Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1915 — DAINTY SLUMBER ROBE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAINTY SLUMBER ROBE

BELONGS TO THE GLASS OP FILMY, FRILLY LINGERIE. White op Colored Crepe do Chine or Very Fine Nainsook May Be Employed for Construction— Eyelet Work Used. This is the sort of alluring trifle ♦h«t the heroine of a “best seller” would appear in, in the frontispiece illustration; propped up in bed, luxuriously languid, sipping at a cup of belated breakfast chocolate, writes Lillian E. Youngr in the Washington Star. They always do, you know, “while clad in something mystic and lacy, with a young Matterhorn .of dainty pillows as a background and —oh, we almost forgot the telephone, located just at the lady’s elbow on a small stand, without which no boudoir is complete —in fiction. This penchant of ours for dainty underthings may be induced by reading of such perfect creatures, though It is more than likely that they Serre only as a stimulus for an inherent and already manifest love of filmy, frilly lingerie. The lovely “nighty” of the sketch may be made up in white or flesh-col-

ored crepe de chine or in a very fine nainsook. The little outside sack is not a separate feature, but is attached to the gown by the corsage ribbon, which is run through the two together. It is cut very short and circular, and flare* nicely over the gown. The lower edge and the wing sleeves are buttonholed and eyelet-embroidered. The gown itself is sleeveless, being held over the shoulders by narrow straps. At a decidedly empire waist line appear, in brief sections across the front, back and sides, several close rows of shirring. The plain spaces between are ornamented With a touch of eyelet work. Such a design will grace the best of trousseaus.

Glorifled Gown for the Trousseau.