Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1914 — Designed for Summer Wear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Designed for Summer Wear

THE strong machine-made nets in plain and in fancy meshes have struck a new note in summer finery and in undermuslins. The latter have been growing lighter and filmier for several seasons. Now we have nainsook petticoat? with plain net flounces, or petticoats made entirely of net. Nightgowns with kimono yokes of fancy net like that shown In the picture, make the work of the seamstress easy and give the same lacy effect that we have accomplished heretofore with insertions of lace and fine embroidery sewed together. It Is, in fact, an easy matter to make a nightdress of this description. The yoke Is a length of lace folded over and having the neck opening and sleeves cut exactly in the fashion that children cut out clothes for dolls. The neck opening is finished with a band of beading edged with a narrow Insertion of Vai. or cluny lace or hand crochet. The sleeves are finished in the same way, or the beading is omitted and lace insertion substituted aa in the nightdress pictured here. The yoke is set on to the body of the gown with a wider beading than that used for the neck, and finally ribbon suited In width to the beading is threaded through. Ends long enough to tie in full bows are allowed, and the neck and waist adjusted by draw-

ing up the ribbons and finishing with a pretty bow or rosette. A good design for a handmade gown is shown in the second figure. There is a demiyoke of embroidery at the front, which may be band embroidered by those who have leisure and taste for this work. The fine machine embroideries do very well also. The demlyoke is set In the front of the gown and edged with handcrocheted lace. At the bottom and top of the embroidery, insertion to match the lace is whipped on before the body of the gown is attached. This is one of the rare nightdresses not supplied with ribbon run through beading. Its absence is explained by the fitted yoke at the front and the fullness at the edge of the neck in the back. But small flower-like rosettes of ribbon are tucked at the top of the yoke and provide a pretty finishing touch. Lingerie ribbons are made up into bows and rosettes ready to pin on with the smallest bf safety pins. One set of bows made in this way may be transferred from one gown to another or from one garment to another. The most elegant of undermuslins are not too much trimmed, But the use of ribbon decorations is more extensive than ever in the history of these garments.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.