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Show FOR GOOD EFFECTS" THINGS THE HOME DRESSMAKER SHOULD REMEMBER. Proper Fitting of Bodice Has Much to Do with Appearance Newest Ideas In Cushions and Pillows Collars. With a straight seam, It Is well to remember that In lilting u bodice on nn older woman, particularly on tho woman who Is inclined to bo stout, the back seam should be kept com-promisingly com-promisingly straight and tho side back scams should be curved in at tho waist line. The successful appearance of a woman's flguro at this ago very largely large-ly depends on the tit of tho back of the dress, where flatness and length are required. In tho front of u bodlco tho darts should bo extremely shallow. Tho newest long cushions and pillows pil-lows nro covered with colored silk or orlentnl satin, with a gathered puff of about live inches deep at each end, but not reaching beyond. Tho muslin cover reaches only to the commencement commence-ment of tho puff. Tho effect Is very pretty, especially If tho muslin cover, with ribbon run through silts, Is used. Tho ribbon should, of course, bo of the samo color as tho puffs and vary from two to four inches in width, finished fin-ished off with a bow at ono corner. Bed pillows mid also soft cushions frequently have soft sash ribbon widths run in. Tho coverlids are trimmed to correspond. Dainty laco collars, mado of sheer net, with insertion motifs and edging, will bo smart for afternoon nnd evening even-ing wear this year, They aro much moro elaborate than thoso populnr last season nnd aro consequently moro oxpenslvo, for the very finest of imported im-ported laces aro used on a net background. back-ground. Fortunately for women who aro unablo to buy costly neckwear, tho styles of theso now ones aro quite slmplo nnd can bo easily mado at home, once tho net Is shaped to fit tho' neck of the wearor. Tho decoration decora-tion added by nppllquelng "val" laco or oven pieces of diet Is comparatively comparative-ly slmplo. Attaching tho tabs In front for a finish, cither by cutting away tho not and Inserting n handsome pattern or by adding n round or oblong pleco to the bottom of the collar proper, Is the most dlfllcult part of the making. Around tho edges at top, bottom and both ends a pretty narrow pleco of "val" Insertion should ho ruffled ruf-fled on, bo that it gives a small ruch-Ing ruch-Ing effect that Is becoming to most any' shnpo face. To prevent theso stocks from being flimsy and to hold them in place and glvo body to the sheer materials small sllk-covored lint or round ple.to of fentherbonu should bo sowed to tho top nnd bottom bot-tom nnd attached to iho ends. |