Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1896 — THE DROOPING SLEEVE. [ARTICLE]

THE DROOPING SLEEVE.

The sleeve is at present the most important part of a gown, and well it may be, when it requires as much, if not more, material than the skirt. At tlie beginning of the season the cry “down the large sleeve!” was heard in every quarter. But once more lias Marie Antoinette lost her sway, for the sleeve of her reign lias not been accepted by tlie great middle classes. That the sleeve of le petite Trianon lias modified tlie prosent mode there can be no doubt, however, for tin 1 sleeve of to-day is pre-eminently drooping and draped, without any of the stiffness of the past season, which made it stand so arrogantly about our shoulders. Many gowns have sleeves which are puffed hero aud there above the elbow. A pretty idea for chiffon sleeves Is to have them caught down witli tiny sprays of artificial flowers to match the gown in color. Others are fastened with choux of the material. House gowns have puff sleeves that end just below the elbow. In decided contrast to them, sleeves for promenade gowns are very long, with cuffs that conceal the greater part of the hand.