Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1914 — HIGH GIRDLE EASY TO MAKE [ARTICLE]

HIGH GIRDLE EASY TO MAKE

Directions for Its Construction, and ■ the Proper Way in Which It Should Be Worn. One of the very new high girdles is pretty and easy to make says the Philadelphia North American. The girdle can be in two colors, as those ultra-smart ones are, or of one color only, if you would be more conservative.' The width of the girdle, too, depends upon your own taste. It is to be a crushed girdle, and we will presume that it is to be made of a dull silk, messallnes and such: shiny surfaces being rather “back numbers” just at present Cut two bias strips of silk, each sufficiently long to go entirely about the waist, both of one color, or each a contrasting color to the other. Seam the two pieces of silk together, making one long strip, and hem down the raw edges. If wide ribbon is used, there will, of course, ba no necessity for turning in the selvage edges. Then gather in each narrow end with a drawing thread, and join these ends to braid frogs to which are attached 'loops. Then put two large buttons, braided or silk-covered, in the exact center of the girdle, one under the other, about two inches apart. The girdle is now ready to wear. Place the center of the girdle at the center front of the- waist, wrap both ends about the waist, crossing them in the back, and bring the ends to the front, there to fasten the loops to the two buttons. A more graceful kind of girdle you wouldn’t want. The girdle may also be made in velvet end fancy or velvet-covered buttons used. Either braid, or frogs and loops made from the velvet may be used.