Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . is trimmed atthe bottom with a ruflle and lace. A beltis worn at the waist; and there is ruchingat the neck and sleeves. The childs dress is made of white cam-bric in Princess style, with basque is a ruffle of the material betweentwo ruffles at the bottom of the skirt. Theneck, pockets, and sleeves are trimmed withembroidered ruffles, as is also the back ofthe basque. A bow of ribbon is placed atthe back. We next show, at Figure 4, a beautifulcostume for evening wear in summer. It ismade of brocaded Hernani, of almost anylight shade; and is trimm


Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . is trimmed atthe bottom with a ruflle and lace. A beltis worn at the waist; and there is ruchingat the neck and sleeves. The childs dress is made of white cam-bric in Princess style, with basque is a ruffle of the material betweentwo ruffles at the bottom of the skirt. Theneck, pockets, and sleeves are trimmed withembroidered ruffles, as is also the back ofthe basque. A bow of ribbon is placed atthe back. We next show, at Figure 4, a beautifulcostume for evening wear in summer. It ismade of brocaded Hernani, of almost anylight shade; and is trimmed with Spanishguipure lace. There are two flounces ofplain silk ; a puff of brocade edged withlace; and two paniers, one of plain silk andone of brocade, edged with Spanish neck of the dress is cut \andyke-shape,filled-in with Spanish lace. The sleeves arethree-quarter length, and have pleatings ofplain silk, trimmed with lace. Small bowsof ribbon ornament the back of the sleeves; 144 STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS deep kilt pleatingon skirt; with fiverows of tubularbraid above thepleating. Thebasque is long,and has a pleatedfront, with threerows of braidaround the pleats,the bottom of thebasque, the pock-ets, cuffs, and thecollar. The latteris cut wide anddeep. The dress d isalso a two-piecesuit. The skirthas a deep pleating, withembroidery onthe outside of thepleats, and on theband around theskirt. The basquehas double in the back with embroidery upon them. There .- „ IS an embroideredband on bottom of basque, overthe pleatings of the skirt, andaround the wrists and the collar.


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