now to Be Had Give a Most Gratifying Variety Once upon a time a girl thought herself very well provided for tar when her ber mother gave her a bolt of long- long cloth and some spools of cotton catton and admonished her to be industrious but times have changed and girls have changed with them Today undergarments are practically unknown unknown unknown un un- known and Instead of the tatting and crocheted trimmings once fabricated 80 eo laboriously the modern woman goes to the shop for the daintiest laces e 4 2 11 I t tA tI I AHer A A Ar II r I M Her intimate little garments night garments night nighties ies lee chemises drawers skirts and un un- are are all made mado of cottons or linens that look as if It they ther have been spun by the fairies The one ono thing the dainty modern girl does in imitation of her grand grand- mamma is to make her under-raiment under by hand If she is not skilled in the use of the needle she buys lingerie by hand But alas even In the finest materials materi materI- als ale ready-made ready lingerie is of two sorts the good and the bad It may come from gay Paree or be made in the slums of the great American cities but It is la open to the same objection The lovely restraint which is shown In the good things Is balanced by a superfluity ity of ornament a gushing abandon as you might say that brings a blush to the modest cheek Is it possible you such think an any woman would wear horrid things When garments In coarse lawn and cambric are trimmed trimmed trimmed trim trim- med in this way they seem so BO Inappropriate inappropriate that only to look on them dulls the appetite for elaborate lin genie gerie Let me be plain forever more forth with nun- nun you growl and nd go a like petticoat treated only to hems and tucks Tho The best results In lingerie are correspondingly correspondingly correspondingly cor cor- attractive and the tho endless endless endless end end- less variety of materials now used for forthe forthe forthe the purpose gives a gratifying variety Fancy lawn skirts flounced with dotted dotted dotted dot dot- ted muslin or cross barred cross barred muslin and nightgowns chemises and underbodies are all made of these dainty weaves The expensive and dimities the crinkled crepes and handkerchief lawns once regarded as exclusively for outside wear are now used for all kinds of under With lawns linen and and cotton catton some same new insertions that look like canvas are much used and several kinds of ot lace Jaco appear on an a single petticoat ful monograms in h hand nd embroidery are arenow arenow arenow now do rigour and ribbons are run through a lawn insertion with slits silts of ot the exact width With the exception of the Joining of the seams which Is done by machine machine machine ma ma- chine every garment constructed in perfect taste should be made by hand A delicate touch of at color sometimes appears appears in the figured dimities but but the general preference is for tor all white with only the ribbons tinted The Illustration comprises a very smart petticoat and corset cover of at The skirt is gored and the two cuts show it may be made either with a deep or a narrow flounce For Fora a dressy costume tho the flounce nce could be of lawn with lace Instead of the cambric trimmings shown herewith The is hand embroidered and can be made in a single piece ex except except ex- ex the tall tail for the tucks at the sides fit it into the figure Go Good d for summer Bummer are of ot lisle or Italian silk the silk the vests which are not ribbed Three of a very excellent excellent ex lisle gauze-lisle can be had for a dollar and one dollar and twenty five cents will buy a dainty silk vest with witha a lace edge and ribbon drawstrings e V IJ |