Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1914 — RIBBONS ON ALL OF THE LATEST Lingerie designs [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RIBBONS ON ALL OF THE LATEST Lingerie designs

THOSE whose business it is to think up pretty designs in lingerie, appear to have no mental pictures of garments in which ribbons are left out. All the lacy and dainty made undermuslins shown for spring are constructed to carry ribbons, not alone for decoration, but for fastening and holding the garments in place. For simple decoration, bows of all sorts with and without ends of baby ribbon and of wider ribbons, are made separately and pinned on with small safety pins. Narrow ribbon rosettes and bows are sewed to place with a few easily removed stitches. They are not supposed to need laundering as often as the body of the garment and are therefore removable.

A new design for a nightgown is shown here, having a yoke made of alternating, rows of Val lace and Swiss embroidery in narrow insertions. Tt Is set onto the body of the gown with a band of embroidery. The fulness in the body of the gown is laid in very

narrow tucks at the front and there Is a panel of wide embroidery at each side set In with embroidery insertion. The same wide embroidery appears on the top of the bell sleeves. The neck and sleeves are finished with a Val edging an inch and a half wide. A ribbon bow appears on each sleeve, at the end of r.ach panel and at the neck. That one at the neck Is made by the ends of ribbon run in a beading to adjust the gown to the figure. Nainsook or lawnsdale cambric or longcloth are the fabrics used for these gowns. Seams are felled and as a rule laces and insertions stitched together on the sewing machine. Gowns made by hand are far more expensive and in reality are more elegant. But the sewing machine saves much time and eyesight. Besides, the finished garment is pretty whether made by machine or hand.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.