Show LACE TRIMMED petticoats FOR COMING SPRING HE same sheer materials always T THE a little more sheer the same roll rell able laces and the same dainty embral derles enter into the composition of as have been used for or many seasons but there are certain little new touches which make the up to date garments for one thing ribbon Is used with everything it Is a part of the con eruct lon of our underclothing and an always present decorative feature yi 4 C V 7 S A 14 two inexpensive and dainty petti coats are shown here they are nar rower than of yore being only a yard and three quarters or two yards wide at the outside limit narrow them to suit yourself in order to step corn com tort fort ably in the narrow ones the bottom Is slashed such a petticoat Is shown in the upper figure the body of this petticoat Is of maln cook sook there Is no flounce but alter bating rows of cluny insertion and swiss embroidery edge the bottom in the manner of a ruffle the skirt Is slashed to the depth of the tri about eight inches and the jacv edging fini finishes shea the flash slash and extends about the bottom of the skirt the skirt Is shaped in III at the waist line and no fullness Is allowed about the waist A bow of mash ribbon in pink or blue or pale yellow or tan go color Is placed at the top of the slash the second skirt Is wide enough to dispense with mith a slash it Is ls finished at it the bottom with row on row of val insertion in two patterns and two rows of edging about the th bottom A novelty in the way of using tho the insertion Is pictured in the medallions of embroidery with the lace insertion sewed about them forming a wheel of lace in the flounce they are set in ia at intervals they cause an unevenness uneven nesa in the bottom of the skirt but be not disturbed disturb td there by it Is a fashio fashionable ingv between the lace wheel emall bowa bows of wash ribbon are sewen this ddn ty flounce Is often further embellished with a short spray of little chiffon roses and leaves tho the ribbons and roses must be taken off when the skirt Is laundered no starch by the way Is to be used in cheso petticoats ribbons are washed mashed separately As tor for chiffon flowers they serve their brief time and are discarded unless one manages to clean them with gasoline it la Is fascinating work to make up the under muslins mullins of today the garments are charming and the work mork easy to do nearly all the sewing Is done by machine JULIA BOTTOMLEY |