COMFORTABLE NEGLIGEES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 3

COMFORTABLE NEGLIGEES.

-v.Tlie ..Americans' /'certaihly .'.odb/v understand: :.hoiv to make -■ themselves.':-! i'cdmfortable ■•' in nearly every sort'of way, -but.it is ail Amen-: : can' paper 'whish' : suggests .that comparatively, •few women tako-'time to -master the. art • of t : i being: comfortable in'the privacy of their own, rooms.' i They/will - argue with: their tailor - regarding the/fit of a -new suit. They will trackrelentlessly. ' the/ ''illusive, bargain ; in silks or. laces for .an.evening frock. • They i ■ will ■put:thb,,-;: , Vesightv;in'T jeopardy setting dainty stitchcs -ratd blouses for house: wear, • but'-for comfort. ;they . will, spend neither timo .nor'money; :A :3s 6d.:.-kimono ;'of'flimsy'.material:bfttim'es;constitutes; a wo-. ..-man'a.«ntiTOibedroom'.outfit.t :i /Now, .of„a:.truth,,-:i.thero,.;is mo. one :thing which .will tspVaid; her daily, pursuit. of,.good; looksvas itha 'comfortable,.. warm,- .ivell-fitted -yet; roomy, ..belongs -to.-tho. "cold, bedroom" : brigade," : this .. lumouo or wrapper should :bo , made from some warm, all-wool ..material,-'. ■ long ' .enough . and - large enough'.to-.'wrap' rdiind/'arid found 'her; figure , when :she, curls-.up"for,a- / fifteen-minuto. nap; •There] should'bej warni : slippej-s.!to:matelii'.f:i;.i ; ../This is especially (true viu tho case, of: ,tho woman ■ who - doos . her own,--, liousowork. i ;Evbry.; afternoon, —when-: the-.-domestic stress, lightens, she should .shut: herself, in her bed-1 . room and," in • .the, most. 'cpmfdrtable negligee her purso will afford) enjoy absolute frelaxa-' tion... Efteen-iminutes "of ; "ab'i6lute' : :comfort will reduce. iwrijikles,' - lines',-and soften vcirclesf:'under!,.tired' eyes:;.' But" if :i'sbe' a"ttempts-'to>taKe; 'this- so-called /rest; withoutflufficieht'cbvering, with chills 'chasing'up and dowji :hbr'"spirie;'it'.is a sheer waste tif time'. .' At' ; first-sight,'theVready-made kimono', or'. • negligee is a money saver. ' .-But any woinan '■ 'with,' knowledge ' of; sewing . and' the use of. patterns will, in,the. end; save money by-making,her own bedroom comforts. --'-' The - average ready-to-wear"''kimono is' too/long for< the-woman'.of medium'size and too nar- , row for tho stout', woman.:-They' do. admir- . 'ably for summer wear when made from'dotted Swiss, stamped ;lawns,' etc.; but in winter! - the negligee should -fit'well ! and bo; o£ ample proportions. - C '-v! r i l ;'' ;■ - 1 ;'-; ■' < : • For: a'combination; lounging,and .bathrobe at a reasftriablof there is nothing 'better in the jwsiy," of, fabric' 1 , than eiderdown,' ( can be bought-in various Widths and .weights: ' This - material ■ .works'; up best hi a' kimono pattern'or'' o.ri. .'the. square,- / almost', shapeless lines of tho bathrobe" made'for, men; ' -As ; it' ' iB a.fabric.-whieli,shrinks;- due-allowanoe must made 'for; tfiis in the length 'of the .sleeves and the entird' garment." ' The woman ■ who can afford. only ono -or -'two ' negligees'.or ; lounging robes must' figure on- frequent "wash- . ings and thoreforo ; 'eschew',all material-which will not. wash.' ' ~ ' ; v;" ;'"O;

The;' finish; of ; the.:eiderdown' robeis/some-- . thing-of a, vexed; question; ; Sometimes : 'the finish, is plain .stitching, with frogs across tho front, the .latter to bo', taken off ,iv;hen tho garment is washed: - Again, some women bind the robe with'a good Quality of "rib"bon or.silk-.which,; with care, will withstand washing. 'Soutache ijbraid,' .however; enticing, 'is. not a good .trimming, as it ; pulls in , washing or-,tho fabric may shrink more ,than the braid; '.For utilitarian; purposes, nothing is better than ithe. plain stitching with^- a' cord or ribbon belt around the.waist.'; : ; ' »

. Women who caii, afford tp patronise the dry cleaner may! indulge, in charming combinaf tions-for these robes, such -as a, grey- robe bound with dainty'blue or rose ribbon, tan, bound with '.'golden "brown or scarlet ribbon,' and white, bound with white or scarlet. Grey, red. and tan, with; white, of course, wash best in eiderdown; - Pink washes better' than bluc,( which generally turns ti. faded yellowish tint> Next to eiderdown , for' the washable robe there; is nothing' better than 'a" good quality of flannelette. comes in a> variety of pretty stripes', and is" a'dmirably ' suited to a lounging robe. This ban _bo' trimmed : with insertion - bands of heavy, imitation 'torchori lace, -which, ■ like ;the''OUtihg flannel, shrinks little m tho process' of tubbing.' ' ; ; .;